Acts 13:32 “And now we proclaim to you the good news: What God promised our father…”

Acts 13:32

And now we proclaim to you the good news: What God promised our fathers

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers,

World English Bible

We bring you good news of the promise made to the fathers,

American Standard Version

And we bring you good tidings of the promise made unto the fathers,

Geneva Bible 1599

And we declare vnto you, that touching the promise made vnto the fathers,

Darby Translation

And we declare unto you the glad tidings of the promise made to the fathers,

Young's Literal Translation

'And we to you do proclaim good news — that the promise made unto the fathers,

Bible in Basic English

And we are giving you the good news of the undertaking made to the fathers,

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Cross references

“we”

Acts 13:38 Isaiah 40:9 Isaiah 41:27 Isaiah 52:7 Isaiah 61:1 Luke 1:19

Acts 13:38 · BSB

Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.

Isaiah 40:9 · BSB

Go up on a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news. Raise your voice loudly, O Jerusalem, herald of good news. Lift it up, do not be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah, “Here is your God!”

Isaiah 41:27 · BSB

I was the first to tell Zion: ‘Look, here they are!’ And I gave to Jerusalem a herald of good news.

Isaiah 52:7 · BSB

How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!”

Isaiah 61:1 · BSB

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,

Luke 1:19 · BSB

“I am Gabriel,” replied the angel. “I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.

“how”

Romans 4:13 Acts 26:6 Ezekiel 34:23 Jeremiah 23:5 Micah 5:2 Zechariah 6:12

Romans 4:13 · BSB

For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.

Acts 26:6 · BSB

And now I stand on trial because of my hope in the promise that God made to our fathers,

Ezekiel 34:23 · BSB

I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.

Jeremiah 23:5 · BSB

Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.

Micah 5:2 · BSB

But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel — One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity.

Zechariah 6:12 · BSB

And you are to tell him that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Here is a man whose name is the Branch, and He will branch out from His place and build the temple of the LORD.

Also

Romans 9:4 Acts 5:42

Romans 9:4 · BSB

the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.

Acts 5:42 · BSB

Every day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

31and for many days He was seen by those who had accompanied Him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now His witnesses to our people.

33He has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in the second Psalm: ‘You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.’

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