Lexicon :: Strong's G1484 - ethnos

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.

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.

But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.

When an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, to mistreat and stone them,

“In past generations he allowed all the nations to go their own way,

After they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported everything God had done with them and that he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

When they had been sent on their way by the church, they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and they brought great joy to all the brothers and sisters.

After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “Brothers, you are aware that in the early days God made a choice among you,[fn] that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the gospel message and believe.

The whole assembly became silent and listened to Barnabas and Paul describe all the signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles.

“Simeon[fn] has reported how God first intervened to take from the Gentiles a people for his name.

“so that the rest of humanity

may seek the Lord —

even all the Gentiles

who are called by my name —

declares the Lord

who makes these things 

“Therefore, in my judgment, we should not cause difficulties for those among the Gentiles who turn to God,

They wrote:

“From the apostles and the elders, your brothers,

To the brothers and sisters among the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia:

Greetings.

“From one man[fn] he has made every nationality to live over the whole earth and has determined their appointed times and the boundaries of where they live.

When they resisted and blasphemed, he shook out his clothes and told them, “Your blood is on your own heads! I am innocent.[fn] From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”

He came to us, took Paul’s belt, tied his own feet and hands, and said, “This is what the Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews in Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him over to the Gentiles.’ ”

After greeting them, he reported in detail what God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.

“But they have been informed about you ​— ​that you are teaching all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to abandon Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or to live according to our customs.

“With regard to the Gentiles who have believed, we have written a letter containing our decision that[fn] they should keep themselves from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from what is strangled, and from sexual immorality.”

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

When Paul was called in, Tertullus began to accuse him and said, “We enjoy great peace because of you, and reforms are taking place for the benefit of this nation because of your foresight.

When the governor motioned for him to speak, Paul replied, “Because I know you have been a judge of this nation for many years, I am glad to offer my defense in what concerns me.

“After many years, I came to bring charitable gifts and offerings to my people.

“All the Jews know my way of life from my youth, which was spent from the beginning among my own people and in Jerusalem.

“I will rescue you from your people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them

“Instead, I preached to those in Damascus first, and to those in Jerusalem and in all the region of Judea, and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works worthy of repentance.

“that the Messiah would suffer, and that, as the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.”

“Because the Jews objected, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar; even though I had no charge to bring against my people.

“Therefore, let it be known to you that this salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen.”[fn]