Acts 13 - 28
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Now there were in the church at Antioch n prophets and n teachers, o Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a member of the court of p Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
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While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, q the Holy Spirit said, r "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul s for the work to which I have called them."
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Then after fasting and t praying they laid their hands on them and u sent them off.
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So, being sent out v by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus.
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When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God w in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had x John to y assist them.
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When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they came upon a certain z magician, a a Jewish false prophet named Bar-Jesus.
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He was with b the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence, who summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God.
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But Elymas the z magician (for that is the meaning of his name) c opposed them, seeking to turn d the proconsul away from the faith.
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But Saul, who was also called Paul, e filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him
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and said, "You f son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, full of all deceit and g villainy, will you not stop h making crooked i the straight paths of the Lord?
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And now, behold, j the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind and unable to see the sun for a time." Immediately mist and darkness fell upon him, and he went about seeking k people to lead him by the hand.
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Then the proconsul believed, when he saw what had occurred, for he was astonished at l the teaching of the Lord.
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Now Paul and his companions set sail from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia. And m John left them and returned n to Jerusalem,
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but they went on from Perga and came to Antioch in Pisidia. And o on the Sabbath day p they went into the synagogue and sat down.
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After q the reading from r the Law and the Prophets, s the rulers of the synagogue sent a message to them, saying, "Brothers, if you have any t word of encouragement for the people, say it."
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So Paul stood up, and u motioning with his hand said: "Men of Israel and v you who fear God, listen.
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w The God of this people Israel x chose our fathers and y made the people great z during their stay in the land of Egypt, and a with uplifted arm he led them out of it.
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And for about b forty years c he put up with them in the wilderness.
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And d after destroying e seven nations in the land of Canaan, f he gave them their land as an inheritance.
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All this took about 450 years. And after that g he gave them judges until h Samuel the prophet.
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Then i they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul j the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.
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And k when he had removed him, l he raised up David to be their king, of whom he testified and said, m 'I have found in David the son of Jesse n a man after my heart, o who will do all my will.'
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p Of this man's offspring God has brought to Israel q a Savior, Jesus, r as he promised.
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Before his coming, s John had proclaimed t a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
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And as John was finishing his course, u he said, 'What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. No, but behold, after me one is coming, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.'
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"Brothers, sons of the family of Abraham, and those among you v who fear God, to us has been sent w the message of x this salvation.
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For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers, because y they did not recognize him nor understand z the utterances of the prophets, which are read every Sabbath, a fulfilled them by condemning him.
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And b though they found in him no guilt worthy of death, c they asked Pilate to have him executed.
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And when d they had carried out all that was written of him, e they took him down from f the tree and laid him in a tomb.
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But g God raised him from the dead,
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and for many days h he appeared to those i who had come up with him j from Galilee to Jerusalem, k who are now l his witnesses to the people.
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And we bring you the good news m that what God promised to the fathers,
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n this he has fulfilled to us their children by raising Jesus, as also it is written in the second Psalm,
o "'You are my Son,
today I have begotten you.'
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And as for the fact that he raised him from the dead, p q no more to return to corruption, he has spoken in this way,
"'I will give you r the holy and sure blessings of David.'
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Therefore he says also in another psalm,
s "'You will not let your Holy One see corruption.'
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For David, after he had t served the purpose of God in his own generation, u fell asleep and v was laid with his fathers and saw corruption,
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but he whom w God raised up did not see corruption.
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Let it be known to you therefore, brothers, x that through this man y forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you,
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and by him z everyone who believes is freed from everything a from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses.
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Beware, therefore, lest what is said in the Prophets should come about:
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b "'Look, you scoffers,
be astounded and perish;
for I am doing a work in your days,
a work that you will not believe, even if one tells it to you.'"
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As they went out, the people begged that these things might be told them the next Sabbath.
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And after the meeting of the synagogue broke up, many Jews and c devout d converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who, as they spoke with them, urged them e to continue in f the grace of God.
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The next Sabbath almost the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord.
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g But h when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with i jealousy and began to contradict what was spoken by Paul, j reviling him.
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And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, "It was necessary that the word of God k be spoken first to you. l Since you thrust it aside and judge yourselves m unworthy of eternal life, behold, we n are turning to the Gentiles.
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o For so the Lord has commanded us, saying,
p "'I have made you q a light for the Gentiles,
that you may r bring salvation to the ends of the earth.'"
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And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and s glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed.
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And the word of the Lord was spreading throughout the whole region.
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t But the Jews incited the devout u women of high standing and the leading men of the city, v stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and w drove them out of their district.
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But they x shook off the dust from their feet against them and went to Iconium.
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And the disciples were filled y with joy and z with the Holy Spirit.
Acts 14
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Now at Iconium a they entered together into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed.
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b But the c unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against d the brothers.
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So they remained for a long time, speaking boldly for e the Lord, who bore witness to f the word of his grace, g granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
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But the people of the city h were divided; i some sided with the Jews and some with the apostles.
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When an attempt was made by both Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, j to mistreat them and k to stone them,
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they learned of it and l fled to m Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the surrounding country,
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and there they continued to preach the gospel.
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Now at Lystra there was a man sitting who could not use his feet. He was n crippled from birth and had never walked.
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He listened to Paul speaking. And Paul, looking intently at him and o seeing that he had faith to be made well,
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said in a loud voice, "Stand upright on your feet." And he p sprang up and began walking.
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And when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in Lycaonian, q "The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!"
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Barnabas they called r Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.
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And the priest of r Zeus, whose temple was at the entrance to the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates and s wanted to offer sacrifice with the crowds.
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But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they t tore their garments and rushed out into the crowd, crying out,
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"Men, u why are you doing these things? We also are men, v of like nature with you, and we bring you good news, that w you should turn from these x vain things to y a living God, z who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.
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In past generations he a allowed all the nations b to walk in their own ways.
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Yet c he did not leave himself without witness, for he d did good by e giving you rains from heaven and f fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with g food and h gladness."
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Even with these words they scarcely restrained the people from offering sacrifice to them.
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i But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowds, j they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.
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But when the disciples gathered about him, he rose up and entered the city, and on the next day he went on with Barnabas to Derbe.
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When they had preached the gospel to that city and had k made many disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch,
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l strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them m to continue in n the faith, and saying that o through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.
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And when they had p appointed q elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting r they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
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Then they passed through Pisidia and came to Pamphylia.
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And when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia,
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and from there they sailed to Antioch, s where they had been t commended to the grace of God for the work that they had fulfilled.
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And when they arrived and gathered the church together, u they declared all that God had done with them, and v how he had w opened x a door of faith to the Gentiles.
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And they remained no little time with the disciples.
Acts 15
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y But some men came down from Judea and were teaching z the brothers, "Unless you are a circumcised b according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved."
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And after Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and c debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and d some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to e the apostles and the elders about this question.
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So, f being sent on their way by the church, they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, g describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and h brought great joy to all i the brothers.
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j When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and k the apostles and the elders, and g they declared all that God had done with them.
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But some believers who belonged to l the party of the Pharisees rose up and said, m "It is necessary n to circumcise them and to order them to keep the law of Moses."
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o The k apostles and the elders were gathered together to consider this matter.
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And after there had been much p debate, Peter stood up and said to them, "Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, q that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear r the word of s the gospel and believe.
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And God, t who knows the heart, u bore witness to them, v by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us,
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and w he made no distinction between us and them, x having cleansed their hearts y by faith.
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Now, therefore, why z are you putting God to the test a by placing a yoke on the neck of the disciples b that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?
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But we c believe that we will be d saved through e the grace of the Lord Jesus, w just as they will."
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And all the assembly fell silent, and they listened to Barnabas and Paul f as they related what signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles.
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After they finished speaking, g James replied, "Brothers, listen to me.
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h Simeon has related how God first visited the Gentiles, to take from them i a people for his name.
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And with this the words of the prophets agree, just as it is written,
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j "'After this I will return,
and I will rebuild the tent of David that has fallen;
I will rebuild its ruins,
and I will restore it,
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that the remnant of mankind k may seek the Lord,
and all the Gentiles l who are called by my name,
says the Lord, who makes these things
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m known from of old.'
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Therefore n my judgment is that we should not trouble those of the Gentiles who o turn to God,
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but should write to them p to abstain from q the things polluted by idols, and from r sexual immorality, and from s what has been strangled, and from s blood.
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For from ancient generations Moses has had in every city those who proclaim him, t for he is read every Sabbath in the synagogues."
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Then it seemed good to u the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among them and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They sent Judas called v Barsabbas, and w Silas, leading men among x the brothers,
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with the following letter: x "The brothers, both u the apostles and the elders, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, y greetings.
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Since we have heard that z some persons have gone out from us and a troubled you with words, unsettling your minds, although we gave them no instructions,
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it has seemed good to us, having come b to one accord, to choose men and send them to you with our c beloved Barnabas and Paul,
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d men who have e risked their lives for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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We have therefore sent f Judas and Silas, who themselves will tell you the same things by word of mouth.
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For it has seemed good g to the Holy Spirit and h to us i to lay on you no greater burden than these requirements:
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j that you abstain from k what has been sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what has been strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. Farewell."
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So when they were sent off, they went down to Antioch, and having gathered the congregation together, they delivered the letter.
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And when they had read it, they rejoiced because of its encouragement.
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And Judas and Silas, who were themselves l prophets, encouraged and m strengthened n the brothers with many words.
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And after they had spent some time, they were sent off o in peace by n the brothers to those who had sent them.
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But p Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.
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And after some days Paul said to Barnabas, "Let us return and visit n the brothers q in every city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, and see how they are."
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Now Barnabas wanted to take with them r John called Mark.
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But Paul thought best not to take with them one s who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia and had not gone with them to the work.
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And there arose t a sharp disagreement, so that they separated from each other. u Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus,
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but Paul chose Silas and departed, v having been commended by w the brothers to x the grace of the Lord.
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And he went through Syria and Cilicia, y strengthening the churches.
Acts 16
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Paul came also to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple was there, named z Timothy, a the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek.
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He was well spoken of by b the brothers at Lystra and Iconium.
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Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, and he c took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
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As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered to them for observance d the decisions e that had been reached by f the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem.
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g So the churches were strengthened in h the faith, and they increased in numbers i daily.
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And j they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.
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And when they had come up to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but k the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them.
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So, passing by Mysia, they went down l to Troas.
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And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia was standing there, urging him and saying, "Come over to Macedonia and help us."
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And when Paul had seen the vision, immediately m we sought to go on into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.
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So, setting sail from Troas, we n made a direct voyage to Samothrace, and the following day to Neapolis,
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and from there to o Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of Macedonia and p a Roman colony. We remained in this city some days.
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And q on the Sabbath day we went outside the gate r to the riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we s sat down and spoke to the women who had come together.
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One who heard us was a woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple goods, t who was a worshiper of God. The Lord u opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul.
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And after she was baptized, v and her household as well, she urged us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay." And she w prevailed upon us.
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As we were going to x the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had y a spirit of z divination and a brought her owners much gain by fortune-telling.
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She followed Paul and us, b crying out, "These men are c servants of d the Most High God, who proclaim to you e the way of salvation."
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And this she kept doing for many days. Paul, having become greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, f "I command you g in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her." And h it came out that very hour.
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But i when her owners saw that their hope of gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and j dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.
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And when they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, "These men are Jews, and they are disturbing our city.
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They k advocate customs that are not lawful for us l as Romans to accept or practice."
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The crowd joined in attacking them, and the magistrates tore the garments off them and gave orders m to beat them with rods.
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And when they had inflicted many blows upon them, they threw them into prison, ordering the jailer to keep them safely.
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Having received this order, he put them into the inner n prison and fastened their feet in o the stocks.
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p About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them,
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and suddenly q there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately r all the doors were opened, and s everyone's bonds were unfastened.
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When the jailer woke and saw that the prison doors were open, he drew his sword and t was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.
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But Paul cried with a loud voice, "Do not harm yourself, for we are all here."
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And the jailer called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he u fell down before Paul and Silas.
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Then he brought them out and said, "Sirs, v what must I do to be w saved?"
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And they said, x "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you y and your household."
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And they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house.
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And he took them z the same hour of the night and washed their wounds; and he a was baptized at once, he and all his family.
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Then he brought them up into his house and set food before them. And he b rejoiced along with his entire household that he had believed in God.
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But when it was day, the magistrates sent the police, saying, "Let those men go."
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And the jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, "The magistrates have sent to let you go. Therefore come out now and go in peace."
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But Paul said to them, "They have beaten us publicly, c uncondemned, men who are Roman citizens, and have thrown us into prison; and do they now throw us out secretly? No! Let them come themselves and take us out."
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The police reported these words to the magistrates, and c they were afraid when they heard that they were Roman citizens.
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So they came and apologized to them. And they took them out and d asked them to leave the city.
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So they went out of the prison and visited e Lydia. And when they had seen f the brothers, they encouraged them and departed.
Acts 17
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Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to g Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.
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And Paul went in, h as was his custom, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them i from the Scriptures,
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j explaining and proving that it was necessary for k the Christ to suffer and l to rise from the dead, and saying, "This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ."
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And m some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did n a great many of the devout o Greeks and not a few of the leading women.
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p But the Jews q were jealous, and taking r some wicked men of the rabble, they formed a mob, set the city in an uproar, and attacked the house of Jason, seeking to bring them out to the crowd.
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And when they could not find them, s they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city authorities, shouting, "These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also,
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and Jason has received them, and they are all acting against t the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is u another king, Jesus."
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And the people and the city authorities were disturbed when they heard these things.
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And when they had taken money as security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.
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v The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they w went into the Jewish synagogue.
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Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, x examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.
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y Many of them therefore believed, with not a few Greek z women of high standing as well as men.
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But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Berea also, they came there too, a agitating and stirring up the crowds.
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Then the brothers b immediately sent Paul off on his way to the sea, but Silas and c Timothy remained there.
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d Those who conducted Paul brought him as far as e Athens, and after receiving a command f for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they departed.
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Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was g provoked within him as he saw that the city was h full of idols.
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So i he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there.
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Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also conversed with him. And some said, j "What does this babbler wish to say?" Others said, "He seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities" - because k he was preaching l Jesus and the resurrection.
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And they took him and brought him to m the Areopagus, saying, "May we know what this n new teaching is that you are presenting?
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For you bring some o strange things to our ears. We wish to know therefore what these things mean."
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Now all the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there would spend their time in nothing except telling or hearing something new.
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So Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: "Men of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very religious.
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For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription, p 'To the unknown god.' p What therefore you worship q as unknown, this I proclaim to you.
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r The God who made the world and everything in it, being s Lord of heaven and earth, t does not live in temples made by man,
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nor is he served by human hands, u as though he needed anything, since he himself v gives to all mankind w life and breath and everything.
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And x he made from one man every nation of mankind to live y on all the face of the earth, z having determined allotted periods and a the boundaries of their dwelling place,
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b that they should seek God, in the hope that c they might feel their way toward him and find him. d Yet he is actually not far from each one of us,
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for
e "'In him we live and move and have our being';
as even some of f your own poets have said,
"'For we are indeed his offspring.'
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g Being then God's offspring, h we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man.
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i The times of ignorance j God overlooked, but k now he l commands all people everywhere to repent,
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because he has fixed m a day on which n he will judge the world o in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and p of this he has given assurance to all q by raising him from the dead."
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Now when they heard of r the resurrection of the dead, s some mocked. But others said, t "We will hear you again about this."
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So Paul went out from their midst.
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But some men joined him and believed, among whom also were Dionysius u the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris and others with them.
Acts 18
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After this Paul left Athens and went to Corinth.
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And he found a Jew named v Aquila, a native of Pontus, recently come from Italy with his wife v Priscilla, because w Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. And he went to see them,
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and x because he was of the same trade he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade.
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And y he reasoned in the synagogue y every Sabbath, and tried to persuade Jews and Greeks.
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z When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul a was occupied with the word, b testifying to the Jews that the Christ was c Jesus.
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And when they opposed and reviled him, d he shook out his garments and said to them, e "Your blood be on your own heads! f I am innocent. g From now on I will go to the Gentiles."
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And he left there and went to the house of a man named Titius h Justus, i a worshiper of God. His house was next door to the synagogue.
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j Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, together k with his entire household. And many of the Corinthians hearing Paul believed and were baptized.
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And the Lord said to Paul l one night in m a vision, n "Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent,
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n for I am with you, and o no one will attack you to harm you, for p I have many in this city who are my people."
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And he stayed a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
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But when Gallio was q proconsul of Achaia, r the Jews made a united attack on Paul and s brought him before the tribunal,
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saying, "This man is persuading people to worship God contrary to t the law."
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But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, "If it were a matter of wrongdoing or vicious u crime, O Jews, I would have reason to accept your complaint.
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But v since it is a matter of questions about words and names and w your own law, see to it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of these things."
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And he drove them from the tribunal.
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And they all seized Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the tribunal. But Gallio paid no attention to any of this.
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After this, Paul stayed many days longer and then took leave of x the brothers and set sail for Syria, and with him y Priscilla and Aquila. At z Cenchreae a he had cut his hair, for he was under a vow.
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And they came to b Ephesus, and he left them there, but c he himself went into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.
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When they asked him to stay for a longer period, he declined.
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But on taking leave of them he said, "I will return to you d if God wills," and he set sail from Ephesus.
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When he had landed at Caesarea, he e went up and greeted the church, and then went down to Antioch.
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After spending some time there, he departed and f went from one place to the next through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, g strengthening all the disciples.
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Now a Jew named h Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, i competent in the Scriptures.
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He had been instructed in j the way of the Lord. And k being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew only l the baptism of John.
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He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when m Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him and explained to him n the way of God more accurately.
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And when he wished to cross to o Achaia, p the brothers encouraged him and q wrote to the disciples to welcome him. When he arrived, r he greatly helped those who through grace had believed,
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for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, showing by the Scriptures s that the Christ was Jesus.
Acts 19
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And it happened that while t Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed u through the inland country and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples.
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And he said to them, v "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" And they said, "No, w we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit."
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And he said, x "Into what then were you baptized?" They said, "Into y John's baptism."
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And Paul said, y "John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people z to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, Jesus."
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On hearing this, a they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
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And b when Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and c they began speaking in tongues and d prophesying.
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There were about twelve men in all.
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And e he entered the synagogue and for three months spoke boldly, reasoning and persuading them f about the kingdom of God.
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g But when some became stubborn and h continued in unbelief, speaking evil of i the Way before the congregation, he withdrew from them and took the disciples with him, reasoning daily in the hall of Tyrannus.
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This continued for j two years, so that k all the residents of Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.
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And l God was doing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul,
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l so that even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his skin were carried away to the sick, and their diseases left them and m the evil spirits came out of them.
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Then some of the itinerant Jewish n exorcists o undertook to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, p "I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul proclaims."
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Seven sons of a Jewish high priest named Sceva were doing this.
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But the evil spirit answered them, q "Jesus I know, and Paul I recognize, but who are you?"
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And the man in whom was the evil spirit leaped on them, mastered all of them and overpowered them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
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And this became known to all the residents of Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks. And fear fell upon them all, and r the name of the Lord Jesus was extolled.
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Also many of those who were now believers came, s confessing and divulging their practices.
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And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. And they counted the value of them and found it came to fifty thousand pieces of silver.
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So the word of the Lord t continued to increase and prevail mightily.
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Now after these events Paul resolved in the Spirit u to pass through v Macedonia and Achaia and w go to Jerusalem, saying, "After I have been there, x I must also see Rome."
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And having sent into Macedonia two of y his helpers, z Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia a for a while.
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About that time b there arose no little disturbance concerning c the Way.
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For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, d brought no little business to the craftsmen.
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d These he gathered together, with the workmen in similar trades, and said, "Men, you know that from this business we have our wealth.
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And you see and hear that not only in Ephesus but in almost all of Asia this Paul has persuaded and turned away a great many people, e saying that f gods made with hands are not gods.
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And there is danger not only that this trade of ours may come into disrepute but also that the temple of the g great goddess Artemis may be counted as nothing, and that she may even be deposed from her magnificence, she whom all Asia and the world worship."
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When they heard this they were enraged and were crying out, g "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"
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So the city was filled with the confusion, and they rushed together into the theater, dragging with them Gaius and h Aristarchus, Macedonians who were Paul's i companions in travel.
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But when Paul wished to go in among the crowd, the disciples would not let him.
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And even some of the Asiarchs, who were friends of his, sent to him and were urging him not to venture into the theater.
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j Now some cried out one thing, some another, for the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had come together.
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Some of the crowd prompted Alexander, whom the Jews had put forward. And Alexander, k motioning with his hand, wanted to make a defense to the crowd.
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But when they recognized that he was a Jew, for about two hours they all cried out with one voice, l "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"
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And when the town clerk had quieted the crowd, he said, "Men of Ephesus, who is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the great Artemis, and of the sacred stone that fell from m the sky?
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Seeing then that these things cannot be denied, you ought to be quiet and do nothing rash.
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For you have brought n these men here who are neither o sacrilegious nor blasphemers of our goddess.
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If therefore Demetrius and the craftsmen with him have a complaint against anyone, the courts are open, and there are p proconsuls. Let them bring charges against one another.
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But if you seek anything further, it shall be settled in the regular assembly.
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For we really are in danger of being charged with rioting today, since there is no cause that we can give to justify this commotion."
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And when he had said these things, he dismissed the assembly.
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After the uproar ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging them, he said farewell and q departed for Macedonia.
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When he had gone through those regions and had given them much encouragement, he came to Greece.
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There he spent three months, and when r a plot was made against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia.
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Sopater the Berean, son of Pyrrhus, accompanied him; and of the Thessalonians, s Aristarchus and Secundus; and s Gaius of Derbe, and t Timothy; and the Asians, u Tychicus and v Trophimus.
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These went on ahead and were waiting for w us at x Troas,
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but we sailed away from Philippi after y the days of Unleavened Bread, and in five days we came to them at Troas, where we stayed for seven days.
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z On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together a to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and he prolonged his speech until midnight.
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There were many lamps in b the upper room where we were gathered.
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And a young man named Eutychus, sitting at the window, sank into a deep sleep as Paul talked still longer. And being overcome by sleep, he c fell down from the third story and was taken up dead.
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But Paul went down and d bent over him, and taking him in his arms, said, e "Do not be alarmed, for his life is in him."
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And when Paul had gone up and f had broken bread and eaten, he conversed with them a long while, until daybreak, and so departed.
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And they took the youth away alive, and were not a little comforted.
13
But going ahead to the ship, we set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul aboard there, for so he had arranged, intending himself to go by land.
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And when he met us at Assos, we took him on board and went to Mitylene.
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And sailing from there we came the following day opposite Chios; the next day we touched at Samos; and the day after that we went to Miletus.
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For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he might not have to spend time in Asia, for he was hastening g to be at Jerusalem, if possible, h on the day of Pentecost.
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Now from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called i the elders of the church to come to him.
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And when they came to him, he said to them: j "You yourselves know k how I lived among you the whole time j from the first day that I set foot in Asia,
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l serving the Lord m with all humility and with n tears and with trials that happened to me through o the plots of the Jews;
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how I p did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and q teaching you in public and from house to house,
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r testifying both to Jews and to Greeks of s repentance toward God and of t faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
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And now, behold, I am going to Jerusalem, constrained u by the Spirit, not knowing what will happen to me there,
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except that v the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that w imprisonment and x afflictions await me.
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But y I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only z I may finish my course and a the ministry b that I received from the Lord Jesus, c to testify to d the gospel of e the grace of God.
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And now, behold, f I know that none of you among whom I have gone about g proclaiming the kingdom will see my face again.
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Therefore h I testify to you this day that i I am innocent of the blood of all of you,
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for j I did not shrink from declaring to you k the whole counsel of God.
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l Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all m the flock, in which n the Holy Spirit has made you o overseers, p to care for q the church of God, which he r obtained s with his own blood.
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I r know that after my departure t fierce wolves will come in among you, u not sparing the flock;
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and v from among your own selves will arise men speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them.
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Therefore w be alert, remembering that x for three years I did not cease night or day y to admonish everyone z with tears.
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And now a I commend you to God and to b the word of his grace, which is able to c build you up and to give you d the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
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e I coveted no one's silver or gold or apparel.
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f You yourselves know that g these hands ministered to my necessities and h to those who were with me.
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In all things i I have shown you that j by working hard in this way we must k help the weak and l remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, 'It is more blessed m to give than to receive.'"
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And when he had said these things, n he knelt down and prayed with them all.
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And o there was much weeping on the part of all; p they embraced Paul and p kissed him,
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being sorrowful most of all because of q the word he had spoken, that they would not see his face again. And r they accompanied him to the ship.
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And when s we had parted from them and set sail, we t came by a straight course to Cos, and the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.
2
And having found a ship crossing to Phoenicia, we went aboard and set sail.
3
When we had come in sight of Cyprus, leaving it on the left we sailed to Syria and landed at Tyre, for there the ship was to unload its cargo.
4
And having sought out the disciples, we stayed there for seven days. And u through the Spirit they were telling Paul not to go on to Jerusalem.
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When our days there were ended, we departed and went on our journey, and they all, with wives and children, v accompanied us until we were outside the city. And w kneeling down on the beach, we prayed
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and said farewell to one another. Then we went on board the ship, and they returned home.
7
When we had finished the voyage from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais, and we greeted x the brothers and stayed with them for one day.
8
On the next day we departed and came to Caesarea, and we entered the house of y Philip z the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him.
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He had four unmarried daughters, a who prophesied.
10
While we were staying for many days, a prophet named b Agabus came down from Judea.
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And coming to us, he c took Paul's belt and bound his own feet and hands and said, d "Thus says the Holy Spirit, e 'This is how the Jews at Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and f deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.'"
12
When we heard this, we and the people there g urged him not to go up to Jerusalem.
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Then Paul answered, g "What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For h I am ready not only to be imprisoned but even to die in Jerusalem i for the name of the Lord Jesus."
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And since he would not be persuaded, j we ceased and said, k "Let the will of the Lord be done."
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After these days we got ready and went up to Jerusalem.
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And some of the disciples from Caesarea went with us, bringing us to the house of Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we should lodge.
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When we had come to Jerusalem, l the brothers received us gladly.
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On the following day Paul went in with us to m James, and all n the elders were present.
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After greeting them, o he related one by one p the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his q ministry.
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And when they heard it, they r glorified God. And they said to him, "You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed. They are all s zealous for the law,
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and they have been told about you that you teach all t the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, u telling them v not to circumcise their children or w walk according to x our customs.
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What then is to be done? They will certainly hear that you have come.
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Do therefore what we tell you. We have four men y who are under a vow;
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take these men and z purify yourself along with them and pay their expenses, y so that they may shave their heads. Thus all will know that there is nothing in what they have been told about you, but that you yourself also live in observance of the law.
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But as for the Gentiles who have believed, a 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 has been strangled, and from sexual immorality."
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Then Paul took the men, and the next day z he purified himself along with them and b went into the temple, giving notice when the days of purification would be fulfilled and c the offering presented for each one of them.
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When c the seven days were almost completed, d the Jews from Asia, e seeing him in the temple, stirred up the whole crowd and laid hands on him,
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crying out, "Men of Israel, help! This is the man who f is teaching everyone everywhere against the people and g the law and g this place. Moreover, he even brought Greeks into the temple and h has defiled g this holy place."
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For they had previously seen i Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, and they supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple.
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Then all the city was stirred up, and the people ran together. They seized Paul and j dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.
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j And as they were seeking to kill him, word came to the tribune of k the cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion.
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l He at once took soldiers and centurions and ran down to them. And when they saw the tribune and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
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Then the tribune came up and arrested him and ordered him m to be bound n with two chains. He inquired who he was and what he had done.
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o Some in the crowd were shouting one thing, some another. And as he could not learn the facts because of the uproar, he ordered him to be brought into p the barracks.
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And when he came to the steps, he was actually carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd,
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for the mob of the people followed, crying out, q "Away with him!"
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As Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he said to the tribune, "May I say something to you?" And he said, "Do you know Greek?
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Are you not r the Egyptian, then, who recently stirred up a revolt and led the four thousand men of the Assassins out s into the wilderness?"
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Paul replied, t "I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no obscure city. I beg you, permit me to speak to the people."
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And when he had given him permission, Paul, standing on the steps, u motioned with his hand to the people. And when there was a great hush, he addressed them in v the Hebrew language, saying:
Acts 22
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w "Brothers and fathers, hear the defense that I now make before you."
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And when they heard that he was addressing them in x the Hebrew language, they became even more quiet. And he said:
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y "I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated z at the feet of a Gamaliel b according to the strict manner of the law of our fathers, c being zealous for God d as all of you are this day.
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e I persecuted f this Way g to the death, binding and delivering to prison both men and women,
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as h the high priest and i the whole council of elders can bear me witness. From them I received letters to j the brothers, and I journeyed toward Damascus to take those also who were there and bring them in bonds to Jerusalem to be punished.
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k "As I was on my way and drew near to Damascus, about noon a great light from heaven suddenly shone around me.
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And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'
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And I answered, 'Who are you, Lord?' And he said to me, 'I am l Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting.'
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m Now those who were with me saw the light but did not understand the voice of the one who was speaking to me.
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And I said, n 'What shall I do, Lord?' And the Lord said to me, 'Rise, and go into Damascus, and there you will be told all that is appointed for you to do.'
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And since I could not see because of the brightness of that light, I was led by the hand by those who were with me, and came into Damascus.
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"And o one Ananias, a devout man p according to the law, q well spoken of by all the Jews who lived there,
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r came to me, and standing by me said to me, 'Brother Saul, receive your sight.' And s at that very hour I received my sight and saw him.
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And he said, t 'The God of our fathers u appointed you to know his will, v to see w the Righteous One and x to hear a voice from his mouth;
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for y you will be a witness for him to everyone of what z you have seen and heard.
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And now why do you wait? a Rise and be baptized and b wash away your sins, c calling on his name.'
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d "When I had returned to Jerusalem and e was praying in the temple, I fell into f a trance
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and saw him saying to me, g 'Make haste and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.'
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And I said, 'Lord, they themselves know that in one synagogue after another h I imprisoned and i beat those who believed in you.
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And when the blood of Stephen j your witness was being shed, k I myself was standing by and l approving and k watching over the garments of those who killed him.'
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And he said to me, 'Go, for I will send you m far away to the Gentiles.'"
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Up to this word they listened to him. Then they raised their voices and said, n "Away with such a fellow from the earth! For o he should not be allowed to live."
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And as they were shouting and throwing off their cloaks and flinging dust into the air,
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the tribune ordered him to be brought into p the barracks, saying that he should be q examined by flogging, to find out why they were shouting against him like this.
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But when they had stretched him out for the whips, Paul said to the centurion who was standing by, "Is it lawful for you to flog r a man who is a Roman citizen and uncondemned?"
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When the centurion heard this, he went to the tribune and said to him, "What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman citizen."
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So the tribune came and said to him, "Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?" And he said, "Yes."
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The tribune answered, "I bought this citizenship for a large sum." Paul said, "But I am a citizen by birth."
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So those who were about s to examine him withdrew from him immediately, and the tribune also t was afraid, u for he realized that Paul was a Roman citizen and that v he had bound him.
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But on the next day, w desiring to know the real reason why he was being accused by the Jews, he unbound him and commanded the chief priests and all the council to meet, and he brought Paul down and set him before them.
Acts 23
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And looking intently at the council, Paul said, "Brothers, x I have lived my life before God in all good conscience up to this day."
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And the high priest y Ananias commanded those who stood by him z to strike him on the mouth.
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Then Paul said to him, "God is going to strike you, you a whitewashed b wall! Are you sitting to judge me according to the law, and yet c contrary to the law you c order me to be struck?"
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Those who stood by said, "Would you revile d God's high priest?"
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And Paul said, e "I did not know, brothers, that he was the high priest, for it is written, f 'You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.'"
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Now when Paul perceived that one part were g Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, "Brothers, h I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. It is i with respect to the j hope and the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial."
7
And when he had said this, a dissension arose between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.
8
For the Sadducees k say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.
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Then a great clamor arose, and some of l the scribes of the Pharisees' party stood up and contended sharply, m "We find nothing wrong in this man. What n if a spirit or an angel spoke to him?"
10
And when the dissension became violent, the tribune, afraid that Paul would be torn to pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him away from among them by force and bring him into o the barracks.
11
p The following night q the Lord stood by him and said, r "Take courage, for s as you have testified to the facts about me in Jerusalem, so you must t testify also in Rome."
12
When it was day, u the Jews made a plot and v bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
13
There were more than forty who made this conspiracy.
14
They went to the chief priests and elders and said, "We have strictly bound ourselves by an oath to taste no food till we have killed Paul.
15
Now therefore you, along with the council, give notice to the tribune to bring him down to you, as though you were going to determine his case more exactly. And we are ready to kill him before he comes near."
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Now the son of Paul's sister heard of their ambush, so he went and entered w the barracks and told Paul.
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Paul called one of the centurions and said, "Take this young man to the tribune, for he has something to tell him."
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So he took him and brought him to the tribune and said, "Paul x the prisoner called me and asked me to bring this young man to you, as he has something to say to you."
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The tribune took him by the hand, and going aside asked him privately, "What is it that you have to tell me?"
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And he said, y "The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as though they were going to inquire somewhat more closely about him.
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But do not be persuaded by them, for more than forty of their men are lying in ambush for him, who z have bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they have killed him. And now they are ready, waiting for your consent."
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So the tribune dismissed the young man, charging him, "Tell no one that you have informed me of these things."
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Then he called two of the centurions and said, "Get ready two hundred soldiers, with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen to go as far as Caesarea at the third hour of the night.
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Also provide mounts for Paul to ride and bring him safely to a Felix b the governor."
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And he wrote a letter to this effect:
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"Claudius Lysias, to c his Excellency the governor Felix, d greetings.
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e This man was seized by the Jews and f was about to be killed by them f when I came upon them with the soldiers and rescued him, g having learned that he was a Roman citizen.
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And h desiring to know the charge for which they were accusing him, I brought him down to their council.
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I found that he was being accused i about questions of their law, but j charged with nothing deserving death or imprisonment.
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k And when it was disclosed to me l that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once, m ordering his accusers also to state before you what they have against him."
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So the soldiers, according to their instructions, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.
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And on the next day they returned to n the barracks, letting the horsemen go on with him.
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When they had come to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they presented Paul also before him.
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On reading the letter, he asked what o province he was from. And when he learned p that he was from Cilicia,
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he said, "I will give you a hearing q when your accusers arrive." And he commanded him to be guarded in Herod's r praetorium.
Acts 24
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And s after five days the high priest t Ananias came down with some elders and a spokesman, one Tertullus. They laid before u the governor their case against Paul.
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And when he had been summoned, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying: "Since through you we enjoy much peace, and since by your foresight, v most excellent Felix, reforms are being made for this nation,
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in every way and everywhere we accept this with all gratitude.
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But, to detain you no further, I beg you in your kindness to hear us briefly.
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For we have found this man a plague, w one who stirs up riots among all the Jews throughout the world and is a ringleader of x the sect of the Nazarenes.
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y He even tried to profane the temple, but we seized him.
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By examining him yourself you will be able to find out from him about everything of which we accuse him."
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The Jews also joined in the charge, affirming that all these things were so.
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And when the governor had nodded to him to speak, Paul replied: "Knowing that for many years you have been a judge over this nation, I cheerfully make my defense.
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You can verify that z it is not more than twelve days since I a went up b to worship in Jerusalem,
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and c they did not find me disputing with anyone or stirring up a crowd, either in the temple or in the synagogues or in the city.
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d Neither can they prove to you what they now bring up against me.
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But this I confess to you, that according to e the Way, which they call f a sect, g I worship h the God of our fathers, believing everything i laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets,
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j having k a hope in God, which these men themselves accept, that there will be l a resurrection m of both the just and the unjust.
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So I always n take pains to have a o clear conscience toward both God and man.
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Now p after several years q I came to bring alms to r my nation and to present s offerings.
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While I was doing this, they found me t purified in the temple, without any crowd or tumult. But u some Jews from Asia -
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v they ought to be here before you and to make an accusation, should they have anything against me.
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Or else let these men themselves say what wrongdoing they found when I stood before the council,
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other than this one thing w that I cried out while standing among them: 'It is with respect to the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial before you this day.'"
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But Felix, having a rather accurate knowledge of x the Way, put them off, saying, "When Lysias the tribune comes down, I will decide your case."
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Then he gave orders to the centurion that he y should be kept in custody but have some liberty, and that z none of his friends should be prevented from attending to his needs.
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After some days Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, and he sent for Paul and heard him speak about a faith b in Christ Jesus.
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And as he reasoned c about righteousness and self-control and the coming judgment, Felix was alarmed and said, "Go away for the present. d When I get an opportunity I will summon you."
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At the same time he hoped e that money would be given him by Paul. So he sent for him often and conversed with him.
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When two years had elapsed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius f Festus. And g desiring to do the Jews a favor, h Felix left Paul in prison.
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Now three days after Festus had arrived in i the province, he went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.
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And the chief priests and the principal men of the Jews j laid out their case against Paul, and they urged him,
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asking as a favor against Paul that he summon him to Jerusalem - because k they were planning an ambush to kill him on the way.
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Festus replied that Paul was being kept at Caesarea and that he himself intended to go there shortly.
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"So," said he, "let the men of authority among you go down with me, and if there is anything wrong about the man, let them bring charges against him."
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After he stayed among them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea. And the next day he took his seat on l the tribunal and ordered Paul to be brought.
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When he had arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many and serious charges against him m that they could not prove.
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Paul argued in his defense, "Neither n against o the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor p against Caesar have I committed any offense."
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But Festus, q wishing to do the Jews a favor, said to Paul, "Do you wish to go up to Jerusalem and there be tried on these charges before me?"
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But Paul said, "I am standing before Caesar's r tribunal, where I ought to be tried. To the Jews I have done no wrong, as you yourself know very well.
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If then I am a wrongdoer and have committed anything for which I deserve to die, I do not seek to escape death. But if there is nothing to their charges against me, no one can give me up to them. s I appeal to Caesar."
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Then Festus, when he had conferred with his council, answered, "To Caesar you have appealed; to Caesar you shall go."
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Now when some days had passed, Agrippa the king and Bernice arrived at Caesarea and greeted Festus.
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And as they stayed there many days, Festus laid Paul's case before the king, saying, t "There is a man left prisoner by Felix,
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and when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews laid out their case u against him, asking for a sentence of condemnation against him.
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v I answered them that it was not the custom of the Romans to give up anyone w before the accused met the accusers face to face and had opportunity to make his defense concerning the charge laid against him.
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x So when they came together here, I made no delay, but on the next day took my seat on y the tribunal and ordered the man to be brought.
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When the accusers stood up, they brought no charge in his case of such evils as I supposed.
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Rather they z had certain points of dispute with him about their own religion and about a a certain Jesus, who was dead, but whom Paul asserted to be alive.
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Being at a loss how to investigate these questions, I b asked whether he wanted to go to Jerusalem and be tried there regarding them.
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But c when Paul had appealed to be kept in custody for the decision of d the emperor, I ordered him to be held until I could send him to Caesar."
22
Then e Agrippa said to Festus, "I would like to hear the man myself." "Tomorrow," said he, "you will hear him."
23
So on the next day f Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp, and they entered the audience hall with the military tribunes and the prominent men of the city. Then, at the command of Festus, Paul was brought in.
24
And Festus said, "King Agrippa and all who are present with us, you see this man about whom g the whole Jewish people petitioned me, both in Jerusalem and here, h shouting that he ought not to live any longer.
25
But I found that i he had done nothing deserving death. And j as he himself appealed to k the emperor, I decided to go ahead and send him.
26
But I have nothing definite to write to my lord about him. Therefore I have brought him before you all, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that, after we have examined him, I may have something to write.
27
For it seems to me unreasonable, in sending a prisoner, not to indicate the charges against him."
Acts 26
1
So l Agrippa said to Paul, "You have permission to speak for yourself." Then Paul stretched out his hand and made his defense:
2
"I consider myself fortunate that it is before you, King Agrippa, I am going to make my defense today m against all the accusations of the Jews,
3
especially because you are familiar with all the n customs and o controversies of the Jews. Therefore I beg you to listen to me patiently.
4
p "My manner of life from my youth, spent from the beginning among q my own nation and in Jerusalem, is known by all the Jews.
5
They have known for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that r according to the strictest s party of our t religion I have lived as u a Pharisee.
6
And now I stand here on trial because of my hope in v the promise made by God to our fathers,
7
w to which x our twelve tribes hope to y attain, as they earnestly worship night and day. And for this hope z I am accused by Jews, O king!
8
Why is it thought a incredible by any of you that God raises the dead?
9
b "I myself was convinced that I ought to do many things in opposing the name of c Jesus of Nazareth.
10
d And I did so in Jerusalem. I not only locked up many of the saints in prison after receiving authority e from the chief priests, but f when they were put to death I cast my vote against them.
11
And g I punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to make them h blaspheme, and i in raging fury against them I j persecuted them even to foreign cities.
12
"In this connection k I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.
13
At midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, that shone around me and those who journeyed with me.
14
And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me l in the Hebrew language, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.'
15
And I said, 'Who are you, Lord?' And the Lord said, 'I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.
16
But rise and m stand upon your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose, n to appoint you as a servant and witness to the things in which you have seen me and to those in which I will appear to you,
17
o delivering you from your people and from the Gentiles - p to whom I q am sending you
18
r to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from s the power of Satan to God, that they may receive t forgiveness of sins and u a place among those who are sanctified v by faith in me.'
19
"Therefore, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to w the heavenly vision,
20
but declared first x to those in Damascus, y then in Jerusalem and throughout all the region of Judea, and also z to the Gentiles, that they should a repent and b turn to God, performing deeds c in keeping with their repentance.
21
For this reason d the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.
22
e To this day I have had the help that comes from God, and so f I stand here testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what g the prophets and Moses said would come to pass:
23
h that the Christ i must suffer and that, j by being the first k to rise from the dead, l he would proclaim m light both to our people and to the Gentiles."
24
And as he was saying these things in his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, "Paul, n you are out of your mind; your great learning is driving you out of your mind."
25
But Paul said, "I am not out of my mind, o most excellent Festus, but I am speaking p true and q rational words.
26
For r the king knows about these things, and to him I speak boldly. For I am persuaded that none of these things has escaped his notice, for this has not been done in a corner.
27
King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe."
28
And Agrippa said to Paul, "In a short time would you persuade me to be s a Christian?"
29
And Paul said, "Whether short or long, I would to God that not only you but also all who hear me this day t might become such as I am - except for u these chains."
30
Then the king rose, and v the governor and Bernice and those who were sitting with them.
31
And when they had withdrawn, they said to one another, w "This man is doing nothing to deserve death or imprisonment."
32
And Agrippa said to Festus, x "This man could have been set y free if he had not appealed z to Caesar."
Acts 27
1
And when it was decided a that b we should sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan c Cohort named Julius.
2
And embarking in a ship of Adramyttium, which was about to sail to the ports along the coast of Asia, we put to sea, accompanied by d Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica.
3
The next day we put in at Sidon. And e Julius f treated Paul kindly and g gave him leave to go to his friends and be cared for.
4
And putting out to sea from there we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were against us.
5
And when we had sailed across the open sea along the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia.
6
There the centurion found h a ship of Alexandria sailing for Italy and put us on board.
7
We sailed slowly for a number of days and arrived with difficulty off Cnidus, and as the wind did not allow us to go farther, we sailed under the lee of Crete off Salmone.
8
Coasting along it with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near which was the city of Lasea.
9
Since much time had passed, and the voyage was now dangerous because even i the Fast was already over, Paul advised them,
10
saying, "Sirs, I perceive that the voyage will be with j injury and much loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives."
11
But the centurion paid more attention to k the pilot and to the owner of the ship than to what Paul said.
12
And because the harbor was not suitable to spend the winter in, the majority decided to put out to sea from there, on the chance that somehow they could reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete, facing both southwest and northwest, and spend the winter there.
13
Now when the south wind blew gently, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close to the shore.
14
But soon a tempestuous wind, called the northeaster, l struck down from the land.
15
And when the ship was caught and could not face the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along.
16
Running under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we managed with difficulty to secure the ship's boat.
17
After hoisting it up, they used supports to undergird the ship. Then, fearing that they would m run aground on the Syrtis, they lowered the gear, and thus they were driven along.
18
Since we were violently storm-tossed, they began the next day n to jettison the cargo.
19
And on the third day they threw the ship's tackle overboard with their own hands.
20
When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope of our being saved was at last abandoned.
21
Since they had been without food for a long time, Paul stood up among them and said, "Men, o you should have listened to me and not have set sail from Crete and incurred this o injury and loss.
22
Yet now I urge you to p take heart, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.
23
For this very night q there r stood before me s an angel of the God t to whom I belong and u whom I worship,
24
and he said, 'Do not be afraid, Paul; v you must stand before Caesar. And behold, w God has granted you all those who sail with you.'
25
So take heart, men, for I have faith in God that it will be exactly as I have been told.
26
But x we must y run aground on some island."
27
When the fourteenth night had come, as we were being driven across the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors suspected that they were nearing land.
28
So they took a sounding and found twenty fathoms. A little farther on they took a sounding again and found fifteen fathoms.
29
And fearing that we might z run on the rocks, they let down four anchors from the stern and prayed for day to come.
30
And as the sailors were seeking to escape from the ship, and had lowered a the ship's boat into the sea under pretense of laying out anchors from the bow,
31
Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, "Unless these men stay in the ship, you cannot be saved."
32
Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the ship's boat and let it go.
33
As day was about to dawn, Paul urged them all to take some food, saying, "Today is the fourteenth day that you have continued in suspense and without food, having taken nothing.
34
Therefore I urge you to take some food. For it will give you strength, for b not a hair is to perish from the head of any of you."
35
And when he had said these things, he took bread, and c giving thanks to God in the presence of all he broke it and began to eat.
36
Then they all d were encouraged and ate some food themselves.
37
(We were in all 276 e persons in the ship.)
38
And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, f throwing out the wheat into the sea.
39
Now when it was day, g they did not recognize the land, but they noticed a bay with a beach, on which they planned if possible to run the ship ashore.
40
So they cast off the anchors and left them in the sea, at the same time loosening the ropes that tied the rudders. Then hoisting the foresail to the wind they made for the beach.
41
But striking a reef, h they ran the vessel aground. The bow stuck and remained immovable, and the stern was being broken up by the surf.
42
i The soldiers' plan was to kill the prisoners, lest any should swim away and escape.
43
But the centurion, j wishing to save Paul, kept them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and make for the land,
44
and the rest on planks or on pieces of the ship. And so it was that k all were brought safely to land.
Acts 28
1
After we were brought safely through, l we then learned that m the island was called Malta.
2
n The native people showed us unusual o kindness, for they kindled a fire and welcomed us all, because it had begun to rain and was cold.
3
When Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and put them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened on his hand.
4
When p the native people saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, q "No doubt this man is a murderer. Though he has escaped from the sea, r Justice has not allowed him to live."
5
He, however, s shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm.
6
They were waiting for him to swell up or suddenly fall down dead. But when they had waited a long time and saw no misfortune come to him, t they changed their minds and u said that he was a god.
7
Now in the neighborhood of that place were lands belonging to the chief man of the island, named Publius, who received us and entertained us hospitably for three days.
8
It happened that the father of Publius lay sick with fever and dysentery. And Paul visited him and v prayed, and w putting his hands on him healed him.
9
And when this had taken place, the rest of the people on the island who had diseases also came and were cured.
10
They also honored us greatly, and when we were about to sail, they put on board whatever we needed.
11
After three months we set sail in x a ship that had wintered in the island, a ship of Alexandria, with the twin gods as a figurehead.
12
Putting in at Syracuse, we stayed there for three days.
13
And from there we made a circuit and arrived at Rhegium. And after one day a south wind sprang up, and on the second day we came to Puteoli.
14
There we found y brothers and were invited to stay with them for seven days. And so we came to Rome.
15
And y the brothers there, when they heard about us, came as far as the Forum of Appius and Three Taverns to meet us. On seeing them, z Paul thanked God and took courage.
16
And when we came into Rome, a Paul was allowed to stay by himself, with the soldier that guarded him.
17
After three days he called together the local leaders of the Jews, and when they had gathered, he said to them, "Brothers, b though I had done nothing against our people or c the customs of our fathers, yet I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.
18
When they had examined me, they d wished to set me at liberty, e because there was no reason for the death penalty in my case.
19
But because the Jews objected, I was compelled f to appeal to Caesar - though I had no charge to bring against g my nation.
20
For this reason, therefore, I have asked to see you and speak with you, since it is h because of i the hope of Israel that I am wearing j this k chain."
21
And they said to him, "We have received no letters from Judea about you, and none of l the brothers coming here has reported or spoken any evil about you.
22
But we desire to hear from you what your views are, for with regard to this m sect we know that everywhere n it is spoken against."
23
When they had appointed a day for him, they came to him at his lodging in greater numbers. From morning till evening o he expounded to them, testifying to p the kingdom of God and q trying to convince them about Jesus r both from the Law of Moses and from the Prophets.
24
And s some were convinced by what he said, but others disbelieved.
25
And disagreeing among themselves, they departed after Paul had made one statement: t "The Holy Spirit was right in saying to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet:
26
u "'Go to this people, and say,
v You will indeed hear but never understand,
and you will indeed see but never perceive.
27
w For this people's heart has grown dull,
and with their ears they can barely hear,
and their eyes they have closed;
lest they should see with their eyes
and hear with their ears
and understand with their heart
and x turn, and I would heal them.'
28
Therefore let it be known to you that y this z salvation of God a has been sent to the Gentiles; b they will listen."
30
He lived there two whole years at his own expense, and c welcomed all who came to him,
31
d proclaiming e the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ f with all boldness and g without hindrance.
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Acts 11:27
Now in these days prophets came down from Jerus...
Acts 15:32
And Judas and Silas, who were themselves prophe...
Acts 19:6
And when Paul had laid his hands on them, the H...
Acts 21:9 - 10
He had four unmarried daughters, who prophesied.
Romans 12:6 - 7
Having gifts that differ according to the grace...
1 Corinthians 12:28 - 29
And God has appointed in the church first apost...
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Acts 11:27
Now in these days prophets came down from Jerus...
Acts 15:32
And Judas and Silas, who were themselves prophe...
Acts 19:6
And when Paul had laid his hands on them, the H...
Acts 21:9 - 10
He had four unmarried daughters, who prophesied.
Romans 12:6 - 7
Having gifts that differ according to the grace...
1 Corinthians 12:28 - 29
And God has appointed in the church first apost...
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Acts 11:22 - 26
The report of this came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.
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Luke 3:1
In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene.
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Acts 20:28
Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.
Acts 8:29
And the Spirit said to Philip, "Go over and join this chariot.
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Romans 1:1
Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God.
Galatians 1:15
But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and who called me by his grace.
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Acts 9:15
But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel.
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Acts 6:6
These they set before the apostles, and they prayed and laid their hands on them.
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Acts 14:26
And from there they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work that they had fulfilled.
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Acts 13:2
While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.
Acts 16:6 - 7
And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.
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Acts 13:14
But they went on from Perga and came to Antioch...
Acts 9:20
And immediately he proclaimed Jesus in the syna...
Acts 14:1
Now at Iconium they entered together into the J...
Acts 17:1 - 2
Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and...
Acts 17:10
The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas aw...
Acts 17:17
So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews a...
Acts 18:4
And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath,...
Acts 18:19
And they came to Ephesus, and he left them ther...
Acts 19:8
And he entered the synagogue and for three mont...
Acts 13:46
And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying,...
Mark 6:2
And on the Sabbath he began to teach in the syn...
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Acts 12:12
When he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John whose other name was Mark, where many were gathered together and were praying.
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Acts 19:22
And having sent into Macedonia two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.
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Acts 8:9
But there was a man named Simon, who had previously practiced magic in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, saying that he himself was somebody great.
Acts 8:11
And they paid attention to him because for a long time he had amazed them with his magic.
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Matthew 7:15
Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.
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Acts 13:8
But Elymas the magician (for that is the meaning of his name) opposed them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith.
Acts 13:12
Then the proconsul believed, when he saw what had occurred, for he was astonished at the teaching of the Lord.
Acts 18:12
But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack on Paul and brought him before the tribunal.
Acts 19:38
If therefore Demetrius and the craftsmen with him have a complaint against anyone, the courts are open, and there are proconsuls. Let them bring charges against one another.
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Acts 13:6
When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they came upon a certain magician, a Jewish false prophet named Bar-Jesus.
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Exodus 7:11
Then Pharaoh summoned the wise men and the sorcerers, and they, the magicians of Egypt, also did the same by their secret arts.
2 Timothy 3:8
Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind and disqualified regarding the faith.
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Acts 13:7
He was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence, who summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God.
Acts 13:12
Then the proconsul believed, when he saw what had occurred, for he was astonished at the teaching of the Lord.
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Acts 4:8
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "Rulers of the people and elders.
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Matthew 13:38
The field is the world, and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one.
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Acts 18:14
But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, "If it were a matter of wrongdoing or vicious crime, O Jews, I would have reason to accept your complaint.
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Micah 3:9
Hear this, you heads of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who detest justice and make crooked all that is straight.
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Hosea 14:9
Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them; for the ways of the Lord are right, and the upright walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them.
2 Peter 2:15
Forsaking the right way, they have gone astray. They have followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved gain from wrongdoing.
Acts 18:25 - 26
He had been instructed in the way of the Lord. And being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John.
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Acts 11:21
And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a g...
Exodus 9:3
Behold, the hand of the Lord will fall with a v...
1 Samuel 5:6 - 7
The hand of the Lord was heavy against the peop...
1 Samuel 5:11
They sent therefore and gathered together all t...
Psalms 32:4
For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; ...
Hebrews 10:31
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of...
1 Peter 5:6
Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty ...
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Acts 9:8
Saul rose from the ground, and although his eyes were opened, he saw nothing. So they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus.
Acts 22:11
And since I could not see because of the brightness of that light, I was led by the hand by those who were with me, and came into Damascus.
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Acts 13:49
And the word of the Lord was spreading throughout the whole region.
Acts 15:35
But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.
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Acts 13:5
When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John to assist them.
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Acts 12:12
When he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John whose other name was Mark, where many were gathered together and were praying.
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Acts 13:42
As they went out, the people begged that these things might be told them the next Sabbath.
Acts 13:44
The next Sabbath almost the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord.
Acts 16:13
And on the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to the riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down and spoke to the women who had come together.
Acts 17:2
And Paul went in, as was his custom, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures.
Acts 18:4
And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and tried to persuade Jews and Greeks.
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Acts 13:5
When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John to assist them.
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Acts 15:21
For from ancient generations Moses has had in every city those who proclaim him, for he is read every Sabbath in the synagogues.
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Luke 16:16
The Law and the Prophets were until John; since then the good news of the kingdom of God is preached, and everyone forces his way into it.
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Mark 5:22
Then came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, and seeing him, he fell at his feet
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Hebrews 13:22
I appeal to you, brothers, bear with my word of exhortation, for I have written to you briefly.
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Acts 12:17
But motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he described to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, "Tell these things to James and to the brothers." Then he departed and went to another place.
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Acts 13:26
Brothers, sons of the family of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, to us has been sent the message of this salvation.
Acts 10:2
A devout man who feared God with all his household, gave alms generously to the people, and prayed continually to God.
Acts 10:22
And they said, "Cornelius, a centurion, an upright and God-fearing man, who is well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and to hear what you have to say.
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Matthew 15:31
So that the crowd wondered, when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled healthy, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they glorified the God of Israel.
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Deuteronomy 7:6 - 8
For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.
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Numbers 24:7
Water shall flow from his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters; his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.
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Acts 7:17
But as the time of the promise drew near, which God had granted to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt
Exodus 1:1
These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob, each with his household:
Exodus 1:7
But the people of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them.
Exodus 1:12
But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And the Egyptians were in dread of the people of Israel.
Psalms 105:23 - 24
Then Israel came to Egypt; Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
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Exodus 6:6
Say therefore to the people of Israel, 'I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from slavery to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment.
Exodus 13:14
And when in time to come your son asks you, 'What does this mean?' you shall say to him, 'By a strong hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, from the house of slavery.
Exodus 13:16
It shall be as a mark on your hand or frontlets between your eyes, for by a strong hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt.
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Acts 7:36
This man led them out, performing wonders and signs in Egypt and at the Red Sea and in the wilderness for forty years.
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Deuteronomy 9:5 - 24
Not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart are you going in to possess their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations the Lord your God is driving them out from before you, and that he may confirm the word that the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
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Acts 7:45
Our fathers in turn brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations that God drove out before our fathers. So it was until the days of David.
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Deuteronomy 7:1
When the Lord your God brings you into the land that you are entering to take possession of it, and clears away many nations before you, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations more numerous and mightier than yourselves.
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Joshua 14:1 - 2
These are the inheritances that the people of Israel received in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the people of Israel gave them to inherit.
Joshua 19:51
These are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the people of Israel distributed by lot at Shiloh before the Lord, at the entrance of the tent of meeting. So they finished dividing the land.
Psalms 78:55
He drove out nations before them; he apportioned them for a possession and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
Psalms 136:21 - 22
And gave their land as a heritage, for his steadfast love endures forever.
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Judges 2:16
Then the Lord raised up judges, who saved them out of the hand of those who plundered them.
Judges 3:9
But when the people of Israel cried out to the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer for the people of Israel, who saved them, Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.
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Acts 3:24
And all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and those who came after him, also proclaimed these days.
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1 Samuel 8:5
And said to him, "Behold, you are old and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint for us a king to judge us like all the nations.
1 Samuel 10:1
Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his head and kissed him and said, "Has not the Lord anointed you to be prince over his people Israel? And you shall reign over the people of the Lord and you will save them from the hand of their surrounding enemies. And this shall be the sign to you that the Lord has anointed you to be prince over his heritage.
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1 Samuel 9:1 - 2
There was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Becorath, son of Aphiah, a Benjaminite, a man of wealth.
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1 Samuel 15:23
For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and presumption is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has also rejected you from being king.
1 Samuel 15:26
And Samuel said to Saul, "I will not return with you. For you have rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord has rejected you from being king over Israel.
1 Samuel 15:28
And Samuel said to him, "The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day and has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than you.
1 Samuel 16:1
The Lord said to Samuel, "How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.
Hosea 13:11
I gave you a king in my anger, and I took him away in my wrath.
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1 Samuel 16:13
Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. And the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon David from that day forward. And Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.
2 Samuel 2:4
And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. When they told David, "It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.
2 Samuel 5:3
So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord, and they anointed David king over Israel.
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Psalms 89:20
I have found David, my servant; with my holy oil I have anointed him.
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Acts 7:46
Who found favor in the sight of God and asked to find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.
1 Samuel 13:14
But now your kingdom shall not continue. The Lord has sought out a man after his own heart, and the Lord has commanded him to be prince over his people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you.
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Acts 13:36
For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep and was laid with his fathers and saw corruption.
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Psalms 89:20
I have found David, my servant; with my holy oil I have anointed him.
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1 Samuel 13:14
But now your kingdom shall not continue. The Lord has sought out a man after his own heart, and the Lord has commanded him to be prince over his people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you.
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Matthew 1:1
The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
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Luke 2:11
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
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Psalms 132:11
The Lord swore to David a sure oath from which he will not turn back: "One of the sons of your body I will set on your throne.
Acts 13:32 - 33
And we bring you the good news that what God promised to the fathers.
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Acts 1:22
Beginning from the baptism of John until the day when he was taken up from us - one of these men must become with us a witness to his resurrection.
Matthew 3:1
In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea.
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Acts 19:4
And Paul said, "John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, Jesus.
Mark 1:4
John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
Luke 3:3
And he went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
Acts 2:38
And Peter said to them, "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 3:11
I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
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John 1:20
He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, "I am not the Christ.
John 1:27
Even he who comes after me, the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.
Matthew 3:11
I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
Mark 1:7
And he preached, saying, "After me comes he who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.
Luke 3:16
John answered them all, saying, "I baptize you with water, but he who is mightier than I is coming, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
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Acts 13:16
So Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand said: "Men of Israel and you who fear God, listen.
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Acts 10:36
As for the word that he sent to Israel, preaching good news of peace through Jesus Christ ( he is Lord of all).
Ephesians 1:13
In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit.
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Acts 5:20
"Go and stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this Life."
Acts 4:12
And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.
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2 Corinthians 3:14 - 15
But their minds were hardened. For to this day, when they read the old covenant, that same veil remains unlifted, because only through Christ is it taken away.
Acts 3:17
And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers.
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Acts 13:15
After the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent a message to them, saying, "Brothers, if you have any word of encouragement for the people, say it.
Acts 15:21
For from ancient generations Moses has had in every city those who proclaim him, for he is read every Sabbath in the synagogues.
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Luke 24:20
And how our chief priests and rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him.
Luke 24:26 - 27
Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?
Luke 24:44
Then he said to them, "These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.
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Mark 14:55
Now the chief priests and the whole Council were seeking testimony against Jesus to put him to death, but they found none.
Luke 23:22
A third time he said to them, "Why, what evil has he done? I have found in him no guilt deserving death. I will therefore punish and release him.
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Acts 2:23
This Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men.
Acts 3:14 - 15
But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you.
Luke 23:23
But they were urgent, demanding with loud cries that he should be crucified. And their voices prevailed.
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Luke 18:31
And taking the twelve, he said to them, "See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written about the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished.
Luke 24:44
Then he said to them, "These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.
John 19:28
After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said ( to fulfill the Scripture), "I thirst.
John 19:30
When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, "It is finished," and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
John 19:36 - 37
For these things took place that the Scripture might be fulfilled: "Not one of his bones will be broken.
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Matthew 27:59 - 60
And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen shroud
Mark 15:46
And Joseph bought a linen shroud, and taking him down, wrapped him in the linen shroud and laid him in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. And he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.
Luke 23:53
Then he took it down and wrapped it in a linen shroud and laid him in a tomb cut in stone, where no one had ever yet been laid.
John 19:38
After these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took away his body.
John 19:41 - 42
Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid.
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Acts 5:30
The God of our fathers raised Jesus, whom you killed by hanging him on a tree.
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Acts 2:24
God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.
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Acts 1:3
He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.
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Mark 15:41
When he was in Galilee, they followed him and ministered to him, and there were also many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.
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Acts 1:11
And said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.
Acts 2:7
And they were amazed and astonished, saying, "Are not all these who are speaking Galileans?
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Luke 24:48
You are witnesses of these things.
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Acts 1:8
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.
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Acts 26:6
And now I stand here on trial because of my hope in the promise made by God to our fathers.
Romans 4:13
For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.
Romans 15:8
For I tell you that Christ became a servant to the circumcised to show God's truthfulness, in order to confirm the promises given to the patriarchs.
Galatians 3:16
Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, "And to offsprings," referring to many, but referring to one, "And to your offspring," who is Christ.
Romans 9:4
They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises.
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Acts 13:23
Of this man's offspring God has brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus, as he promised.
Luke 1:69 - 73
And has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David.
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Hebrews 1:5
For to which of the angels did God ever say, "You are my Son, today I have begotten you"? Or again, "I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son"?
Hebrews 5:5
So also Christ did not exalt himself to be made a high priest, but was appointed by him who said to him, "You are my Son, today I have begotten you".
Psalms 2:7
I will tell of the decree: The Lord said to me, "You are my Son; today I have begotten you.
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Psalms 2:7
I will tell of the decree: The Lord said to me, "You are my Son; today I have begotten you.
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Romans 6:9
We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him.
Hebrews 9:25 - 28
Nor was it to offer himself repeatedly, as the high priest enters the holy places every year with blood not his own.
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Acts 13:35 - 37
Therefore he says also in another psalm, "'You will not let your Holy One see corruption.
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Isaiah 55:3
Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, that your soul may live; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David.
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Isaiah 55:3
Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, that your soul may live; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David.
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Acts 2:27
For you will not abandon my soul to Hades, or let your Holy One see corruption.
Psalms 16:10
For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption.
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Psalms 16:10
For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption.
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Acts 13:22
And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, of whom he testified and said, 'I have found in David the son of Jesse a man after my heart, who will do all my will.
Acts 20:27
For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.
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2 Samuel 7:12
When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.
1 Kings 2:10
Then David slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David.
Acts 2:29
Brothers, I may say to you with confidence about the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
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Judges 2:10
And all that generation also were gathered to their fathers. And there arose another generation after them who did not know the Lord or the work that he had done for Israel.
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Acts 13:30
But God raised him from the dead.
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Luke 24:47
And that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
1 John 2:12
I am writing to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven for his name's sake.
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Acts 5:31
God exalted him at his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.
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Romans 3:28
For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.
Acts 10:43
To him all the prophets bear witness that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.
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Romans 2:13
For it is not the hearers of the law who are ri...
Romans 3:20
For by works of the law no human being will be ...
Romans 8:3
For God has done what the law, weakened by the ...
Galatians 2:16
Yet we know that a person is not justified by w...
Galatians 3:11
Now it is evident that no one is justified befo...
Ephesians 2:9
Not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
2 Timothy 1:9
Who saved us and called us to a holy calling, n...
Titus 3:5
He saved us, not because of works done by us in...
Hebrews 7:19
(for the law made nothing perfect); but on the ...
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Habakkuk 1:5
Look among the nations, and see; wonder and be astounded. For I am doing a work in your days that you would not believe if told.
Isaiah 29:14
Therefore, behold, I will again do wonderful things with this people, with wonder upon wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the discernment of their discerning men shall be hidden.
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Habakkuk 1:5
Look among the nations, and see; wonder and be astounded. For I am doing a work in your days that you would not believe if told.
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Acts 13:50
But the Jews incited the devout women of high standing and the leading men of the city, stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their district.
Acts 17:4
And some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did a great many of the devout Greeks and not a few of the leading women.
Acts 17:17
So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there.
Acts 16:14
One who heard us was a woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple goods, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul.
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Acts 2:11
Both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabians - we hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God.
Acts 6:5
And what they said pleased the whole gathering, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch.
Matthew 23:15
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel across sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves.
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Jude 1:21
Keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.
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Jude 1:4
For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
Acts 11:23
When he came and saw the grace of God, he was glad, and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose.
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Acts 19:9
But when some became stubborn and continued in unbelief, speaking evil of the Way before the congregation, he withdrew from them and took the disciples with him, reasoning daily in the hall of Tyrannus.
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1 Thessalonians 2:16
By hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles that they might be saved - so as always to fill up the measure of their sins. But God's wrath has come upon them at last!
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Acts 5:17
But the high priest rose up, and all who were with him (that is, the party of the Sadducees), and filled with jealousy
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Acts 18:6
And when they opposed and reviled him, he shook out his garments and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.
Acts 26:11
And I punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to make them blaspheme, and in raging fury against them I persecuted them even to foreign cities.
1 Timothy 1:20
Among whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme.
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Acts 13:5
When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John to assist them.
Acts 13:14
But they went on from Perga and came to Antioch in Pisidia. And on the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down.
Acts 3:26
God, having raised up his servant, sent him to you first, to bless you by turning every one of you from your wickedness.
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Matthew 21:43
Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruits.
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Matthew 22:8
Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding feast is ready, but those invited were not worthy.
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Acts 18:6
And when they opposed and reviled him, he shook...
Acts 22:21
And he said to me, 'Go, for I will send you far...
Acts 26:17 - 18
Delivering you from your people and from the Ge...
Acts 26:20
But declared first to those in Damascus, then i...
Acts 28:28
Therefore let it be known to you that this salv...
Acts 9:15
But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chos...
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Acts 11:18
When they heard these things they fell silent. And they glorified God, saying, "Then to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance that leads to life.
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Isaiah 49:6
He says: "It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to bring back the preserved of Israel; I will make you as a light for the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.
Isaiah 45:22
Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.
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Isaiah 42:6
I am the Lord ; I have called you in righteousness; I will take you by the hand and keep you; I will give you as a covenant for the people, a light for the nations.
Luke 2:32
A light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel.
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Acts 13:26
Brothers, sons of the family of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, to us has been sent the message of this salvation.
Acts 1:8
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.
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Isaiah 49:6
He says: "It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to bring back the preserved of Israel; I will make you as a light for the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.
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2 Thessalonians 1:12
So that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Acts 14:2
But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentile...
Acts 14:19
But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and hav...
Acts 17:5
But the Jews were jealous, and taking some wick...
Acts 17:13
But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned tha...
Acts 18:12
But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Je...
Acts 20:3
There he spent three months, and when a plot wa...
Acts 20:19
Serving the Lord with all humility and with tea...
Acts 21:27
When the seven days were almost completed, the ...
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Acts 17:12
Many of them therefore believed, with not a few Greek women of high standing as well as men.
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2 Timothy 3:11
My persecutions and sufferings that happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra - which persecutions I endured; yet from them all the Lord rescued me.
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1 Thessalonians 2:15
Who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out, and displease God and oppose all mankind
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Matthew 10:14
And if anyone will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet when you leave that house or town.
Mark 6:11
And if any place will not receive you and they will not listen to you, when you leave, shake off the dust that is on your feet as a testimony against them.
Luke 9:5
And wherever they do not receive you, when you leave that town shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them.
Acts 18:6
And when they opposed and reviled him, he shook out his garments and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.
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1 Thessalonians 1:6
And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 5:12
Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
John 16:22
So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.
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Acts 2:4
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.
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Acts 13:5
When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John to assist them.
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Acts 13:50
But the Jews incited the devout women of high standing and the leading men of the city, stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their district.
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Acts 19:9
But when some became stubborn and continued in unbelief, speaking evil of the Way before the congregation, he withdrew from them and took the disciples with him, reasoning daily in the hall of Tyrannus.
John 3:36
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.
Romans 15:31
That I may be delivered from the unbelievers in Judea, and that my service for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints.
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John 21:23
So the saying spread abroad among the brothers that this disciple was not to die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he was not to die, but, "If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you?
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Acts 15:8
And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them, by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us.
Hebrews 2:4
While God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.
Mark 16:20
And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by accompanying signs.]]
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Acts 20:32
And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
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Acts 4:29 - 30
And now, Lord, look upon their threats and grant to your servants to continue to speak your word with all boldness.
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Acts 23:7
And when he had said this, a dissension arose between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.
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Acts 17:4 - 5
And some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did a great many of the devout Greeks and not a few of the leading women.
Acts 19:9
But when some became stubborn and continued in unbelief, speaking evil of the Way before the congregation, he withdrew from them and took the disciples with him, reasoning daily in the hall of Tyrannus.
Acts 28:24
And some were convinced by what he said, but others disbelieved.
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1 Thessalonians 2:2
But though we had already suffered and been shamefully treated at Philippi, as you know, we had boldness in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in the midst of much conflict.
2 Corinthians 12:10
For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
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Acts 14:19
But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.
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Matthew 10:23
When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next, for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
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2 Timothy 3:11
My persecutions and sufferings that happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra - which persecutions I endured; yet from them all the Lord rescued me.
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Acts 3:2
And a man lame from birth was being carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple that is called the Beautiful Gate to ask alms of those entering the temple.
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Matthew 9:2
And behold, some people brought to him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven.
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Acts 3:8
And leaping up he stood and began to walk, and entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.
Isaiah 35:6
Then shall the lame man leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute sing for joy. For waters break forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.
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Acts 8:10
They all paid attention to him, from the least to the greatest, saying, "This man is the power of God that is called Great.
Acts 28:6
They were waiting for him to swell up or suddenly fall down dead. But when they had waited a long time and saw no misfortune come to him, they changed their minds and said that he was a god.
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Acts 19:35
And when the town clerk had quieted the crowd, he said, "Men of Ephesus, who is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the great Artemis, and of the sacred stone that fell from the sky?
Acts 28:11
After three months we set sail in a ship that had wintered in the island, a ship of Alexandria, with the twin gods as a figurehead.
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Acts 14:12
Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.
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Daniel 2:46
Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face and paid homage to Daniel, and commanded that an offering and incense be offered up to him.
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Genesis 37:29
When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not in the pit, he tore his clothes
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Acts 10:26
But Peter lifted him up, saying, "Stand up; I too am a man.
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James 5:17
Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth.
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Acts 15:19
Therefore my judgment is that we should not tro...
Acts 26:18
To open their eyes, so that they may turn from ...
Acts 26:20
But declared first to those in Damascus, then i...
Luke 1:16
And he will turn many of the children of Israel...
1 Thessalonians 1:9
For they themselves report concerning us the ki...
Acts 15:3
So, being sent on their way by the church, they...
James 5:19 - 20
My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from t...
Acts 9:35
And all the residents of Lydda and Sharon saw h...
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Deuteronomy 32:21
They have made me jealous with what is no god; they have provoked me to anger with their idols. So I will make them jealous with those who are no people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
1 Samuel 12:21
And do not turn aside after empty things that cannot profit or deliver, for they are empty.
Jeremiah 14:22
Are there any among the false gods of the nations that can bring rain? Or can the heavens give showers? Are you not he, O Lord our God? We set our hope on you, for you do all these things.
1 Corinthians 8:4
Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that "an idol has no real existence," and that "there is no God but one.
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Matthew 16:16
Simon Peter replied, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.
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Acts 17:24
The God who made the world and everything in it...
Genesis 1:1
In the beginning, God created the heavens and t...
Exodus 20:11
For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth,...
Psalms 146:6
Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all tha...
Revelation 4:11
"Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive g...
Revelation 10:6
And swore by him who lives forever and ever, wh...
Revelation 14:7
And he said with a loud voice, "Fear God and gi...
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Acts 17:30
The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.
1 Peter 4:3
For the time that is past suffices for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry.
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Psalms 81:13
Oh, that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!
Micah 4:5
For all the peoples walk each in the name of its god, but we will walk in the name of the Lord our God forever and ever.
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Acts 17:27
That they should seek God, in the hope that they might feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us.
Romans 1:19 - 20
For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them.
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Numbers 10:32
And if you do go with us, whatever good the Lord will do to us, the same will we do to you.
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Leviticus 26:4
Then I will give you your rains in their season...
Deuteronomy 11:14
He will give the rain for your land in its seas...
Deuteronomy 28:12
The Lord will open to you his good treasury, th...
Job 5:10
He gives rain on the earth and sends waters on ...
Psalms 65:10
You water its furrows abundantly, settling its ...
Psalms 147:8
He covers the heavens with clouds; he prepares ...
Psalms 147:18
He sends out his word, and melts them; he makes...
Ezekiel 34:26
And I will make them and the places all around ...
Joel 2:23
Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the...
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Psalms 67:6
The earth has yielded its increase; God, our God, shall bless us.
Psalms 85:12
Yes, the Lord will give what is good, and our land will yield its increase.
Ezekiel 34:27
And the trees of the field shall yield their fruit, and the earth shall yield its increase, and they shall be secure in their land. And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I break the bars of their yoke, and deliver them from the hand of those who enslaved them.
Joel 2:24
The threshing floors shall be full of grain; the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.
Zechariah 8:12
For there shall be a sowing of peace. The vine shall give its fruit, and the ground shall give its produce, and the heavens shall give their dew. And I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.
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Psalms 104:27
These all look to you, to give them their food in due season.
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Psalms 104:15
And wine to gladden the heart of man, oil to make his face shine and bread to strengthen man's heart.
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Acts 13:45
But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began to contradict what was spoken by Paul, reviling him.
Acts 13:50
But the Jews incited the devout women of high standing and the leading men of the city, stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their district.
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2 Corinthians 11:25
Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I was adrift at sea.
Acts 14:5
When an attempt was made by both Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, to mistreat them and to stone them.
2 Timothy 3:11
My persecutions and sufferings that happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra - which persecutions I endured; yet from them all the Lord rescued me.
Acts 7:58
Then they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
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Matthew 28:19
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
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Acts 15:32
And Judas and Silas, who were themselves prophets, encouraged and strengthened the brothers with many words.
Acts 15:41
And he went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.
Acts 18:23
After spending some time there, he departed and went from one place to the next through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.
1 Thessalonians 3:2
And we sent Timothy, our brother and God's coworker in the gospel of Christ, to establish and exhort you in your faith.
1 Thessalonians 3:13
So that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
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Acts 13:43
And after the meeting of the synagogue broke up, many Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who, as they spoke with them, urged them to continue in the grace of God.
Colossians 1:23
If indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.
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Acts 6:7
And the word of God continued to increase, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith.
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John 15:20
Remember the word that I said to you: 'A servan...
John 16:33
I have said these things to you, that in me you...
1 Thessalonians 3:3
That no one be moved by these afflictions. For ...
2 Timothy 3:12
Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in ...
Acts 9:16
For I will show him how much he must suffer for...
Mark 10:30
Who will not receive a hundredfold now in this ...
Luke 22:28 - 29
You are those who have stayed with me in my tri...
Romans 8:17
And if children, then heirs - heirs of God and ...
Philippians 1:20
As it is my eager expectation and hope that I w...
2 Thessalonians 1:5
This is evidence of the righteous judgment of G...
2 Timothy 2:12
If we endure, we will also reign with him; if w...
1 Peter 5:10
And after you have suffered a little while, the...
Revelation 1:9
I, John, your brother and partner in the tribul...
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Titus 1:5
This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you -
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Acts 11:30
And they did so, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.
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Acts 20:32
And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
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Acts 13:3
Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off.
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Acts 15:40
But Paul chose Silas and departed, having been commended by the brothers to the grace of the Lord.
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Acts 15:4
When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they declared all that God had done with them.
Acts 15:3
So, being sent on their way by the church, they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and brought great joy to all the brothers.
Acts 15:12
And all the assembly fell silent, and they listened to Barnabas and Paul as they related what signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles.
Acts 21:19
After greeting them, he related one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
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Acts 11:18
When they heard these things they fell silent. And they glorified God, saying, "Then to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance that leads to life.
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1 Corinthians 16:9
For a wide door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.
2 Corinthians 2:12
When I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, even though a door was opened for me in the Lord.
Colossians 4:3
At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison -
Revelation 3:8
'I know your works. Behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.
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Hosea 2:15
And there I will give her her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor a door of hope. And there she shall answer as in the days of her youth, as at the time when she came out of the land of Egypt.
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Acts 15:24
Since we have heard that some persons have gone out from us and troubled you with words, unsettling your minds, although we gave them no instructions.
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Acts 15:3
So, being sent on their way by the church, they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and brought great joy to all the brothers.
Acts 15:22 - 23
Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among them and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They sent Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, leading men among the brothers.
Acts 15:36
And after some days Paul said to Barnabas, "Let us return and visit the brothers in every city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, and see how they are.
Acts 15:40
But Paul chose Silas and departed, having been commended by the brothers to the grace of the Lord.
John 21:23
So the saying spread abroad among the brothers that this disciple was not to die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he was not to die, but, "If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you?
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Acts 15:5
But some believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees rose up and said, "It is necessary to circumcise them and to order them to keep the law of Moses.
Galatians 5:2
Look: I, Paul, say to you that if you accept circumcision, Christ will be of no advantage to you.
1 Corinthians 7:18
Was anyone at the time of his call already circumcised? Let him not seek to remove the marks of circumcision. Was anyone at the time of his call uncircumcised? Let him not seek circumcision.
Galatians 2:11
But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.
Galatians 2:14
But when I saw that their conduct was not in step with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all, "If you, though a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you force the Gentiles to live like Jews?
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Acts 6:14
For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and will change the customs that Moses delivered to us.
Leviticus 12:3
And on the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
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Acts 15:7
And after there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, "Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe.
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Galatians 2:1 - 2
Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along with me.
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Acts 15:4
When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed...
Acts 15:6
The apostles and the elders were gathered toget...
Acts 15:22 - 23
Then it seemed good to the apostles and the eld...
Acts 16:4
As they went on their way through the cities, t...
Acts 5:12
Now many signs and wonders were regularly done ...
Acts 11:30
And they did so, sending it to the elders by th...
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Acts 21:5
When our days there were ended, we departed and...
Romans 15:24
I hope to see you in passing as I go to Spain, ...
1 Corinthians 16:6
And perhaps I will stay with you or even spend ...
1 Corinthians 16:11
So let no one despise him. Help him on his way ...
2 Corinthians 1:16
I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia, a...
Titus 3:13
Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and Apol...
3 John 1:6
Who testified to your love before the church. Y...
Acts 17:15
Those who conducted Paul brought him as far as ...
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Acts 14:27
And when they arrived and gathered the church together, they declared all that God had done with them, and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.
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Acts 11:18
When they heard these things they fell silent. And they glorified God, saying, "Then to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance that leads to life.
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Acts 15:1
But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.
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Acts 21:17
When we had come to Jerusalem, the brothers received us gladly.
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Acts 15:2
And after Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and the elders about this question.
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Acts 15:3
So, being sent on their way by the church, they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and brought great joy to all the brothers.
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Acts 24:5
For we have found this man a plague, one who stirs up riots among all the Jews throughout the world and is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.
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Acts 15:1
But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.
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Galatians 5:3
I testify again to every man who accepts circumcision that he is obligated to keep the whole law.
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Acts 15:12
And all the assembly fell silent, and they listened to Barnabas and Paul as they related what signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles.
Acts 15:25
It has seemed good to us, having come to one accord, to choose men and send them to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul.
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Acts 15:4
When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they declared all that God had done with them.
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Acts 15:2
And after Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and the elders about this question.
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Acts 10:20
Rise and go down and accompany them without hesitation, for I have sent them.
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Ephesians 1:13
In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit.
Colossians 1:5
Because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel.
1 Thessalonians 1:5
Because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction. You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake.
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Acts 20:24
But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.
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Acts 1:24
And they prayed and said, "You, Lord, who know the hearts of all, show which one of these two you have chosen
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Acts 14:3
So they remained for a long time, speaking boldly for the Lord, who bore witness to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
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Acts 10:44
While Peter was still saying these things, the ...
Acts 10:47
"Can anyone withhold water for baptizing these ...
Acts 11:15
As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on th...
Acts 11:17
If then God gave the same gift to them as he ga...
Acts 15:28
For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and t...
Galatians 3:2
Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the S...
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Acts 11:12
And the Spirit told me to go with them, making no distinction. These six brothers also accompanied me, and we entered the man's house.
Romans 3:22 - 24
The righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction:
Ephesians 3:6
This mystery is that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
Acts 10:28
And he said to them, "You yourselves know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with or to visit anyone of another nation, but God has shown me that I should not call any person common or unclean.
Acts 10:34
So Peter opened his mouth and said: "Truly I understand that God shows no partiality.
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Psalms 51:10
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
Acts 26:18
To open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.
2 Corinthians 7:1
Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.
1 Peter 1:22
Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart.
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Acts 10:43
To him all the prophets bear witness that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.
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Psalms 106:14
But they had a wanton craving in the wilderness, and put God to the test in the desert.
Isaiah 7:12
But Ahaz said, "I will not ask, and I will not put the Lord to the test.
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Galatians 5:1
For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.
Acts 15:28
For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay on you no greater burden than these requirements:
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Matthew 11:28
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 23:4
They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on people's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger.
Luke 11:46
And he said, "Woe to you lawyers also! For you load people with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.
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Acts 16:31
And they said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.
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Ephesians 2:5
Even when we were dead in our trespasses, made ...
Ephesians 2:8
For by grace you have been saved through faith....
2 Timothy 1:9
Who saved us and called us to a holy calling, n...
Titus 2:11
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing sal...
Titus 3:7
So that being justified by his grace we might b...
Romans 3:24
And are justified by his grace as a gift, throu...
1 Thessalonians 5:9
For God has not destined us for wrath, but to o...
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Romans 5:15
But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man's trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many.
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Acts 15:9
And he made no distinction between us and them, having cleansed their hearts by faith.
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Acts 15:4
When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they declared all that God had done with them.
Acts 14:27
And when they arrived and gathered the church together, they declared all that God had done with them, and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.
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Acts 12:17
But motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he described to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, "Tell these things to James and to the brothers." Then he departed and went to another place.
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Acts 15:7
And after there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, "Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe.
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Acts 18:10
For I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many in this city who are my people.
Deuteronomy 7:6
For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.
Isaiah 43:21
The people whom I formed for myself that they might declare my praise.
Romans 9:24 - 26
Even us whom he has called, not from the Jews only but also from the Gentiles?
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Amos 9:11 - 12
In that day I will raise up the booth of David that is fallen and repair its breaches, and raise up its ruins and rebuild it as in the days of old.
Jeremiah 12:15
And after I have plucked them up, I will again have compassion on them, and I will bring them again each to his heritage and each to his land.
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Amos 9:11 - 12
In that day I will raise up the booth of David that is fallen and repair its breaches, and raise up its ruins and rebuild it as in the days of old.
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Acts 17:27
That they should seek God, in the hope that they might feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us.
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Isaiah 43:7
Everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.
Jeremiah 14:9
Why should you be like a man confused, like a mighty warrior who cannot save? Yet you, O Lord, are in the midst of us, and we are called by your name; do not leave us.
Daniel 9:19
O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive. O Lord, pay attention and act. Delay not, for your own sake, O my God, because your city and your people are called by your name.
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Isaiah 45:21
Declare and present your case; let them take counsel together! Who told this long ago? Who declared it of old? Was it not I, the Lord ? And there is no other god besides me, a righteous God and a Savior; there is none besides me.
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Acts 15:28
For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay on you no greater burden than these requirements:
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Acts 14:15
Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men, of like nature with you, and we bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.
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Acts 21:25
But as for the Gentiles who have believed, 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 has been strangled, and from sexual immorality.
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Acts 15:29
That you abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what has been strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. Farewell.
Ezekiel 4:13 - 14
And the Lord said, "Thus shall the people of Israel eat their bread unclean, among the nations where I will drive them.
Daniel 1:8
But Daniel resolved that he would not defile himself with the king's food, or with the wine that he drank. Therefore he asked the chief of the eunuchs to allow him not to defile himself.
Malachi 1:7
By offering polluted food upon my altar. But you say, 'How have we polluted you?' By saying that the Lord 's table may be despised.
Malachi 1:12
But you profane it when you say that the Lord's table is polluted, and its fruit, that is, its food may be despised.
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1 Corinthians 10:7 - 8
Do not be idolaters as some of them were; as it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.
Revelation 2:14
But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, so that they might eat food sacrificed to idols and practice sexual immorality.
Revelation 2:20
But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants to practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols.
1 Corinthians 6:18
Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.
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Leviticus 3:17
It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations, in all your dwelling places, that you eat neither fat nor blood.
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Leviticus 3:17
It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations, in all your dwelling places, that you eat neither fat nor blood.
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Acts 13:15
After the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent a message to them, saying, "Brothers, if you have any word of encouragement for the people, say it.
2 Corinthians 3:14 - 15
But their minds were hardened. For to this day, when they read the old covenant, that same veil remains unlifted, because only through Christ is it taken away.
Acts 13:27
For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers, because they did not recognize him nor understand the utterances of the prophets, which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.
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Acts 15:2
And after Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and the elders about this question.
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Acts 1:23
And they put forward two, Joseph called Barsabbas, who was also called Justus, and Matthias.
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1 Peter 5:12
By Silvanus, a faithful brother as I regard him, I have written briefly to you, exhorting and declaring that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it.
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Acts 15:1
But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.
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Acts 15:22
Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among them and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They sent Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, leading men among the brothers.
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Acts 15:22
Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among them and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They sent Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, leading men among the brothers.
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Acts 23:26
Claudius Lysias, to his Excellency the governor Felix, greetings.
James 1:1
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings.
2 John 1:10 - 11
If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting.
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Acts 15:1
But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.
Galatians 2:4
Yet because of false brothers secretly brought in - who slipped in to spy out our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might bring us into slavery -
Galatians 5:12
I wish those who unsettle you would emasculate themselves!
Titus 1:10
For there are many who are insubordinate, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision party.
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Galatians 1:7
Not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ.
Galatians 5:10
I have confidence in the Lord that you will take no other view than mine, and the one who is troubling you will bear the penalty, whoever he is.
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Acts 1:14
All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.
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2 Peter 3:15
And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him.
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Acts 9:23 - 25
When many days had passed, the Jews plotted to kill him.
Acts 14:19
But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.
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Acts 20:24
But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.
Acts 21:13
Then Paul answered, "What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be imprisoned but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
2 Corinthians 4:11
For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.
1 John 3:16
By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
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Acts 15:22
Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among them and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They sent Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, leading men among the brothers.
Acts 15:32
And Judas and Silas, who were themselves prophets, encouraged and strengthened the brothers with many words.
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Acts 15:8
And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them, by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us.
Acts 5:32
And we are witnesses to these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.
John 16:13
When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.
1 Corinthians 7:40
Yet in my judgment she is happier if she remains as she is. And I think that I too have the Spirit of God.
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Acts 15:19
Therefore my judgment is that we should not trouble those of the Gentiles who turn to God.
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Acts 15:10
Now, therefore, why are you putting God to the test by placing a yoke on the neck of the disciples that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?
Revelation 2:24
But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not learned what some call the deep things of Satan, to you I say, I do not lay on you any other burden.
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Acts 15:20
But should write to them to abstain from the things polluted by idols, and from sexual immorality, and from what has been strangled, and from blood.
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Acts 21:25
But as for the Gentiles who have believed, we h...
1 Corinthians 8:1
Now concerning food offered to idols: we know t...
1 Corinthians 8:4
Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to ...
1 Corinthians 8:7
However, not all possess this knowledge. But so...
1 Corinthians 8:10
For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eatin...
1 Corinthians 10:19
What do I imply then? That food offered to idol...
Revelation 2:14
But I have a few things against you: you have s...
Revelation 2:20
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Acts 13:1
Now there were in the church at Antioch prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a member of the court of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
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Acts 14:22
Strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.
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Acts 15:1
But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.
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Genesis 26:29
That you will do us no harm, just as we have not touched you and have done to you nothing but good and have sent you away in peace. You are now the blessed of the Lord.
Hebrews 11:31
By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish with those who were disobedient, because she had given a friendly welcome to the spies.
1 Corinthians 16:11
So let no one despise him. Help him on his way in peace, that he may return to me, for I am expecting him with the brothers.
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Acts 15:32
And Judas and Silas, who were themselves prophets, encouraged and strengthened the brothers with many words.
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Acts 13:1
Now there were in the church at Antioch prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a member of the court of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
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Acts 15:32
And Judas and Silas, who were themselves prophets, encouraged and strengthened the brothers with many words.
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Acts 13:4
So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus.
Acts 13:13 - 14
Now Paul and his companions set sail from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia. And John left them and returned to Jerusalem.
Acts 13:51
But they shook off the dust from their feet against them and went to Iconium.
Acts 14:6
They learned of it and fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the surrounding country.
Acts 14:24 - 25
Then they passed through Pisidia and came to Pamphylia.
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Acts 12:12
When he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John whose other name was Mark, where many were gathered together and were praying.
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Acts 13:13
Now Paul and his companions set sail from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia. And John left them and returned to Jerusalem.
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Acts 17:16
Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw that the city was full of idols.
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Colossians 4:10
Aristarchus my fellow prisoner greets you, and Mark the cousin of Barnabas (concerning whom you have received instructions - if he comes to you, welcome him).
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Acts 14:26
And from there they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work that they had fulfilled.
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Acts 15:1
But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.
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Acts 15:11
But we believe that we will be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they will.
Acts 11:23
When he came and saw the grace of God, he was glad, and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose.
Romans 16:20
The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
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Acts 15:32
And Judas and Silas, who were themselves prophets, encouraged and strengthened the brothers with many words.
Acts 16:5
So the churches were strengthened in the faith, and they increased in numbers daily.
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Acts 17:14
Then the brothers immediately sent Paul off on ...
Acts 18:5
When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, ...
Acts 19:22
And having sent into Macedonia two of his helpe...
Acts 20:4
Sopater the Berean, son of Pyrrhus, accompanied...
Romans 16:21
Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you; so do Lu...
1 Corinthians 4:17
That is why I sent you Timothy, my beloved and ...
Philippians 2:19
I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you...
Colossians 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of...
1 Thessalonians 3:2
And we sent Timothy, our brother and God's cowo...
2 Thessalonians 1:1
Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of t...
1 Timothy 1:2
To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, ...
1 Timothy 1:18
This charge I entrust to you, Timothy, my child...
2 Timothy 1:2
To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and...
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2 Timothy 1:5
I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well.
2 Timothy 3:15
And how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
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John 21:23
So the saying spread abroad among the brothers that this disciple was not to die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he was not to die, but, "If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you?
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Galatians 2:3
But even Titus, who was with me, was not forced to be circumcised, though he was a Greek.
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Acts 17:7
And Jason has received them, and they are all acting against the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.
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Acts 15:28 - 29
For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay on you no greater burden than these requirements:
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Acts 15:2
And after Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and the elders about this question.
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Acts 9:31
So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was being built up. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it multiplied.
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Acts 6:7
And the word of God continued to increase, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith.
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Acts 2:47
Praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.
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Acts 18:23
After spending some time there, he departed and went from one place to the next through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.
Galatians 4:13
You know it was because of a bodily ailment that I preached the gospel to you at first.
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Romans 8:9
You, however, are not in the flesh but in the S...
Galatians 4:6
And because you are sons, God has sent the Spir...
Philippians 1:19
For I know that through your prayers and the he...
1 Peter 1:11
Inquiring what person or time the Spirit of Chr...
Acts 16:6
And they went through the region of Phrygia and...
Acts 8:29
And the Spirit said to Philip, "Go over and joi...
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Acts 20:5 - 6
These went on ahead and were waiting for us at Troas.
2 Corinthians 2:12
When I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, even though a door was opened for me in the Lord.
2 Timothy 4:13
When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, also the books, and above all the parchments.
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Acts 16:11 - 17
So, setting sail from Troas, we made a direct voyage to Samothrace, and the following day to Neapolis.
Acts 20:5 - 8
These went on ahead and were waiting for us at Troas.
Acts 20:13 - 15
But going ahead to the ship, we set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul aboard there, for so he had arranged, intending himself to go by land.
Acts 21:1 - 18
And when we had parted from them and set sail, we came by a straight course to Cos, and the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.
Acts 27:1 - 28:16
And when it was decided that we should sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan Cohort named Julius.
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Acts 21:1
And when we had parted from them and set sail, we came by a straight course to Cos, and the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.
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Philippians 1:1
Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and deacons:
1 Thessalonians 2:2
But though we had already suffered and been shamefully treated at Philippi, as you know, we had boldness in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in the midst of much conflict.
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Acts 16:21
They advocate customs that are not lawful for us as Romans to accept or practice.
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Acts 13:14
But they went on from Perga and came to Antioch in Pisidia. And on the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down.
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Ezra 8:15
I gathered them to the river that runs to Ahava, and there we camped three days. As I reviewed the people and the priests, I found there none of the sons of Levi.
Ezra 8:21
Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from him a safe journey for ourselves, our children, and all our goods.
Psalms 137:1
By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion.
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Matthew 5:1
Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him.
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Acts 18:7
And he left there and went to the house of a man named Titius Justus, a worshiper of God. His house was next door to the synagogue.
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Luke 24:45
Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.
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Acts 11:14
He will declare to you a message by which you will be saved, you and all your household.
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Genesis 19:3
But he pressed them strongly; so they turned aside to him and entered his house. And he made them a feast and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.
Luke 24:29
But they urged him strongly, saying, "Stay with us, for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent." So he went in to stay with them.
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Acts 16:13
And on the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to the riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down and spoke to the women who had come together.
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Luke 13:11
And there was a woman who had had a disabling spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not fully straighten herself.
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Leviticus 19:31
Do not turn to mediums or necromancers; do not seek them out, and so make yourselves unclean by them: I am the Lord your God.
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Acts 16:19
But when her owners saw that their hope of gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.
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James 2:19
You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe - and shudder!
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Daniel 3:26
Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the door of the burning fiery furnace; he declared, "Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out, and come here!" Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out from the fire.
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Mark 5:7
And crying out with a loud voice, he said, "What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, do not torment me.
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Acts 9:2
And asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
Matthew 7:14
For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.
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Mark 1:25
But Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be silent, and come out of him!
Mark 1:34
And he healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons. And he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.
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Mark 9:38
John said to him, "Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us.
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Matthew 17:18
And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him, and the boy was healed instantly.
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Acts 16:16
As we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners much gain by fortune-telling.
Acts 19:25 - 26
These he gathered together, with the workmen in similar trades, and said, "Men, you know that from this business we have our wealth.
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Acts 17:6 - 8
And when they could not find them, they dragged...
Acts 21:30
Then all the city was stirred up, and the peopl...
James 2:6
But you have dishonored the poor man. Are not t...
Acts 8:3
But Saul was ravaging the church, and entering ...
Acts 18:12
But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Je...
Matthew 10:18
And you will be dragged before governors and ki...
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Esther 3:8
Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, "There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom. Their laws are different from those of every other people, and they do not keep the king's laws, so that it is not to the king's profit to tolerate them.
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Acts 16:12
And from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of Macedonia and a Roman colony. We remained in this city some days.
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2 Corinthians 6:5
Beatings, imprisonments, riots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger.
2 Corinthians 11:23 - 25
Are they servants of Christ? I am a better one - I am talking like a madman - with far greater labors, far more imprisonments, with countless beatings, and often near death.
1 Thessalonians 2:2
But though we had already suffered and been shamefully treated at Philippi, as you know, we had boldness in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in the midst of much conflict.
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Luke 21:12
But before all this they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake.
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Job 13:27
You put my feet in the stocks and watch all my paths; you set a limit for the soles of my feet.
Job 33:11
He puts my feet in the stocks and watches all my paths.
Jeremiah 20:2 - 3
Then Pashhur beat Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper Benjamin Gate of the house of the Lord.
Jeremiah 29:26
The Lord has made you priest instead of Jehoiada the priest, to have charge in the house of the Lord over every madman who prophesies, to put him in the stocks and neck irons.
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Job 35:10
But none says, 'Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night.
Psalms 42:8
By day the Lord commands his steadfast love, and at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life.
Psalms 77:6
I said, "Let me remember my song in the night; let me meditate in my heart." Then my spirit made a diligent search:
Psalms 119:62
At midnight I rise to praise you, because of your righteous rules.
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Acts 4:31
And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.
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Acts 5:19
But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said.
Acts 12:10
When they had passed the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened for them of its own accord, and they went out and went along one street, and immediately the angel left him.
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Acts 12:7
And behold, an angel of the Lord stood next to him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him, saying, "Get up quickly." And the chains fell off his hands.
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Acts 12:19
And after Herod searched for him and did not find him, he examined the sentries and ordered that they should be put to death. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent time there.
Acts 27:42
The soldiers' plan was to kill the prisoners, lest any should swim away and escape.
1 Kings 20:39
And as the king passed, he cried to the king and said, "Your servant went out into the midst of the battle, and behold, a soldier turned and brought a man to me and said, 'Guard this man; if by any means he is missing, your life shall be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.
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Acts 10:25
When Peter entered, Cornelius met him and fell down at his feet and worshiped him.
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Acts 2:37
Now when they heard this they were cut to the h...
Acts 22:10
And I said, 'What shall I do, Lord?' And the Lo...
Luke 3:10
And the crowds asked him, "What then shall we do?
Luke 3:12
Tax collectors also came to be baptized and sai...
Luke 3:14
Soldiers also asked him, "And we, what shall we...
John 6:28 - 29
Then they said to him, "What must we do, to be ...
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Acts 16:17
She followed Paul and us, crying out, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to you the way of salvation.
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Mark 16:16
Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
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Acts 11:14
He will declare to you a message by which you will be saved, you and all your household.
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Acts 16:25
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
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Acts 8:12
But when they believed Philip as he preached good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
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Psalms 9:14
That I may recount all your praises, that in th...
Psalms 13:5
But I have trusted in your steadfast love; my h...
Isaiah 25:9
It will be said on that day, "Behold, this is o...
Luke 1:47
And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.
1 Peter 1:6
In this you rejoice, though now for a little wh...
1 Peter 1:8
Though you have not seen him, you love him. Tho...
Acts 2:46
And day by day, attending the temple together a...
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Acts 22:25
But when they had stretched him out for the whips, Paul said to the centurion who was standing by, "Is it lawful for you to flog a man who is a Roman citizen and uncondemned?
Acts 22:29
So those who were about to examine him withdrew from him immediately, and the tribune also was afraid, for he realized that Paul was a Roman citizen and that he had bound him.
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Acts 16:37
But Paul said to them, "They have beaten us publicly, uncondemned, men who are Roman citizens, and have thrown us into prison; and do they now throw us out secretly? No! Let them come themselves and take us out.
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Matthew 8:34
And behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus, and when they saw him, they begged him to leave their region.
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Acts 16:14
One who heard us was a woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple goods, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul.
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John 21:23
So the saying spread abroad among the brothers that this disciple was not to die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he was not to die, but, "If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you?
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Acts 20:4
Sopater the Berean, son of Pyrrhus, accompanied him; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy; and the Asians, Tychicus and Trophimus.
Philippians 4:16
Even in Thessalonica you sent me help for my needs once and again.
1 Thessalonians 1:1
Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace.
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Acts 13:5
When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John to assist them.
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Acts 8:35
Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning with this Scripture he told him the good news about Jesus.
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Luke 24:26
Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?
Luke 24:32
They said to each other, "Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the Scriptures?
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Acts 3:18
But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ would suffer, he thus fulfilled.
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John 20:9
For as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.
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1 Thessalonians 2:1 - 2
For you yourselves know, brothers, that our coming to you was not in vain.
Acts 14:4
But the people of the city were divided; some sided with the Jews and some with the apostles.
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Acts 17:12
Many of them therefore believed, with not a few Greek women of high standing as well as men.
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John 7:35
The Jews said to one another, "Where does this man intend to go that we will not find him? Does he intend to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks?
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1 Thessalonians 2:14 - 16
For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea. For you suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they did from the Jews.
Acts 13:50
But the Jews incited the devout women of high standing and the leading men of the city, stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their district.
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Acts 5:17
But the high priest rose up, and all who were with him (that is, the party of the Sadducees), and filled with jealousy
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Judges 9:4
And they gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith with which Abimelech hired worthless and reckless fellows, who followed him.
Judges 11:3
Then Jephthah fled from his brothers and lived in the land of Tob, and worthless fellows collected around Jephthah and went out with him.
2 Chronicles 13:7
And certain worthless scoundrels gathered about him and defied Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and irresolute and could not withstand them.
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Acts 16:19 - 21
But when her owners saw that their hope of gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.
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Acts 16:4
As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered to them for observance the decisions that had been reached by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem.
Luke 2:1
In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered.
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Luke 23:2
And they began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding us to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.
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Acts 17:14
Then the brothers immediately sent Paul off on his way to the sea, but Silas and Timothy remained there.
John 21:23
So the saying spread abroad among the brothers that this disciple was not to die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he was not to die, but, "If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you?
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Acts 17:2
And Paul went in, as was his custom, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures.
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Isaiah 34:16
Seek and read from the book of the Lord : Not one of these shall be missing; none shall be without her mate. For the mouth of the Lord has commanded, and his Spirit has gathered them.
John 5:39
You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me.
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Acts 17:4
And some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did a great many of the devout Greeks and not a few of the leading women.
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Acts 13:50
But the Jews incited the devout women of high standing and the leading men of the city, stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their district.
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Acts 17:8
And the people and the city authorities were disturbed when they heard these things.
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Acts 17:10
The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue.
Matthew 10:23
When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next, for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
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Acts 16:1
Paul came also to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek.
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Acts 15:3
So, being sent on their way by the church, they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and brought great joy to all the brothers.
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Acts 18:1
After this Paul left Athens and went to Corinth.
1 Thessalonians 3:1
Therefore when we could bear it no longer, we were willing to be left behind at Athens alone.
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Acts 18:5
When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul was occupied with the word, testifying to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus.
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2 Peter 2:8
(for as that righteous man lived among them day after day, he was tormenting his righteous soul over their lawless deeds that he saw and heard).
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Isaiah 2:8
Their land is filled with idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their own fingers have made.
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Acts 13:5
When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John to assist them.
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1 Corinthians 4:10
We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute.
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Acts 5:42
And every day, in the temple and from house to house, they did not cease teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.
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Acts 17:31 - 32
Because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.
Acts 4:2
Greatly annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
1 Corinthians 15:12
Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
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Acts 17:22
So Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: "Men of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very religious.
Acts 17:34
But some men joined him and believed, among whom also were Dionysius the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris and others with them.
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Mark 1:27
And they were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, "What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.
John 7:16
So Jesus answered them, "My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.
Hebrews 13:9
Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which have not benefited those devoted to them.
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1 Peter 4:4
With respect to this they are surprised when you do not join them in the same flood of debauchery, and they malign you.
1 Peter 4:12
Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.
Hosea 8:12
Were I to write for him my laws by the ten thousands, they would be regarded as a strange thing.
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John 4:22
You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews.
1 Corinthians 15:34
Wake up from your drunken stupor, as is right, and do not go on sinning. For some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.
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John 4:22
You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews.
1 Corinthians 15:34
Wake up from your drunken stupor, as is right, and do not go on sinning. For some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.
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Acts 17:30
The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.
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Isaiah 42:5
Thus says God, the Lord, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people on it and spirit to those who walk in it:
Acts 14:15
Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men, of like nature with you, and we bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.
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Matthew 11:25
At that time Jesus declared, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children.
Deuteronomy 10:14
Behold, to the Lord your God belong heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth with all that is in it.
Psalms 115:16
The heavens are the Lord 's heavens, but the earth he has given to the children of man.
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Acts 7:48
Yet the Most High does not dwell in houses made by hands, as the prophet says.
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Psalms 50:8 - 12
Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you; your burnt offerings are continually before me.
1 Chronicles 29:14
But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able thus to offer willingly? For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you.
1 Chronicles 29:16
O Lord our God, all this abundance that we have provided for building you a house for your holy name comes from your hand and is all your own.
Job 22:2
Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
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1 Timothy 6:17
As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.
James 1:5
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.
James 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
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Genesis 2:7
Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from t...
Genesis 7:22
Everything on the dry land in whose nostrils wa...
Job 33:4
The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath o...
Job 27:3
As long as my breath is in me, and the spirit o...
Ecclesiastes 12:7
And the dust returns to the earth as it was, an...
Zechariah 12:1
The burden of the word of the Lord concerning I...
Acts 17:28
For "'In him we live and move and have our bein...
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Genesis 3:20
The man called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.
Malachi 2:10
Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us? Why then are we faithless to one another, profaning the covenant of our fathers?
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Genesis 11:8
So the Lord dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city.
Luke 21:35
For it will come upon all who dwell on the face of the whole earth.
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Job 12:23
He makes nations great, and he destroys them; he enlarges nations, and leads them away.
Job 14:5
Since his days are determined, and the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his limits that he cannot pass.
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Deuteronomy 32:8
When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he divided mankind, he fixed the borders of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.
Psalms 74:17
You have fixed all the boundaries of the earth; you have made summer and winter.
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Acts 15:17
That the remnant of mankind may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by my name, says the Lord, who makes these things
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Job 23:3
Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat!
Job 23:8 - 9
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there, and backward, but I do not perceive him.
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Deuteronomy 4:7
For what great nation is there that has a god so near to it as the Lord our God is to us, whenever we call upon him?
Psalms 145:18
The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.
Jeremiah 23:23 - 24
Am I a God at hand, declares the Lord, and not a God far away?
Acts 14:17
Yet he did not leave himself without witness, for he did good by giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness.
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Job 12:10
In his hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind.
Daniel 5:23
But you have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven. And the vessels of his house have been brought in before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have drunk wine from them. And you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know, but the God in whose hand is your breath, and whose are all your ways, you have not honored.
Hebrews 2:11
For he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one source. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers.
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Titus 1:12
One of the Cretans, a prophet of their own, said, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.
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Luke 3:38
The son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
Hebrews 12:9
Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live?
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Isaiah 40:18 - 19
To whom then will you liken God, or what likeness compare with him?
Isaiah 40:25
To whom then will you compare me, that I should be like him? says the Holy One.
Isaiah 46:5
To whom will you liken me and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be alike?
Romans 1:23
And exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.
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Ephesians 4:18
They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart.
1 Peter 1:14
As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance.
Acts 17:23
For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription, 'To the unknown god.' What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you.
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Romans 3:25
Whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.
Acts 14:16
In past generations he allowed all the nations to walk in their own ways.
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Mark 1:15
And saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.
Titus 2:11 - 12
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people.
1 Peter 4:3
For the time that is past suffices for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry.
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Mark 6:12
So they went out and proclaimed that people should repent.
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Matthew 12:36
I tell you, on the day of judgment people will ...
Romans 2:16
On that day when, according to my gospel, God j...
1 Corinthians 3:13
Each one's work will become manifest, for the D...
2 Peter 2:9
Then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly fro...
1 John 4:17
By this is love perfected with us, so that we m...
Isaiah 2:12
For the Lord of hosts has a day against all tha...
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2 Timothy 4:8
Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that Day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.
Acts 10:42
And he commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one appointed by God to be judge of the living and the dead.
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Psalms 9:8
And he judges the world with righteousness; he judges the peoples with uprightness.
Psalms 96:13
Before the Lord, for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness, and the peoples in his faithfulness.
Psalms 98:9
Before the Lord, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.
1 Peter 2:23
When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly.
Romans 3:6
By no means! For then how could God judge the world?
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John 16:10 - 11
Concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see me no longer.
Romans 1:4
And was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Acts 2:24
God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.
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Hebrews 6:2
And of instruction about washings, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.
Acts 17:18
Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also conversed with him. And some said, "What does this babbler wish to say?" Others said, "He seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities" - because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection.
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Acts 2:13
But others mocking said, "They are filled with new wine.
Acts 26:8
Why is it thought incredible by any of you that God raises the dead?
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Acts 24:25
And as he reasoned about righteousness and self-control and the coming judgment, Felix was alarmed and said, "Go away for the present. When I get an opportunity I will summon you.
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Acts 17:19
And they took him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, "May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?
Acts 17:22
So Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: "Men of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very religious.
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Acts 18:18
After this, Paul stayed many days longer and then took leave of the brothers and set sail for Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila. At Cenchreae he had cut his hair, for he was under a vow.
Acts 18:26
He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him and explained to him the way of God more accurately.
Romans 16:3
Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus.
1 Corinthians 16:19
The churches of Asia send you greetings. Aquila and Prisca, together with the church in their house, send you hearty greetings in the Lord.
2 Timothy 4:19
Greet Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.
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Acts 18:18
After this, Paul stayed many days longer and then took leave of the brothers and set sail for Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila. At Cenchreae he had cut his hair, for he was under a vow.
Acts 18:26
He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him and explained to him the way of God more accurately.
Romans 16:3
Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus.
1 Corinthians 16:19
The churches of Asia send you greetings. Aquila and Prisca, together with the church in their house, send you hearty greetings in the Lord.
2 Timothy 4:19
Greet Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.
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Acts 11:28
And one of them named Agabus stood up and foretold by the Spirit that there would be a great famine over all the world (this took place in the days of Claudius).
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Acts 20:34
You yourselves know that these hands ministered...
1 Corinthians 4:12
And we labor, working with our own hands. When ...
1 Corinthians 9:15
But I have made no use of any of these rights, ...
2 Corinthians 11:7
Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself so tha...
2 Corinthians 12:13
For in what were you less favored than the rest...
1 Thessalonians 2:9
For you remember, brothers, our labor and toil:...
2 Thessalonians 3:8
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Acts 17:17
So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there.
Acts 13:5
When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John to assist them.
Acts 13:14
But they went on from Perga and came to Antioch in Pisidia. And on the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down.
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Acts 17:17
So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there.
Acts 13:5
When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John to assist them.
Acts 13:14
But they went on from Perga and came to Antioch in Pisidia. And on the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down.
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Acts 17:15
Those who conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens, and after receiving a command for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they departed.
1 Thessalonians 3:6
But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has brought us the good news of your faith and love and reported that you always remember us kindly and long to see us, as we long to see you -
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2 Corinthians 5:14
For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died.
Job 32:18
For I am full of words; the spirit within me constrains me.
Jeremiah 6:11
Therefore I am full of the wrath of the Lord ; I am weary of holding it in. "Pour it out upon the children in the street, and upon the gatherings of young men, also; both husband and wife shall be taken, the elderly and the very aged.
Jeremiah 20:9
If I say, "I will not mention him, or speak any more in his name," there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with holding it in, and I cannot.
Amos 3:8
The lion has roared; who will not fear? The Lord God has spoken; who can but prophesy?
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Acts 20:21
Testifying both to Jews and to Greeks of repentance toward God and of faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Acts 18:28
For he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, s...
Acts 2:36
Let all the house of Israel therefore know for ...
Acts 5:42
And every day, in the temple and from house to ...
Acts 17:3
Explaining and proving that it was necessary fo...
Acts 3:20
That times of refreshing may come from the pres...
Acts 8:5
Philip went down to the city of Samaria and pro...
Acts 9:22
But Saul increased all the more in strength, an...
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Nehemiah 5:13
I also shook out the fold of my garment and said, "So may God shake out every man from his house and from his labor who does not keep this promise. So may he be shaken out and emptied." And all the assembly said "Amen" and praised the Lord. And the people did as they had promised.
Acts 13:51
But they shook off the dust from their feet against them and went to Iconium.
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Ezekiel 18:13
Lends at interest, and takes profit; shall he then live? He shall not live. He has done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon himself.
Ezekiel 33:4
Then if anyone who hears the sound of the trumpet does not take warning, and the sword comes and takes him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.
2 Samuel 1:16
And David said to him, "Your blood be on your head, for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, 'I have killed the Lord 's anointed.'
Matthew 27:25
And all the people answered, "His blood be on us and on our children!
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Acts 20:26
Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all of you.
Ezekiel 3:18 - 19
If I say to the wicked, 'You shall surely die,' and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that wicked person shall die for his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand.
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Acts 13:46
And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, "It was necessary that the word of God be spoken first to you. Since you thrust it aside and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we are turning to the Gentiles.
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Acts 1:23
And they put forward two, Joseph called Barsabbas, who was also called Justus, and Matthias.
Colossians 4:11
And Jesus who is called Justus. These are the only men of the circumcision among my fellow workers for the kingdom of God, and they have been a comfort to me.
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Acts 16:14
One who heard us was a woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple goods, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul.
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1 Corinthians 1:14
I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius.
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Acts 11:14
He will declare to you a message by which you will be saved, you and all your household.
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Acts 23:11
The following night the Lord stood by him and said, "Take courage, for as you have testified to the facts about me in Jerusalem, so you must testify also in Rome.
Acts 27:23
For this very night there stood before me an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I worship.
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Acts 26:16
But rise and stand upon your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you as a servant and witness to the things in which you have seen me and to those in which I will appear to you.
2 Corinthians 12:1 - 4
I must go on boasting. Though there is nothing to be gained by it, I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord.
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Acts 27:24
And he said, 'Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.
Joshua 1:5 - 6
No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake you.
Jeremiah 1:8
Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you, declares the Lord.
Matthew 28:20
Teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.
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Acts 18:9
And the Lord said to Paul one night in a vision, "Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent.
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Luke 21:18
But not a hair of your head will perish.
2 Thessalonians 3:2
And that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men. For not all have faith.
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John 10:16
And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.
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Acts 13:7
He was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence, who summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God.
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Acts 13:50
But the Jews incited the devout women of high standing and the leading men of the city, stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their district.
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Acts 16:19
But when her owners saw that their hope of gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.
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Acts 18:15
But since it is a matter of questions about words and names and your own law, see to it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of these things.
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Acts 13:10
And said, "You son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, full of all deceit and villainy, will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?
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Acts 23:29
I found that he was being accused about questions of their law, but charged with nothing deserving death or imprisonment.
Acts 25:19
Rather they had certain points of dispute with him about their own religion and about a certain Jesus, who was dead, but whom Paul asserted to be alive.
1 Timothy 6:4
He is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions.
2 Timothy 2:14
Remind them of these things, and charge them before God not to quarrel about words, which does no good, but only ruins the hearers.
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Acts 18:13
Saying, "This man is persuading people to worship God contrary to the law.
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John 21:23
So the saying spread abroad among the brothers that this disciple was not to die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he was not to die, but, "If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you?
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Acts 18:2
And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. And he went to see them.
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Romans 16:1
I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church at Cenchreae.
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Acts 21:23 - 24
Do therefore what we tell you. We have four men who are under a vow.
Numbers 6:2
Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When either a man or a woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to the Lord.
Numbers 6:18
And the Nazirite shall shave his consecrated head at the entrance of the tent of meeting and shall take the hair from his consecrated head and put it on the fire that is under the sacrifice of the peace offering.
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Acts 19:1
And it happened that while Apollos was at Corin...
Acts 20:16 - 17
For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so t...
1 Corinthians 15:32
What do I gain if, humanly speaking, I fought w...
1 Corinthians 16:8
But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost.
Ephesians 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of...
1 Timothy 1:3
As I urged you when I was going to Macedonia, r...
2 Timothy 1:18
May the Lord grant him to find mercy from the L...
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Acts 18:4
And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and tried to persuade Jews and Greeks.
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1 Corinthians 4:19
But I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills,...
1 Corinthians 16:7
For I do not want to see you now just in passin...
Hebrews 6:3
And this we will do if God permits.
James 4:15
Instead you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, w...
Romans 15:32
So that by God's will I may come to you with jo...
1 Peter 3:17
For it is better to suffer for doing good, if t...
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Acts 11:2
So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcision party criticized him, saying.
Acts 21:15
After these days we got ready and went up to Jerusalem.
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Acts 16:6
And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.
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Acts 14:22
Strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.
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Acts 19:1
And it happened that while Apollos was at Corin...
1 Corinthians 1:12
What I mean is that each one of you says, "I fo...
1 Corinthians 3:5 - 6
What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants th...
1 Corinthians 4:6
I have applied all these things to myself and A...
1 Corinthians 16:12
Now concerning our brother Apollos, I strongly ...
Titus 3:13
Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and Apol...
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Ezra 7:6
This Ezra went up from Babylonia. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses that the Lord, the God of Israel, had given, and the king granted him all that he asked, for the hand of the Lord his God was on him.
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Acts 9:2
And asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
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Romans 12:11
Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.
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Acts 19:3
And he said, "Into what then were you baptized?" They said, "Into John's baptism.
Luke 7:29
( When all the people heard this, and the tax collectors too, they declared God just, having been baptized with the baptism of John.
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Acts 18:2
And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. And he went to see them.
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Matthew 22:16
And they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are true and teach the way of God truthfully, and you do not care about anyone's opinion, for you are not swayed by appearances.
Acts 18:25
He had been instructed in the way of the Lord. And being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John.
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Acts 19:1
And it happened that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the inland country and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples.
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Acts 18:18
After this, Paul stayed many days longer and then took leave of the brothers and set sail for Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila. At Cenchreae he had cut his hair, for he was under a vow.
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2 Corinthians 3:1
Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you, or from you?
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1 Corinthians 3:6
I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.
Acts 11:21
And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed turned to the Lord.
Acts 11:23
When he came and saw the grace of God, he was glad, and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose.
Acts 15:11
But we believe that we will be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they will.
Ephesians 2:8
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God.
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Acts 18:5
When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul was occupied with the word, testifying to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus.
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Acts 18:24
Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, competent in the Scriptures.
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Acts 18:23
After spending some time there, he departed and went from one place to the next through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.
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Acts 11:16 - 17
And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, 'John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.
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Acts 8:16
For he had not yet fallen on any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
John 7:39
Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
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Acts 8:16
For he had not yet fallen on any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
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Acts 18:25
He had been instructed in the way of the Lord. And being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John.
Hebrews 6:2
And of instruction about washings, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.
Acts 13:24 - 25
Before his coming, John had proclaimed a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
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Acts 19:3
And he said, "Into what then were you baptized?" They said, "Into John's baptism.
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John 1:7
He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him.
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Acts 8:12
But when they believed Philip as he preached good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
Acts 8:16
For he had not yet fallen on any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
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Acts 8:17
Then they laid their hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit.
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Acts 10:46
For they were hearing them speaking in tongues and extolling God. Then Peter declared.
Mark 16:17
And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues.
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Acts 13:1
Now there were in the church at Antioch prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a member of the court of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
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Acts 13:5
When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John to assist them.
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Acts 1:3
He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.
Acts 28:23
When they had appointed a day for him, they came to him at his lodging in greater numbers. From morning till evening he expounded to them, testifying to the kingdom of God and trying to convince them about Jesus both from the Law of Moses and from the Prophets.
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Acts 13:45 - 46
But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began to contradict what was spoken by Paul, reviling him.
1 Corinthians 16:9
For a wide door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.
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Acts 14:2
But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.
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Acts 19:23
About that time there arose no little disturbance concerning the Way.
Acts 9:2
And asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
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Acts 19:8
And he entered the synagogue and for three months spoke boldly, reasoning and persuading them about the kingdom of God.
Acts 20:31
Therefore be alert, remembering that for three years I did not cease night or day to admonish everyone with tears.
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2 Timothy 1:15
You are aware that all who are in Asia turned away from me, among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.
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Acts 5:15
So that they even carried out the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, that as Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on some of them.
Acts 5:12
Now many signs and wonders were regularly done among the people by the hands of the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon's Portico.
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Acts 19:11
And God was doing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul.
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Mark 16:17
And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues.
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Matthew 12:27
And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.
Luke 11:19
And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.
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Mark 9:38
John said to him, "Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us.
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Matthew 26:63
But Jesus remained silent. And the high priest said to him, "I adjure you by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.
Mark 5:7
And crying out with a loud voice, he said, "What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, do not torment me.
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James 2:19
You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe - and shudder!
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2 Thessalonians 1:12
So that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Matthew 3:6
And they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
Mark 1:5
And all the country of Judea and all Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
Romans 14:11
For it is written, "As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
James 5:16
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.
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Acts 6:7
And the word of God continued to increase, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith.
Acts 12:24
But the word of God increased and multiplied.
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1 Corinthians 16:5
I will visit you after passing through Macedonia, for I intend to pass through Macedonia.
Acts 20:1
After the uproar ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging them, he said farewell and departed for Macedonia.
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Romans 15:26
For Macedonia and Achaia have been pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the saints at Jerusalem.
1 Thessalonians 1:7 - 8
So that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia.
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Acts 20:16
For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he might not have to spend time in Asia, for he was hastening to be at Jerusalem, if possible, on the day of Pentecost.
Acts 20:22
And now, behold, I am going to Jerusalem, constrained by the Spirit, not knowing what will happen to me there.
Romans 15:25
At present, however, I am going to Jerusalem bringing aid to the saints.
2 Corinthians 1:16
I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and to come back to you from Macedonia and have you send me on my way to Judea.
1 Corinthians 16:3 - 4
And when I arrive, I will send those whom you accredit by letter to carry your gift to Jerusalem.
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Romans 15:24
I hope to see you in passing as I go to Spain, and to be helped on my journey there by you, once I have enjoyed your company for a while.
Romans 15:28
When therefore I have completed this and have delivered to them what has been collected, I will leave for Spain by way of you.
Acts 23:11
The following night the Lord stood by him and said, "Take courage, for as you have testified to the facts about me in Jerusalem, so you must testify also in Rome.
Romans 1:13
I want you to know, brothers, that I have often intended to come to you (but thus far have been prevented), in order that I may reap some harvest among you as well as among the rest of the Gentiles.
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Colossians 4:7
Tychicus will tell you all about my activities....
2 Timothy 1:18
May the Lord grant him to find mercy from the L...
2 Timothy 4:11
Luke alone is with me. Get Mark and bring him w...
Philemon 1:13
I would have been glad to keep him with me, in ...
Acts 19:29
So the city was filled with the confusion, and ...
Acts 13:5
When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed t...
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Acts 16:1
Paul came also to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek.
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1 Corinthians 16:8 - 9
But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost.
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2 Corinthians 1:8
For we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself.
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Acts 19:9
But when some became stubborn and continued in unbelief, speaking evil of the Way before the congregation, he withdrew from them and took the disciples with him, reasoning daily in the hall of Tyrannus.
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Acts 16:16
As we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners much gain by fortune-telling.
Acts 16:19
But when her owners saw that their hope of gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.
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Acts 19:24
For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the craftsmen.
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Acts 14:15
Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men, of like nature with you, and we bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.
Acts 17:29
Being then God's offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man.
1 Corinthians 8:4
Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that "an idol has no real existence," and that "there is no God but one.
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Deuteronomy 4:28
And there you will serve gods of wood and stone...
2 Kings 19:18
And have cast their gods into the fire, for the...
Psalms 115:4
Their idols are silver and gold, the work of hu...
Isaiah 44:10 - 20
Who fashions a god or casts an idol that is pro...
Jeremiah 10:3 - 6
For the customs of the peoples are vanity. A tr...
Revelation 9:20
The rest of mankind, who were not killed by the...
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Acts 8:10
They all paid attention to him, from the least to the greatest, saying, "This man is the power of God that is called Great.
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Acts 19:27
And there is danger not only that this trade of ours may come into disrepute but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis may be counted as nothing, and that she may even be deposed from her magnificence, she whom all Asia and the world worship.
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Acts 20:4
Sopater the Berean, son of Pyrrhus, accompanied him; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy; and the Asians, Tychicus and Trophimus.
Acts 27:2
And embarking in a ship of Adramyttium, which was about to sail to the ports along the coast of Asia, we put to sea, accompanied by Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica.
Colossians 4:10
Aristarchus my fellow prisoner greets you, and Mark the cousin of Barnabas (concerning whom you have received instructions - if he comes to you, welcome him).
Philemon 1:24
And so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
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2 Corinthians 8:19
And not only that, but he has been appointed by the churches to travel with us as we carry out this act of grace that is being ministered by us, for the glory of the Lord himself and to show our good will.
Acts 19:22
And having sent into Macedonia two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.
Acts 20:34
You yourselves know that these hands ministered to my necessities and to those who were with me.
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Acts 21:34
Some in the crowd were shouting one thing, some another. And as he could not learn the facts because of the uproar, he ordered him to be brought into the barracks.
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Acts 12:17
But motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he described to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, "Tell these things to James and to the brothers." Then he departed and went to another place.
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Acts 19:28
When they heard this they were enraged and were crying out, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!
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Acts 14:12
Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.
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Acts 19:29
So the city was filled with the confusion, and they rushed together into the theater, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians who were Paul's companions in travel.
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Romans 2:22
You who say that one must not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?
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Acts 13:7
He was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence, who summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God.
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Acts 19:21
Now after these events Paul resolved in the Spirit to pass through Macedonia and Achaia and go to Jerusalem, saying, "After I have been there, I must also see Rome.
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Acts 20:19
Serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials that happened to me through the plots of the Jews.
Acts 13:50
But the Jews incited the devout women of high standing and the leading men of the city, stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their district.
Acts 9:24
But their plot became known to Saul. They were watching the gates day and night in order to kill him.
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Acts 14:6
They learned of it and fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the surrounding country.
Acts 14:21
When they had preached the gospel to that city and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch.
Acts 19:29
So the city was filled with the confusion, and they rushed together into the theater, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians who were Paul's companions in travel.
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Acts 14:6
They learned of it and fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the surrounding country.
Acts 14:21
When they had preached the gospel to that city and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch.
Acts 19:29
So the city was filled with the confusion, and they rushed together into the theater, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians who were Paul's companions in travel.
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Acts 16:1
Paul came also to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek.
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Ephesians 6:21
So that you also may know how I am and what I am doing, Tychicus the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord will tell you everything.
Colossians 4:7
Tychicus will tell you all about my activities. He is a beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow servant in the Lord.
2 Timothy 4:12
Tychicus I have sent to Ephesus.
Titus 3:12
When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there.
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Acts 21:29
For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, and they supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple.
2 Timothy 4:20
Erastus remained at Corinth, and I left Trophimus, who was ill, at Miletus.
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Acts 20:6 - 8
But we sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and in five days we came to them at Troas, where we stayed for seven days.
Acts 20:13 - 15
But going ahead to the ship, we set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul aboard there, for so he had arranged, intending himself to go by land.
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Acts 16:8 - 11
So, passing by Mysia, they went down to Troas.
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Acts 12:3
And when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during the days of Unleavened Bread.
Exodus 12:14 - 15
This day shall be for you a memorial day, and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord ; throughout your generations, as a statute forever, you shall keep it as a feast.
Exodus 23:15
You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. As I commanded you, you shall eat unleavened bread for seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt. None shall appear before me empty-handed.
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1 Corinthians 16:2
On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper, so that there will be no collecting when I come.
Mark 16:9
[[Now when he rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.
John 20:19
On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you.
Revelation 1:10
I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet
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Acts 20:11
And when Paul had gone up and had broken bread and eaten, he conversed with them a long while, until daybreak, and so departed.
1 Corinthians 10:16
The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ?
1 Corinthians 11:23 - 24
For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread.
Acts 2:42
And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
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Acts 1:13
And when they had entered, they went up to the upper room, where they were staying, Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot and Judas the son of James.
Acts 9:37
In those days she became ill and died, and when they had washed her, they laid her in an upper room.
Acts 9:39
So Peter rose and went with them. And when he arrived, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood beside him weeping and showing tunics and other garments that Dorcas made while she was with them.
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2 Kings 1:2
Now Ahaziah fell through the lattice in his upper chamber in Samaria, and lay sick; so he sent messengers, telling them, "Go, inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover from this sickness.
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1 Kings 17:21
Then he stretched himself upon the child three times and cried to the Lord, "O Lord my God, let this child's life come into him again.
2 Kings 4:34
Then he went up and lay on the child, putting his mouth on his mouth, his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands. And as he stretched himself upon him, the flesh of the child became warm.
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Matthew 9:23 - 24
And when Jesus came to the ruler's house and saw the flute players and the crowd making a commotion.
Mark 5:39
And when he had entered, he said to them, "Why are you making a commotion and weeping? The child is not dead but sleeping.
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Acts 20:7
On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and he prolonged his speech until midnight.
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Acts 20:22
And now, behold, I am going to Jerusalem, constrained by the Spirit, not knowing what will happen to me there.
Acts 24:11
You can verify that it is not more than twelve days since I went up to worship in Jerusalem.
Acts 20:6
But we sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and in five days we came to them at Troas, where we stayed for seven days.
Acts 19:21
Now after these events Paul resolved in the Spirit to pass through Macedonia and Achaia and go to Jerusalem, saying, "After I have been there, I must also see Rome.
1 Corinthians 16:8
But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost.
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Acts 2:1
When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place.
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Acts 11:30
And they did so, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.
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1 Thessalonians 1:5
Because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction. You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake.
Acts 20:31
Therefore be alert, remembering that for three years I did not cease night or day to admonish everyone with tears.
Acts 20:34
You yourselves know that these hands ministered to my necessities and to those who were with me.
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1 Thessalonians 1:5
Because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction. You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake.
Acts 20:31
Therefore be alert, remembering that for three years I did not cease night or day to admonish everyone with tears.
Acts 20:34
You yourselves know that these hands ministered to my necessities and to those who were with me.
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Acts 18:19
And they came to Ephesus, and he left them there, but he himself went into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.
Acts 19:1
And it happened that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the inland country and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples.
Acts 19:10
This continued for two years, so that all the residents of Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.
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Romans 12:11
Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.
Colossians 3:24
Knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.
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1 Thessalonians 2:6 - 7
Nor did we seek glory from people, whether from you or from others, though we could have made demands as apostles of Christ.
Ephesians 4:2
With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love.
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Acts 20:31
Therefore be alert, remembering that for three years I did not cease night or day to admonish everyone with tears.
2 Corinthians 2:4
For I wrote to you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.
Philippians 3:18
For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, walk as enemies of the cross of Christ.
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Acts 20:3
There he spent three months, and when a plot was made against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia.
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Acts 20:27
For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.
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Acts 20:31
Therefore be alert, remembering that for three years I did not cease night or day to admonish everyone with tears.
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Acts 20:24
But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.
Acts 18:5
When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul was occupied with the word, testifying to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus.
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Mark 1:15
And saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.
Hebrews 6:1
Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God.
Acts 2:38
And Peter said to them, "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
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Ephesians 1:15
For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints.
Colossians 1:4
Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints.
1 Timothy 3:13
For those who serve well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and also great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.
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Acts 17:16
Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw that the city was full of idols.
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Acts 21:4
And having sought out the disciples, we stayed there for seven days. And through the Spirit they were telling Paul not to go on to Jerusalem.
Acts 21:11
And coming to us, he took Paul's belt and bound his own feet and hands and said, "Thus says the Holy Spirit, 'This is how the Jews at Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.'
Acts 8:29
And the Spirit said to Philip, "Go over and join this chariot.
Acts 9:16
For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.
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Acts 21:33
Then the tribune came up and arrested him and ordered him to be bound with two chains. He inquired who he was and what he had done.
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Acts 14:22
Strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.
1 Thessalonians 3:3
That no one be moved by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are destined for this.
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Acts 21:13
Then Paul answered, "What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be imprisoned but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
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2 Timothy 4:7
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
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Acts 1:17
For he was numbered among us and was allotted his share in this ministry.
1 Timothy 1:12
I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, appointing me to his service.
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Galatians 1:1
Paul, an apostle - not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead -
1 Thessalonians 2:4
But just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please man, but to please God who tests our hearts.
Acts 26:16
But rise and stand upon your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you as a servant and witness to the things in which you have seen me and to those in which I will appear to you.
Titus 1:3
And at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior.
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Acts 20:21
Testifying both to Jews and to Greeks of repentance toward God and of faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Acts 15:7
And after there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, "Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe.
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Acts 20:32
And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
1 Timothy 1:14
And the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
Acts 11:23
When he came and saw the grace of God, he was glad, and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose.
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Philippians 1:25
Convinced of this, I know that I will remain and continue with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith.
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Acts 28:31
Proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness and without hindrance.
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Deuteronomy 8:19
And if you forget the Lord your God and go after other gods and serve them and worship them, I solemnly warn you today that you shall surely perish.
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Acts 18:6
And when they opposed and reviled him, he shook out his garments and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.
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Acts 20:20
How I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you in public and from house to house.
Jeremiah 26:2
Thus says the Lord : Stand in the court of the Lord 's house, and speak to all the cities of Judah that come to worship in the house of the Lord all the words that I command you to speak to them; do not hold back a word.
Ezekiel 33:8
If I say to the wicked, O wicked one, you shall surely die, and you do not speak to warn the wicked to turn from his way, that wicked person shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand.
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Acts 13:36
For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep and was laid with his fathers and saw corruption.
Luke 7:30
But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the purpose of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.)
Acts 2:23
This Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men.
Ephesians 1:11
In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will.
Hebrews 6:17
So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he guaranteed it with an oath.
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1 Timothy 4:16
Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers.
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Acts 20:29
I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.
Ephesians 4:11
And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers.
Luke 12:32
Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
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Acts 13:2
While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.
1 Corinthians 12:8 - 11
For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit.
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Philippians 1:1
Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and deacons:
1 Timothy 3:2
Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach.
Titus 1:7
For an overseer, as God's steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain.
Acts 20:17
Now from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called the elders of the church to come to him.
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John 21:16
He said to him a second time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I love you." He said to him, "Tend my sheep.
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1 Corinthians 1:2
To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours:
1 Corinthians 10:32
Give no offense to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God.
1 Corinthians 11:16
If anyone is inclined to be contentious, we have no such practice, nor do the churches of God.
1 Corinthians 15:9
For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
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2 Peter 2:1
But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.
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Hebrews 9:12
He entered once for all into the holy places, n...
Hebrews 9:14
How much more will the blood of Christ, who thr...
Ephesians 1:7
In him we have redemption through his blood, th...
1 John 1:7
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the li...
1 Peter 1:18 - 19
Knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ...
Revelation 5:9
And they sang a new song, saying, "Worthy are y...
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Acts 20:28
Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.
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Matthew 7:15
Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.
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John 10:12
He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.
Colossians 2:8
See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.
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1 Corinthians 11:19
For there must be factions among you in order that those who are genuine among you may be recognized.
2 Corinthians 11:13
For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.
1 Timothy 1:19 - 20
Holding faith and a good conscience. By rejecting this, some have made shipwreck of their faith.
1 John 2:18 - 19
Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour.
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Hebrews 13:17
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.
Matthew 24:42
Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.
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Acts 19:8
And he entered the synagogue and for three months spoke boldly, reasoning and persuading them about the kingdom of God.
Acts 19:10
This continued for two years, so that all the residents of Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.
Acts 24:17
Now after several years I came to bring alms to my nation and to present offerings.
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Colossians 1:28
Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ.
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Hebrews 13:17
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.
Acts 20:19
Serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials that happened to me through the plots of the Jews.
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Acts 14:23
And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
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Acts 14:3
So they remained for a long time, speaking boldly for the Lord, who bore witness to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
Acts 20:24
But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.
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Colossians 2:7
Rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
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Acts 26:18
To open their eyes, so that they may turn from ...
Ephesians 1:14
Who is the guarantee of our inheritance until w...
Ephesians 1:18
Having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, tha...
Ephesians 5:5
For you may be sure of this, that everyone who ...
Colossians 1:12
Giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified ...
Colossians 3:24
Knowing that from the Lord you will receive the...
Hebrews 9:15
Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant,...
1 Peter 1:4
To an inheritance that is imperishable, undefil...
Matthew 25:34
Then the King will say to those on his right, '...
Romans 8:17
And if children, then heirs - heirs of God and ...
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1 Corinthians 9:12
If others share this rightful claim on you, do ...
2 Corinthians 7:2
Make room in your hearts for us. We have wronge...
2 Corinthians 11:9
And when I was with you and was in need, I did ...
2 Corinthians 12:17
Did I take advantage of you through any of thos...
1 Samuel 12:3
Here I am; testify against me before the Lord a...
Matthew 10:8
Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, ...
1 Thessalonians 2:5
For we never came with words of flattery, as yo...
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Acts 20:18
And when they came to him, he said to them: "You yourselves know how I lived among you the whole time from the first day that I set foot in Asia.
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Acts 18:3
And because he was of the same trade he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade.
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Acts 19:22
And having sent into Macedonia two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.
Acts 19:29
So the city was filled with the confusion, and they rushed together into the theater, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians who were Paul's companions in travel.
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2 Thessalonians 3:7
For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not idle when we were with you.
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Ephesians 4:28
Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need.
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1 Thessalonians 5:14
And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all.
1 Corinthians 12:28
And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues.
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Acts 11:16
And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, 'John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.
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Matthew 10:8
Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. You received without paying; give without pay.
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Acts 7:60
And falling to his knees he cried out with a loud voice, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them." And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
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2 Timothy 1:4
As I remember your tears, I long to see you, that I may be filled with joy.
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Luke 15:20
And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.
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Luke 15:20
And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.
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Acts 20:25
And now, behold, I know that none of you among whom I have gone about proclaiming the kingdom will see my face again.
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Acts 15:3
So, being sent on their way by the church, they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and brought great joy to all the brothers.
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Acts 16:10
And when Paul had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go on into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.
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Acts 16:11
So, setting sail from Troas, we made a direct voyage to Samothrace, and the following day to Neapolis.
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Acts 21:11
And coming to us, he took Paul's belt and bound his own feet and hands and said, "Thus says the Holy Spirit, 'This is how the Jews at Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.
Acts 20:23
Except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that imprisonment and afflictions await me.
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Acts 20:38
Being sorrowful most of all because of the word he had spoken, that they would not see his face again. And they accompanied him to the ship.
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Acts 20:36
And when he had said these things, he knelt down and prayed with them all.
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John 21:23
So the saying spread abroad among the brothers that this disciple was not to die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he was not to die, but, "If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you?
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Acts 6:5
And what they said pleased the whole gathering, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch.
Acts 8:5
Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed to them the Christ.
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Ephesians 4:11
And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers.
2 Timothy 4:5
As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
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Acts 2:17 - 18
'And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.
Luke 2:36
And there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years, having lived with her husband seven years from when she was a virgin.
1 Corinthians 11:5
But every wife who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, since it is the same as if her head were shaven.
Acts 13:1
Now there were in the church at Antioch prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a member of the court of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
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Acts 11:28
And one of them named Agabus stood up and foretold by the Spirit that there would be a great famine over all the world (this took place in the days of Claudius).
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1 Samuel 15:27 - 28
As Samuel turned to go away, Saul seized the skirt of his robe, and it tore.
1 Kings 11:30
Then Ahijah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, and tore it into twelve pieces.
Isaiah 20:3
Then the Lord said, "As my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and a portent against Egypt and Cush.
Jeremiah 13:1 - 11
Thus says the Lord to me, "Go and buy a linen loincloth and put it around your waist, and do not dip it in water.
Jeremiah 27:2
Thus the Lord said to me: "Make yourself straps and yoke-bars, and put them on your neck.
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Acts 20:23
Except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that imprisonment and afflictions await me.
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Acts 21:33
Then the tribune came up and arrested him and ordered him to be bound with two chains. He inquired who he was and what he had done.
Acts 9:16
For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.
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Acts 21:31 - 33
And as they were seeking to kill him, word came to the tribune of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion.
Matthew 20:19
And deliver him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified, and he will be raised on the third day.
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Matthew 16:21 - 23
From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.
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Acts 21:12
When we heard this, we and the people there urged him not to go up to Jerusalem.
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Acts 20:24
But I do not account my life of any value nor a...
Romans 8:36
As it is written, "For your sake we are being k...
2 Corinthians 4:16
So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self ...
2 Corinthians 12:10
For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with...
Philippians 2:17
Even if I am to be poured out as a drink offeri...
Acts 15:26
Men who have risked their lives for the sake of...
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Acts 5:41
Then they left the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the name.
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Ruth 1:18
And when Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more.
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Matthew 6:10
Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
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Acts 21:7
When we had finished the voyage from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais, and we greeted the brothers and stayed with them for one day.
Acts 15:4
When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they declared all that God had done with them.
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Acts 12:17
But motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he described to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, "Tell these things to James and to the brothers." Then he departed and went to another place.
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Acts 11:30
And they did so, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.
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Acts 14:27
And when they arrived and gathered the church together, they declared all that God had done with them, and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.
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Romans 15:18 - 19
For I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me to bring the Gentiles to obedience - by word and deed.
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Acts 1:17
For he was numbered among us and was allotted his share in this ministry.
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Acts 11:18
When they heard these things they fell silent. And they glorified God, saying, "Then to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance that leads to life.
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Acts 22:3
I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated at the feet of Gamaliel according to the strict manner of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God as all of you are this day.
Romans 10:2
For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
Galatians 1:14
And I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so extremely zealous was I for the traditions of my fathers.
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James 1:1
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings.
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Acts 21:28
Crying out, "Men of Israel, help! This is the man who is teaching everyone everywhere against the people and the law and this place. Moreover, he even brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place.
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Romans 2:28 - 29
For no one is a Jew who is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical.
1 Corinthians 7:19
For neither circumcision counts for anything nor uncircumcision, but keeping the commandments of God.
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Mark 7:5
And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with defiled hands?
Galatians 2:14
But when I saw that their conduct was not in step with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all, "If you, though a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you force the Gentiles to live like Jews?
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Acts 6:14
For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and will change the customs that Moses delivered to us.
Acts 15:1
But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.
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Acts 18:18
After this, Paul stayed many days longer and then took leave of the brothers and set sail for Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila. At Cenchreae he had cut his hair, for he was under a vow.
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Acts 21:26
Then Paul took the men, and the next day he purified himself along with them and went into the temple, giving notice when the days of purification would be fulfilled and the offering presented for each one of them.
Acts 24:18
While I was doing this, they found me purified in the temple, without any crowd or tumult. But some Jews from Asia -
John 11:55
Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover to purify themselves.
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Acts 21:23
Do therefore what we tell you. We have four men who are under a vow.
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Acts 15:19 - 20
Therefore my judgment is that we should not trouble those of the Gentiles who turn to God.
Acts 15:29
That you abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what has been strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. Farewell.
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Acts 21:24
Take these men and purify yourself along with them and pay their expenses, so that they may shave their heads. Thus all will know that there is nothing in what they have been told about you, but that you yourself also live in observance of the law.
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Numbers 6:13
And this is the law for the Nazirite, when the time of his separation has been completed: he shall be brought to the entrance of the tent of meeting.
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Numbers 6:9 - 12
And if any man dies very suddenly beside him and he defiles his consecrated head, then he shall shave his head on the day of his cleansing; on the seventh day he shall shave it.
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Acts 21:26
Then Paul took the men, and the next day he purified himself along with them and went into the temple, giving notice when the days of purification would be fulfilled and the offering presented for each one of them.
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Acts 13:50
But the Jews incited the devout women of high standing and the leading men of the city, stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their district.
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Acts 24:18
While I was doing this, they found me purified in the temple, without any crowd or tumult. But some Jews from Asia -
Acts 26:21
For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.
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Acts 21:21
And they have been told about you that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or walk according to our customs.
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Acts 6:13
And they set up false witnesses who said, "This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law.
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Acts 6:13
And they set up false witnesses who said, "This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law.
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Acts 6:13
And they set up false witnesses who said, "This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law.
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Acts 24:6
He even tried to profane the temple, but we seized him.
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Acts 20:4
Sopater the Berean, son of Pyrrhus, accompanied him; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy; and the Asians, Tychicus and Trophimus.
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Acts 26:21
For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.
2 Kings 11:15
Then Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains who were set over the army, "Bring her out between the ranks, and put to death with the sword anyone who follows her." For the priest said, "Let her not be put to death in the house of the Lord.
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Acts 21:30
Then all the city was stirred up, and the people ran together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.
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Acts 10:1
At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort.
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Acts 23:27
This man was seized by the Jews and was about to be killed by them when I came upon them with the soldiers and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman citizen.
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Acts 20:23
Except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that imprisonment and afflictions await me.
Acts 21:11
And coming to us, he took Paul's belt and bound his own feet and hands and said, "Thus says the Holy Spirit, 'This is how the Jews at Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.
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Acts 12:6
Now when Herod was about to bring him out, on t...
Acts 22:29
So those who were about to examine him withdrew...
Acts 26:29
And Paul said, "Whether short or long, I would ...
Acts 28:20
For this reason, therefore, I have asked to see...
Ephesians 6:20
For which I am an ambassador in chains, that I ...
2 Timothy 1:16
May the Lord grant mercy to the household of On...
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Acts 19:32
Now some cried out one thing, some another, for the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had come together.
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Acts 22:24
The tribune ordered him to be brought into the barracks, saying that he should be examined by flogging, to find out why they were shouting against him like this.
Acts 23:10
And when the dissension became violent, the tribune, afraid that Paul would be torn to pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him away from among them by force and bring him into the barracks.
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Acts 22:22
Up to this word they listened to him. Then they raised their voices and said, "Away with such a fellow from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live.
Luke 23:18
But they all cried out together, "Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas" -
John 19:15
They cried out, "Away with him, away with him, crucify him!" Pilate said to them, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chief priests answered, "We have no king but Caesar.
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Acts 5:36
For before these days Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and a number of men, about four hundred, joined him. He was killed, and all who followed him were dispersed and came to nothing.
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Matthew 24:26
So, if they say to you, 'Look, he is in the wilderness,' do not go out. If they say, 'Look, he is in the inner rooms,' do not believe it.
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Acts 9:11
And the Lord said to him, "Rise and go to the street called Straight, and at the house of Judas look for a man of Tarsus named Saul, for behold, he is praying.
Acts 22:3
I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated at the feet of Gamaliel according to the strict manner of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God as all of you are this day.
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Acts 12:17
But motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he described to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, "Tell these things to James and to the brothers." Then he departed and went to another place.
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Acts 22:2
And when they heard that he was addressing them in the Hebrew language, they became even more quiet. And he said:
Acts 26:14
And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.
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Acts 7:2
And Stephen said: "Brothers and fathers, hear me. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran.
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Acts 21:40
And when he had given him permission, Paul, standing on the steps, motioned with his hand to the people. And when there was a great hush, he addressed them in the Hebrew language, saying:
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Acts 9:11
And the Lord said to him, "Rise and go to the street called Straight, and at the house of Judas look for a man of Tarsus named Saul, for behold, he is praying.
Acts 21:39
Paul replied, "I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no obscure city. I beg you, permit me to speak to the people.
Romans 11:1
I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means! For I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin.
2 Corinthians 11:22
Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they offspring of Abraham? So am I.
Philippians 3:5
Circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee.
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Deuteronomy 33:3
Yes, he loved his people, all his holy ones were in his hand; so they followed in your steps, receiving direction from you.
2 Kings 4:38
And Elisha came again to Gilgal when there was a famine in the land. And as the sons of the prophets were sitting before him, he said to his servant, "Set on the large pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.
Luke 10:39
And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching.
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Acts 5:34
But a Pharisee in the council named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law held in honor by all the people, stood up and gave orders to put the men outside for a little while.
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Acts 26:5
They have known for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion I have lived as a Pharisee.
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John 16:2
They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.
Philippians 3:6
As to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.
Acts 21:20
And when they heard it, they glorified God. And they said to him, "You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed. They are all zealous for the law.
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Romans 10:2
For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
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Acts 22:19
And I said, 'Lord, they themselves know that in one synagogue after another I imprisoned and beat those who believed in you.
Acts 8:3
But Saul was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he dragged off men and women and committed them to prison.
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Acts 5:20
"Go and stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this Life."
Acts 9:2
And asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
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Acts 26:10
And I did so in Jerusalem. I not only locked up many of the saints in prison after receiving authority from the chief priests, but when they were put to death I cast my vote against them.
Acts 22:20
And when the blood of Stephen your witness was being shed, I myself was standing by and approving and watching over the garments of those who killed him.
Acts 8:1
And Saul approved of his execution. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
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Acts 9:1
But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest
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Luke 22:66
When day came, the assembly of the elders of the people gathered together, both chief priests and scribes. And they led him away to their council, and they said.
1 Timothy 4:14
Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you by prophecy when the council of elders laid their hands on you.
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Acts 28:21
And they said to him, "We have received no letters from Judea about you, and none of the brothers coming here has reported or spoken any evil about you.
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Acts 22:6 - 11
As I was on my way and drew near to Damascus, about noon a great light from heaven suddenly shone around me.
Acts 9:3 - 8
Now as he went on his way, he approached Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.
Acts 26:12 - 18
In this connection I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.
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Acts 26:9
I myself was convinced that I ought to do many things in opposing the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
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Daniel 10:7
And I, Daniel, alone saw the vision, for the men who were with me did not see the vision, but a great trembling fell upon them, and they fled to hide themselves.
Acts 9:7
The men who were traveling with him stood speechless, hearing the voice but seeing no one.
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Acts 16:30
Then he brought them out and said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
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Acts 9:10
Now there was a disciple at Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, "Ananias." And he said, "Here I am, Lord.
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Acts 24:14
But this I confess to you, that according to the Way, which they call a sect, I worship the God of our fathers, believing everything laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets.
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Acts 10:22
And they said, "Cornelius, a centurion, an upright and God-fearing man, who is well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and to hear what you have to say.
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Acts 9:17
So Ananias departed and entered the house. And laying his hands on him he said, "Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus who appeared to you on the road by which you came has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.
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Acts 9:18
And immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he regained his sight. Then he rose and was baptized.
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Acts 3:13
The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified his servant Jesus, whom you delivered over and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release him.
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Acts 9:15
But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel.
Acts 26:16
But rise and stand upon your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you as a servant and witness to the things in which you have seen me and to those in which I will appear to you.
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Acts 22:18
And saw him saying to me, 'Make haste and get o...
Acts 9:17
So Ananias departed and entered the house. And ...
Acts 26:16
But rise and stand upon your feet, for I have a...
1 Corinthians 9:1
Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not ...
1 Corinthians 15:8
Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appear...
Acts 22:15
For you will be a witness for him to everyone o...
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Acts 3:14
But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you.
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Galatians 1:12
For I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.
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Acts 23:11
The following night the Lord stood by him and said, "Take courage, for as you have testified to the facts about me in Jerusalem, so you must testify also in Rome.
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Acts 22:14
And he said, 'The God of our fathers appointed you to know his will, to see the Righteous One and to hear a voice from his mouth.
Acts 4:20
For we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard.
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Acts 9:18
And immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he regained his sight. Then he rose and was baptized.
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1 Corinthians 6:11
And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
Hebrews 10:22
Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
Psalms 51:2
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin!
Acts 2:38
And Peter said to them, "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
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Acts 9:14
And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name.
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Acts 9:26
And when he had come to Jerusalem, he attempted to join the disciples. And they were all afraid of him, for they did not believe that he was a disciple.
Acts 26:20
But declared first to those in Damascus, then in Jerusalem and throughout all the region of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds in keeping with their repentance.
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Acts 3:1
Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
Luke 18:10
Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
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Acts 10:10
And he became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while they were preparing it, he fell into a trance
Acts 11:5
I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision, something like a great sheet descending, being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came down to me.
2 Corinthians 12:1 - 4
I must go on boasting. Though there is nothing to be gained by it, I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord.
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Acts 9:29
And he spoke and disputed against the Hellenists. But they were seeking to kill him.
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Acts 22:4
I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering to prison both men and women.
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Acts 26:11
And I punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to make them blaspheme, and in raging fury against them I persecuted them even to foreign cities.
Matthew 10:17
Beware of men, for they will deliver you over to courts and flog you in their synagogues.
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Revelation 2:13
'I know where you dwell, where Satan's throne is. Yet you hold fast my name, and you did not deny my faith even in the days of Antipas my faithful witness, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.
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Acts 7:58
Then they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
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Acts 7:58
Then they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
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Acts 8:1
And Saul approved of his execution. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
Acts 26:10
And I did so in Jerusalem. I not only locked up many of the saints in prison after receiving authority from the chief priests, but when they were put to death I cast my vote against them.
Romans 1:32
Though they know God's decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.
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Acts 2:39
For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.
Acts 9:15
But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel.
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Acts 21:36
For the mob of the people followed, crying out, "Away with him!
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Acts 25:24
And Festus said, "King Agrippa and all who are present with us, you see this man about whom the whole Jewish people petitioned me, both in Jerusalem and here, shouting that he ought not to live any longer.
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Acts 21:34
Some in the crowd were shouting one thing, some another. And as he could not learn the facts because of the uproar, he ordered him to be brought into the barracks.
Acts 23:10
And when the dissension became violent, the tribune, afraid that Paul would be torn to pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him away from among them by force and bring him into the barracks.
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Acts 22:29
So those who were about to examine him withdrew from him immediately, and the tribune also was afraid, for he realized that Paul was a Roman citizen and that he had bound him.
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Acts 16:37
But Paul said to them, "They have beaten us publicly, uncondemned, men who are Roman citizens, and have thrown us into prison; and do they now throw us out secretly? No! Let them come themselves and take us out.
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Acts 22:24
The tribune ordered him to be brought into the barracks, saying that he should be examined by flogging, to find out why they were shouting against him like this.
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Acts 16:38
The police reported these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Roman citizens.
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Acts 23:27
This man was seized by the Jews and was about to be killed by them when I came upon them with the soldiers and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman citizen.
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Acts 21:33
Then the tribune came up and arrested him and ordered him to be bound with two chains. He inquired who he was and what he had done.
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Acts 22:24
The tribune ordered him to be brought into the barracks, saying that he should be examined by flogging, to find out why they were shouting against him like this.
Acts 23:28
And desiring to know the charge for which they were accusing him, I brought him down to their council.
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2 Corinthians 1:12
For our boast is this, the testimony of our con...
2 Timothy 1:3
I thank God whom I serve, as did my ancestors, ...
Acts 24:16
So I always take pains to have a clear conscien...
Job 27:5 - 6
Far be it from me to say that you are right; ti...
1 Corinthians 4:4
For I am not aware of anything against myself, ...
2 Corinthians 4:2
But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ...
2 Corinthians 5:11
Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we per...
Hebrews 13:18
Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a cle...
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Acts 24:1
And after five days the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a spokesman, one Tertullus. They laid before the governor their case against Paul.
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1 Kings 22:24
Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near and struck Micaiah on the cheek and said, "How did the Spirit of the Lord go from me to speak to you?
Lamentations 3:30
Let him give his cheek to the one who strikes, and let him be filled with insults.
Micah 5:1
Now muster your troops, O daughter of troops; siege is laid against us; with a rod they strike the judge of Israel on the cheek.
2 Corinthians 11:20
For you bear it if someone makes slaves of you, or devours you, or takes advantage of you, or puts on airs, or strikes you in the face.
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Matthew 23:27
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people's bones and all uncleanness.
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Isaiah 30:13
Therefore this iniquity shall be to you like a breach in a high wall, bulging out, and about to collapse, whose breaking comes suddenly, in an instant.
Ezekiel 13:10 - 14
Precisely because they have misled my people, saying, 'Peace,' when there is no peace, and because, when the people build a wall, these prophets smear it with whitewash.
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Deuteronomy 25:1 - 2
If there is a dispute between men and they come into court and the judges decide between them, acquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty.
John 7:51
"Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?"
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Deuteronomy 25:1 - 2
If there is a dispute between men and they come into court and the judges decide between them, acquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty.
John 7:51
"Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?"
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1 Samuel 2:28
Did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? I gave to the house of your father all my offerings by fire from the people of Israel.
Psalms 106:16
When men in the camp were jealous of Moses and Aaron, the holy one of the Lord.
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Acts 24:1
And after five days the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a spokesman, one Tertullus. They laid before the governor their case against Paul.
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Exodus 22:28
You shall not revile God, nor curse a ruler of your people.
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Exodus 22:28
You shall not revile God, nor curse a ruler of your people.
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Matthew 22:23
The same day Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection, and they asked him a question.
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Acts 26:5
They have known for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion I have lived as a Pharisee.
Philippians 3:5
Circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee.
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Acts 24:15
Having a hope in God, which these men themselves accept, that there will be a resurrection of both the just and the unjust.
Acts 24:21
Other than this one thing that I cried out while standing among them: 'It is with respect to the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial before you this day.'
Acts 26:6 - 8
And now I stand here on trial because of my hope in the promise made by God to our fathers.
Acts 28:20
For this reason, therefore, I have asked to see you and speak with you, since it is because of the hope of Israel that I am wearing this chain.
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Acts 2:26 - 27
Therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; my flesh also will dwell in hope.
Colossians 1:5
Because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel.
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Luke 20:27
There came to him some Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection.
1 Corinthians 15:12
Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
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Acts 4:5
On the next day their rulers and elders and scribes gathered together in Jerusalem.
Mark 2:16
And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, "Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?
Luke 5:30
And the Pharisees and their scribes grumbled at his disciples, saying, "Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?
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Acts 23:29
I found that he was being accused about questions of their law, but charged with nothing deserving death or imprisonment.
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Acts 22:7
And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?
Acts 22:17 - 18
When I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance
John 12:29
The crowd that stood there and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, "An angel has spoken to him.
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Acts 23:16
Now the son of Paul's sister heard of their ambush, so he went and entered the barracks and told Paul.
Acts 23:32
And on the next day they returned to the barracks, letting the horsemen go on with him.
Acts 21:34
Some in the crowd were shouting one thing, some another. And as he could not learn the facts because of the uproar, he ordered him to be brought into the barracks.
Acts 22:24
The tribune ordered him to be brought into the barracks, saying that he should be examined by flogging, to find out why they were shouting against him like this.
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Acts 18:9
And the Lord said to Paul one night in a vision, "Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent.
Acts 27:23
For this very night there stood before me an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I worship.
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1 Samuel 3:10
And the Lord came and stood, calling as at other times, "Samuel! Samuel!" And Samuel said, "Speak, for your servant hears.
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2 Timothy 4:17
But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion's mouth.
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Acts 19:21
Now after these events Paul resolved in the Spirit to pass through Macedonia and Achaia and go to Jerusalem, saying, "After I have been there, I must also see Rome.
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Acts 22:15
For you will be a witness for him to everyone of what you have seen and heard.
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Acts 23:30
And when it was disclosed to me that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once, ordering his accusers also to state before you what they have against him.
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Acts 23:14
They went to the chief priests and elders and said, "We have strictly bound ourselves by an oath to taste no food till we have killed Paul.
Acts 23:21
But do not be persuaded by them, for more than forty of their men are lying in ambush for him, who have bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they have killed him. And now they are ready, waiting for your consent.
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Acts 23:10
And when the dissension became violent, the tribune, afraid that Paul would be torn to pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him away from among them by force and bring him into the barracks.
Acts 23:32
And on the next day they returned to the barracks, letting the horsemen go on with him.
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Ephesians 3:1
For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles -
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Acts 23:14 - 15
They went to the chief priests and elders and said, "We have strictly bound ourselves by an oath to taste no food till we have killed Paul.
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Acts 23:12
When it was day, the Jews made a plot and bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
Acts 23:14
They went to the chief priests and elders and said, "We have strictly bound ourselves by an oath to taste no food till we have killed Paul.
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Acts 23:26
Claudius Lysias, to his Excellency the governor Felix, greetings.
Acts 24:2
And when he had been summoned, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying: "Since through you we enjoy much peace, and since by your foresight, most excellent Felix, reforms are being made for this nation.
Acts 25:14
And as they stayed there many days, Festus laid Paul's case before the king, saying, "There is a man left prisoner by Felix.
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Acts 23:33
When they had come to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they presented Paul also before him.
Acts 24:1
And after five days the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a spokesman, one Tertullus. They laid before the governor their case against Paul.
Acts 24:10
And when the governor had nodded to him to speak, Paul replied: "Knowing that for many years you have been a judge over this nation, I cheerfully make my defense.
Acts 26:30
Then the king rose, and the governor and Bernice and those who were sitting with them.
Luke 20:20
So they watched him and sent spies, who pretended to be sincere, that they might catch him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor.
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Acts 24:1
And after five days the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a spokesman, one Tertullus. They laid before the governor their case against Paul.
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Acts 15:23
With the following letter: "The brothers, both the apostles and the elders, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greetings.
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Acts 21:27
When the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia, seeing him in the temple, stirred up the whole crowd and laid hands on him.
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Acts 21:32 - 33
He at once took soldiers and centurions and ran down to them. And when they saw the tribune and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
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Acts 21:32 - 33
He at once took soldiers and centurions and ran down to them. And when they saw the tribune and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
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Acts 22:25 - 29
But when they had stretched him out for the whips, Paul said to the centurion who was standing by, "Is it lawful for you to flog a man who is a Roman citizen and uncondemned?
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Acts 22:30
But on the next day, desiring to know the real reason why he was being accused by the Jews, he unbound him and commanded the chief priests and all the council to meet, and he brought Paul down and set him before them.
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Acts 18:15
But since it is a matter of questions about words and names and your own law, see to it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of these things.
Acts 25:19
Rather they had certain points of dispute with him about their own religion and about a certain Jesus, who was dead, but whom Paul asserted to be alive.
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Acts 25:25
But I found that he had done nothing deserving death. And as he himself appealed to the emperor, I decided to go ahead and send him.
Acts 26:31
And when they had withdrawn, they said to one another, "This man is doing nothing to deserve death or imprisonment.
Acts 28:18
When they had examined me, they wished to set me at liberty, because there was no reason for the death penalty in my case.
Acts 23:9
Then a great clamor arose, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees' party stood up and contended sharply, "We find nothing wrong in this man. What if a spirit or an angel spoke to him?
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Acts 23:20
And he said, "The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as though they were going to inquire somewhat more closely about him.
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Acts 23:12
When it was day, the Jews made a plot and bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
Acts 9:24
But their plot became known to Saul. They were watching the gates day and night in order to kill him.
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Acts 23:35
He said, "I will give you a hearing when your accusers arrive." And he commanded him to be guarded in Herod's praetorium.
Acts 24:19
They ought to be here before you and to make an accusation, should they have anything against me.
Acts 25:16
I answered them that it was not the custom of the Romans to give up anyone before the accused met the accusers face to face and had opportunity to make his defense concerning the charge laid against him.
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Acts 23:10
And when the dissension became violent, the tribune, afraid that Paul would be torn to pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him away from among them by force and bring him into the barracks.
Acts 23:16
Now the son of Paul's sister heard of their ambush, so he went and entered the barracks and told Paul.
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Acts 25:1
Now three days after Festus had arrived in the province, he went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.
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Acts 21:39
Paul replied, "I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no obscure city. I beg you, permit me to speak to the people.
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Acts 23:30
And when it was disclosed to me that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once, ordering his accusers also to state before you what they have against him.
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Matthew 27:27
Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor's headquarters, and they gathered the whole battalion before him.
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Acts 21:18
On the following day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present.
Acts 21:27
When the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia, seeing him in the temple, stirred up the whole crowd and laid hands on him.
Acts 24:11
You can verify that it is not more than twelve days since I went up to worship in Jerusalem.
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Acts 23:2
And the high priest Ananias commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth.
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Acts 23:24
Also provide mounts for Paul to ride and bring him safely to Felix the governor.
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Acts 23:26
Claudius Lysias, to his Excellency the governor Felix, greetings.
Luke 1:3
It seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus.
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Luke 23:2
And they began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding us to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.
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Acts 24:14
But this I confess to you, that according to the Way, which they call a sect, I worship the God of our fathers, believing everything laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets.
Acts 5:17
But the high priest rose up, and all who were with him (that is, the party of the Sadducees), and filled with jealousy
Acts 15:5
But some believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees rose up and said, "It is necessary to circumcise them and to order them to keep the law of Moses.
Acts 26:5
They have known for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion I have lived as a Pharisee.
Acts 28:22
But we desire to hear from you what your views are, for with regard to this sect we know that everywhere it is spoken against.
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Acts 21:27 - 29
When the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia, seeing him in the temple, stirred up the whole crowd and laid hands on him.
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Acts 24:1
And after five days the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a spokesman, one Tertullus. They laid before the governor their case against Paul.
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Acts 8:27
And he rose and went. And there was an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure. He had come to Jerusalem to worship
John 12:20
Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks.
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Acts 20:16
For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he might not have to spend time in Asia, for he was hastening to be at Jerusalem, if possible, on the day of Pentecost.
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Acts 25:8
Paul argued in his defense, "Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar have I committed any offense.
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Acts 25:7
When he had arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many and serious charges against him that they could not prove.
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Acts 24:22
But Felix, having a rather accurate knowledge of the Way, put them off, saying, "When Lysias the tribune comes down, I will decide your case.
Acts 9:2
And asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
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Acts 24:5
For we have found this man a plague, one who stirs up riots among all the Jews throughout the world and is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.
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2 Timothy 1:3
I thank God whom I serve, as did my ancestors, ...
Acts 27:23
For this very night there stood before me an an...
Luke 1:74
That we, being delivered from the hand of our e...
Romans 1:9
For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spi...
Hebrews 9:14
How much more will the blood of Christ, who thr...
Hebrews 12:28
Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a ki...
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Acts 3:13
The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified his servant Jesus, whom you delivered over and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release him.
Acts 22:3
I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated at the feet of Gamaliel according to the strict manner of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God as all of you are this day.
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Acts 26:22
To this day I have had the help that comes from God, and so I stand here testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would come to pass:
Acts 28:23
When they had appointed a day for him, they came to him at his lodging in greater numbers. From morning till evening he expounded to them, testifying to the kingdom of God and trying to convince them about Jesus both from the Law of Moses and from the Prophets.
Romans 3:21
But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it -
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Acts 23:6
Now when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, "Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. It is with respect to the hope and the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.
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Titus 2:13
Waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.
Galatians 5:5
For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness.
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Luke 14:14
And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.
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Daniel 12:2
And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
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1 Timothy 4:7
Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths. Rather train yourself for godliness.
1 Timothy 4:15
Practice these things, immerse yourself in them, so that all may see your progress.
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1 Corinthians 10:32
Give no offense to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God.
Philippians 1:10
So that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ.
Jude 1:24
Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy.
Acts 23:1
And looking intently at the council, Paul said, "Brothers, I have lived my life before God in all good conscience up to this day.
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Acts 20:31
Therefore be alert, remembering that for three years I did not cease night or day to admonish everyone with tears.
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Romans 15:25 - 28
At present, however, I am going to Jerusalem br...
Romans 15:31
That I may be delivered from the unbelievers in...
1 Corinthians 16:1 - 3
Now concerning the collection for the saints: a...
2 Corinthians 8:1 - 4
We want you to know, brothers, about the grace ...
2 Corinthians 9:1 - 2
Now it is superfluous for me to write to you ab...
2 Corinthians 9:12
For the ministry of this service is not only su...
Galatians 2:10
Only, they asked us to remember the poor, the v...
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Acts 26:4
My manner of life from my youth, spent from the beginning among my own nation and in Jerusalem, is known by all the Jews.
Acts 28:19
But because the Jews objected, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar - though I had no charge to bring against my nation.
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Acts 24:11
You can verify that it is not more than twelve days since I went up to worship in Jerusalem.
Acts 20:16
For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he might not have to spend time in Asia, for he was hastening to be at Jerusalem, if possible, on the day of Pentecost.
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Acts 21:26
Then Paul took the men, and the next day he purified himself along with them and went into the temple, giving notice when the days of purification would be fulfilled and the offering presented for each one of them.
Acts 26:21
For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.
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Acts 21:27
When the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia, seeing him in the temple, stirred up the whole crowd and laid hands on him.
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Acts 23:30
And when it was disclosed to me that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once, ordering his accusers also to state before you what they have against him.
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Acts 23:6
Now when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, "Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. It is with respect to the hope and the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.
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Acts 24:14
But this I confess to you, that according to the Way, which they call a sect, I worship the God of our fathers, believing everything laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets.
Acts 9:2
And asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
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Acts 28:16
And when we came into Rome, Paul was allowed to stay by himself, with the soldier that guarded him.
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Acts 27:3
The next day we put in at Sidon. And Julius treated Paul kindly and gave him leave to go to his friends and be cared for.
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Acts 20:21
Testifying both to Jews and to Greeks of repentance toward God and of faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Galatians 2:16
Yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
Romans 3:24
And are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
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Titus 2:12 - 13
Training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age.
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Acts 17:32
Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked. But others said, "We will hear you again about this.
2 Timothy 4:2
Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.
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Acts 24:17
Now after several years I came to bring alms to my nation and to present offerings.
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Acts 25:1
Now three days after Festus had arrived in the province, he went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.
Acts 26:24
And as he was saying these things in his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, "Paul, you are out of your mind; your great learning is driving you out of your mind.
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Acts 25:9
But Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, said to Paul, "Do you wish to go up to Jerusalem and there be tried on these charges before me?
Acts 12:3
And when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during the days of Unleavened Bread.
Mark 15:15
So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released for them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.
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Acts 25:14
And as they stayed there many days, Festus laid Paul's case before the king, saying, "There is a man left prisoner by Felix.
Luke 21:12
But before all this they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake.
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Acts 23:34
On reading the letter, he asked what province he was from. And when he learned that he was from Cilicia.
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Acts 25:15
And when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews laid out their case against him, asking for a sentence of condemnation against him.
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Acts 9:24
But their plot became known to Saul. They were watching the gates day and night in order to kill him.
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Acts 25:10
But Paul said, "I am standing before Caesar's tribunal, where I ought to be tried. To the Jews I have done no wrong, as you yourself know very well.
Acts 25:17
So when they came together here, I made no delay, but on the next day took my seat on the tribunal and ordered the man to be brought.
Matthew 27:19
Besides, while he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent word to him, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered much because of him today in a dream.
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Acts 24:13
Neither can they prove to you what they now bring up against me.
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Acts 24:12
And they did not find me disputing with anyone or stirring up a crowd, either in the temple or in the synagogues or in the city.
Acts 28:17
After three days he called together the local leaders of the Jews, and when they had gathered, he said to them, "Brothers, though I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, yet I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.
Acts 6:13
And they set up false witnesses who said, "This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law.
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John 7:19
Has not Moses given you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. Why do you seek to kill me?
John 19:7
The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and according to that law he ought to die because he has made himself the Son of God.
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John 19:12
From then on Pilate sought to release him, but the Jews cried out, "If you release this man, you are not Caesar's friend. Everyone who makes himself a king opposes Caesar.
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Acts 24:27
When two years had elapsed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus. And desiring to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul in prison.
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Acts 25:6
After he stayed among them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea. And the next day he took his seat on the tribunal and ordered Paul to be brought.
Acts 25:17
So when they came together here, I made no delay, but on the next day took my seat on the tribunal and ordered the man to be brought.
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Acts 26:32
And Agrippa said to Festus, "This man could have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.
Acts 28:19
But because the Jews objected, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar - though I had no charge to bring against my nation.
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Acts 24:27
When two years had elapsed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus. And desiring to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul in prison.
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Acts 25:2 - 3
And the chief priests and the principal men of the Jews laid out their case against Paul, and they urged him.
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Acts 25:4 - 5
Festus replied that Paul was being kept at Caesarea and that he himself intended to go there shortly.
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John 7:51
"Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?"
Acts 23:30
And when it was disclosed to me that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once, ordering his accusers also to state before you what they have against him.
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Acts 25:7
When he had arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many and serious charges against him that they could not prove.
Acts 25:24
And Festus said, "King Agrippa and all who are present with us, you see this man about whom the whole Jewish people petitioned me, both in Jerusalem and here, shouting that he ought not to live any longer.
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Acts 25:6
After he stayed among them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea. And the next day he took his seat on the tribunal and ordered Paul to be brought.
Acts 25:10
But Paul said, "I am standing before Caesar's tribunal, where I ought to be tried. To the Jews I have done no wrong, as you yourself know very well.
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Acts 18:15
But since it is a matter of questions about words and names and your own law, see to it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of these things.
Acts 23:29
I found that he was being accused about questions of their law, but charged with nothing deserving death or imprisonment.
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Acts 17:18
Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also conversed with him. And some said, "What does this babbler wish to say?" Others said, "He seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities" - because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection.
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Acts 25:9
But Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, said to Paul, "Do you wish to go up to Jerusalem and there be tried on these charges before me?
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Acts 25:11
If then I am a wrongdoer and have committed anything for which I deserve to die, I do not seek to escape death. But if there is nothing to their charges against me, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar.
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Acts 25:25
But I found that he had done nothing deserving death. And as he himself appealed to the emperor, I decided to go ahead and send him.
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Acts 9:15
But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel.
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Acts 25:13
Now when some days had passed, Agrippa the king and Bernice arrived at Caesarea and greeted Festus.
Acts 26:30
Then the king rose, and the governor and Bernice and those who were sitting with them.
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Acts 25:2
And the chief priests and the principal men of the Jews laid out their case against Paul, and they urged him.
Acts 25:7
When he had arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many and serious charges against him that they could not prove.
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Acts 22:22
Up to this word they listened to him. Then they raised their voices and said, "Away with such a fellow from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live.
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Acts 23:29
I found that he was being accused about questions of their law, but charged with nothing deserving death or imprisonment.
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Acts 25:11 - 12
If then I am a wrongdoer and have committed anything for which I deserve to die, I do not seek to escape death. But if there is nothing to their charges against me, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar.
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Acts 25:21
But when Paul had appealed to be kept in custody for the decision of the emperor, I ordered him to be held until I could send him to Caesar.
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Acts 9:15
But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel.
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Acts 25:7
When he had arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many and serious charges against him that they could not prove.
Acts 25:19
Rather they had certain points of dispute with him about their own religion and about a certain Jesus, who was dead, but whom Paul asserted to be alive.
Acts 26:7
To which our twelve tribes hope to attain, as they earnestly worship night and day. And for this hope I am accused by Jews, O king!
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Acts 6:14
For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and will change the customs that Moses delivered to us.
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Acts 18:15
But since it is a matter of questions about words and names and your own law, see to it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of these things.
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Galatians 1:13
For you have heard of my former life in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it.
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Acts 24:17
Now after several years I came to bring alms to my nation and to present offerings.
Acts 28:19
But because the Jews objected, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar - though I had no charge to bring against my nation.
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Acts 22:3
I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated at the feet of Gamaliel according to the strict manner of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God as all of you are this day.
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Acts 24:5
For we have found this man a plague, one who stirs up riots among all the Jews throughout the world and is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.
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James 1:26 - 27
If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless.
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Acts 23:6
Now when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, "Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. It is with respect to the hope and the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.
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Acts 13:32
And we bring you the good news that what God promised to the fathers.
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Acts 2:33
Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing.
Hebrews 10:36
For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.
Hebrews 11:13
These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
Hebrews 11:39
And all these, though commended through their faith, did not receive what was promised.
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Matthew 19:28
Jesus said to them, "Truly, I say to you, in the new world, when the Son of Man will sit on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Luke 22:30
That you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
James 1:1
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings.
Revelation 21:12
It had a great, high wall, with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and on the gates the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel were inscribed -
Ezra 6:17
They offered at the dedication of this house of God 100 bulls, 200 rams, 400 lambs, and as a sin offering for all Israel 12 male goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
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Philippians 3:11
That by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead.
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Acts 26:2
I consider myself fortunate that it is before you, King Agrippa, I am going to make my defense today against all the accusations of the Jews.
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Acts 17:3
Explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead, and saying, "This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.
1 Corinthians 15:12
Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
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1 Timothy 1:13
Though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief.
John 16:2
They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.
Acts 3:17
And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers.
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Acts 22:8
And I answered, 'Who are you, Lord?' And he said to me, 'I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting.
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Acts 8:3
But Saul was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he dragged off men and women and committed them to prison.
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Acts 26:12
In this connection I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.
Acts 9:1 - 2
But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest
Acts 9:14
And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name.
Acts 9:21
And all who heard him were amazed and said, "Is not this the man who made havoc in Jerusalem of those who called upon this name? And has he not come here for this purpose, to bring them bound before the chief priests?
Acts 22:4 - 5
I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering to prison both men and women.
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Acts 22:20
And when the blood of Stephen your witness was being shed, I myself was standing by and approving and watching over the garments of those who killed him.
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Acts 22:19
And I said, 'Lord, they themselves know that in one synagogue after another I imprisoned and beat those who believed in you.
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Acts 13:45
But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began to contradict what was spoken by Paul, reviling him.
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Acts 9:1
But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest
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Acts 22:5
As the high priest and the whole council of elders can bear me witness. From them I received letters to the brothers, and I journeyed toward Damascus to take those also who were there and bring them in bonds to Jerusalem to be punished.
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Acts 26:12 - 18
In this connection I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.
Acts 9:3 - 8
Now as he went on his way, he approached Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.
Acts 22:6 - 11
As I was on my way and drew near to Damascus, about noon a great light from heaven suddenly shone around me.
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Acts 21:40
And when he had given him permission, Paul, standing on the steps, motioned with his hand to the people. And when there was a great hush, he addressed them in the Hebrew language, saying:
Acts 22:2
And when they heard that he was addressing them in the Hebrew language, they became even more quiet. And he said:
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Ezekiel 2:1
And he said to me, "Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak with you.
Daniel 10:11
And he said to me, "O Daniel, man greatly loved, understand the words that I speak to you, and stand upright, for now I have been sent to you." And when he had spoken this word to me, I stood up trembling.
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Acts 22:14 - 15
And he said, 'The God of our fathers appointed you to know his will, to see the Righteous One and to hear a voice from his mouth.
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Acts 12:11
When Peter came to himself, he said, "Now I am sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.
1 Chronicles 16:35
Say also: "Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather and deliver us from among the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name, and glory in your praise.
Jeremiah 1:8
Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you, declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 1:19
They will fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you, for I am with you, declares the Lord, to deliver you.
Jeremiah 15:20
And I will make you to this people a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you, but they shall not prevail over you, for I am with you to save you and deliver you, declares the Lord.
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Acts 9:15
But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel.
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Romans 11:13
Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry
1 Timothy 2:7
For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle ( I am telling the truth, I am not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
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Isaiah 35:5
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
Isaiah 42:7
To open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness.
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Luke 22:53
When I was with you day after day in the temple, you did not lay hands on me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness.
1 Corinthians 5:5
You are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.
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Acts 5:31
God exalted him at his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.
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Acts 20:32
And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
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Acts 15:9
And he made no distinction between us and them, having cleansed their hearts by faith.
2 Thessalonians 2:13
But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.
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Acts 26:13
At midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, that shone around me and those who journeyed with me.
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Acts 9:19 - 20
And taking food, he was strengthened. For some days he was with the disciples at Damascus.
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Acts 9:26 - 29
And when he had come to Jerusalem, he attempted to join the disciples. And they were all afraid of him, for they did not believe that he was a disciple.
Acts 22:17 - 20
When I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance
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Acts 13:46
And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, "It was necessary that the word of God be spoken first to you. Since you thrust it aside and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we are turning to the Gentiles.
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Acts 2:38
And Peter said to them, "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
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Acts 14:15
Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men, of like nature with you, and we bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.
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Matthew 3:8
Bear fruit in keeping with repentance.
Luke 3:8
Bear fruits in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham.
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Acts 21:27
When the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia, seeing him in the temple, stirred up the whole crowd and laid hands on him.
Acts 21:30 - 31
Then all the city was stirred up, and the people ran together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.
Acts 24:18
While I was doing this, they found me purified in the temple, without any crowd or tumult. But some Jews from Asia -
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2 Corinthians 1:10
He delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. On him we have set our hope that he will deliver us again.
Hebrews 13:5 - 6
Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you.
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Ephesians 6:13
Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm.
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Acts 10:43
To him all the prophets bear witness that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.
Acts 24:14
But this I confess to you, that according to the Way, which they call a sect, I worship the God of our fathers, believing everything laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets.
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Luke 24:26
Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?
Hebrews 2:10
For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering.
Acts 3:18
But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ would suffer, he thus fulfilled.
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John 12:34
So the crowd answered him, "We have heard from the Law that the Christ remains forever. How can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?
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1 Corinthians 15:20
But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
1 Corinthians 15:23
But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ.
Colossians 1:18
And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.
Revelation 1:5
And from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood
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Romans 1:4
And was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Ephesians 2:17
And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near.
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Acts 26:18
To open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.
Luke 2:32
A light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel.
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Acts 12:15
They said to her, "You are out of your mind." B...
Acts 26:8
Why is it thought incredible by any of you that...
Acts 17:32
Now when they heard of the resurrection of the ...
2 Kings 9:11
When Jehu came out to the servants of his maste...
Jeremiah 29:26
The Lord has made you priest instead of Jehoiad...
Mark 3:21
And when his family heard it, they went out to ...
John 10:20
Many of them said, "He has a demon, and is insa...
1 Corinthians 1:23
But we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling blo...
1 Corinthians 2:14
The natural person does not accept the things o...
1 Corinthians 4:10
We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wis...
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Acts 24:2
And when he had been summoned, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying: "Since through you we enjoy much peace, and since by your foresight, most excellent Felix, reforms are being made for this nation.
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2 Peter 1:16
For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
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2 Corinthians 5:13
For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you.
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Acts 26:3
Especially because you are familiar with all the customs and controversies of the Jews. Therefore I beg you to listen to me patiently.
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Acts 11:26
And when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught a great many people. And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians.
1 Peter 4:16
Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in that name.
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1 Corinthians 7:7
I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another.
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Acts 21:33
Then the tribune came up and arrested him and ordered him to be bound with two chains. He inquired who he was and what he had done.
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Acts 23:24
Also provide mounts for Paul to ride and bring him safely to Felix the governor.
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Acts 23:29
I found that he was being accused about questions of their law, but charged with nothing deserving death or imprisonment.
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Acts 28:18
When they had examined me, they wished to set me at liberty, because there was no reason for the death penalty in my case.
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Acts 25:11
If then I am a wrongdoer and have committed anything for which I deserve to die, I do not seek to escape death. But if there is nothing to their charges against me, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar.
Acts 28:19
But because the Jews objected, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar - though I had no charge to bring against my nation.
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Acts 9:15
But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel.
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Acts 25:12
Then Festus, when he had conferred with his council, answered, "To Caesar you have appealed; to Caesar you shall go.
Acts 25:25
But I found that he had done nothing deserving death. And as he himself appealed to the emperor, I decided to go ahead and send him.
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Acts 16:10
And when Paul had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go on into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.
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Acts 10:1
At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort.
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Acts 19:29
So the city was filled with the confusion, and they rushed together into the theater, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians who were Paul's companions in travel.
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Acts 27:43
But the centurion, wishing to save Paul, kept them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and make for the land.
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Acts 28:2
The native people showed us unusual kindness, for they kindled a fire and welcomed us all, because it had begun to rain and was cold.
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Acts 24:23
Then he gave orders to the centurion that he should be kept in custody but have some liberty, and that none of his friends should be prevented from attending to his needs.
Acts 28:16
And when we came into Rome, Paul was allowed to stay by himself, with the soldier that guarded him.
Acts 28:30
He lived there two whole years at his own expense, and welcomed all who came to him.
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Acts 28:11
After three months we set sail in a ship that had wintered in the island, a ship of Alexandria, with the twin gods as a figurehead.
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Leviticus 16:29 - 31
And it shall be a statute to you forever that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict yourselves and shall do no work, either the native or the stranger who sojourns among you.
Leviticus 23:27 - 29
Now on the tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. It shall be for you a time of holy convocation, and you shall afflict yourselves and present a food offering to the Lord.
Numbers 29:7
On the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy convocation and afflict yourselves. You shall do no work.
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Acts 27:21
Since they had been without food for a long time, Paul stood up among them and said, "Men, you should have listened to me and not have set sail from Crete and incurred this injury and loss.
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Revelation 18:17
For in a single hour all this wealth has been laid waste." And all shipmasters and seafaring men, sailors and all whose trade is on the sea, stood far off
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Mark 4:37
And a great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already filling.
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Acts 27:26
But we must run aground on some island.
Acts 27:29
And fearing that we might run on the rocks, they let down four anchors from the stern and prayed for day to come.
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Jonah 1:5
Then the mariners were afraid, and each cried out to his god. And they hurled the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone down into the inner part of the ship and had lain down and was fast asleep.
Acts 27:38
And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.
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Acts 27:10
Saying, "Sirs, I perceive that the voyage will be with injury and much loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.
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Acts 27:10
Saying, "Sirs, I perceive that the voyage will be with injury and much loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.
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Acts 27:25
So take heart, men, for I have faith in God that it will be exactly as I have been told.
Acts 27:36
Then they all were encouraged and ate some food themselves.
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Acts 18:9
And the Lord said to Paul one night in a vision, "Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent.
Acts 23:11
The following night the Lord stood by him and said, "Take courage, for as you have testified to the facts about me in Jerusalem, so you must testify also in Rome.
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2 Timothy 4:17
But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion's mouth.
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Acts 8:26
Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, "Rise and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza." This is a desert place.
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Psalms 119:94
I am yours; save me, for I have sought your precepts.
Daniel 5:23
But you have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven. And the vessels of his house have been brought in before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have drunk wine from them. And you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know, but the God in whose hand is your breath, and whose are all your ways, you have not honored.
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Daniel 6:16
Then the king commanded, and Daniel was brought and cast into the den of lions. The king declared to Daniel, "May your God, whom you serve continually, deliver you!
Acts 24:14
But this I confess to you, that according to the Way, which they call a sect, I worship the God of our fathers, believing everything laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets.
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Acts 23:11
The following night the Lord stood by him and said, "Take courage, for as you have testified to the facts about me in Jerusalem, so you must testify also in Rome.
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Genesis 18:26
And the Lord said, "If I find at Sodom fifty righteous in the city, I will spare the whole place for their sake.
Genesis 19:21
He said to him, "Behold, I grant you this favor also, that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken.
Genesis 19:29
So it was that, when God destroyed the cities of the valley, God remembered Abraham and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow when he overthrew the cities in which Lot had lived.
Ezekiel 14:14
Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver but their own lives by their righteousness, declares the Lord God.
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Acts 28:1
After we were brought safely through, we then learned that the island was called Malta.
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Acts 27:17
After hoisting it up, they used supports to undergird the ship. Then, fearing that they would run aground on the Syrtis, they lowered the gear, and thus they were driven along.
Acts 27:29
And fearing that we might run on the rocks, they let down four anchors from the stern and prayed for day to come.
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Acts 27:17
After hoisting it up, they used supports to undergird the ship. Then, fearing that they would run aground on the Syrtis, they lowered the gear, and thus they were driven along.
Acts 27:26
But we must run aground on some island.
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Acts 27:16
Running under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we managed with difficulty to secure the ship's boat.
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1 Samuel 14:45
Then the people said to Saul, "Shall Jonathan die, who has worked this great salvation in Israel? Far from it! As the Lord lives, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground, for he has worked with God this day." So the people ransomed Jonathan, so that he did not die.
2 Samuel 14:11
Then she said, "Please let the king invoke the Lord your God, that the avenger of blood kill no more, and my son be not destroyed." He said, "As the Lord lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the ground.
1 Kings 1:52
And Solomon said, "If he will show himself a worthy man, not one of his hairs shall fall to the earth, but if wickedness is found in him, he shall die.
Luke 21:18
But not a hair of your head will perish.
Matthew 10:30
But even the hairs of your head are all numbered.
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Matthew 15:36
He took the seven loaves and the fish, and having given thanks he broke them and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.
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Acts 27:22
Yet now I urge you to take heart, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.
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Acts 2:41
So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls.
Acts 7:14
And Joseph sent and summoned Jacob his father and all his kindred, seventy-five persons in all.
Romans 13:1
Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.
1 Peter 3:20
Because they formerly did not obey, when God's patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water.
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Acts 27:18
Since we were violently storm-tossed, they began the next day to jettison the cargo.
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Acts 28:1
After we were brought safely through, we then learned that the island was called Malta.
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2 Corinthians 11:25
Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I was adrift at sea.
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Acts 12:19
And after Herod searched for him and did not find him, he examined the sentries and ordered that they should be put to death. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent time there.
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Acts 27:3
The next day we put in at Sidon. And Julius treated Paul kindly and gave him leave to go to his friends and be cared for.
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Acts 27:22
Yet now I urge you to take heart, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.
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Acts 27:39
Now when it was day, they did not recognize the land, but they noticed a bay with a beach, on which they planned if possible to run the ship ashore.
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Acts 27:26
But we must run aground on some island.
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Acts 28:4
When the native people saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, "No doubt this man is a murderer. Though he has escaped from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.
Romans 1:14
I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.
1 Corinthians 14:11
But if I do not know the meaning of the language, I will be a foreigner to the speaker and the speaker a foreigner to me.
Colossians 3:11
Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all.
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Acts 27:3
The next day we put in at Sidon. And Julius treated Paul kindly and gave him leave to go to his friends and be cared for.
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Acts 28:2
The native people showed us unusual kindness, for they kindled a fire and welcomed us all, because it had begun to rain and was cold.
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Job 4:7
Remember: who that was innocent ever perished? Or where were the upright cut off?
Luke 13:2
And he answered them, "Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered in this way?
Luke 13:4
Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them: do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others who lived in Jerusalem?
John 9:2
And his disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?
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Numbers 32:23
But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the Lord, and be sure your sin will find you out.
Amos 5:19
As if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him, or went into the house and leaned his hand against the wall, and a serpent bit him.
Amos 9:3
If they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, from there I will search them out and take them; and if they hide from my sight at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them.
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Mark 16:18
They will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.
Luke 10:19
Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you.
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Acts 14:11
And when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in Lycaonian, "The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!
Acts 14:19
But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.
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Acts 8:10
They all paid attention to him, from the least to the greatest, saying, "This man is the power of God that is called Great.
Acts 14:11
And when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in Lycaonian, "The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!
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Acts 9:40
But Peter put them all outside, and knelt down and prayed; and turning to the body he said, "Tabitha, arise." And she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter she sat up.
James 5:14 - 15
Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
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Mark 5:23
And implored him earnestly, saying, "My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be made well and live.
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Acts 27:6
There the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing for Italy and put us on board.
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John 21:23
So the saying spread abroad among the brothers that this disciple was not to die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he was not to die, but, "If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you?
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Acts 28:14
There we found brothers and were invited to stay with them for seven days. And so we came to Rome.
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Romans 1:9 - 12
For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I mention you
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Acts 24:23
Then he gave orders to the centurion that he should be kept in custody but have some liberty, and that none of his friends should be prevented from attending to his needs.
Acts 27:3
The next day we put in at Sidon. And Julius treated Paul kindly and gave him leave to go to his friends and be cared for.
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Acts 25:8
Paul argued in his defense, "Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar have I committed any offense.
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Acts 6:14
For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and will change the customs that Moses delivered to us.
Acts 15:1
But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.
Acts 21:21
And they have been told about you that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or walk according to our customs.
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Acts 26:31 - 32
And when they had withdrawn, they said to one another, "This man is doing nothing to deserve death or imprisonment.
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Acts 23:29
I found that he was being accused about questions of their law, but charged with nothing deserving death or imprisonment.
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Acts 25:11
If then I am a wrongdoer and have committed anything for which I deserve to die, I do not seek to escape death. But if there is nothing to their charges against me, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar.
Acts 26:32
And Agrippa said to Festus, "This man could have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.
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Acts 24:17
Now after several years I came to bring alms to my nation and to present offerings.
Acts 26:4
My manner of life from my youth, spent from the beginning among my own nation and in Jerusalem, is known by all the Jews.
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Acts 23:6
Now when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, "Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. It is with respect to the hope and the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.
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Luke 2:25
Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
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Acts 26:29
And Paul said, "Whether short or long, I would to God that not only you but also all who hear me this day might become such as I am - except for these chains.
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Ephesians 6:20
For which I am an ambassador in chains, that I may declare it boldly, as I ought to speak.
2 Timothy 1:16
May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains.
Acts 21:33
Then the tribune came up and arrested him and ordered him to be bound with two chains. He inquired who he was and what he had done.
Philippians 1:7
It is right for me to feel this way about you all, because I hold you in my heart, for you are all partakers with me of grace, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel.
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Acts 22:5
As the high priest and the whole council of elders can bear me witness. From them I received letters to the brothers, and I journeyed toward Damascus to take those also who were there and bring them in bonds to Jerusalem to be punished.
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Acts 24:5
For we have found this man a plague, one who stirs up riots among all the Jews throughout the world and is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.
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Luke 2:34
And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, "Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is opposed
1 Peter 2:12
Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.
1 Peter 3:16
Having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame.
1 Peter 4:14
If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.
1 Peter 4:16
Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in that name.
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Acts 17:2 - 3
And Paul went in, as was his custom, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures.
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Acts 28:31
Proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness and without hindrance.
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Acts 19:8
And he entered the synagogue and for three months spoke boldly, reasoning and persuading them about the kingdom of God.
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Acts 8:35
Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning with this Scripture he told him the good news about Jesus.
Acts 24:14
But this I confess to you, that according to the Way, which they call a sect, I worship the God of our fathers, believing everything laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets.
Acts 26:22
To this day I have had the help that comes from God, and so I stand here testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would come to pass:
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Acts 14:4
But the people of the city were divided; some sided with the Jews and some with the apostles.
Acts 17:4 - 5
And some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did a great many of the devout Greeks and not a few of the leading women.
Acts 19:9
But when some became stubborn and continued in unbelief, speaking evil of the Way before the congregation, he withdrew from them and took the disciples with him, reasoning daily in the hall of Tyrannus.
Acts 23:7
And when he had said this, a dissension arose between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.
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Matthew 15:7
You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, when he said:
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Isaiah 6:9 - 10
And he said, "Go, and say to this people: "'Keep on hearing, but do not understand; keep on seeing, but do not perceive.
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Matthew 13:14 - 15
Indeed, in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says: "'You will indeed hear but never understand, and you will indeed see but never perceive.
Mark 4:12
So that "they may indeed see but not perceive, and may indeed hear but not understand, lest they should turn and be forgiven.
Luke 8:10
He said, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that 'seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.
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Isaiah 6:9 - 10
And he said, "Go, and say to this people: "'Keep on hearing, but do not understand; keep on seeing, but do not perceive.
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John 12:40
"He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, lest they see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and turn, and I would heal them."
Romans 11:8
As it is written, "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear, down to this very day.
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Luke 22:32
But I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.
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Acts 13:26
Brothers, sons of the family of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, to us has been sent the message of this salvation.
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Psalms 67:2
That your way may be known on earth, your saving power among all nations.
Isaiah 40:5
And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
Luke 2:30
For my eyes have seen your salvation
Luke 3:6
And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.'
Romans 11:11
So I ask, did they stumble in order that they might fall? By no means! Rather through their trespass salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous.
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Acts 13:46
And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, "It was necessary that the word of God be spoken first to you. Since you thrust it aside and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we are turning to the Gentiles.
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John 10:16
And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.
Acts 13:48
And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed.
Matthew 8:11
I tell you, many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 21:43
Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruits.
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Philippians 1:13
So that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard and to all the rest that my imprisonment is for Christ.
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Acts 8:12
But when they believed Philip as he preached good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
Acts 20:25
And now, behold, I know that none of you among whom I have gone about proclaiming the kingdom will see my face again.
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Acts 28:23
When they had appointed a day for him, they came to him at his lodging in greater numbers. From morning till evening he expounded to them, testifying to the kingdom of God and trying to convince them about Jesus both from the Law of Moses and from the Prophets.
Matthew 12:28
But if it is by the Spirit of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
Matthew 13:19
When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.
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Acts 4:29
And now, Lord, look upon their threats and grant to your servants to continue to speak your word with all boldness.
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Philippians 1:12 - 13
I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel.
2 Timothy 2:9
For which I am suffering, bound with chains as a criminal. But the word of God is not bound!
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