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Acts 13:48

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And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
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  1. Romans 8:29–30Rank 1 from verse 48
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    29For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

    30Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

  2. Ephesians 1:4Rank 2 from verse 48
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    4According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

  3. Romans 11:7Rank 3 from verse 48
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    7What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded

  4. John 10:16Rank 4 from verse 48
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    16And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.

  5. John 10:26–27Rank 5 from verse 48
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    26But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.

    27My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

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Acts 13:48

COMBINED MEANING

heard

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Sense 1: Perceived by the ear. Sense 2: Received or learned by report. Sense 3: Listened to, regarded, or heeded. Sense 4: Favourably attended to.

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glad

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Pleased; affected with pleasure or moderate joy; moderately happy.

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glorified

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of glorify, meaning to honour, praise, magnify, exalt, make glorious, display glory in, or cause the excellence and worth of a person or name to be acknowledged.

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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Lord

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1. A title of God or Jesus Christ acknowledging authority and rule. 2. A respectful title or address for one in authority.

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ordained

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Sense 1: Appointed or set apart to an office, work, purpose, or end. Sense 2: Established, decreed, ordered, prescribed, prepared, arranged, or settled.

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

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believed

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of believe. Sense 1: To accept as true on testimony or evidence; to be persuaded. Sense 2: To trust or place confidence in.

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13:44¶ And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.

13:45But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.

13:46Then 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.

13:47For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.

13:48And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.

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13:49And the word of the Lord was published throughout all the region.

13:50But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts.

13:51But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came unto Iconium.

13:52And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.

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