Acts 2:39
Acts · New Testament · Chapter 2
“For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall call.”Acts 2:39
What Does Acts 2:39 Mean?
Acts 2:39 is found in the book of Acts, chapter 2, verse 39 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Adoption.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Acts 2:39 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Isaiah 44:3“For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:”Joel 2:28“And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:”Ephesians 2:13“But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.”Proverbs 11:21“Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.”Psalms 112:2“His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.”Romans 8:30“Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.”Genesis 17:7“And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.”Proverbs 20:7“The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.”Isaiah 57:19“I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.”Psalms 115:14“The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children.”Joel 2:32“And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.”Acts 2:47“Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.”Exodus 20:6“And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.”Deuteronomy 30:19“I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:”Deuteronomy 29:15“But with him that standeth here with us this day before the LORD our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day:”Acts 3:25“Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.”Acts 15:8“And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;”Ephesians 4:4“There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;”1 Peter 5:10“But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.”Mark 10:14“But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.”
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