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• Court of the GentilesBible

  The Court of the Gentiles was the large outermost court of the Jerusalem temple as enlarged by Herod, a space that non-Jews were also permitted to enter. It is commonly understood to be the site where Jesus cleansed the temple.

• Light to the GentilesBible

  "Light to the Gentiles" is an expression in the Book of Isaiah describing the mission given to the Servant of God to bring salvation beyond Israel to all nations. The New Testament applies it to Jesus Christ and to the preaching of the gospel.

• Acts 10:44–46Bible Verses

  This passage describes how, while Peter was preaching in the house of Cornelius, the Holy Spirit fell on the Gentile listeners, who then spoke with tongues and magnified God. It marks a turning point in the mission to the Gentiles and is frequently cited in discussions of Spirit baptism and speaking in tongues.

• Middle Wall of PartitionBible

  The "middle wall of partition" is an expression from Ephesians 2:14 for the barrier between Jews and Gentiles that Christ broke down through the cross. In Korean churches the phrase is frequently cited in connection with reconciliation and unity.

• The NationsBible

  In the Bible, "the nations" refers collectively to the peoples and countries outside Israel. The term is closely tied to the biblical theme that God's salvation extends to all peoples.

• ProselyteBible

  A proselyte (Greek prosēlytos) is, in New Testament usage, a person born a Gentile who came to believe in the God of Israel and formally entered the Jewish community through circumcision and other rites.

• TitusPeople

  Titus was a Gentile coworker of Paul in the New Testament. He traveled between Paul and the church at Corinth, set the churches of Crete in order, and is the recipient of the Epistle to Titus.

• TrophimusPeople

  Trophimus was a Gentile Christian from Ephesus who appears in Acts and 2 Timothy. He accompanied Paul on his final journey to Jerusalem, and a mistaken assumption about him led to Paul's arrest.

• Syrophoenician WomanPeople

  The Syrophoenician woman was a Gentile woman whom Jesus met in the region of Tyre. She pleaded with him to heal her demon-possessed daughter, and her request was granted. The Gospel of Matthew calls her "a woman of Canaan," and Jesus praised her faith as great.

• God-fearersBible

  "God-fearers" is a term for Gentiles of the New Testament era who believed in the God of the Jews and took part in synagogue worship but did not convert to Judaism by receiving circumcision. The expression appears frequently in the Book of Acts.

• Romans 3Bible

  Romans 3 concludes that Jews and Gentiles alike are under sin and declares that the righteousness of God is received not by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ.

• Romans 11:25–26Bible Verses

  This passage states that "blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. And so all Israel shall be saved." Interpretations of who constitutes "all Israel" differ sharply, reflecting divergent views of eschatology and of Israel.

• Isaiah 49:6Bible Verses

  Isaiah 49:6 is a verse in which God tells his servant that, beyond restoring Israel, he will make him "a light to the Gentiles" so that salvation may reach "unto the end of the earth." It is frequently discussed because of questions about the servant's identity and because the Book of Acts cites it as a basis for the mission to the Gentiles.

• Ephesians 2:20Bible Verses

  A verse in which Paul tells Gentile believers that they are the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus as the chief cornerstone. It is frequently cited in discussions of the foundation of the church and in debates over whether the offices of apostle and prophet continue today.

• Proselytes to JudaismBible

  A proselyte to Judaism was a person born a Gentile who came to believe in the God of Israel and formally entered Judaism. The term appears four times in the New Testament, in Matthew and Acts.

• Galatians 2Bible

  Galatians 2 recounts how the apostles in Jerusalem recognized Paul as the apostle to the Gentiles and how Paul rebuked Cephas (Peter) at Antioch. The chapter declares that a person is justified not by the works of the law but by faith in Christ.

• Collection for the Church in JerusalemBible

  The collection for the church in Jerusalem was a relief effort in which the apostle Paul gathered offerings from Gentile churches in Macedonia, Achaia, and elsewhere to deliver to the poor saints of the Jerusalem church.

• Acts 15:28–29Bible Verses

  The conclusion of the letter that the Jerusalem Council sent to Gentile believers. It does not impose circumcision or the whole Law, but it directs them to abstain from meats offered to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from fornication. The passage is frequently cited in discussions of law and freedom, dietary regulations, and blood transfusion.

• Romans 11:17–24Bible Verses

  In this passage Paul uses the image of grafting into an olive tree to warn Gentile believers not to boast against Israel. It is frequently cited in discussions of the relationship between Israel and the church and of the security of salvation.