Acts 1:3; Acts 1:6; Acts 2:7; Acts 2:12; Acts 2:13; Acts 2:17; Acts 2:25; Acts 2:34; Acts 2:40; Acts 3:2; Acts 3:25; Acts 4:16; Acts 4:32; Acts 5:23; Acts 5:25; Acts 5:28; Acts 5:36; Acts 5:38; Acts 6:9; Acts 6:11; Acts 6:13; Acts 6:14; Acts 7:48; Acts 7:49; Acts 7:59; Acts 8:6; Acts 8:9; Acts 8:10; Acts 8:19; Acts 8:26; Acts 8:34; Acts 9:4; Acts 9:21; Acts 9:36; Acts 10:26; Acts 10:28; Acts 11:3; Acts 11:4; Acts 11:7; Acts 11:16; Acts 11:18; Acts 12:7; Acts 12:8; Acts 12:15; Acts 13:15; Acts 13:25; Acts 13:35; Acts 13:45; Acts 14:11; Acts 14:15; Acts 14:18; Acts 15:5; Acts 15:13; Acts 15:17; Acts 15:24; Acts 16:9; Acts 16:15; Acts 16:17; Acts 16:28; Acts 16:35; Acts 17:7; Acts 17:18; Acts 17:19; Acts 17:21; Acts 18:13; Acts 19:4; Acts 19:13; Acts 19:26; Acts 19:28; Acts 20:23; Acts 21:4; Acts 21:11; Acts 21:21; Acts 21:23; Acts 21:37; Acts 21:40; Acts 22:7; Acts 22:18; Acts 22:22; Acts 22:26; Acts 22:27; Acts 23:8; Acts 23:9; Acts 23:12; Acts 23:30; Acts 24:2; Acts 24:10; Acts 24:14; Acts 25:14; Acts 25:20; Acts 26:1; Acts 26:14; Acts 26:22; Acts 26:31; Acts 27:10; Acts 27:11; Acts 27:24; Acts 27:33; Acts 28:4; Acts 28:6; Acts 28:17; Acts 28:24; Acts 28:26

Acts 1:3

3 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.

Acts 1:6

6 Then they gathered around him and asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?”

Acts 2:7

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

Acts 2:12

12 Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, “What does this mean?”

Acts 2:13

13 Some, however, made fun of them and said, “They have had too much wine.”

Acts 2:17

17 “ ‘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.

Acts 2:25

25 David said about him: “ ‘I saw the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

Acts 2:34

34 For David did not ascend to heaven, and yet he said, “ ‘The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand

Acts 2:40

40 With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.”

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.

Acts 3:25

25 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.’

Acts 4:16

16 “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.

Acts 4:32

32 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.

Acts 5:23

23 “We found the jail securely locked, with the guards standing at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”

Acts 5:25

25 Then someone came and said, “Look! The men you put in jail are standing in the temple courts teaching the people.”

Acts 5:28

28 “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.”

Acts 5:36

36 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.

Acts 5:38

38 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.

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.

Acts 6:11

11 Then they secretly persuaded some men to say, “We have heard Stephen speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God.”

Acts 6:13

13 They produced false witnesses, who testified, “This fellow never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.

Acts 6:14

14 For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs Moses handed down to us.”

Acts 7:48

48 “However, the Most High does not live in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says:

Acts 7:49

49 “ ‘Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build for me? says the Lord. Or where will my resting place be?

Acts 7:59

59 While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”

Acts 8:6

6 When the crowds heard Philip and saw the signs he performed, they all paid close attention to what he said.

Acts 8:9

9 Now for some time a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and amazed all the people of Samaria. He boasted that he was someone great,

Acts 8:10

10 and all the people, both high and low, gave him their attention and exclaimed, “This man is rightly called the Great Power of God.”

Acts 8:19

19 and said, “Give me also this ability so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”

Acts 8:26

26 Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Go south to the road—the desert road—that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”

Acts 8:34

34 The eunuch asked Philip, “Tell me, please, who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?”

Acts 9:4

4 He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”

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?”

Acts 9:36

36 In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (in Greek her name is Dorcas); she was always doing good and helping the poor.

Acts 10:26

26 But Peter made him get up. “Stand up,” he said, “I am only a man myself.”

Acts 10:28

28 He said to them: “You are well aware that it is against our law for a Jew to associate with or visit a Gentile. But God has shown me that I should not call anyone impure or unclean.

Acts 11:3

3 and said, “You went into the house of uncircumcised men and ate with them.”

Acts 11:4

4 Starting from the beginning, Peter told them the whole story:

Acts 11:7

7 Then I heard a voice telling me, ‘Get up, Peter. Kill and eat.’

Acts 11:16

16 Then I remembered what the Lord had said: ‘John baptized withwater, but you will be baptized withthe Holy Spirit.’

Acts 11:18

18 When they heard this, they had no further objections and praised God, saying, “So then, even to Gentiles God has granted repentance that leads to life.”

Acts 12:7

7 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.

Acts 12:8

8 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.

Acts 12:15

15 “You’re out of your mind,” they told her. When she kept insisting that it was so, they said, “It must be his angel.”

Acts 13:15

15 After the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the leaders of the synagogue sent word to them, saying, “Brothers, if you have a word of exhortation for the people, please speak.”

Acts 13:25

25 As John was completing his work, he said: ‘Who do you suppose I am? I am not the one you are looking for. But there is one coming after me whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.’

Acts 13:35

35 So it is also stated elsewhere: “ ‘You will not let your holy one see decay.’

Acts 13:45

45 When the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy. They began to contradict what Paul was saying and heaped abuse on him.

Acts 14:11

11 When the crowd saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language, “The gods have come down to us in human form!”

Acts 14:15

15 “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.

Acts 14:18

18 Even with these words, they had difficulty keeping the crowd from sacrificing to them.

Acts 15:5

5 Then some of the believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees stood up and said, “The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to keep the law of Moses.”

Acts 15:13

13 When they finished, James spoke up. “Brothers,” he said, “listen to me.

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’ —

Acts 15:24

24 We have heard that some went out from us without our authorization and disturbed you, troubling your minds by what they said.

Acts 16:9

9 During the night Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and begging him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”

Acts 16:15

15 When she and the members of her 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.

Acts 16:17

17 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.”

Acts 16:28

28 But Paul shouted, “Don’t harm yourself! We are all here!”

Acts 16:35

35 When it was daylight, the magistrates sent their officers to the jailer with the order: “Release those men.”

Acts 17:7

7 and Jason has welcomed them into his house. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, one called Jesus.”

Acts 17:18

18 A group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others remarked, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was preaching the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.

Acts 17:19

19 Then they took him and brought him to a meeting of the Areopagus, where they said to him, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?

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.)

Acts 18:13

13 “This man,” they charged, “is persuading the people to worship God in ways contrary to the law.”

Acts 19:4

4 Paul said, “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the one coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”

Acts 19:13

13 Some Jews who went around driving out evil spirits tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who were demon-possessed. They would say, “In the name of the Jesus whom Paul preaches, I command you to come out.”

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.

Acts 19:28

28 When they heard this, they were furious and began shouting: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

Acts 20:23

23 I only know that in every city the Holy Spirit warns me that prison and hardships are facing me.

Acts 21:4

4 We sought out the disciples there and stayed with them seven days. Through the Spirit they urged Paul not to go on to Jerusalem.

Acts 21:11

11 Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, tied his own hands and feet with it and said, “The Holy Spirit says, ‘In this way the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and will hand him over to the Gentiles.’ ”

Acts 21:21

21 They have been informed that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to turn away from Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or live according to our customs.

Acts 21:23

23 so do what we tell you. There are four men with us who have made a vow.

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.

Acts 21:40

40 After receiving the commander’s permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned to the crowd. When they were all silent, he said to them in Aramaic :

Acts 22:7

7 I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul! Saul! Why do you persecute me?’

Acts 22:18

18 and saw the Lord speaking to me. ‘Quick!’ he said. ‘Leave Jerusalem immediately, because the people here will not accept your testimony about me.’

Acts 22:22

22 The crowd listened to Paul until he said this. Then they raised their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He’s not fit to live!”

Acts 22:26

26 When the centurion heard this, he went to the commander and reported it. “What are you going to do?” he asked. “This man is a Roman citizen.”

Acts 22:27

27 The commander went to Paul and asked, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” “Yes, I am,” he answered.

Acts 23:8

8 (The Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, and that there are neither angels nor spirits, but the Pharisees believe all these things.)

Acts 23:9

9 There was a great uproar, and some of the teachers of the law who were Pharisees stood up and argued vigorously. “We find nothing wrong with this man,” they said. “What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”

Acts 23:12

12 The next morning some Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.

Acts 23:30

30 When I was informed of a plot to be carried out against the man, I sent him to you at once. I also ordered his accusers to present to you their case against him.

Acts 24:2

2 When Paul was called in, Tertullus presented his case before Felix: “We have enjoyed a long period of peace under you, and your foresight has brought about reforms in this nation.

Acts 24:10

10 When the governor motioned for him to speak, Paul replied: “I know that for a number of years you have been a judge over this nation; so I gladly make my defense.

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,

Acts 25:14

14 Since they were spending many days there, Festus discussed Paul’s case with the king. He said: “There is a man here whom Felix left as a prisoner.

Acts 25:20

20 I was at a loss how to investigate such matters; so I asked if he would be willing to go to Jerusalem and stand trial there on these charges.

Acts 26:1

1 Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” So Paul motioned with his hand and began his defense:

Acts 26:14

14 We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice saying to me in Aramaic,‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’

Acts 26:22

22 But God has helped me to this very day; so I stand here and testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen—

Acts 26:31

31 After they left the room, they began saying to one another, “This man is not doing anything that deserves death or imprisonment.”

Acts 27:10

10 “Men, I can see that our voyage is going to be disastrous and bring great loss to ship and cargo, and to our own lives also.”

Acts 27:11

11 But the centurion, instead of listening to what Paul said, followed the advice of the pilot and of the owner of the ship.

Acts 27:24

24 and said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul. You must stand trial before Caesar; and God has graciously given you the lives of all who sail with you.’

Acts 27:33

33 Just before dawn Paul urged them all to eat. “For the last fourteen days,” he said, “you have been in constant suspense and have gone without food—you haven’t eaten anything.

Acts 28:4

4 When the islanders saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to each other, “This man must be a murderer; for though he escaped from the sea, the goddess Justice has not allowed him to live.”

Acts 28:6

6 The people expected him to swell up or suddenly fall dead; but after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.

Acts 28:17

17 Three days later he called together the local Jewish leaders. When they had assembled, Paul said to them: “My brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or against the customs of our ancestors, I was arrested in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.

Acts 28:24

24 Some were convinced by what he said, but others would not believe.

Acts 28:26

26 “ ‘Go to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”