Quotes About Message

This happened three times, and all at once the sheet was taken back up into heaven.

“Cornelius the centurion has sent us,” they said. “He is a righteous and God-fearing man with a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation. A holy angel instructed him to request your presence in his home so he could hear a message from you.”

He has sent this message to the people of Israel, proclaiming the gospel of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.

While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard his message.

The apostles and brothers throughout Judea soon heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.

“I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision of something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came right down to me.

This happened three times, and everything was drawn back up into heaven.

He told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, ëSend to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter.

He will convey to you a message by which you and all your household will be saved.í

Meanwhile those scattered by the persecution that began with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message only to Jews.

But the word of God continued to spread and multiply.

an attendant of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, a man of intelligence, summoned Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God.

After the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the synagogue leaders sent word to them: “Brothers, if you have a word of encouragement for the people, please speak.”

Paul stood up, motioned with his hand, and began to speak: “Men of Israel and you Gentiles who fear God, listen to me!

Before the arrival of Jesus, John preached a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

Brothers, children of Abraham, and you Gentiles who fear God, it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent.

and for many days He was seen by those who had accompanied Him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now His witnesses to our people.

ëLook, you scoffers, wonder and perish! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe, even if someone told you.í”

As Paul and Barnabas were leaving the synagogue, the people urged them to continue this message on the next Sabbath.

On the following Sabbath, nearly the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord.

But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was saying.

Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.

And the word of the Lord spread throughout that region.

So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who affirmed the message of His grace by enabling them to perform signs and wonders.