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A light for the nations

Isaiah's servant would be a light to the nations so that salvation reaches the ends of the earth. Paul and Barnabas turned to the Gentiles at Pisidian Antioch citing that command.

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Old TestamentIsaiah 49:6Open this record
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New TestamentActs 13:47Open this record

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he says: “It is too small a thing for you to be my servant to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back those of Israel I have kept. I will also make you a light for the Gentiles, that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.”
Isaiah 49:6 New International Version (NIV)The Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by Permission of Biblica, Inc.® All rights reserved worldwide.

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For this is what the Lord has commanded us: “ ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”
Acts 13:47 New International Version (NIV)The Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by Permission of Biblica, Inc.® All rights reserved worldwide.

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Acts 13:47 quotes Isaiah 49:6.

Paul and Barnabas take the servant's commission to be a light for the nations as their own marching orders.

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