Acts 13:47 - Exposition

For a light for to be a light, A.V.; the uttermost part for the ends, A.V. The quotation is from the LXX . (Cod. Alex.) of Isaiah 49:6 . Compare the frequent quotations by St. Paul from Isaiah in Romans 15:1-33 . The additional words which appear in the LXX ., εἰς διαθήκην γένους , have no counterpart in the Hebrew, and are probably corrupt. The application of the passage is, God declared his purpose by Isaiah, that his Servant Messiah should be the Light and Salvation of the Gentiles, and we are commissioned to give effect to that purpose by our preaching.