Acts 3:26 Cross References
Acts 3:26
26: When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you people of Israel, to bless you by turning each of you back from your sinful ways."
Matthew 1:21
- And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins."
Acts 3:22
- Moses said, 'The Lord your God will raise up a Prophet like me from among your own people. Listen carefully to everything he tells you.'
Acts 13:46
- Then Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and declared, "It was necessary that this Good News from God be given first to you Jews. But since you have rejected it and judged yourselves unworthy of eternal life--well, we will offer it to Gentiles.
- For this is as the Lord commanded us when he said, 'I have made you a light to the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the farthest corners of the earth.'"
Romans 1:16
- For I am not ashamed of this Good News about Christ. It is the power of God at work, saving everyone who believes--Jews first and also Gentiles.
Acts 3:25
- 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.'
Jude 1:24
- And now, all glory to God, who is able to keep you from stumbling, and who will bring you into his glorious presence innocent of sin and with great joy.
1 John 3:5
- And you know that Jesus came to take away our sins, for there is no sin in him.
- So if we continue to live in him, we won't sin either. But those who keep on sinning have never known him or understood who he is.
- Dear children, don't let anyone deceive you about this: When people do what is right, it is because they are righteous, even as Christ is righteous.
- But when people keep on sinning, it shows they belong to the Devil, who has been sinning since the beginning. But the Son of God came to destroy these works of the Devil.
Titus 2:11
- For the grace of God has been revealed, bringing salvation to all people.
- And we are instructed to turn from godless living and sinful pleasures. We should live in this evil world with self-control, right conduct, and devotion to God,
- while we look forward to that wonderful event when the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, will be revealed.
- He gave his life to free us from every kind of sin, to cleanse us, and to make us his very own people, totally committed to doing what is right.
Acts 28:23
- So a time was set, and on that day a large number of people came to Paul's house. He told them about the Kingdom of God and taught them about Jesus from the Scriptures--from the five books of Moses and the books of the prophets. He began lecturing in the morning and went on into the evening.
- Some believed and some didn't.
- But after they had argued back and forth among themselves, they left with this final word from Paul: "The Holy Spirit was right when he said to our ancestors through Isaiah the prophet,
- 'Go and say to my people, You will hear my words, but you will not understand; you will see what I do, but you will not perceive its meaning.
- For the hearts of these people are hardened, and their ears cannot hear, and they have closed their eyes--so their eyes cannot see, and their ears cannot hear, and their hearts cannot understand, and they cannot turn to me and let me heal them.'
1 Peter 3:9
- Don't repay evil for evil. Don't retaliate when people say unkind things about you. Instead, pay them back with a blessing. That is what God wants you to do, and he will bless you for it.
Ephesians 1:3
- How we praise God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we belong to Christ.
Romans 15:29
- And I am sure that when I come, Christ will give me a great blessing for you.
Galatians 3:9
- And so it is: All who put their faith in Christ share the same blessing Abraham received because of his faith.
- But those who depend on the law to make them right with God are under his curse, for the Scriptures say, "Cursed is everyone who does not observe and obey all these commands that are written in God's Book of the Law."
- Consequently, it is clear that no one can ever be right with God by trying to keep the law. For the Scriptures say, "It is through faith that a righteous person has life."
- How different from this way of faith is the way of law, which says, "If you wish to find life by obeying the law, you must obey all of its commands."
- But Christ has rescued us from the curse pronounced by the law. When he was hung on the cross, he took upon himself the curse for our wrongdoing. For it is written in the Scriptures, "Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree."
Revelation 7:4
- And I heard how many were marked with the seal of God. There were 144,000 who were sealed from all the tribes of Israel:
- from Judah......... 12,000 from Reuben........ 12,000 from Gad........... 12,000
- from Asher......... 12,000 from Naphtali....... 12,000 from Manasseh...... 12,000
- from Simeon....... 12,000 from Levi........... 12,000 from Issachar........ 12,000
- from Zebulun....... 12,000 from Joseph......... 12,000 from Benjamin...... 12,000
1 Peter 1:3
- All honor to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, for it is by his boundless mercy that God has given us the privilege of being born again. Now we live with a wonderful expectation because Jesus Christ rose again from the dead.
Acts 26:20
- I preached first to those in Damascus, then in Jerusalem and throughout all Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that all must turn from their sins and turn to God--and prove they have changed by the good things they do.
Ephesians 5:26
- to make her holy and clean, washed by baptism and God's word.
- He did this to present her to himself as a glorious church without a spot or wrinkle or any other blemish. Instead, she will be holy and without fault.
Romans 2:9
- There will be trouble and calamity for everyone who keeps on sinning--for the Jew first and also for the Gentile.
- But there will be glory and honor and peace from God for all who do good--for the Jew first and also for the Gentile.
Matthew 10:5
- Jesus sent the twelve disciples out with these instructions: "Don't go to the Gentiles or the Samaritans,
- but only to the people of Israel--God's lost sheep.
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!
Isaiah 59:20
- "The Redeemer will come to Jerusalem, "says the LORD, "to buy back those in Israel who have turned from their sins.
- And this is my covenant with them," says the LORD. "My Spirit will not leave them, and neither will these words I have given you. They will be on your lips and on the lips of your children and your children's children forever. I, the LORD, have spoken!
Acts 3:15
- You killed the author of life, but God raised him to life. And we are witnesses of this fact!
Luke 2:10
- but the angel reassured them. "Don't be afraid!" he said. "I bring you good news of great joy for everyone!
- The Savior--yes, the Messiah, the Lord--has been born tonight in Bethlehem, the city of David!
Acts 3:20
- Then wonderful times of refreshment will come from the presence of the Lord, and he will send Jesus your Messiah to you again.
Jeremiah 33:8
- I will cleanse away their sins against me, and I will forgive all their sins of rebellion.
- Then this city will bring me joy, glory, and honor before all the nations of the earth! The people of the world will see the good I do for my people and will tremble with awe!
Ezekiel 11:19
- And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them. I will take away their hearts of stone and give them tender hearts instead,
- so they will obey my laws and regulations. Then they will truly be my people, and I will be their God.
Luke 24:47
- With my authority, take this message of repentance to all the nations, beginning in Jerusalem: 'There is forgiveness of sins for all who turn to me.'
Jeremiah 32:38
- They will be my people, and I will be their God.
- And I will give them one heart and mind to worship me forever, for their own good and for the good of all their descendants.
- "And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, promising not to stop doing good for them. I will put a desire in their hearts to worship me, and they will never leave me.
- I will rejoice in doing good to them and will faithfully and wholeheartedly replant them in this land.
Ezekiel 36:25
- "Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. Your filth will be washed away, and you will no longer worship idols.
- And I will give you a new heart with new and right desires, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony heart of sin and give you a new, obedient heart.
- And I will put my Spirit in you so you will obey my laws and do whatever I command.
- "And you will live in Israel, the land I gave your ancestors long ago. You will be my people, and I will be your God.
- I will cleanse you of your filthy behavior. I will give you good crops, and I will abolish famine in the land.
Acts 2:24
- However, God released him from the horrors of death and raised him back to life again, for death could not keep him in its grip.
Acts 13:32
- "And now Barnabas and I are here to bring you this Good News. God's promise to our ancestors has come true in our own time,
- in that God raised Jesus. This is what the second psalm is talking about when it says concerning Jesus, 'You are my Son. Today I have become your Father. '
Psalms 67:6
- Then the earth will yield its harvests, and God, our God, will richly bless us.
- Yes, God will bless us, and people all over the world will fear him.
Psalms 72:17
- May the king's name endure forever; may it continue as long as the sun shines. May all nations be blessed through him and bring him praise.
Acts 1:8
- But when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, you will receive power and will tell people about me everywhere--in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
Acts 18:4
- Each Sabbath found Paul at the synagogue, trying to convince the Jews and Greeks alike.
- And after Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul spent his full time preaching and testifying to the Jews, telling them, "The Messiah you are looking for is Jesus."
- But when the Jews opposed him and insulted him, Paul shook the dust from his robe and said, "Your blood be upon your own heads--I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles."