Category Archives: ACTS

Peter Reports at Jerusalem 1 Now the apostles and the believers who were throughout Judea heard [with astonishment] that the Gentiles also had receivedandaccepted the word of God [the message concerning salvation through Christ]. 2 So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, those of the circumcision [certain Jewish believers who followed the Law] took issue […]

Peter’s Arrest and Escape 1 Now at that timeHerod [Agrippa I] the king [of the Jews] arrested some who belonged to the church, intending to harm them. 2 And he had James the brother of John put to death with a sword; 3 and when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to […]

First Missionary Journey 1 Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets [who spoke a new message of God to the people] and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was calledNiger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen who had been brought up withHerod [Antipas] the tetrarch, and Saul. 2 While they were serving the Lord and fasting, the […]

Acceptance and Opposition 1 Now in Iconium Paul and Barnabas went into the Jewish synagogue together and spoke in such a way [with such power and boldness] that a large number of Jews as well as Greeks believed [and confidently accepted Jesus as Savior]; 2 but the unbelieving Jews [who rejected Jesus as Messiah] stirred […]

The Council at Jerusalem 1 Some men came down from Judea andbeganteaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised in accordance with the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” 2 Paul and Barnabas disagreed greatly and debated with them, so it was determined that Paul and Barnabas and some of the others from their group […]

The Macedonian Vision 1 Now Paul traveled to Derbe and also to Lystra. A disciple named Timothy was there, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer [in Christ], however, his father was a Greek. 2 Timothy was well spoken of by the brothers and sisters who were in Lystra and Iconium. 3 […]

Paul at Corinth 1 After this Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. 2 There he met a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife, Priscilla, because [the Roman Emperor] Claudius had issued an edict that all theJews were to leave Rome. Paul went to see […]

Paul at Ephesus 1 It happened that while Apollos was in Corinth, Paul went through the upper [inland] districts and came down to Ephesus, and found some disciples. 2 He asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed [in Jesus as the Christ]?” And they said, “No, we have not even heard […]

Paul in Macedonia and Greece 1 After the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples, and when he had encouraged them he told them goodbye, and set off to go toMacedonia. 2 After he had gone through those districts and had encouraged the believers, he came to Greece. 3 And he stayed three months, […]