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ULTTherefore, let it be known to you that this salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will hear.”
USTTherefore, you should know that God is offering to save the non-Jews, and many of them will accept his offer.”
BSB § Be advised, therefore, that God’s salvation has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen!”[fn]
28:28BYZ and TR include 29 When he had said this, the Jews went away, disputing sharply among themselves.
BLBTherefore be it known to you that this salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen!"
AICNT“Therefore, let it be known to you that this salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen.”
OEBUnderstand, then, that this salvation of God was sent for the Gentiles; and they will listen.’
WEBBE“Be it known therefore to you that the salvation of God is sent to the nations, and they will listen.”
T4TThat is what God said to the prophet Isaiah about our ancestors. But you Jews today do not want to believe God’s message. Therefore, I am telling you that God has sent to the non-Jews this message about how he saves people, and they will listen and accept it!”
LEBTherefore let it be known to you that this salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles. They also will listen!”[fn]
28:28Some later manuscripts include v. 29: “And when he had said these things, the Jews departed, having a great dispute among themselves.”
BBEBe certain, then, that the salvation of God is sent to the Gentiles, and they will give hearing.
RVBe it known therefore unto you, that this salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles: they will also hear.
WbstrBe it known therefore to you, that the salvation of God is sent to the Gentiles, and they will hear it.
KJB-1769Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.
KJB-1611Be it knowen therfore vnto you, that the saluation of God is sent vnto the Gentiles, and that they wil heare it. (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)
BshpsBe it knowen therfore vnto you, that this saluation of God is sent to the gentiles, and they shall heare it. (Be it known therefore unto you, that this salvation of God is sent to the gentiles, and they shall hear it.)
GnvaBe it knowen therefore vnto you, that this saluation of God is sent to the Gentiles, and they shall heare it. (Be it known therefore unto you, that this salvation of God is sent to the Gentiles, and they shall hear it. )
CvdlBe it knowne therfore vnto you, yt this saluacio of God is sent vnto ye Heythe, and they shal heare it. (Be it known therefore unto you, it this saluacio of God is sent unto ye/you_all Heathen, and they shall hear it.)
TNTBe it knowen therfore vnto you that this salvacion of God is sent to the gentyls and they shall heare it. (Be it known therefore unto you that this salvacion of God is sent to the gentiles and they shall hear it. )
WyclTherfor be it knowun to you, that this helthe of God is sent to hethen men, and thei schulen here. (Therefore be it known to you, that this health of God is sent to hethen men, and they should here.)
LuthSo sei es euch kundgetan, daß den Heiden gesandt ist dies Heil Gottes; und sie werden‘s hören. (So be it you kundgetan, that the heathens sent is this/these Heil God’s; and they/she/them become‘s listenn.)
ClVgNotum ergo sit vobis, quoniam gentibus missum est hoc salutare Dei, et ipsi audient. (Notum therefore let_it_be vobis, quoniam nations missum it_is this salutare of_God, and ipsi audient. )
UGNTγνωστὸν οὖν ἔστω, ὑμῖν ὅτι τοῖς ἔθνεσιν ἀπεστάλη τοῦτο τὸ σωτήριον τοῦ Θεοῦ; αὐτοὶ καὶ ἀκούσονται! (gnōston oun estō, humin hoti tois ethnesin apestalaʸ touto to sōtaʸrion tou Theou; autoi kai akousontai!)
28:28 Since Jews everywhere had been given an opportunity to accept the faith (13:46; see Rom 1:16), it was now time for the Gentiles to be offered this salvation.
If your language does not use the third-person imperative in this way, you could state this in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [may it be known to you]
˱to˲_the pagans /was/_sent_out this ¬the salvation ¬the ˱of˲_God
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you need to say who has done the action, it is clear from the context that it was God. Alternate translation: [God has sent me to proclaim this salvation of his to the Gentiles]
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of salvation, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [this message about how God saves people]
In this context the word hear likely means “understand and obey,” since Paul is drawing a contrast with the stubborn response of many of the Jews. You may wish to make this clear in your translation. Alternate translation: [they will understand the message and obey it]
As the book of Acts attests, Paul was no stranger to imprisonment, and he catalogued his incarcerations among his many credentials of suffering that affirmed his legitimacy as an apostle to the Corinthians (2 Corinthians 6:4-5). The first mention of Paul being imprisoned is when he and Silas were arrested in Philippi after exorcising a spirit of divination from a slave girl (Acts 16). Paul’s actions angered the girl’s owners, since the men were no longer able to make money off of the girl’s fortune telling abilities. Later in his letter to the Corinthians, Paul notes that he had already suffered multiple imprisonments (2 Corinthians 11:23), making it clear that not all of Paul’s imprisonments and other sufferings were recorded in Scripture. The next imprisonment explicitly mentioned in Scripture is when Paul was arrested in the Temple in Jerusalem at the end of his third missionary journey (Acts 21:27-34). Soon after this Paul was sent to Caesarea on the Mediterranean coast, where he remained in prison for two years (Acts 23-26; see “Paul Is Transferred to Caesarea” map). This may be where Paul penned the letters commonly known as the Prison Epistles (Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Philemon). At the end of this time Paul appealed his case to Caesar and was sent to Rome, where he spent another two years under house arrest awaiting his trial before Caesar (Acts 28:16-31). If Paul did not write his Prison Epistles while he was at Caesarea, then it is likely that he wrote them from Rome during this time. The next time we hear of Paul being imprisoned is likely several years later in his second letter to Timothy (2 Timothy 1:8-17; 2:9; 4:9-21). Though it is not certain, the tone of Paul’s writing during this time of imprisonment, which seems markedly more somber than the optimistic outlook he seems to have about his incarceration during the writing of the Prison Epistles (e.g., Philippians 1:21-26; Philemon 1:22), suggests that this incarceration was not the same as his house arrest. If so, then it is possible that between his first and second incarcerations in Rome Paul fulfilled his intention to travel to Spain to continue spreading the gospel (Romans 15:22-28). Just prior to his second incarceration in Rome, Paul had informed Titus that he planned to spend the winter in Nicopolis northwest of Achaia and asked him to meet him there (Titus 3:12). Perhaps it was around this time or soon after that he was arrested once again and brought to Rome. Paul’s ultimate fate is not noted in Scripture, but tradition (Clement, Dionysius, Eusebius, and Tertullian) attests that this final imprisonment of Paul took place at what is now called Mamertine Prison. During Paul’s time this was the only prison in Rome and was called simply “the Prison,” and it was not typically used for long term incarceration but rather for holding those awaiting imminent execution. There, during the reign of Nero, Paul met his earthly death by the sword and was received into eternal life by his loving Savior, whom he had served so long.
