Acts 17;10-12 10.  The brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea; and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue.11.  Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with all eagerness, examining the scriptures daily to see if these...

Acts 17;5-9 5.  But the Jews were jealous, and taking some wicked fellows of the rabble, they gathered a crowd, set the city in an uproar, and attacked the house of Jason, seeking to bring them out to the people.6.  And when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some...

Acts 17;1-5a 1.  Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.2.  And Paul went in, as was his custom, and for three weeks he argued with them from the scriptures,3.  explaining and proving that it was necessary for the...

Acts 16;35- 35.  But when it was day, the magistrates sent the police, saying, “Let those men go.”36.  And the jailer reported the words to Paul, saying, “The magistrates have sent to let you go; now therefore come out and go in peace.”37.  But Paul said to them, “They have beaten us publicly,...

A clarification from yesterday’s devotional comment regarding the jailer: Yesterday I wrote in the third paragraph, ‘I believe it was what  the Spirit of God the jailer heard in the dark.’  The correct text should not have the word what.  This was an error in my own editing.  Please omit the word what. The sentence...

Acts 16;31-34 The jailer said,30b.  “Men, what must I do to be saved?”31.  And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”32.  And they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all that were in his house.33.  And he took...

Acts 16;25-30 25.  But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them,26.  and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and every one’s fetters were...

Acts 16;19-24 19.  But when her owners saw their hope of gain was gone, (she no longer could tell fortunes)they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the market place before the rulers;20.  and when they had brought them to the magistrates they said, “These men are Jews and they are...

Acts 16;16-18 16.  As we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners much gain by soothsaying.17.  She followed Paul and us, crying, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to...

Acts 16;13-15 13.  and on the sabbath day we went outside the gate to the riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer; and we sat down and spoke to the women who had come together.14.  One who heard us was a woman named Lydia, from the city of...

Acts 16;9-12 9.  And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia was standing beseeching him and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”10.  And when he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go on into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to...

Acts 16;4-8 4.  As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered to them for observance the decisions which had been reached by the apostles and elders who were at Jerusalem.5.  So the churches were strengthened in the faith, and they increased in numbers daily.6.  And they went through the...

Acts 15;41-16;3 41.  And he went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches. 1.  And he came also to Derbe and to Lystra.  A disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer; but his father was a Greek.2.  He was well spoken of by the brethren...

Acts 15;36-40 36.  And after some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Come, let us return and visit the brethren in every city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, and see how they are.”37.  And Barnabas wanted to take with them John called Mark.38.  But Paul thought best not to take...

Acts 15;22-35 22.  Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among them and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas.  They sent Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, leading men among the brethren,23.  with the following letter: “The brethren, both...

Acts 15;19-21 19.  Therefore my (James, the brother of Jesus) judgement is that we should not trouble those of the Gentiles who turn to God,20.  but should write to them to abstain from pollutions of idols and from unchastity and from what is strangled and from blood.21.  For from early generations Moses...

Acts 15;12-18 12.  And all the assembly kept silence; and they listened to Barnabas and Saul as they related what signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles.13.  After they finished speaking, James replied, Brethren, listen to me.14.  Simeon has related how God first visited the Gentiles, to...

Acts 15;7-11 7.  And after there had been much debate, Peter rose and said to them, “Brethren, you know that in the early days God made choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe.8.  And God who knows the heart bore...

Acts 15;5&6 5.  But some believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees rose up, and said, “It is necessary to circumcise them, and charge them to keep the law of Moses.” 6.  The apostles and the elders were together to consider this matter. God commanded Abraham and all of his male descendants...

Acts 15;3&4 3.  So, being sent on their way by the Church, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, reporting the conversion of the Gentiles, and they gave great joy to all the brethren.4.  When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the Church and the apostles and the elders, and...

Acts 15;1&2 1.  But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brethren, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”2.  And when Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were...

Acts 14;23-28 23.  And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting, they committed them to the Lord in whom they believed. 24.  Then they passed through Pisidia, and came to Pamphylia.25.  And when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalid;26....

Acts 14;21-23 21.  When they had preached the gospel to that city (Derbe) and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch,22.  strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom...

Acts 14;19&20 19.  But Jews came there from Antioch and Iconium; and having persuaded the people, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.20.  But when the disciples gathered about him, he rose up and entered the city; and on the next day he went...

Acts 14;11-18 11.  And when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in Lycaonian, “The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!”12.  Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul, because he was the chief speaker, they called Hermes.13.  And the priest of...

Acts 14;8-10 8. Now at Lystra there was a man sitting, who could not use his feet; he was a cripple from birth, who had never walked.9.  He listened to Paul speaking; and Paul, looking intently at him and seeing that he had faith to be made well,10.  said in a...

Acts 14;4–7 4.  But the people of the city (Iconium) were divided; some sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles.5.  When an attempt was made by both Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, to molest them and to stone them,6.  they learned of it and fled to Lystra and Derbe,...

Acts 14; 1-3 1.  Now at Iconium they entered together into the Jewish synagogue, and so spoke that a great company believed, both of Jews and of Greeks.2.  But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brethren.3.  So they remained for a long time, speaking...

Acts 13;49-52 49.  And the word of the Lord spread throughout all the region.50.  But the Jews incited the devout women of high standing and the leading men of the city, and stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnaba, and drove them out of their district.51.  But they shook off the...

Acts 13:46-48 46.  And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, “It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken first to you.  Since you thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.47.  For so the Lord has commanded us, saying,...

Acts 13;45 45.  But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with jealousy, and contradicted what was spoken by Paul, and reviled him. The Church on earth frightens unbelievers, it reveals power they themselves desire but do not understand. If ever a person wondered what is the most significant distinction between Communism...