Acts 3:25 Cross References
Acts 3:25
25: You are the children of those prophets, and you are included in the covenant God promised to your ancestors. For God said to Abraham, 'Through your descendants all the families on earth will be blessed.'
Genesis 22:18
- and through your descendants, all the nations of the earth will be blessed--all because you have obeyed me."
Acts 2:39
- This promise is to you and to your children, and even to the Gentiles--all who have been called by the Lord our God."
Genesis 12:3
- I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you."
Galatians 3:8
- What's more, the Scriptures looked forward to this time when God would accept the Gentiles, too, on the basis of their faith. God promised this good news to Abraham long ago when he said, "All nations will be blessed through you."
Romans 9:4
- They are the people of Israel, chosen to be God's special children. God revealed his glory to them. He made covenants with them and gave his law to them. They have the privilege of worshiping him and receiving his wonderful promises.
- Their ancestors were great people of God, and Christ himself was a Jew as far as his human nature is concerned. And he is God, who rules over everything and is worthy of eternal praise! Amen.
Revelation 7:9
- After this I saw a vast crowd, too great to count, from every nation and tribe and people and language, standing in front of the throne and before the Lamb. They were clothed in white and held palm branches in their hands.
Genesis 26:4
- I will cause your descendants to become as numerous as the stars, and I will give them all these lands. And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.
Romans 4:13
- It is clear, then, that God's promise to give the whole earth to Abraham and his descendants was not based on obedience to God's law, but on the new relationship with God that comes by faith.
Genesis 17:19
- But God replied, "Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You will name him Isaac, and I will confirm my everlasting covenant with him and his descendants.
Galatians 3:16
- God gave the promise to Abraham and his child. And notice that it doesn't say the promise was to his children, as if it meant many descendants. But the promise was to his child--and that, of course, means Christ.
Genesis 20:7
- Now return her to her husband, and he will pray for you, for he is a prophet. Then you will live. But if you don't return her to him, you can be sure that you and your entire household will die."
Genesis 28:14
- Your descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth! They will cover the land from east to west and from north to south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your descendants.
Psalms 22:27
- The whole earth will acknowledge the LORD and return to him. People from every nation will bow down before him.
1 Chronicles 16:17
- He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to the people of Israel as a never-ending treaty:
Psalms 105:8
- He always stands by his covenant--the commitment he made to a thousand generations.
- This is the covenant he made with Abraham and the oath he swore to Isaac.
- He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to the people of Israel as a never-ending treaty:
- "I will give you the land of Canaan as your special possession."
- He said this when they were few in number, a tiny group of strangers in Canaan.
Acts 13:26
- "Brothers--you sons of Abraham, and also all of you devout Gentiles who fear the God of Israel--this salvation is for us!
Nehemiah 9:8
- When he had proved himself faithful, you made a covenant with him to give him and his descendants the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Jebusites, and Girgashites. And you have done what you promised, for you are always true to your word.
Luke 1:72
- He has been merciful to our ancestors by remembering his sacred covenant with them,
Genesis 48:14
- But Jacob crossed his arms as he reached out to lay his hands on the boys' heads. So his right hand was on the head of Ephraim, the younger boy, and his left hand was on the head of Manasseh, the older.
- Then he blessed Joseph and said, "May God, the God before whom my grandfather Abraham and my father, Isaac, walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life,
- and the angel who has kept me from all harm--may he bless these boys. May they preserve my name and the names of my grandfather Abraham and my father, Isaac. And may they become a mighty nation."
- But Joseph was upset when he saw that his father had laid his right hand on Ephraim's head. So he lifted it to place it on Manasseh's head instead.
- "No, Father," he said, "this one over here is older. Put your right hand on his head."
Matthew 3:9
- Don't just say, 'We're safe--we're the descendants of Abraham.' That proves nothing. God can change these stones here into children of Abraham.
- Even now the ax of God's judgment is poised, ready to sever your roots. Yes, every tree that does not produce good fruit will be chopped down and thrown into the fire.
Genesis 17:9
- "Your part of the agreement," God told Abraham, "is to obey the terms of the covenant. You and all your descendants have this continual responsibility.
- This is the covenant that you and your descendants must keep: Each male among you must be circumcised;
Romans 15:8
- Remember that Christ came as a servant to the Jews to show that God is true to the promises he made to their ancestors.
Galatians 3:29
- And now that you belong to Christ, you are the true children of Abraham. You are his heirs, and now all the promises God gave to him belong to you.
Genesis 18:18
- "For Abraham will become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him.
Psalms 96:7
- O nations of the world, recognize the LORD; recognize that the LORD is glorious and strong.
Revelation 14:6
- And I saw another angel flying through the heavens, carrying the everlasting Good News to preach to the people who belong to this world--to every nation, tribe, language, and people.
Genesis 27:36
- Esau said bitterly, "No wonder his name is Jacob, for he has deceived me twice, first taking my birthright and now stealing my blessing. Oh, haven't you saved even one blessing for me?"
- Isaac said to Esau, "I have made Jacob your master and have declared that all his brothers will be his servants. I have guaranteed him an abundance of grain and wine--what is there left to give?"
- Esau pleaded, "Not one blessing left for me? O my father, bless me, too!" Then Esau broke down and wept.
- His father, Isaac, said to him, "You will live off the land and what it yields,
- and you will live by your sword. You will serve your brother for a time, but then you will shake loose from him and be free."
Genesis 49:1
- Then Jacob called together all his sons and said, "Gather around me, and I will tell you what is going to happen to you in the days to come.
- "Come and listen, O sons of Jacob; listen to Israel, your father.
- "Reuben, you are my oldest son, the child of my vigorous youth. You are first on the list in rank and honor.
- But you are as unruly as the waves of the sea, and you will be first no longer. For you slept with one of my wives; you dishonored me in my own bed.
- "Simeon and Levi are two of a kind--men of violence.
Revelation 5:9
- And they sang a new song with these words: "You are worthy to take the scroll and break its seals and open it. For you were killed, and your blood has ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation.