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Acts 13:48 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 48. 48And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
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Quick Meaning
Reports Gentile gladness, glorification of the word, and belief.
Read It With
- Acts 13:42–13:52
Read Acts 13:48 with 13:42–13:52. In isolation, this contribution—reports Gentile gladness, glorification of the word, and belief—can be mistaken for the scene's whole claim, detached from its speaker or narrator, or separated from its outcome. The complete unit establishes: Many initially seek further teaching; the next Sabbath a crowd gathers, some Jewish leaders oppose Paul, Paul and Barnabas invoke Isaiah and turn to Gentiles, and persecution drives them onward while disciples rejoice.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Reports Gentile gladness, glorification of the word, and belief. This precise contribution belongs inside “Mixed response brings a turn toward Gentiles” because Many initially seek further teaching; the next Sabbath a crowd gathers, some Jewish leaders oppose Paul, Paul and Barnabas invoke Isaiah and turn to Gentiles, and persecution drives them onward while disciples rejoice.
What Remains True
Acts 13:48's particular contribution—reports Gentile gladness, glorification of the word, and belief—shows that faithful witness remains accountable to the verse's speaker, narrated setting, affected people, and the complete movement of Acts 13:42–13:52.
How It Can Shape Life
- Practice Acts 13:48's particular contribution—reports Gentile gladness, glorification of the word, and belief—through this passage-controlled response: Welcome eager hearers and widen witness after rejection without turning a local conflict into a permanent judgment on Jewish people.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Acts 13:42–13:52 — Mixed response brings a turn toward GentilesSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and unit coverage.
Exact location: Acts 13:42–13:52, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording and punctuation control, without pretending one edition is a complete apparatus.
Exact location: SBLGNT official text, Acts 13:42-13:52
Open the Acts Greek text file ↗Lexical and grammatical evidence
STEP Bible Data
Tyndale House Cambridge
Tyndale House Cambridge, repository snapshot verified 2026
Supports: Morphology and lexical cross-check for words explicitly discussed in this unit.
Exact location: STEP Bible Data, TAGNT rows for Acts 13:42-13:52
Open source ↗open translation and translator notes
NET Bible First Edition Notes: Acts
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-attached textual, translation, language, geography, chronology, and historical notes actually printed for the unit.
Exact location: NET Bible First Edition Acts PDF, printed pp. 2104-2205, exact tn/tc/sn entries attached to 13:42–13:52
Open source ↗