Acts 18 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 tr...

Acts 17 Paul and Silas in Thessalonica Now 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...

Acts 16 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 tho...

Acts 15 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 ...

Acts 14 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 tot...

Acts 13 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."...

Acts 12 James Killed and Peter Imprisoned About that time Herod the king laid violent hands on some who belonged to the church.2He killedJames the brother of Johnwith the sword,3and when he sawthat it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was duringthe days of Unleavened Bread.4And when he had seized him, he put himin prison, deliverin...

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

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

Acts 9 The Conversion of Saul But Saul,stillbreathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went tothe high priest2and asked him for lettersto the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging tothe Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.3Now as he went on his way, he approached Damascus, and suddenly a light...

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

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

Acts 6 Seven Chosen to Serve Now in these dayswhen the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint by the Hellenists[a]arose against the Hebrews because their widows were being neglected inthe daily distribution.2And 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 ser...

Acts 5 Ananias and Sapphira But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property,2and with his wife's knowledgehe kept back for himself some of the proceeds and brought only a part of it andlaid it at the apostles' feet.3But Peter said, "Ananias, why hasSatan filled your heart to lieto the Holy Spirit andto keep back for yourself part...

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

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

Acts 2 The Coming of the Holy Spirit Whenthe day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place.2And suddenly there came from heaven a sound likea mighty rushing wind, andit filled the entire house where they were sitting.3And divided tonguesas of fire appeared to them and rested[a]on each one of them.4And they were allfilled with the Holy Spir...

Acts 1 The Promise of the Holy Spirit In the first book, OTheophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus beganto do and teach,2until the day whenhe was taken up, after hehad given commandsthrough the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.3He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and ...

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

John 20 The Resurrection Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw thatthe stone had been taken away from the tomb.2So 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, andwe do not know where they have...

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

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