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Noun ethnos (nation) in the Gospels-Acts
(Translation from NRSV with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)
Matthew
| 4: 15 | "Land of Zebulun, land of Naphtali, on the road by the sea, across the Jordan, Galilee of the nations (ethnos) - |
| 6: 32 | For it is the nations (ethnos) who strive for all these things; and indeed your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. |
| 10: 5 | These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: "Go nowhere among the nations (ethnos), and enter no town of the Samaritans, |
| 10: 18 | and you will be dragged before governors and kings because of me, as a testimony to them and the nations (ethnos). |
| 12: 18 | "Here is my servant, whom I have chosen, my beloved, with whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations (ethnos). |
| 12: 21 | And in his name the nations (ethnos) will hope |
| 20: 19 | then they will hand him over to the nations (ethnos) to be mocked and flogged and crucified; and on the third day he will be raised." |
| 20: 25 | But Jesus called them to him and said, "You know that the rulers of the nations (ethnos) lord it over them, and their great ones are tyrants over them. |
| 21: 43 | Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a nation (ethnos) that produces the fruits of the kingdom. |
| 24: 7 | For nation (ethnos) will rise against nation (ethnos), and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places: |
| 24: 9 | "Then they will hand you over to be tortured and will put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations (ethnos) because of my name. |
| 24: 14 | And this good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the world, as a testimony to all the nations (ethnos); and then the end will come. |
| 25: 32 | All the nations (ethnos) will be gathered before him, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, |
| 28: 19 | Go therefore and make disciples of all nations (ethnos), baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, |
Mark
| 10: 33 | saying, "See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and 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 nations (ethnos); |
| 10: 42 | So Jesus called them and said to them, "You know that among the nations (ethnos) those whom they recognize as their rulers lord it over them, and their great ones are tyrants over them. |
| 11: 17 | He was teaching and saying, "Is it not written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations (ethnos)'? But you have made it a den of robbers." |
| 13: 8 | For nation (ethnos) will rise against nation (ethnos), and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various places; there will be famines. This is but the beginning of the birth pangs. |
| 13: 10 | And the good news must first be proclaimed to all nations (ethnos). |
Luke
| 2: 32 | a light for revelation to the nations (ethnos) and for glory to your people Israel." |
| 7: 5 | for he loves our nation (ethnos), and it is he who built our synagogue for us." |
| 12: 30 | For it is the nations (ethnos) of the world that strive after all these things, and your Father knows that you need them. |
| 18: 32 | For he will be handed over to the nations (ethnos); and he will be mocked and insulted and spat upon. |
| 21: 10 | Then he said to them, "Nation (ethnos) will rise against nation (ethnos), and kingdom against kingdom; |
| 21: 24 | they will fall by the edge of the sword and be taken away as captives among all nations (ethnos); and Jerusalem will be trampled on by the nations (ethnos), until the times of the nations (ethnos) are fulfilled. |
| 21: 25 | "There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and on the earth distress among nations (ethnos) confused by the roaring of the sea and the waves. |
| 22: 25 | But he said to them, "The kings of the nations (ethnos) lord it over them; and those in authority over them are called benefactors. |
| 23: 2 | They began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man perverting our nation (ethnos), forbidding us to pay taxes to the emperor, and saying that he himself is the Messiah, a king." |
| 24: 47 | and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all nations (ethnos), beginning from Jerusalem. |
John
| 11: 48 | If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and destroy both our holy place and our nation (ethnos)." |
| 11: 50 | You do not understand that it is better for you to have one man die for the people than to have the whole nation (ethnos) destroyed." |
| 11: 51 | He did not say this on his own, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus was about to die for the nation (ethnos), |
| 11: 52 | and not for the nation (ethnos) only, but to gather into one the dispersed children of God. |
| 18: 35 | Pilate replied, "I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation (ethnos) and the chief priests have handed you over to me. What have you done?" |
Acts
| 2: 5 | Now there were devout Jews from every nation (ethnos) under heaven living in Jerusalem. |
| 4: 25 | it is you who said by the Holy Spirit through our ancestor David, your servant: 'Why did the nations (ethnos) rage, and the peoples imagine vain things? |
| 4: 27 | For in this city, in fact, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the nations (ethnos) and the peoples of Israel, gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, |
| 7: 7 | 'But I will judge the nation (ethnos) that they serve,' said God, 'and after that they shall come out and worship me in this place.' |
| 7: 45 | Our ancestors in turn brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations (ethnos) that God drove out before our ancestors. And it was there until the time of David, |
| 8: 9 | Now a certain man named Simon had previously practiced magic in the city and amazed the nation (ethnos) of Samaria, saying that he was someone great. |
| 9: 15 | But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is an instrument whom I have chosen to bring my name before nations (ethnos) and kings and before the people of Israel; |
| 10: 22 | They answered, "Cornelius, a centurion, an upright and God-fearing man, who is well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation (ethnos), was directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and to hear what you have to say." |
| 10: 35 | but in every nation (ethnos) anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him. |
| 10: 45 | The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the nations (ethnos), |
| 11: 1 | Now the apostles and the believers who were in Judea heard that the nations (ethnos) had also accepted the word of God. |
| 11: 18 | When they heard this, they were silenced. And they praised God, saying, "Then God has given even to the nations (ethnos) the repentance that leads to life." |
| 13: 19 | After he had destroyed seven nations (ethnos) in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land as an inheritance |
| 13: 46 | Then both Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, "It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken first to you. Since you reject it and judge yourselves to be unworthy of eternal life, we are now turning to the nations (ethnos). |
| 13: 47 | For so the Lord has commanded us, saying, 'I have set you to be a light for the nations (ethnos), so that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.'" |
| 13: 48 | When the nations (ethnos) heard this, they were glad and praised the word of the Lord; and as many as had been destined for eternal life became believers. |
| 14: 2 | But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the nations (ethnos) and poisoned their minds against the brothers. |
| 14: 5 | And when an attempt was made by both nations (ethnos) and Jews, with their rulers, to mistreat them and to stone them, |
| 14: 16 | In past generations he allowed all the nations (ethnos) to follow their own ways; |
| 14: 27 | When they arrived, they called the church together and related all that God had done with them, and how he had opened a door of faith for the nations (ethnos). |
| 15: 3 | So they were sent on their way by the church, and as they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, they reported the conversion of the nations (ethnos), and brought great joy to all the believers. |
| 15: 7 | After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, "My brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, that I should be the one through whom the nations (ethnos) would hear the message of the good news and become believers. |
| 15: 12 | The whole assembly kept silence, and listened to Barnabas and Paul as they told of all the signs and wonders that God had done through them among the nations (ethnos). |
| 15: 14 | Simeon has related how God first looked favorably on the nations (ethnos), to take from among them a people for his name. |
| 15: 17 | so that all other peoples may seek the Lord - even all the nations (ethnos) over whom my name has been called. Thus says the Lord, who has been making these things |
| 15: 19 | Therefore I have reached the decision that we should not trouble those nations (ethnos) who are turning to God, |
| 15: 23 | with the following letter: "The brothers, both the apostles and the elders, to the believers of Nation (ethnos) origin in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greetings. |
| 17: 26 | From one ancestor he made all nations (ethnos) to inhabit the whole earth, and he allotted the times of their existence and the boundaries of the places where they would live, |
| 18: 6 | When they opposed and reviled him, in protest he shook the dust from his clothes and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the nations (ethnos)." |
| 21: 11 | He came to us and took Paul's belt, bound his own feet and hands with it, and said, "Thus says the Holy Spirit, 'This is the way the Jews in Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and will hand him over to the nations (ethnos).'" |
| 21: 19 | After greeting them, he related one by one the things that God had done among the nations (ethnos) through his ministry. |
| 21: 21 | They have been told about you that you teach all the Jews living among the nations (ethnos) to forsake Moses, and that you tell them not to circumcise their children or observe the customs. |
| 21: 25 | But as for the nations (ethnos) who have become believers, we have sent a letter with our judgment that they should abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what is strangled and from fornication." |
| 22: 21 | Then he said to me, 'Go, for I will send you far away to the nations (ethnos).'" |
| 24: 2 | When Paul had been summoned, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying: "Your Excellency, because of you we have long enjoyed peace, and reforms have been made for this nation (ethnos) because of your foresight. |
| 24: 10 | When the governor motioned to him to speak, Paul replied: "I cheerfully make my defense, knowing that for many years you have been a judge over this nation (ethnos). |
| 24: 17 | Now after some years I came to bring alms to my nation (ethnos) and to offer sacrifices. |
| 26: 4 | "All the Jews know my way of life from my youth, a life spent from the beginning among my own nation (ethnos) and in Jerusalem. |
| 26: 17 | I will rescue you from your people and from the nations (ethnos) - to whom I am sending you |
| 26: 20 | but declared first to those in Damascus, then in Jerusalem and throughout the countryside of Judea, and also to the nations (ethnos), that they should repent and turn to God and do deeds consistent with repentance. |
| 26: 23 | that the Messiah must suffer, and that, by being the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to our people and to the nations (ethnos)." |
| 28: 19 | But when the Jews objected, I was compelled to appeal to the emperor - even though I had no charge to bring against my nation (ethnos). |
| 28: 28 | Let it be known to you then that this salvation of God has been sent to the nations (ethnos); they will listen." |
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