Archives for May 2017

Acts 19(ESV) Paul in Ephesus And it happened that whileApollos was at Corinth, Paul passedthrough the inland[a]country and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples.2And he said to them,"Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" And they said, "No,we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit."3And he said,"Into what then were you baptized?" They said...

Acts 18(ESV) Paul in Corinth After this Paul[a]left Athens and went to Corinth.2And he found a Jew namedAquila, a native of Pontus, recently come from Italy with his wifePriscilla, becauseClaudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. And he went to see them,3andbecause he was of the same trade he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade.4Andhe ...

Acts 17(ESV) Paul and Silas in Thessalonica 17Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came toThessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.2And Paul went in,as was his custom, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with themfrom the Scriptures,3explaining and proving that it was necessary forthe Christ to suffer andto rise from the dead, an...

Acts 16(ESV) Timothy Joins Paul and Silas Paul[a]came also to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple was there, namedTimothy,the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek.2He was well spoken of bythe brothers[b]at Lystra and Iconium.3Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, and hetook him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, ...

Acts 15(ESV) The Jerusalem Council But some men came down from Judea and were teachingthe brothers, "Unless you arecircumcisedaccording to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved."2And after Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension anddebate with them, Paul and Barnabas andsome of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem tothe apostles and the elders about this ...

Acts 14(ESV) Paul and Barnabas at Iconium Now at Iconiumthey entered together into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed.2But theunbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds againstthe brothers.[a]3So they remained for a long time, speaking boldly forthe Lord, who bore witness tothe word of ...

Acts 13(ESV) Barnabas and Saul Sent Off Now there were in the church at Antiochprophets andteachers,Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger,[a]Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a lifelong friend ofHerod the tetrarch, and Saul.2While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting,the Holy Spirit said,"Set apart for me Barnabas and Saulfor the work to which I have called them."3Then after...

Acts 12 (ESV) James Killed and Peter Imprisoned About that time Herod the king laid violent hands on some who belonged to the church. 2 He killed James the brother of John with the sword, 3 and when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during the days of Unleavened Bread. 4 And when he had seized him, he put him in prison, deliveri...

Acts 11(ESV) Peter Reports to the Church Now the apostles and the brothers[a] who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. 2 So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcision party[b] criticized him, saying, 3 "You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them." 4 But Peter began and explained it to them in order: 5 "I was in the ...

Acts 10 (ESV) Peter and Cornelius At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort, 2 a devout man who feared God with all his household, gave alms generously to the people, and prayed continually to God. 3 About the ninth hour of the day[a] he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God come in and say to him, "Cornelius." 4 A...

Acts 9 (ESV) The Conversion of Saul But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest 2 and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. 3 Now as he went on his way, he approached Damascus, and suddenly a light ...

Acts 8 (ESV) Saul Ravages the Church And Saul approved of his execution. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. 2 Devout men buried Stephen and made great lamentation over him. 3 But Saul was ravaging the church, and entering house afte...

Acts 7 (ESV) Stephen's Speech And the high priest said, "Are these things so?" 2 And Stephen said: "Brothers and fathers, hear me. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran, 3 and said to him, 'Go out from your land and from your kindred and go into the land that I will show you.' 4 Then he went out from the lan...

Acts 6 (ESV) Seven Chosen to Serve Now in these days when the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint by the Hellenists[a] arose against the Hebrews because their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution. 2 And the twelve summoned the full number of the disciples and said, "It is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to serve ta...

Acts 5 (ESV) Ananias and Sapphira But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property, 2 and with his wife's knowledge he kept back for himself some of the proceeds and brought only a part of it and laid it at the apostles' feet. 3 But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back for yourself part ...

Acts 4 (ESV) Peter and John Before the Council And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them, 2 greatly annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead. 3 And they arrested them and put them in custody until the next day, for it was already evening....

Acts 3 (ESV) The Lame Beggar Healed Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.[a] 2 And a man lame from birth was being carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple that is called the Beautiful Gate to ask alms of those entering the temple. 3 Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked to receive alms....

Acts 2 (ESV) The Coming of the Holy Spirit 2 When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. 2 And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. 3 And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested[a] on each one of them. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy ...

Acts 1 (ESV) The Promise of the Holy Spirit In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, 2 until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. 3 He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and s...

John 21 (ESV) Jesus Appears to Seven Disciples After this Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias, and he revealed himself in this way. 2 Simon Peter, Thomas (called the Twin), Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together. 3 Simon Peter said to them, "I am going fishing." They said to him, "...

John 20 (ESV) The Resurrection Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. 2 So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid...

John 19 (ESV) Jesus Delivered to Be Crucified Then Pilate took Jesus and flogged him. 2 And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head and arrayed him in a purple robe. 3 They came up to him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" and struck him with their hands. 4 Pilate went out again and said to them, "See, I am bringing him out to you that you ...

John 18 (ESV) Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples across the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered. 2 Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, for Jesus often met there with his disciples. 3 So Judas, having procured a band of soldiers and some officers from the chief...