Lexicon :: Strong's G1484 - ethnos

Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali,

along the road by the sea, beyond the Jordan,

Galilee of the Gentiles.

“For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.

Jesus sent out these twelve after giving them instructions: “Don’t take the road that leads to the Gentiles, and don’t enter any Samaritan town.

“You will even be brought before governors and kings because of me, to bear witness to them and to the Gentiles.

Here is my servant whom I have chosen,

my beloved in whom I delight;

I will put my Spirit on him,

and he will proclaim justice to the nations.

The nations will put their hope in his name.

“They will hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked, flogged,[fn] and crucified, and on the third day he will be raised.”[fn]

Jesus called them over and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions act as tyrants over them.

“Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruit.

“For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines[fn] and earthquakes in various places.

“Then they will hand you over to be persecuted, and they will kill you. You will be hated by all nations because of my name.

“This good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed in all the world[fn] as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

“All the nations[fn] will be gathered before him, and he will separate them one from another, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

“Go, therefore, and make disciples of[fn] all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

“See, we are going up to Jerusalem. The Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death. Then they will hand him over to the Gentiles,

Jesus called them over and said to them, “You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions act as tyrants over them.

He was teaching them: “Is it not written, My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations? But you have made it a den of thieves! ”

“For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and famines.[fn] These are the beginning of birth pains.

“And it is necessary that the gospel be preached to all nations.

a light for revelation to the Gentiles[fn]

and glory to your people Israel.

“because he loves our nation and has built us a synagogue.”

“For the Gentile world eagerly seeks all these things, and your Father knows that you need them.

“For he will be handed over to the Gentiles, and he will be mocked, insulted, spit on;

Then he told them, “Nation will be raised up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.

“They will be killed by the sword[fn] and be led captive into all the nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled by the Gentiles[fn] until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

But he said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who have authority over them have themselves called[fn] ‘Benefactors.’

They began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man misleading our nation, opposing payment of taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is the Messiah, a king.”

“and repentance for[fn] forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

“If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”

“You’re not considering that it is to your[fn] advantage that one man should die for the people rather than the whole nation perish.”

“I’m not a Jew, am I? ” Pilate replied. “Your own nation and the chief priests handed you over to me. What have you done? ”

Now there were Jews staying in Jerusalem, devout people from every nation under heaven.

“You said through the Holy Spirit, by the mouth of our father David your servant:[fn]

Why do the Gentiles rage

and the peoples plot futile things?

“For, in fact, in this city both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, assembled together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed,

“I will judge the nation that they will serve as slaves, God said. After this, they will come out and worship me in this place.

“Our ancestors in turn received it and with Joshua brought it in when they dispossessed the nations that God drove out before them, until the days of David.

A man named Simon had previously practiced sorcery in that city and amazed the Samaritan people, while claiming to be somebody great.

But the Lord said to him, “Go, for this man is my chosen instrument to take my name to Gentiles, kings, and Israelites.

They said, “Cornelius, a centurion, an upright and God-fearing man, who has a good reputation with the whole Jewish nation, was divinely directed by a holy angel to call you to his house and to hear a message from you.”

“but in every nation the person who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.

The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were amazed because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles.

The apostles and the brothers and sisters who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.

When they heard this they became silent. And they glorified God, saying, “So then, God has given repentance resulting in life even to the Gentiles.”

“and after destroying seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land as an inheritance.

As they were leaving, the people[fn] urged them to speak about these matters the following Sabbath.

Paul and Barnabas boldly replied, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first. Since you reject it and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, we are turning to the Gentiles.