Acts 13:42

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And as they went out, they besought that these words might be spoken to them the next sabbath.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And having gone forth out of the synagogue of the Jews, the nations were calling upon <FI>them<Fi> that on the next sabbath these sayings may be spoken to them,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Acts 13:42 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Ezekiel 3:6not to the many peoples of unfamiliar speech and difficult language whose words you cannot understand. Surely if I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you.
  2. Matthew 11:21“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
  3. Matthew 19:30But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.
  4. Acts 10:33So I sent for you immediately, and you were kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has instructed you to tell us.”
  5. Acts 13:14And from Perga, they traveled inland to Pisidian Antioch, where they entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and sat down.
  6. Acts 28:28Be advised, therefore, that God’s salvation has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen!”

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