Then he said to them, “Nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.

Or is God the God of the Jews only? Is he not the God of the Gentiles too? Yes, of the Gentiles too!

And in his name the Gentiles will hope.”

We are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners,

For nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led away as captives among all nations. Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

For nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and there will be famines. These are but the beginning of birth pains.

But again I ask, didn’t Israel understand? First Moses says, “I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; with a senseless nation I will provoke you to anger.”

Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Seeing that I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,

and thus the Gentiles glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, “Because of this I will confess you among the Gentiles, and I will sing praises to your name.”

And again Isaiah says, “The root of Jesse will come, and the one who rises to rule over the Gentiles, in him will the Gentiles hope.”

And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, proclaimed the gospel to Abraham ahead of time, saying, “All the nations will be blessed in you.”

“Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the way by the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles –

And you will be brought before governors and kings because of me, as a witness to them and the Gentiles.

First the gospel must be preached to all nations.

a light, for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel.”

because he loves our nation, and even built our synagogue.”

For he will be handed over to the Gentiles; he will be mocked, mistreated, and spat on.

After he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave his people their land as an inheritance.

Then he said to me, ‘Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”