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Acts 21:37-22:21   As Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he said to the tribune, "May I say something to you?" And he said, "Do you know Greek?   38  Are you not the Egyptian, then, who recently stirred up a revolt and led the four thousand men of the Assassins out into the wilderness?"   39  Paul replied, "I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no obscure city. I beg you, p...

Isaiah 60:1–3 Arise, shine, for your light has come,      and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. 2  For behold, darkness shall cover the earth,      and thick darkness the peoples; but the Lord will arise upon you,      and his glory will be seen upon you. 3  And nations shall come to your light,      and kings to the brightness of your rising.   Key Words: Light, Glory, Brightness, Arise,...

Isaiah 7:10-17 Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz: 11  "Ask a sign of the Lord your God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven."  12  But Ahaz said, "I will not ask, and I will not put the Lord to the test."  13  And he said, "Hear then, O house of David! Is it too little for you to weary men, that you weary my God also?  14 Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall c...

Luke 2:8-14   8  And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.  9  And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear.  10  And the angel said to them, "Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.  11  For unto you is born...

Zechariah 9:9-17 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!      Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you;      righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey,      on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 10  I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim      and the war horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow shall be cut off,      and he shall speak peace to t...

Malachi 3:1-3 Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.  2  But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap.  3  He will sit as...

Isaiah 40:1-11     Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. 2  Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,      and cry to her that her warfare is ended,      that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the  Lord 's hand      double for all her sins. 3  A voice cries: "In the wilderness prepare the way of the  Lord ;      make straight in the desert a highway for our God. 4  Every valley shall be...

Acts 21:15-36   15  After these days we got ready and went up to Jerusalem.  16  And some of the disciples from Caesarea went with us, bringing us to the house of Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we should lodge.            17  When we had come to Jerusalem, the brothers received us gladly.  18  On the following day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present.  19...

Acts 21:1-14   And when we had parted from them and set sail, we came by a straight course to Cos, and the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.  2  And having found a ship crossing to Phoenicia, we went aboard and set sail.  3  When we had come in sight of Cyprus, leaving it on the left we sailed to Syria and landed at Tyre, for there the ship was to unload its cargo.  4  And having sough...

Acts 20:13-38   13   But going ahead to the ship, we set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul aboard there, for so he had arranged, intending himself to go by land.   14   And when he met us at Assos, we took him on board and went to Mitylene. 15   And sailing from there we came the following day opposite Chios; the next day we touched at Samos; and   the day after that we went to Miletus.   16...

Acts 20:1-12   After the uproar ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging them, he said farewell and departed for Macedonia.   2  When he had gone through those regions and had given them much encouragement, he came to Greece.   3  There he spent three months, and when a plot was made against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he decided to return through Maced...

Acts 19:21-41 21  Now after these events Paul resolved in the Spirit to pass through Macedonia and Achaia and go to Jerusalem, saying, "After I have been there, I must also see Rome."   22  And having sent into Macedonia two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while. 23  About that time there arose no little disturbance concerning the Way.   24  For a man named Dem...

Acts 19:8-20 8  And he entered the synagogue and for three months spoke boldly, reasoning and persuading them about the kingdom of God.   9  But when some became stubborn and continued in unbelief, speaking evil of the Way before the congregation, he withdrew from them and took the disciples with him, reasoning daily in the hall of Tyrannus.   10  This continued for two years, so that all the resi...

Acts 18:24-19:7 24  Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, competent in the Scriptures. 25  He had been instructed in the way of the Lord. And being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John. 26  He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when Priscilla and Aquila hea...

Acts 18:1-23 After this Paul left Athens and went to Corinth.   2  And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. And he went to see them,   3  and because he was of the same trade he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade.   4  And he reasoned in the synagogue...

Acts 17:16-34 16  Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw that the city was full of idols.   17  So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there.   18  Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also conversed with him. And some said, "What does this babb...

Acts 17:1-15 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 on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,   3  explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead, and saying, "This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you...

Acts 16:16-40 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 fortune-telling.   17  She followed Paul and us, crying out, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to you the way of salvation."   18  And this she kept doing for many days. Paul, having become greatly annoyed, turned and sai...

Acts 16:6-15 6  And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.   7  And when they had come up to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them.   8  So, passing by Mysia, they went down to Troas.   9  And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia was standing there...

Acts 15:36-16:5 36  And after some days Paul said to Barnabas, "Let us return and visit the brothers in every city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, and see how they are."   37  Now Barnabas wanted to take with them John called Mark.   38  But Paul thought best not to take with them one who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia and had not gone with them to the work.   39  And there arose a...

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 brothers,   23  with the following letter: "The brothers, both the apostles and the elders, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cili...

Acts 15:1-21 But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved."   2  And after Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and the elders about this question.   3  So, being sent on their...

Acts 14 14  Now at Iconium they entered together into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed.   2  But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.   3  So they remained for a long time, speaking boldly for the Lord, who bore witness to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be d...

Psalm 33 Shout for joy in the  Lord , O you righteous!      Praise befits the upright. 2  Give thanks to the  Lord  with the lyre;      make melody to him with the harp of ten strings! 3  Sing to him a new song;      play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts. 4  For the word of the  Lord  is upright,      and all his work is done in faithfulness. 5  He loves righteousness and justice;     ...

Psalm 32 Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven,      whose sin is covered. 2  Blessed is the man against whom the  Lord  counts no iniquity,      and in whose spirit there is no deceit. 3  For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away      through my groaning all day long. 4  For day and night your hand was heavy upon me;      my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer.  Selah 5...