So when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our ancestors there the first time.

I wrote the former account, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach

Simeon has explained how God first concerned himself to select from among the Gentiles a people for his name.

God raised up his servant and sent him first to you, to bless you by turning each one of you from your iniquities.”

but I declared to those in Damascus first, and then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds consistent with repentance.

Both Paul and Barnabas replied courageously, “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we are turning to the Gentiles.