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| In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach |
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| until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen. |
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| After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God. |
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| On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: "Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. |
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| For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit." |
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| Then they gathered around him and asked him, "Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?" |
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| He said to them: "It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. |
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| But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." |
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| After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight. |
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| They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. |
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| "Men of Galilee," they said, "why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven." |
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| Then the apostles returned to Jerusalem from the hill called the Mount of Olives, a Sabbath day's walk from the city. |
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| When they arrived, they went upstairs to the room where they were staying. Those present were Peter, John, James and Andrew; Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew; James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James. |
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| They all joined together constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers. |
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| In those days Peter stood up among the believers (a group numbering about a hundred and twenty) |
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| and said, "Brothers and sisters, the Scripture had to fulfilled in which the Holy Spirit spoke long ago through David concerning Judas, who served as guide for those who arrested Jesus. |
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| He was one of our numbers and shared in our ministry." |
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| (With the payment he received for his wickedness, Judas bought a field; there he feel headlong, his body burst open and all his intestines spilled out. |
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| Everyone in Jerusalem heard about this, so they called that field in their language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.) |
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| "For," said Peter, "it is written in the Book of Psalms: "'May his place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in it,' and, "' May another take his place of leadership.' |
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| Therefore it is necessary to choose one of the men who have been with us the whole time The Lord Jesus was living among us, |
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| beginning from John's baptism to the time when Jesus was taken up from us. For one of these must become a witness with us of his resurrection." |
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| So they nominated two men: Joseph called Barsabbas (also known as Justus) and Matthias. |
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| Then they prayed, "Lord, you know everyone's heart. Show us which of these two you have chosen |
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| to take over this apostolic ministry, which Judas let to go where he belongs." |
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| Then they cast lots, and the lot fell to Matthias; so he was added to the eleven apostles. |
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| One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer - at three in the afternoon. |
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| Now a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those going into the temple courts. |
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| When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money. |
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| Peter looked straight at him, as did John. Then Peter said, "Look at us!" |
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| So the man gave them his attention, expecting to get something from them. |
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| Then Peter said, "Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk." |
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| Taking him by the right hand, he helped him up, and instantly the man's feet and ankles became strong. |
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| He jumped to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and jumping and praising God. |
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| When all the people saw him walking and praising God, |
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| they recognized him as the same man who used to sit begging at the temple gate called Beautiful, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him. |
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| While the man held on to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and came running to them in the place called Solomon's Colonnade. |
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| When Peter saw this, he said to them: "Fellow Israelites, why does this surprise you? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk? |
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| The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus. You handed him over to be killed, and you disowned him before Pilate, though he had decided to let him go. |
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| You disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you. |
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| You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead. We are witnesses of this. |
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| By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know was made strong. It is Jesus' name and the faith that comes through him that has completely healed him, as you can all see. |
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| "Now, fellow Israelites, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your leaders. |
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| But this is how God fulfilled what he had foretold through all the prophets, saying that his Messiah would suffer. |
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| Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from The Lord, |
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| and that he may send the Messiah, who has been appointed for you - even Jesus. |
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| Heaven must receive him until the time comes for God to restore everything, as he promised long ago through his holy prophets. |
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| For Moses said, 'The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own people; you must listen to everything he tells you. |
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| Anyone who does not listen to him will be completely cut off from their people.' |
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| "Indeed, beginning with Samuel, all the prophets who have spoken have foretold these days. |
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| And you are heirs of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers. He said to Abraham, 'Through your offspring all peoples on earth will be blessed.' |
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| When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways." |
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| In those days whn the number of disciples was increasing the Hellenistic Jews among them complained against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food. |
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| So the Twelve gathered all the disciple together and said, "It would not be right for us to neglect the ministry of the word of God in order to wait on tables. |
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| Brothers and sisters, choose seven men from among you who are known to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will turn this responsibility over to them |
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| and will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the word. |
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| This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit; also Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism. |
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| They presented these men to the apostles who prayed and laid their hands on them. |
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| So the word of God spread. The nmber of disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly, and a large number of priests became obedient to the faith. |
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| Now Stephen, a man full of God's grace nad power, performed great wonders and signs among hte people. |
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| Opposition arose, however, from members of the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called) - Jews of Cyrene and Alexandria as well as the provinces of Cilicia and Asia - who began to argue with Stephen. |
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| But they could not stand up against the wisdom the Spirit gave him as he spoke. |
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| Then they secretly persuaded some men to say, "We have heard Stepehen speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God." |
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| So they stirred up the people and the elders and the teachers of the law. They seized Stephen and brought him before the Sanhedrin. |
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| They produced false witnesses, who testified, "This fellow never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law. |
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| For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs Moses handed down to us." |
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| All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at Stpehen, and they saw his face was like the face of an angel. |
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| Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord's disciples. He went to the high priest |
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| and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem. |
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| As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. |
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| He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?" |
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| "Who are you Lord?" Saul asked. "I am Jesus whom you are persecuting," he replied. |
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| "Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do." |
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| The men traveling with Saul stood there speechless; they heard the sound but did not see anyone. |
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| Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could see nothing. So they led him by the hand into Damascus. |
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| For three days he was blind, and did not eat or drink anything. |
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| In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord called to him in a vision, "Ananias!" "Yes Lord," he answered. |
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| The Lord told him, "Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying. |
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| In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come and place his hands on him to restore his sight." |
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| "Lord," Ananias answered, "I have heard many reports about this man and all the harm he has done to your hoy people in Jerusalem. |
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| And he has come here with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on your name." |
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| But the Lord said to Ananias, "Go! This man is my chosen instrument to proclaim my name to the Gentiles and their kings and to the people of Israel. |
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| I will show him how much he must suffer for my name." |
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| Then Ananias went to the house and entered it. Placing his hands on Saul he said, "Brother Saul, the Lord - Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here - has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit." |
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| Immediately, something like scales fell from Saul's eyes, and he could see again. He got up and was baptized |
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| and after taking some food, he regained his strength (NEW SECTION) Saul spent several days with the disciples in Damascus. |
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| At once he began to preach in the synagogues that Jesus is the Son of God. |
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| All those who heard him were astonished and asked, "Isn't he the man who raised havoc in Jerusalem among those who call on this name> And hasn't he come here to take them as prisoners to the chief priests?" |
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| Yet Saul grew more and more powerful and baffled the Jews living in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Messiah. |
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| After many days had gone by, there was a conspiracy among the Jews to kill him, |
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| but Saul learned of their plan. Day and night they kept close watch on the city gates in order to kill him. |
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| But his followers took him by night and lowered him in a basket through an opening in the wall. |
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| When he came to Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that her really was a disciple. |
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| But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles. He told them how Saul on his journey had seen the Lord and that the Lord had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had preached fearlessly in the name of Jesus. |
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| So Saul stayed with them and moved about freely in Jerusalem, speaking boldly in the name of the Lord. |
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| He talked and debated with the Hellenistic Jews, but they tried to kill him. |
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| When the believers learned of this, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus. |
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| Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee and Samaria enjoyed a time of peace and was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and encouraged by the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers. |
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| As Peter traveled about the country, he went to visit the Lord's people who lived in Lydda. |
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| There he found a man named Aeneas, who was paralyzed and had been bedridden for eight years. |
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| "Aeneas," Peter said to him, "Jesus Christ heals you. Get up and roll up your mat." Immediately Aeneas got up. |
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| All those who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord. |
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| In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (in Greek her name is Dorcas); she was always doing good and helping the poor. |
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| About that time she became sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in an upstairs room. |
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| Lydda was near Joppa; so when the disciples heard that Peter was in Lydda, they sent two men to him and urged him, "Please come at once!" |
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| Peter went with them, and when he arrived he was taken upstairs to the room. All the widows stood around him, crying and showing him the robes and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them. |
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| Peter sent them all out of the room; then he got down on his knees and prayed. Turning toward the dead woman, he said, "Tabitha, get up." She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter she sat up. |
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| He took her by the hand and presented her to them alive. |
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| This became known all over Joppa, and many people believed in the Lord. |
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| Peter stayed in Joppa for some time with a tanner named Simon. |
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| It was about this time that King Herod arrested some who belonged to the church, intending to persecute them. |
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| He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword. |
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| When he saw that this met with approval among the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. This happened during the Festival of Unleavened Bread. |
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| After arresting him, he put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out for public trial after the Passover. |
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| So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him. |
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| The night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries stood guard at the entrance. |
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| Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up. "Quick, get up!" he said, and the chains fell off Peter's wrists. |
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| Then the angel said to him, "Put on your clothes and sandals." And Peter did so. "Wrap your cloak around you and follow me," the angel told him. |
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| Peter followed him out of the prison, but he had no idea that what the angel was doing was really happening; he though he was seeing a vision. |
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| They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city. It opened for them by itself and they went through it. When they had walked the length of one street, suddenly the angel left him. |
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| Then Peter came to himself and said, "Now I know without a doubt that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from Herod's clutches and from everything the Jewish people were hoping would happen." |
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| When this had dawned on him, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered and were praying. |
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| Peter knocked at the outer entrance, and a servant named Rhoda came to answer the door. |
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| When she recognized Peter's voice, she was so overjoyed she ran back without opening it and exclaimed, "Peter is at the door!" |
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| "You're out of your mind," they told her. When she kept insisting that it was so, they said, "It must be his angel." |
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| But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astonished. |
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| Peter motioned with his hand for them to be quiet and described how the Lord had brought him out of prison. "Tell James and the other brothers and sisters about this," he said, and then he left for another place. |
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| In the morning there was no small commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter. |
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| After Herod had a thorough search made for him and did not find him, he cross-examined the guards and ordered that they be executed. (NEW SECTION) Then Herod went from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there. |
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| He had been quarrelling with the people of Tyre and Sidon; they now joined together and sough an audience with him. After securing the support of Blastus a trusted personal servant of the king, they asked for peace, because they depended on the king's country for their food supply. |
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| On the appointed day Herod, wearing his royal robes, sat on his throne and delivered a public address to the people. |
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| They shouted, "This is the voice of a god not a man." |
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| Immediately, because Herod did not give praise to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died. |
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| But the word of God continued to spread and flourish. |
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| When Barnabas and Saul had finished their mission, they returned from Jerusalem, taking with them John, also called Mark. |
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| Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property. |
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| With his wife's full knowledge he kept back part of the money for himself, but brought the rest and put it at the apostle's feet. |
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| Then Peter said, "Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land? |
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| Didn't it belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, wasn't the money at your disposal? What made you think of doing such a thing? You have not lied just to the human beings but to God." |
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| When Ananias heard this, he fell down and died. And great fear seized all who heard what had happened. |
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| Then some young men came forward, wrapped up his body, and carried him out and buried him. |
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| About three hours later his wife came in, not knowing what had happened. |
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| Peter asked her, "Tell me, is this the price you and Ananias got for the land?" "Yes," she said, "that is the price." |
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| Peter said to her, "How could you conspire to test the Spirit of the Lord? Listen! The feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also." |
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| At that moment she fell down at his feet and died. Then the young men came in and, finding her dead, carried her out and buried her beside her husband. |
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| Great fear seized the whole church and all who heard about these events. |
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| The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people. And all the believers used to meet together in Solomon's Colonnade. |
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| No one else dared join them, even though they were highly regarded by the people. |
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| Nevertheless, more and more men and women believed in the Lord and were added to their number. |
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| As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on beds and mats so that at least Peter's shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by. |
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| Crowds gathered also from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing their sick and those tormented by impure spirits, and all of them were healed. |
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| Then the high priest and all his associates, who were members of the party of Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. |
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| They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail. |
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| But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out. |
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| "Go, stand in the temple courts," he said, "and tell the people all about this new life." |
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| At daybreak they entered the temple courts, as they had been told, and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they called together the Sanhedrin - the full assembly of the elders of Israel - and sent to the jail for the apostles. |
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| But on arriving at the jail, the officers did not find them there. So they went back and reported, |
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| "We found the jail securely locked, with the guards standing at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside." |
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| On hearing this report, the caption of the temple guard and the chief priests were at a loss, wondering what this might lead to. |
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| Then someone came and said, "Look! The men you put in jail are standing in the temple courts teaching the people." |
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| At that, the captain went with his officers and brought the apostles. They did not use force, because they feared that the people would stone them. |
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| The apostles were brought in and made to appear before the Sanhedrin to be questioned by the high priest. |
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| "We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name," he said. "Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us guilty of this man's blood." |
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| Peter and the other apostles replied: "We must obey God rather than human beings! |
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| The God of our ancestors raised Jesus from the dead - whom you killed by hanging him on a cross. |
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| God exalted him to his own right hand as Prince and Savoir that he might bring Israel to repentance and forgive their sins. |
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| We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him." |
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| When they heard this, they were furious and wanted to put them to death. |
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| But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, who was honored by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered that the men be put outside for a little while. |
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| Then he addressed the Sanhedrin: "Men of Israel, consider carefully what you intend to do to these men. |
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| Some time ago Theudas appeared, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men rallied to him. He was killed, all his followers were dispersed, and it all came to nothing. |
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| After him, Judas the Galilean appeared in the days of the census and led a band of people in revolt. He too was killed, and all his followers were scattered. |
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| Therefore, in the present case I advise you: Leave these men alone! Let them go! For if their purpose or activity is of human origin, it will fail. |
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| But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will only find yourselves fighting against God." |
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| His speech persuaded them. They called all the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of the Jesus, and let them go. |
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| The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing because they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name. |
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| Day after day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Messiah. |
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| When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. |
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| Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violente wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. |
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| They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and ame to rest on each of them. |
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| All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. |
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| Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven. |
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| When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard their own language being spoken. |
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| Utterly amazed, they asked: '"Aren't all these who are speaking Galileans? |
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| Then how is it that each of s hears them in our native language? |
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| Parthians, Medes and Elamites; residents of Mesopatamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, |
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| Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya nar Cyrene; visitors from Rome |
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| (both Jews and converts to Judaism); Cretans and Arabs - we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!" |
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| Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, "What does this mean?" |
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| Some, however, made fun of the and said, "They have had too much wine." |
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| Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: "Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say. |
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| These people are not drunk as you suppose. It's only nine in the morning! |
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| No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: |
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| "'In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams, |
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| Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy. |
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| I will show wonders in the heavens above and sins on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke. |
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| The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord. |
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| And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.' |
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| "Fellow Israelites, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know. |
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| This man was handed over to you by God's deliberate plan and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicken men, put him to death by nailing him to the cross. |
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| But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him. |
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| David said about him: "'I saw the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. |
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| Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices, my body also will rest in hope. |
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| because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, you will not let your holy one see decay. |
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| You have made known to me the paths of life and will filled me with joy in your presence.' |
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| "Fellow Israelites, I can tell you confidently that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is here to this day. |
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| But he was o prophet and knew that God had pomised him on oath that he would place one of his descendants on his throne. |
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| Seeing what was to come, he spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah, that he was not abandoned to the realm of the dead, nor did his body see decay. |
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| God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of it. |
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| Exalted to the right hand of God, he has received from the Father the promised Holy Sirit and has poured out what you now see and hear. |
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| For David did not ascend to heaven, and yet he said, "'The Lord said to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand |
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| until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet."' |
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| Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Messiah." |
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| When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, "Brothers, what shall we do?" |
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| Peter replied, "Repent and be baptizd, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of yoru sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. |
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| The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off - for all whom the Lord our God will call. |
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| With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, "Save yourselves from this corrupt generation." |
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| Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day. |
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| They devoted themselves to apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. |
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| Everyone ws filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. |
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| All the believers were together and had everything in common. |
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| They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. |
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| Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincer hearts, |
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| praising God and enjoying the fvor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved. |
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| The priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to Peter and John while they were speaking to the people. |
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| They were greatly disturbed because the apostles were teaching the people, proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead. |
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| They seized Peter and John and, because it was evening, they put them in jail until the next day. |
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| But many who heard the message believed; so the number of men who believed grew to about five thousand. |
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| The next day the rulers, the elders and the teachers of the law met in Jerusalem. |
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| Annas, the high priest was there, and so were Caiaphas, John, Alexander and others of the high priest's family. |
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| They had Peter and John brought before them and began to question them: "By what power or what name did you do this?" |
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| Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "Rules and elders of the people! |
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| If we are being called to account today for an act of kindness to a man who was lame and are being asked how he was healed, |
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| then know this, you and all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed. |
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| Jesus is 'the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.' |
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| "Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved." |
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| When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus. |
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| But since they could see the man who had been healed standing there with them, there was nothing they could say. |
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| So they ordered them to withdraw from the Sanhedrin and then conferred together. |
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| "What are we going to do with these men?" they asked. "Everyone living in Jerusalem knows they have performed a notable sign, and we cannot deny it. |
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| But to stop this thing from spreading any further among the people, we must warn them to speak no longer to anyone in this name." |
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| Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. |
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| But Peter and John replied, "Which is right in God's eyes: to listen to you, or to him? You be the judges! |
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| As for us, we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard." |
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| After further threats they let them go. They could not decide how to punish them, because all the people were praising God for what had happened. |
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| For the man who was miraculously healed was over forty years old. |
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| On their release, Peter and John went back to their own people and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them. |
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| When they heard this, they raised their voices together in prayer to God. "Sovereign Lord," they said, "you made the heavens and the earth and the sea, and everything in them. |
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| You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of your servant, our father, David: "Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? |
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| The kings of the earth rise up and the rulers band together against the Lord and against his anointed one. |
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| Indeed Herod and Pontius Pilate met together with the Gentiles and the people of Israel in this city to conspire against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed. |
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| They did what your power and will had decided beforehand should happen. |
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| Now, Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness. |
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| Stretch out your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus." |
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| After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly. |
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| All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had. |
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| With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus and God's grace was so powerfully at work in them all |
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| That there were no needy persons among them. For from time to time those who owned land or houses sold them, brought the money from the sales |
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| and put it at the apostles' feet, and it was distributed to anyone who had need. |
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| Joseph, a Levite for Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (which means "son of encouragement"), |
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| sold a field he owned and brought the money and put it at the apostles' feet. |
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| At Iconium Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue. There they spoke so effectively that a great number of Jews and Greeks believed. |
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| But the Jews who refuse to believe stirred up the other Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers. |
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| So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who confirmed the message of his grace by enabling them to perform signs and wonders |
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| The people of the city were divided; some sided with the Jews, others with the apostles. |
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| There was a plot afoot among both Gentiles and Jews, together with their leaders, to mistreat them and stone them. |
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| But they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding country, |
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| where they continued to preach the gospel. |
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| In Lystra there sat a man who was lame. He had been that way from birth and had never walked. |
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| He listened to Paul as he was speaking. Paul looked directly at him, saw that he had faith to be healed. |
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| and called out, "Stand up on your feet!" At that, the man jumped up and began to walk. |
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| When the crowd saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language, "The gods have come down to us in human form!" |
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| Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes because he was the chief speaker. |
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| The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought bulls and wreaths to the city gates because he and the crowd wanted to offer sacrifices to them. |
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| But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of this, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting: |
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| Friends, why are you doing this? We too are only human like you. We are bringing you good news, telling you to turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heavens and the earth and the sea and everything in them. |
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| In the past, he let all nations go their own way. |
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| Yet he has not left himself without testimony: He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons; he provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy." |
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| Even with these words, they had difficulty keeping the crowd from sacrificing to them. |
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| Then some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium and won the crowd over. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, thinking he was dead. |
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| But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. The next day he and Barnabas left for Derbe. |
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| They preached the gospel in that city and won a large number of disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium and Antioch, |
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| strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith. "We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God," they said. |
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| Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting, committed them to the Lord in whom they had put their trust. |
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| After going through Pisidia, they came into Pamphylia, |
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| and when they had preached the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia. |
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| From Attalia they sailed back to Anitoch, where they had been committed to the grace of God for the work they had now completed. |
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| On arriving there, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles. |
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| And they stayed there a long time with the disciples. |
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| After this Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. |
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| There he met a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to see them, |
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| and because he was a tentmaker as they were, he stayed and worked with them. |
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| Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks. |
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| When Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself exclusively to preaching, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Messiah. |
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| But when they opposed Paul and became abusive, he shook out his clothes in protest and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.” |
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| Then Paul left the synagogue and went next door to the house of Titius Justus, a worshiper of God. |
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| Crispus, the synagogue leader, and his entire household believed in the Lord; and many of the Corinthians who heard Paul believed and were baptized. |
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| One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be silent. |
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| For I am with you, and no one is going to attack and harm you, because I have many people in this city.” |
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| So Paul stayed in Corinth for a year and a half, teaching them the word of God. |
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| While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews of Corinth made a united attack on Paul and brought him to the place of judgment. |
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| “This man,” they charged, “is persuading the people to worship God in ways contrary to the law.” |
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| Just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio said to them, “If you Jews were making a complaint about some misdemeanor or serious crime, it would be reasonable for me to listen to you. |
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| But since it involves questions about words and names and your own law—settle the matter yourselves. I will not be a judge of such things.” |
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| Then the crowd there turned on Sosthenes the synagogue leader and beat him in front of the proconsul; and Gallio showed no concern whatever. |
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| Paul stayed on in Corinth for some time. Then he left the brothers and sisters and sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila. Before he sailed, he had his hair cut off at Cenchreae because of a vow he had taken. |
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| They arrived at Ephesus, where Paul left Priscilla and Aquila. He himself went into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews. |
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| When they asked him to spend more time with them, he declined. |
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| But as he left, he promised, “I will come back if it is God’s will.” Then he set sail from Ephesus. |
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| When he landed at Caesarea, he went up to Jerusalem and greeted the church and then went down to Antioch. |
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| After spending some time in Antioch, Paul set out from there and traveled from place to place throughout the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples. |
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| Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was a learned man, with a thorough knowledge of the Scriptures. |
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| He had been instructed in the way of the Lord, and he spoke with great fervor[a] and taught about Jesus accurately, though he knew only the baptism of John. |
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| He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they invited him to their home and explained to him the way of God more adequately. |
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| When Apollos wanted to go to Achaia, the brothers and sisters encouraged him and wrote to the disciples there to welcome him. When he arrived, he was a great help to those who by grace had believed. |
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| For he vigorously refuted his Jewish opponents in public debate, proving from the Scriptures that Jesus was the Messiah. |
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| Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where a disciple named Timothy lived, whose mother was Jewish and a believer but whose father was a Greek. |
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| The believers at Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him. |
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| Paul wanted to take him along on the journey, so he circumcised him because of the Jews who lived in that are, for they all knew that his father was a Greek. |
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| As they traveled from town to town, they delivered the decisions reached by the apostles and elders of Jerusalem for the people to obey. |
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| So the churches were strengthened in the faith and grew daily in numbers. |
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| Paul and his companions traveled throughout the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been kept by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of Asia. |
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| When they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not allow them to. |
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| So they passed by Mysia and went down to Troas. |
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| During the night, Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and begging him, "Come over to Macedonia and help us." |
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| After Paul had seen the vision, we got ready at once to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them. |
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| From Troas we put out to sea and sailed straight for Samothrace, and the next day we went on to Neapolis. |
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| From there we traveled to Philippi, a Roman colony and the leading city of that district of Macedonia. And we stayed there several days. |
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| On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate to the river, where we expected to find a place of prayer. We sat down and began to speak to the women who had gathered there. |
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| One of those listening was a woman from the city of Thyatira named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth. She was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul's message. |
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| When she and the members of the household were baptized, she invited us to her home. "If you consider me a believer in the Lord," she said, "come and stay at my house." And she persuaded us. |
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| Once when we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a female slave who had a spirit by which she predicted the future. She earned a great deal of money for her owners by fortune-telling. |
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| She followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who are telling you the way to be saved." |
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| She kept this up for many days. Finally Paul became so annoyed that he turned around and said to the spirit, "In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!" At that moment the spirit left her. |
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| When her owners realized that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to face the authorities. |
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| They brought them before the magistrates and said, "These men are Jews, and are throwing our city into an uproar |
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| by advocating customs unlawful for us Romans to accept or practice." |
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| The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten with rods. |
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| After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully. |
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| When he received these orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks. |
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| About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. |
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| Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everyone's chains came loose. |
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| The jailer woke up, and when he saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself because he thought the prisoners had escaped. |
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| But Paul shouted, "Don't harm yourself! We are all here!" |
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| The jailer called for lights, rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas. |
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| He then brought them out and asked, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" |
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| They replied, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved - you and your household." |
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| Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all the others in his house. |
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| At that hour of the night, the jailer took them and washed their wounds; then immediately he and all his household were baptized. |
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| The jailer brought them into his house and set a meal before them; he was filled with joy because he had come to believe in God - he and his whole household. |
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| When it was daylight, the magistrates sent their officers to the jailer with the order: "Release those men." |
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| The jailer told Paul, "The magistrates have ordered that you and Silas be released. Now you can leave. Go in peace." |
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But Paul said the officers: "They beat us publicly without a trial, even though we are Roman citizens, and threw us in prison.
And now they want to get rid of us quietly? No! Let them come themselves and escort us out." |
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| The officers reported this to the magistrates, and when they heard that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens, they were alarmed. |
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| They came to appease them and escorted them from the prison, requesting them to leave the city. |
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| When the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples and, after encouraging them, said goodbye and set out for Macedonia. |
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| He traveled through that area, speaking many words of encouragement to the people, and finally arrived in Greece, |
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| where he stayed three months. because some Jews had plotted against him just as he was about to sail for Syria, he decided to go back through Macedonia. |
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| He was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, Timothy also, and Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia. |
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| These men went on ahead and waited for us at Troas. |
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| But we sailed from Philippi after the Festival of Unleavened Bread, and five days later joined the others at Troas. |
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| On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Paul spoke to the people and, because he intended to leave the next day, kept on talking until midnight. |
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| There were many lamps in the upstairs room where we were meeting. |
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| Seated in a window was a young man named Eutychus, who was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound asleep, he fell to the ground from the third story and was picked up dead. |
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| Paul went down, threw himself on the young man and put his arms around him. "Don't be alarmed," he said, "He's alive!" |
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| Then he went upstairs again and broke bread and ate. After talking until daylight, he left. |
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| The people took the young man home alive and were greatly comforted. |
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| We went on ahead to the ship and sailed for Assos, where we were going to take Paul aboard. He had made this arrangement because he was going there on foot. |
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| When he met us at Assos, we took him aboard and went onto Mitylene. |
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| The next day we set sail from there and arrived off Chios. The day after that we crossed over to Samos, and on the following day arrived at Miletus. |
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| Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus to avoid spending time in the province of Asia, for he was in a hurry to reach Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost. |
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| From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church. |
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| When they arrived, he said to them, "You know how I lived the whole time I was with you from the first day I came into the province of Asia. |
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| I served the Lord with great humility and with tears and in the midst of severe testing by the plots of my Jewish opponents. |
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| You know that I have not hesitated to preach anything that would be helpful to you but have taught you publicly and from house to house. |
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| I have declared to both Jews and Greeks that they must turn to God in repentance and have faith in our Lord Jesus. |
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| "And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there. |
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| I only know that in every city the Holy Spirit warns me that prison and hardships are facing me. |
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| However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me--the task of testifying to the good news of God's grace. |
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| "Now I know that none of you among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom will ever see me again. |
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| Therefore, I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of any of you. |
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| For I have not hesitated to proclaim to you the whole will of God. |
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| Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood. |
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| I know that after I leave, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock. |
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| Even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples after them. |
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| So be on your guard! Remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears. |
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| "Now I commit you to God and to the word of his grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified. |
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| I have not coveted anyone's silver or gold or clothing. |
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| You yourselves know that these hands of mine have supplied my own needs and the needs of my companions. |
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| In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.' " |
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| When Paul had finished speaking, he knelt down with all of them and prayed. |
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| They all wept as they embraced him and kissed him. |
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| What grieved them most was his statement that they would never see his face again. Then they accompanied him to the ship. |
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| After Paul and Silas came out of the prison, they went to Lydia’s house, where they met with the brothers and sisters and encouraged them. Then they left. |
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