Acts 1:11; Acts 1:16; Acts 2:7; Acts 3:2; Acts 3:10; Acts 4:11; Acts 4:24; Acts 4:25; Acts 4:36; Acts 5:17; Acts 6:9; Acts 7:16; Acts 7:34; Acts 7:35; Acts 7:37; Acts 7:38; Acts 7:52; Acts 8:1; Acts 8:14; Acts 9:7; Acts 9:11; Acts 9:21; Acts 9:22; Acts 9:32; Acts 10:7; Acts 10:17; Acts 10:18; Acts 10:21; Acts 10:42; Acts 11:22; Acts 12:9; Acts 13:9; Acts 13:27; Acts 14:3; Acts 14:13; Acts 15:16; Acts 15:17; Acts 15:19; Acts 15:23; Acts 15:38; Acts 16:3; Acts 16:4; Acts 17:12; Acts 17:21; Acts 19:26; Acts 20:19; Acts 20:32; Acts 21:20; Acts 21:37; Acts 22:29; Acts 23:13; Acts 24:14; Acts 25:24; Acts 26:4; Acts 28:9

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Acts 1:11

11 “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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Acts 1:16

16 and said, “Brothers and sisters, the Scripture had to be 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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Acts 2:7

7 Utterly amazed, they asked: “Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans?
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Acts 3:2

2 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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Acts 3:10

10 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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Acts 4:11

11 Jesus is “ ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’
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Acts 4:24

24 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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Acts 4:25

25 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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Acts 4:36

36 Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (which means “son of encouragement”),
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Acts 5:17

17 Then the high priest and all his associates, who were members of the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy.
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Acts 6:9

9 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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Acts 7:16

16 Their bodies were brought back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a certain sum of money.
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Acts 7:34

34 I have indeed seen the oppression of my people in Egypt. I have heard their groaning and have come down to set them free. Now come, I will send you back to Egypt.’
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Acts 7:35

35 “This is the same Moses they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ He was sent to be their ruler and deliverer by God himself, through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
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Acts 7:37

37 “This is the Moses who told the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your own people.’
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Acts 7:38

38 He was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors; and he received living words to pass on to us.
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Acts 7:52

52 Was there ever a prophet your ancestors did not persecute? They even killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One. And now you have betrayed and murdered him—
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Acts 8:1

1 And Saul approved of their killing him. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.
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Acts 8:14

14 When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to Samaria.
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Acts 9:7

7 The men traveling with Saul stood there speechless; they heard the sound but did not see anyone.
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Acts 9:11

11 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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Acts 9:21

21 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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Acts 9:22

22 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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Acts 9:32

32 As Peter traveled about the country, he went to visit the Lord’s people who lived in Lydda.
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Acts 10:7

7 When the angel who spoke to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a devout soldier who was one of his attendants.
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Acts 10:17

17 While Peter was wondering about the meaning of the vision, the men sent by Cornelius found out where Simon’s house was and stopped at the gate.
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Acts 10:18

18 They called out, asking if Simon who was known as Peter was staying there.
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Acts 10:21

21 Peter went down and said to the men, “I’m the one you’re looking for. Why have you come?”
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Acts 10:42

42 He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one whom God appointed as judge of the living and the dead.
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Acts 11:22

22 News of this reached the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.
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Acts 12:9

9 Peter followed him out of the prison, but he had no idea that what the angel was doing was really happening; he thought he was seeing a vision.
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Acts 13:9

9 Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked straight at Elymas and said,
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Acts 13:27

27 The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath.
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Acts 14:3

3 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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Acts 14:13

13 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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Acts 15:16

16 “ ‘After this I will return and rebuild David’s fallen tent. Its ruins I will rebuild, and I will restore it,
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Acts 15:17

17 that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord, even all the Gentiles who bear my name, says the Lord, who does these things’ —
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Acts 15:19

19 “It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God.
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Acts 15:23

23 With them they sent the following letter: The apostles and elders, your brothers, To the Gentile believers in Antioch, Syria and Cilicia: Greetings.
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Acts 15:38

38 but Paul did not think it wise to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not continued with them in the work.
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Acts 16:3

3 Paul wanted to take him along on the journey, so he circumcised him because of the Jews who lived in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
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Acts 16:4

4 As they traveled from town to town, they delivered the decisions reached by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the people to obey.
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Acts 17:12

12 As a result, many of them believed, as did also a number of prominent Greek women and many Greek men.
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Acts 17:21

21 (All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing but talking about and listening to the latest ideas.)
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Acts 19:26

26 And you see and hear how this fellow Paul has convinced and led astray large numbers of people here in Ephesus and in practically the whole province of Asia. He says that gods made by human hands are no gods at all.
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Acts 20:19

19 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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Acts 20:32

32 “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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Acts 21:20

20 When they heard this, they praised God. Then they said to Paul: “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous for the law.
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Acts 21:37

37 As the soldiers were about to take Paul into the barracks, he asked the commander, “May I say something to you?” “Do you speak Greek?” he replied.
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Acts 22:29

29 Those who were about to interrogate him withdrew immediately. The commander himself was alarmed when he realized that he had put Paul, a Roman citizen, in chains.
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Acts 23:13

13 More than forty men were involved in this plot.
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Acts 24:14

14 However, I admit that I worship the God of our ancestors as a follower of the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is in accordance with the Law and that is written in the Prophets,
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Acts 25:24

24 Festus said: “King Agrippa, and all who are present with us, you see this man! The whole Jewish community has petitioned me about him in Jerusalem and here in Caesarea, shouting that he ought not to live any longer.
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Acts 26:4

4 “The Jewish people all know the way I have lived ever since I was a child, from the beginning of my life in my own country, and also in Jerusalem.
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Acts 28:9

9 When this had happened, the rest of the sick on the island came and were cured.
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