Acts 28:25

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And they went away, for there was a division among them after Paul had said this one thing: Well did the Holy Spirit say by the prophet Isaiah to your fathers,

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 15:7 : 7 You false ones, well did Isaiah say of you,
  • Mark 7:6 : 6 And he said, Well did Isaiah say of you, you false ones: These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
  • 2 Pet 1:21 : 21 For these words did not ever come through the impulse of men: but the prophets had them from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit.

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  • 24And some were in agreement with what he said, but some had doubts.

  • 26Go to this people and say, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you:

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    28Be certain, then, that the salvation of God is sent to the Gentiles, and they will give hearing.

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  • 33And so Paul went away from among them.

  • 16But they have not all given ear to the good news. For Isaiah says, Lord, who has had faith in our word?

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    38So that the words of the prophet Isaiah might come true, when he said, Lord, who has any belief in our preaching? and the arm of the Lord, to whom has it been unveiled?

    39For this reason they were unable to have belief, because Isaiah said again,

  • 14And as he might not be moved we did no more, saying, Let the purpose of God be done.

  • 41(Isaiah said these words because he saw his glory. His words were about him.)

  • 15And this is in agreement with the words of the prophets, as it is said,

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    38But Paul was of the opinion that it was not right to take with them one who had gone away from them in Pamphylia, and had not gone on with the work.

    39And there was a sharp argument between them, so that they were parted from one another, and Barnabas took Mark with him and went by ship to Cyprus;

    40But Paul took Silas and went away with the blessing of the brothers.

  • 21In the law it is said, By men of other tongues and by strange lips will my words come to this people; and not even so will they give ear to me, says the Lord.

  • 15But when they had given them orders to go out of the Sanhedrin, they had a discussion among themselves,

  • 51But they, shaking off the dust of that place from their feet, came to Iconium.

  • Isa 28:11-12
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    11No, but with broken talk, and with a strange tongue, he will give his word to this people:

    12To whom he said, This is the rest, give rest to him who is tired; and by this you may get new strength; but they would not give ear.

  • 15And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the Synagogue sent to them, saying, Brothers, if you have a word of comfort for the people, say on.

  • 20And being requested by them to be there for a longer time, he said, No;

  • 21But as it is said in the holy Writings, They will see, to whom the news of him had not been given, and those to whose ears it had not come will have knowledge.

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    21And he said to me, Go, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.

    22And they gave him a hearing as far as this word; then with loud voices they said, Away with this man from the earth; it is not right for him to be living.

  • 33And when they had been there for some time, they were sent back in peace by the brothers to those who had sent them.

  • 43Now when the meeting was ended, a number of the Jews and of the God-fearing Gentiles who had become Jews, went after Paul and Barnabas: who put before them how important it was to keep on in the grace of God.

  • 18And even with these words, it was hard for them to keep the people from making an offering to them.

  • 19And when he had said how glad he was to see them, he gave them a detailed account of the things which God had done through his work among the Gentiles.

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    45But when the Jews saw such a great number of people, they were full of envy and said evil words against Paul's preaching.

    46Then Paul and Barnabas without fear said, It was necessary for the word of God to be given to you first; but because you will have nothing to do with it, and have no desire for eternal life, it will now be offered to the Gentiles.

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    21And they said to him, We have not had letters from Judaea about you, and no one of the brothers has come to us here to give an account or say any evil about you.

    22But we have a desire to give hearing to your opinion: for as to this form of religion, we have knowledge that in all places it is attacked.

  • 17So that what was said by Isaiah the prophet might come true,

  • 4And meeting the disciples we were there for seven days: and they gave Paul orders through the Spirit not to go up to Jerusalem.

  • 25Who has said, by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of our father David your servant, Why are the nations so violently moved, and why are the thoughts of the people so foolish?

  • 30And Philip, running up to him, saw that he was reading Isaiah the prophet, and said to him, Is the sense of what you are reading clear to you?

  • 4So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia; and from there they went by ship to Cyprus.

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    5And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was completely given up to the word, preaching to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus.

    6And when they put themselves against him, and said evil words, he said, shaking his clothing, Your blood be on your heads, I am clean: from now I will go to the Gentiles.

  • 39By whom our fathers would not be controlled; but they put him on one side, turning back in their hearts to Egypt,

  • 30And when Paul was about to go in to the people, the disciples did not let him.

  • 31And when they had gone away they said to one another, This man has done nothing which might give cause for death or prison.

  • 32And some said one thing, and some another: for there was no order in the meeting; and most of them had no idea why they had come together.

  • 15And, while I was talking to them, the Holy Spirit came on them, as on us at first.

  • 14And for them the words of Isaiah have come true, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you:

  • 2And after Paul and Barnabas had had no little argument and discussion with them, the brothers made a decision to send Paul and Barnabas and certain others of them to the Apostles and the rulers of the church at Jerusalem about this question.

  • 9But because some of the people were hard-hearted and would not give hearing, saying evil words about the Way before the people, he went away from them, and kept the disciples separate, reasoning every day in the school of Tyrannus.

  • 9And there was a great outcry: and some of the scribes on the side of the Pharisees got up and took part in the discussion, saying, We see no evil in this man: what if he has had a revelation from an angel or a spirit?

  • 40And when he let him do so, Paul, from the steps, made a sign with his hand to the people, and when they were all quiet, he said to them in the Hebrew language,

  • 2And while they were doing the Lord's work, and going without food, the Holy Spirit said, Let Barnabas and Saul be given to me for the special work for which they have been marked out by me.