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Acts 13:26

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Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.
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  1. Colossians 1:5Rank 1 from verse 26
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    5For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;

  2. Ephesians 1:13Rank 2 from verse 26
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    13In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,

  3. Isaiah 46:13Rank 3 from verse 26
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    13I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.

  4. Luke 1:69Rank 4 from verse 26
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    69And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;

  5. Luke 1:77Rank 5 from verse 26
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    77To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,

  6. Romans 1:16Rank 6 from verse 26
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    16For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

  7. Acts 10:35Rank 7 from verse 26
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    35But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.

  8. Acts 13:43Rank 8 from verse 26
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    43Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.

  9. Acts 13:46Rank 9 from verse 26
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    46Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

  10. Acts 4:12Rank 10 from verse 26
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    12Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

  11. Acts 5:20Rank 11 from verse 26
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    20Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.

  12. Luke 24:47Rank 12 from verse 26
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    47And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

  13. Matthew 10:6Rank 13 from verse 26
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    6But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

  14. Matthew 3:9Rank 14 from verse 26
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    9And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

  15. Psalms 147:19–20Rank 15 from verse 26
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    19He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.

    20He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the Lord.

  16. 2 Corinthians 5:19–21Rank 16 from verse 26
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    19To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

    20Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.

    21For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

  17. Acts 13:15–17Rank 17 from verse 26
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    15And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.

    16Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.

    17The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it.

  18. Acts 16:17Rank 18 from verse 26
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    17The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation.

  19. Acts 3:26Rank 19 from verse 26
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    26Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.

  20. Acts 28:28Rank 20 from verse 26
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    28Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.

  21. Isaiah 48:1Rank 21 from verse 26
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    1HEAR ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the Lord, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.

  22. Isaiah 51:1–2Rank 22 from verse 26
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    1HEARKEN to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the Lord: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.

    2Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.

  23. Psalms 105:6Rank 23 from verse 26
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    6O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.

  24. 2 Chronicles 20:7Rank 24 from verse 26
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    7Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?

  25. Isaiah 41:8Rank 25 from verse 26
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    8But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.

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Acts 13:26

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brethren

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1. Persons of the same people, tribe, community, or shared service who are regarded or addressed as brothers. 2. Persons regarded as brothers by reason of faith or another spiritual relation. 3. Male siblings or other male relatives.

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children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

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stock

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The stem or main body of a tree or other plant; the fixed, strong, firm part; the origin and support of the branches.

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Abraham

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The patriarch formerly named Abram, whom God appointed to be a father of many nations.

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you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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word

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Sense 1: A spoken or written expression, saying, message, command, promise, report, or matter. Sense 2: God's revealed word.

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13:17The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it.

13:18And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness.

13:19And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.

13:20And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.

13:21And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.

13:22And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.

13:23Of this man’s seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:

13:24When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

13:25And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose.

13:26Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.

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13:27For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.

13:28And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.

13:29And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.

13:30But God raised him from the dead:

13:31And he was seen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people.

13:32And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers,

13:33God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.

13:34And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David.

13:35Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

13:36For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:

13:37But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.

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