Category Archives: Acts

Peter Defends God’s Grace 1 Now the apostles and brethren who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God. 2 And when Peter came up to Jerusalem,those of the circumcision contended with him, 3 saying,“You went in to uncircumcised menand ate with them!” 4 But Peter explaineditto themin order […]

Herod’s Violence to the Church 1 Now about that time Herod the king stretched outhishand to harass some from the church. 2 Then he killed Jamesthe brother of John with the sword. 3 And because he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to seize Peter also. Now it wasduringthe Days of Unleavened […]

1 Nowin the church that was at Antioch there were certain prophets and teachers:Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger,Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. 2 As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said,“Now separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the workto […]

At Iconium 1 Now it happened in Iconium that they went together to the synagogue of the Jews, and so spoke that a great multitude both of the Jews and of theGreeks believed. 2 But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brethren. 3 Therefore they stayed there a […]

Conflict over Circumcision 1 Andcertainmencame down from Judea and taught the brethren,“Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” 2 Therefore, when Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and dispute with them, they determined thatPaul and Barnabas and certain others of them should go up to Jerusalem, to […]

Timothy Joins Paul and Silas 1 Then he came toDerbe and Lystra. And behold, a certain disciple was there,named Timothy,theson of a certain Jewish woman who believed, but his fatherwasGreek. 2 He was well spoken of by the brethren who were at Lystra and Iconium. 3 Paul wanted to have him go on with him. […]

Preaching Christ at Thessalonica 1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came toThessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. 2 Then Paul, as his custom was,went in to them, and for three Sabbathsreasoned with them from the Scriptures, 3 explaining and demonstratingthat the Christ had to suffer and rise […]

Ministering at Corinth 1 After these things Paul departed from Athens and went to Corinth. 2 And he found a certain Jew namedAquila, born in Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla (because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome); and he came to them. 3 So, because […]

Paul at Ephesus 1 And it happened, whileApollos was at Corinth, that Paul, having passed throughthe upper regions, came to Ephesus. And finding some disciples 2 he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” # So they said to him,“We have not so much as heard whether there is a […]

Journeys in Greece 1 After the uproar had ceased, Paul called the disciples tohimself,embracedthem,anddeparted to go to Macedonia. 2 Now when he had gone over that region and encouraged them with many words, he came toGreece 3 and stayed three months. Andwhen the Jews plotted against him as he was about to sail to Syria, […]