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Acts 1:4-5 ESV 4 And while staying with them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, "you heard from me; 5 for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now." Luke 24:49 NIV 49 I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with pow...

Luke 7:18-23   18 The disciples of John reported all these things to him. And John, 19 calling two of his disciples to him, sent them to the Lord, saying, "Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?" 20 And when the men had come to him, they said, "John the Baptist has sent us to you, saying, 'Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?'" 21 In that hour he hea...

Acts 1:3 NIV   3 After his suffering, he presented himself to them (apostles) 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.       1 Corinthians 15:3-8 NIV   3 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he...

John 20:28 ESV   Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!"       John 20:30 ESV   30 Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book;       John 21:25 ESV   Now there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.       John 20:31...

John 20:19 ESV   19 On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you."       Matthew 28:12-15 NIV   12 When the chief priests had met with the elders and devised a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money, 13 telling them, "You are to say, 'His d...

1 Corinthians 15:1-4 NIV   Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 2 By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.   3 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the...

John 19:16-22 ESV   16 So he delivered him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus, 17 and he went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called The Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha. 18 There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, and Jesus between them. 19 Pilate also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It read, "Jesus of Nazaret...

John 19:1 ESV   Then Pilate took Jesus and flogged him.       Luke 23:16 NIV   16 Therefore, I will punish him and then release him."       John 19:2-3 ESV   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.       Matthew 27:27, 29-30 ESV   27 Then...

Matt 26:67-68 NIV   67 Then they spit in his face and struck him with their fists. Others slapped him 68 and said, "Prophesy to us, Messiah. Who hit you?"       Mark 14:65 NIV   65 Then some began to spit at him; they blindfolded him, struck him with their fists, and said, "Prophesy!" And the guards took him and beat him.                                   Tacitus, The Annals, book 15, chapter 44  ...

John 18:12-14 ESV   12 So the band of soldiers and their captain and the officers of the Jews arrested Jesus and bound him. 13 First they led him to Annas, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year. 14 It was Caiaphas who had advised the Jews that it would be expedient that one man should die for the people.       Genesis 22:9 NIV   9 When they reached the place God h...

John 16:7 ESV   7 Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.       Isaiah 63:10-11 ESV   But they rebelled   and grieved his Holy Spirit;   therefore he turned to be their enemy,   and himself fought against them.   11 Then he remembered the days of old,   of Moses and hi...

John 16:1 ESV   "I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away.       John 15:8, 20, 23, 25 NIV   18 "If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first.       20 Remember what I told you: 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also…       23 Whoever hates me hates my Father as well.       25 But this is to fulfill wh...

John 15:18-19 NIV   18 "If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. 19 If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.       1 Peter 3:15 NIV   15 But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer (Apologia) to everyone who ask...

John 15:17 ESV   17 These things I command you, that you will love one another.       John 15:18-19 ESV   18 "If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. 19 If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.       John 7:7 ESV   7 The world cannot hate you,...

John 15:1-17 ESV   15 "I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can...

John 14:1 ESV   14 "Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.       John 14:2-3 ESV   2 In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.       John 14:4-6 ESV   4 And you know the way...

                  John 13:21 ESV   21 After saying these things, Jesus was troubled in his spirit, and testified, "Truly, truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me."       John 13:18 ESV   'He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.'       Psalm 41:9 ESV   Even my close friend in whom I trusted,   who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me.       Matthew 26:22, 25 NIV   22 They...

John week 42 Updated:  Jan 10   John 13:1-11 ESV   Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. 2 During supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him, 3 Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all...

John 12:34-40 ESV   34 So the crowd answered him, "We have heard from the Law that the Christ remains forever. How can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?" 35 So Jesus said to them, "The light is among you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. 36 Whi...

Jonah 1:1-3 NIV 1 The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai: 2 "Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me."       3 But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the Lord.         P...