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Acts 13:49-50 ESV 49 The word of the Lord spread through the whole region. 50 But the Jewish leaders incited the God-fearing women of high standing and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their region. Acts 14:2-7 ESV 2 But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the other Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothe...

Acts 13:51 ESV 51 But they shook off the dust from their feet against them and went to Iconium. Luke 9:5 NIV 5 If people do not welcome you, leave their town and shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them." Luke 10:10-12 NIV 10 But when you enter a town and are not welcomed, go into its streets and say, 11 'Even the dust of your town we wipe from our feet as a warning to you. Yet be...

Special Guest: Greg Williams

Galatians 4:4a NASB 4 But when the fullness of the time came, God sent His Son…     Acts 13:43-52 ESV 43 And after the meeting of the synagogue broke up, many Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who, as they spoke with them, urged them to continue in the grace of God. 44 The next Sabbath almost the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord. 45 But when the Jews s...

  Acts 13:13 ESV 13 Now Paul and his companions set sail from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia. And John left them and returned to Jerusalem,   Acts 15:38 NIV 38 but Paul did not think it wise to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not continued with them in the work. Acts 13:14-15 ESV 14 but they went on from Perga and came to Antioch in Pisidia. And on the Sabbath da...

Special Guest Eddie Miller

Acts 13:2-3 ESV 2 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them." 3 Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off.   Colossians 3:23-24 NIV 23 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, 24 since you know that yo...

Acts 12:20 ESV 20 Now Herod was angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they came to him with one accord, and having persuaded Blastus, the king's chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their country depended on the king's country for food.     Acts 12:21-24 ESV 21 On an appointed day Herod put on his royal robes, took his seat upon the throne, and delivered an oration to them. 22 And the...

Acts 12:1-2 ESV   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,       Matthew 20:21-23 NIV   21 "What is it you want?" he asked.   She said, "Grant that one of these two sons of mine may sit at your right and the other at your left in your kingdom."   22 "You don't know what you are asking," Jesus said to...

Acts 11:19 ESV 19 Now those who were scattered because of the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews.     Acts 11:20 ESV 20 But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who on coming to Antioch spoke to the Hellenists also, preaching the Lord Jesus. Acts 11:21-24 ESV 21 And the hand of the Lord was...

Acts 10:47-48 47 "Surely no one can stand in the way of their being baptized with water. They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have." 48 So he ordered that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked Peter to stay with them for a few days. Galatians 3:28 28 There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Chris...

Acts 10:21-23 ESV 21 And Peter went down to the men and said, "I am the one you are looking for. What is the reason for your coming?"22 And they said, "Cornelius, a centurion, an upright and God-fearing man, who is well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and to hear what you have to say." 23 So he invited them in to be his guests...

Acts 10:1-2 ESV 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.         "They want the centurions not so much to be venturesome and daredevils, as to be natural leaders, of a steady and reliable spirit. They do not so much want m...

Acts week 31 Acts 9:31 ESV 31 So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was being built up. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it multiplied. Acts 9:32 ESV 32 Now as Peter went here and there among them all, he came down also to the saints who lived at Lydda. Acts 9:33 ESV 33 There he found a man named Aeneas, bedridden for eig...

Acts 1:3 NIV 3 After his suffering, he presented himself to them 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. Acts 2:22-24 NIV 22 "Fellow Israelites, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know...

Luke 19:39-44 NIV 39 Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, "Teacher, rebuke your disciples!" 40 "I tell you," he replied, "if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out." 41 As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it 42 and said, "If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes. 43 The days will come upon you w...

Acts 9:18-22 ESV 18 And immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he regained his sight. Then he rose and was baptized;19 and taking food, he was strengthened. For some days he was with the disciples at Damascus.  20 And immediately he proclaimed Jesus in the synagogues, saying, "He is the Son of God." 21 And all who heard him were amazed and said, "Is not this the man who made hav...

Acts 9:10 ESV 10 Now there was a disciple at Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, "Ananias." And he said, "Here I am, Lord." Acts 22:12 ESV 12 "And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well spoken of by all the Jews who lived there, Acts 9:11-19 ESV 11 And the Lord said to him, "Rise and go to the street called Straight, and at the house of Judas look for a man of T...

Acts 9:1 ESV But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest   Deuteronomy 21:22-23 NASB "Now if a person has committed a sin carrying a sentence of death and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree, 23 his body is not to be left overnight on the tree, but you shall certainly bury him on the same day (for he who is hanged is cursed of...

Marc Sammons

Acts 8:1-3 ESV   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 after house, he dragged off men and women and...

Luke 10:20 NIV 20 However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven." Revelation 3:5 NIV 5 The one who is victorious will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out the name of that person from the book of life, but will acknowledge that name before my Father and his angels. John 7:47 NIV 47 Very truly I tell you, the one who beli...

  Acts 7:51-53 ESV 1 "You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you. 52 Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whom you have now betrayed and murdered, 53 you who received the law as delivered by angels and did not keep it." Ac...

Acts 7:1 ESV And the high priest said, "Are these things so?" Acts 7:2-3 ESV 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.' Psalm 29:3 NIV The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the...

Acts 6:8-15 ESV 8 And Stephen, full of grace and power, was doing great wonders and signs among the people. 9 Then some of those who belonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia and Asia, rose up and disputed with Stephen. 10 But they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he was speaking. 1...