83 Bible Verses about Gospel, Responses To

For Moses writes the justice of the law, That the man having done these things shall live in them. And the justice of faith says thus, Thou shouldest not say in thy heart, Who shall go up to heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down:) Or, Who shall go down to the abyss? (that is, to bring up Christ from the dead.)read more.
But what does it say? The word is near thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we proclaim; For if thou confess in thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart is believed for justice: and with the mouth is confessed for salvation. For the writing says, Every one believing upon him shall not be ashamed. For no distinction is of the Jew and also of the Greek: for the same Lord of all being rich to all calling upon him. For every one whoever should call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Be it known therefore to you, men, brethren, that for him remission of sins is announced to you. And from all which ye could not be justified by Moses' law, every one believing in him is justified.

And having asked for a light, he rushed in, and being trembling, fell before Paul and Silas, And bringing them out, he said, Lords, what must I do that I might be saved And they said, Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.read more.
And they spake to him the word of the Lord, and to all in his house.

But now without law the justice of God has been made apparent, being testified by the law and by the prophets; And the justice of God by faith of Jesus Christ to all and upon all believing: for there is no distinction: For all have sinned, and failed of the glory of God;read more.
Being justified as a gift by his grace by the redemption which is in Christ Jesus: Whom God had set before a propitiatory by faith in his blood, for a manifestation of his justice by passing over of sins before existing, in the sufferance of God; For the manifestation of his justice now in time: for him to be just, and justifying him of the faith of Jesus.

Then murmured the Jews about him, because he said, I am the bread having come down from heaven. And they said, Is not this Jesus, Joseph's son, whose father and mother we know? how then says he, That I have come down from heaven? Then answered Jesus and said to them, Murmur not with one another.read more.
None can come to me, except the Father having sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every one therefore having heard and learned of the Father, comes to me. Not that any one has seen the Father, except he being from God, he has seen the Father. Truly, truly, I say to you, he believing in me has eternal life. I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate manna in the desert, and died. This is the bread which coming down from heaven, that whoever should eat of it, and he should not die. I am the living bread which having come down from heaven: if any one eat of this bread, he shall live forever: and also the bread which I shall give is my flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world. Then the Jews contended with one another, saying, How can he give us the flesh to eat

Everyone believing that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God: and every one loving him having begotten, loves him also begotten of him.

Come to me, all ye wearied and loaded, and I will cause you to rest.

Therefore truly, God having overlooked the times of ignorance, now announces to all men everywhere to repent:

Treasure not up to you treasures upon earth, where moth and gnawing destroy, and thieves dig through and steal: But treasure to you treasures in heaven, where neither moth, nor gnawing destroy; and where thieves dig not through, nor steal. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.read more.
The light of the body is the eye; if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be dark. If therefore the light which in thee is darkness, how much the darkness None can serve two lords: for either he will hate one and love the other; or hold firmly to one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

The light of the body is the eye; when therefore thine eye be plain, also thy whole body is clear: and when it be evil, also thy body dark. Take heed therefore lest the light in thee be darkness. If therefore thy whole body clear, not having any part dark, the whole shall be clear, as when a lamp enlightens thee with its gleam.

Ask, and it shall be given you. Seek, and ye shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you. For everyone asking, receives and he seeking, finds; and to him knocking shall be opened. Or what man is of you, which, if his son ask bread, he will not give him a stone?read more.
And if he ask a fish, he will not give him a serpent? If ye, therefore, being evil, know to give good gifts to your children how much more will your Father which is in the heavens give good things to those asking him? Therefore all whatever ye would that men should do to you, so also do ye to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

And I say ' to you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you. For every one asking, receives; and he seeking, finds; and to him knocking, it shall be opened. . And shall a son ask bread of any of you a father, will he give him a stone ? and if a fish, for a fish he will not give him a serpent.read more.
Or also if he ask an egg, he will not give him a scorpion. If then ye, being evil, know to give good gifts to your children; how much more the Father, be from heaven, will give the Holy Spirit to them asking him ?

Therefore, every one which hears these my words and does them, I will liken him to a discerning man which built his house upon the rock. And the rain descended, and rivers came, and winds blew, and fell upon that house, and it fell not, for it was founded upon the rock. And every one hearing these my words and doing them not, shall be likened to a foolish man, which built his house upon sand.read more.
And the rain descended, and rivers came, and winds blew and struck upon that house, and it fell, and great was its fall.

Every one coming to me, and hearing my words, and doing them, I will shew you to whom he is like: He is like to a man building a house, who digged, and deepened, and set the foundation upon the rock: and there having been an overflow, the river dashed against that house, and was not able to move it: for it was founded upon the rock. And he having heard, and not having done, is like a man having built a house upon the earth, without a foundation; against which the river dashed, and immediately it fell; and the breaking of that house was great.

Jesus answered and said to her, All drinking of this water shall thirst again: But whoever should drink of the water which I shall give him, shall never thirst; but the water which I shall give him shall be in him a spring of water springing up to eternal life.

And Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life: he coming to me should not hunger; and he believing in me should not thirst. But I said to you, That ye have seen me, and believe not. All that the Father gives me shall come to me; and he coming to me I will not cast out.read more.
For I have come down from heaven, not that I might do my will, but the will of him having sent me. And this is the will of the Father having sent me, that all which he has given me, I should not loose of it, but raise it up in the last day. And this is the will of him having sent me, that every one seeing the Son, and believing in him, should have eternal life: and I will raise him up at the last day.

Then said Jesus to the Jews having believed him, If ye remain in my word, ye are truly my disciples. And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

I am the door: if any come in through me, he shall be saved, and he shall me in, and go out, and find pasture. The thief comes not, except that he steal, and sacrifice, and destroy: I came that they might have life, and have above measure.

Jesus said to her, I am the rising up, and life: he believing in me, though he die, shall live. And all living and believing in me should never die. Believest thou this?

Jesus cried and said, He believing in me, believes not in me, but in him having sent me. And he seeing me, sees him having sent me. I have come a light into the world, that every one believing in me should not remain in darkness.

And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother, casting a large sweep-net in the sea: for they were fishermen. And Jesus said to them, Come after me, and I will make you to become fishermen of men. And quickly having left their nets, they followed him.

And Jesus, walking about by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon being called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a sweep-net into the sea; for they were fishermen. And he says to them, Come after me, and I will make you the fishermen of men. And they instantly having let go their nets, followed him.read more.
And having proceeded thence, he saw other two brethren, James him of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the ship with Zebedee their father, adjusting their nets; and he called them. And they having instantly let go the ship and their father,. followed him.

And having moved forward a little from thence, he saw James of Zebedee, and John his brother, and they in the ship adjusting their nets. And quickly he called them: and having left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hirelings; they went after him.

And Jesus, passing away from thence, saw a man sitting by the custom-house, being called Matthew, and he says to him, Follow me; and having risen he followed him.

And passing by, he saw Levi, him of Alpheus, sitting by the customhouse, and he says to him, Follow me. And having risen, he followed him.

And after these, he went out, and saw a publican, by name Levi, sitting by the custom-house; and he said to him, Follow me. And having left all, having risen, he followed him.

Then truly they having gladly received his word were immersed: and in that day were added about three thousand souls.

Therefore truly those dispersed by the pressure having been on account of Stephen, passed through even to Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to none except the Jews only. And certain of them were Cyprian and Cyrenian men, who having come to Antioch, spake to the Greeks announcing good news, the Lord Jesus. And the hand of the Lord was with them; and a great number having believed, turned to the Lord.

And Paul and Barnabas speaking freely, said, To you was it first necessary for the word of God to be spoken: but since ye reject it, and judge yourselves not worthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the nations. For so has the Lord commanded us, I have set thee for a light of the nations, for thee to be for salvation even to the last of the earth. And the nations having rejoiced, honoured the word of the Lord: and they believed, as many as were drawn out for eternal life.

And the day of the sabbaths we came out of the city by the river, where prayer was customary to be; and having sat down, we spake to the women come together. And a certain woman, by name Lydia, a dealer in purple garments, of the city of Thyatira, worshipping God, heard: whose heart the Lord opened to attend to things spoken by Paul. And when she was immersed, and her house, she besought, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, having come into my house, remain. And she forced us.

And he having done so many signs before them, they did not believe in him: That the word of Esaias the prophet might be completed, which he spake, Lord, who believed our report? and to whom was the arm of the Lord revealed? Therefore they could not believe, for Esaias said again,read more.
He has blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart: lest they see with the eyes, and understand with the heart, and should turn back, and I should heal them. These said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.

For this I speak to them in parables: for seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. And the prophecy of Esaias is filled up in them, saying, In hearing shall ye hear, and not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive. For the heart of this people has been thickened, and with their ears have they heard heavily, and their eyes have they closed; lest perhaps they should see with the eyes, and hear with the ears, and understand with the heart, and turn back, and I should heal them.

And when he was alone, they about him with the twelve asked him of the parable. And he said to them, To you has it been given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but to those without, all are in parables: That seeing they might see, and not know; and hearing they might hear, and not understand; lest they turn back, and their sins be remitted to them.

And his disciples asked him, saying, What may this parable be? And he said, To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: and to the rest in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.

And he will say, Go, and say to this people, Hearing, hear ye, and ye shall not understand; and seeing, see ye, and ye shall not know.

(As has been written, God gave them the spirit of mortal pain, eyes not to see, and earn not to hear;) even to this day.

Therefore this I say, and testify in the Lord, that ye no more walk as also the rest of the nations, in the vanity of their mind, Being darkened in understanding, alienated from the life of God by ignorance being in them, by the hardness of their heart; Who no longer having had feeling delivered themselves to licentiousness, to the work of all uncleanness in overreaching.

And he having sown among thorns, this is he hearing the word; and the care of this time, and the deceit of riches, choke the word, and it is unfruitful.

And these are they sown in thorns; these are they hearing the word. And the cares of this time, and the deceit of riches, and eager desires about remaining things, coming in, choke the word, and it is unfruitful.

And that having fallen into thorns, and they are they having heard, and with cares and riches, and pleasures of life going forth, are choked, and bring not to maturity.

None can serve two lords: for either he will hate one and love the other; or hold firmly to one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

No servant can serve two lords: for he will either hate one, and love the other; or he will hold firmly to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

For Demas has forsaken me, having loved the time now, and has gone to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.

Adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is the enmity of God? whoever therefore would wish to be the friend of the world is set the enemy of God.

Love not the world, nor the things in the world. If any love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

He not being with me is against me; and he not gathering with me; scatters.

He not being with me is against me : and he not gathering with me scatters.

For the thought of the flesh, death; and the thought of the Spirit, life and peace. Wherefore the thought of the flesh enmity to God: for it is not subject to the law of God, for it cannot be. And they being in the flesh cannot please God.

However none spake of him with freedom of speech, for fear of the Jews. And now the festival being in the midst, Jesus went up to the temple, and taught. And the Jews wondered, saying, How knows he letters, not having learnedread more.
Jesus answered them, and said, My teaching is not mine, but his having sent me. If any desire to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it is of God, or I speak from myself. He speaking from himself, seeks his own glory: but he seeking the glory of him having sent him, he is true, and no injustice is in him. Has not Moses given you the law, and none of you does the law? Why seek ye to kill me? The crowd answered and said, Thou hast a demon: who seeks to kill thee?

Then the Jews surrounded him, and said to him, How long takest thou away our soul? If thou art Christ, say to us with freedom of speech. Jesus answered them, I said to you, and ye believe not: the works which I do in my Father's name, these testify of me. But ye believe not, for ye are not of my sheep, as I said to you.read more.
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. And I give them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given to me, is greater than all; . and no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand. I and my Father are one. Then again lifted up the Jews stones that they might stone him. Jesus Answered them, Many good works I shewed you from my Father; for which of these works do ye stone me The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and that thou, being man, makest thyself God.

And having urged them to depart out of the council, they deliberated with one another, Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that truly a known sign has been by them, manifest to all them dwelling in Jerusalem: and we cannot deny. But that it be not more and more exposed to the wind among the people, let us threaten them with a threat, to speak no more in this name to any man.read more.
And having called them, they enjoined them universally not to utter neither to teach in the name of Jesus.

And the chief priest having risen, and all they with him, (the sect being of the Sadducees,) they were filled with zeal, And put their hands upon the sent, and set them in the public keeping. And a messenger of the Lord by night opened the doors of the prison, and having brought them forth, said,read more.
Go ye, and having stood, speak in the temple all the words of this life. And having heard, they came in by morning to the temple, and taught. But the chief priest having approached, and they with him, called the council together, and all the assembly of the sons of Israel, and sent to the prison for them to be brought. And the attendants having come near, found them not in the prison, and having returned, they announced, Saying, That we truly found the prison shut with all security, and the watch standing without before the doors: and having opened, we found none within. And when the priest and captain of the temple and chief priests heard these words, they were in doubt of them, what this might be. And a certain one having come near, announced to them, saying, That, behold, the men which ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people. Then the commander having gone with attendants, brought them, not with force: for they feared the people, lest they might be stoned. And having brought them, they set in the council: and the chief priest asked them, Saying, Did we not announce to you by order, not to teach by this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and ye desire to bring upon us this man's blood.

Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers, also you. Which of the prophets did not your fathers drive out and they slew them announcing beforehand of the coming of the Just; of whom ye have now been traitors and murderers: Who have received the law by the regulations of messengers, and ye watched not.

And having come into the synagogue, he spake freely, discoursing for three months, and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God. And when certain were hardened, and believed not, speaking evil of the way before the multitude, having departed from them, he separated the disciples, discoursing in the day in the school of a certain Tyrannus.

And when the seven days were about completed, the Jews from Asia, having seen him in the temple, embroiled all the crowd, and put hands upon them, Crying out, Men, Israelites, help: This is the man, teaching all, everywhere, against the people, and the law, and this place: and yet also brought the Greeks into the temple, and has polluted this holy place. (For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus the Ephesian' whom they thought that Paul had brought into the temple.)read more.
And the whole city was moved, and there was a concourse of the people: and having taken up Paul, they drew him out of the temple: and quickly the doors were shut. And seeking to kill him, a rumor went up to the captain of a thousand of the band, that the whole of Jerusalem had been embroiled. Who having taken out of it the soldiers and centurions, he ran down to them: and they having seen the captain of a thousand and the soldiers, ceased striking Paul.

For ye, brethren, were imitators of the churches of God being in Judea in Christ Jesus: for ye also suffered the same things by your own race, as they also by the Jews: They also having slain the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and having driven you out; and not pleasing God, and opposite to all men; Hindering us from speaking to the nations that they might be saved, to fill up their sins always: and the wrath of God has come before upon them even to the end.

For this ought we to hold above measure to the things heard, lest we slip away. For if the word spoken by angels was firm, and every transgression and bad instruction received the just payment of reward; How shall we escape, having neglected such great salvation; which at the beginning taken to be spoken by the Lord, by them having heard was made firm to us;read more.
God confirming the testimony, together with signs and wonders, and various powers, and partitions of the Holy Spirit, according to his will

For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and injure his soul Or what shall a man give for the exchange of his soul? For whoever should be ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; also the Son of man shall be ashamed of him, when he should come in the glory of the Father with the holy messengers.

And I will shew you whom ye should fear: Fear him having power, after killing, to cast into hell; yea, I say to you, Fear him.

And he went through cities and towns, teaching, and making his passage to Jerusalem. And a certain said to him, Lord, if few saved? And he said to them, Strive earnestly to enter through the narrow gate: for many, I say to you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able.read more.
From the time when the master of the house should rise up, and shut the door, and ye begin to stand without, and knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us: and having answered, he will say to you, I know not whence ye are: Then will ye begin to say, We ate and drank before thee, and thou didst teach in our streets. And he will say, I say to you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workmen of iniquity. Weeping shall be there and gnashing of teeth, when ye see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you cast without. And they shall come from the risings, and the settings, and from north, and south, and they shall recline in the kingdom of God. And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last.

And if any hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not that I might judge the world, but that I might save the world. He rejecting me, and not receiving my words, has him judging him: the word which I spake, that shall judge him in the last day. For I spake not of myself; but the Father having sent me, he gave me a command, what I should say, and what I should speak.read more.
And I know that his command is life eternal: therefore what I speak, as the Father said to me, so I speak.

For impossible for them once enlightened, and having tasted of the heavenly gift, and having partaken of the Holy Spirit, And tasted of the good word of God, and powers of the life about to be, And having fallen, again to renew to repentance; crucifying to themselves the Son of God, and exposing to ignominy.

Of how much worse punishment, think ye, shall he be deemed worthy. having trodden down the Son of God, and deemed the blood of the covenant common, in which he was consecrated, and having outraged the Spirit of grace? For we know him having said, Vengeance to me, I will give back, says the Lord. And again, The Lord will judge his people. Terrible to fall into the hands of the living God.

See that ye refuse not him speaking. For if they escaped not, having refused him giving an intimation of the divine will on earth, much more we, who having turned back from him from the heavens:

These are fountains wanting water, clouds impelled by a hurricane; for whom the obscurity of darkness has been kept forever. For speaking excessive things of vanity, they decoy with the eager desires of the flesh, for licentiousness, them having truly escaped from those turned back in error. Promising them liberty, they being servants of corruption: for by whom any is conquered, by him has he been made to serve.read more.
For if having escaped the pollutions of the world by the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and again entangling with these, they be conquered, the last things have been to them worse than the first. For it was better for them not to have known the way of justice, than, having known, to turn back from the holy command delivererd to them. And that of the true proverb has happened to them, The dog having turned back to his own vomit; and the sow having been washed to the rolling of the mire.

And, behold, one having come said to him, Good teacher, what good shall I do, that I might have eternal life? And he said to him, Why sayest thou me good? None is good except one, God; but if thou wouldst come into life, keep the commands. He says to him, Which? And Jesus said, thus: Thou shalt not murder; Thou shalt not commit adultery; Thou shalt not steal; Thou shalt not bear false witness;read more.
Honour thy father and mother; and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. The young man says to him, All these have I watched from my youth; what yet do I want? Jesus said to him, If thou wished to be perfected, retire, sell thy possessions, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. And the young man having heard the word, departed, being grieved: for he was holding many possessions.

And he going in the way, one running and having fallen upon his knees, asked him, Good teacher, What shall I do that I might inherit eternal life And Jesus said to him, Why sayest thou me good? none good, except the one God. Thou knowest the commands: Thou shouldst not commit adultery; Thou shouldst not kill; Thou shouldst not steal; Thou shouldst not bear false testimony; Thou shouldst not defraud; Honour thy father and mother.read more.
And he, having answered, said to him, O teacher, all these have I watched from my youth. And Jesus having looked upon him, loved him, and said to him, One thing is wanting to thee retire; whatever thou hast, sell, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, having taken up the cross. And he, being sad at the word, went away being grieved: for he had many possessions.

And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Teacher, having done what, shall I inherit eternal life? And Jesus said to him, Why sayest thou me good? none good except the one God. Thou knowest the commands, Thou shouldest not commit adultery, Thou shouldest not kill, Thou shouldest not steal, Thou shouldest not bear false testimony, Honour thy father and thy mother.read more.
And he said, All these have I watched from my youth. And Jesus having heard these, said to him, Yet one thing fails thee: all whatever thou hast, sell and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. And he having heard these things, was sorely grieved: for he was very rich.

And Peter having answered, and the sent, said, We must obey God rather than men. The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew with your own hands, having hung him upon a tree. This, God exalted, a Chief and Saviour, with his right hand to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.read more.
And we are his witnesses of these words; and the Holy Spirit, whom God gave to them obeying him. And having heard, they gnashed the teeth with rage, and consulted to kill them.

Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers, also you. Which of the prophets did not your fathers drive out and they slew them announcing beforehand of the coming of the Just; of whom ye have now been traitors and murderers: Who have received the law by the regulations of messengers, and ye watched not.read more.
And having heard those, they were sawn through their hearts, and they gnashed the teeth upon him. And being full of the Holy Spirit, having looked intently to heaven, he saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God, And he said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God. And having cried with a great voice, they held fast their ears, and rushed unanimously upon him, And having cast out of the city, they stoned: and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man called Saul.

And having heard of the rising up of the dead, they treated with mockery; and said, We will hear thee again concerning this.

And the next sabbath nearly all the city was gathered together to hear the word of God. And the Jews, having seen the crowds, were filled with envy, and spake against the things said by Paul, contradicting and defaming. And Paul and Barnabas speaking freely, said, To you was it first necessary for the word of God to be spoken: but since ye reject it, and judge yourselves not worthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the nations.read more.
For so has the Lord commanded us, I have set thee for a light of the nations, for thee to be for salvation even to the last of the earth.

And in that time was there no little trouble about the way. For a certain Demetrius by name, a silversmith, making the silver temples of Diana, furnished no little work to artificers; Whom having collected together and the workmen of such things, he said, Men, ye know that out of this work is our good food.read more.
And ye see and hear that not only Ephesus, but almost all Asia, this Paul having persuaded, changed a sufficient crowd, saying, that they are not gods made by hands: And not only this part is in danger to us to come to reproach; but also the temple of the great goddess Diana to be reckoned for nothing, and her greatness also about to be destroyed, whom the whole of Asia and the habitable globe worship. And having heard, and been filled with wrath, they cried, saying, Great the Diana of the Ephesians.

And after certain days, Felix, having been present with Drusilla his wife, being a Jewess, sent for Paul and heard him of the faith in Christ. And he discoursing of justice, and temperance, and judgment about to be, Felix being terrified, answered, Having now, go; having taken time, I will recall thee.

And he defending himself by these, Festus said with a great voice, Thou art frenzied, Paul; many letters turn thee to madness. And he says, I am not frenzied, most excellent Festus; but I speak the words of truth and soundness of mind. For the king knows of these, to whom speaking freely I speak: for I am persuaded that none of these are unknown to him; for these were not done in a corner.read more.
Believest thou the prophets, king Agrippa? I know that thou believest. And Agrippa said to Paul, In a little thou persuadest me to be a Christian.

I have given them thy word; and the world hated them, for they are not of the world, as I am not of the world.

And when the Jews from Thessalonica heard that also in Berea the word of God was announced by Paul, they came there also, agitating the crowd.

And Elymas the magician withstood them, (for so was his name interpreted,) seeking to turn the proconsul from the faith.

And the unbelieving Jews, having been jealous, and having taken certain evil men of the vulgar, and excited to tumult, they disturbed the city by loud noise, and having stood against the house of Jason, they sought to bring them to the populace. And not having found them, they drew Jason and certain brethren to the rulers of the city, crying, That those having subverted the habitable globe, these also are present here; Which Jason has received: and these all do opposite to Caesar's enactments, saying, There is another king, Jesus.read more.
And they troubled the crowd and rulers of the city, having heard these. And having taken sufficient of Jason, and the rest, they loosed them.

And Saul was assenting to his murder. And in that day was a great expulsion upon the church in Jerusalem; and all were scattered up and down in the countries of Judea and Samaria, except the sent. And circumspect men interred Stephen, and made great lamentation over him. And Saul abused the church, going into houses, and drawing out men and women, delivered to prison.

For this, brethren, were we comforted in you in all our pressure, and necessity by your faith:

And the word of the Lord was conveyed through the whole country. And the Jews urged on the worshipping and distinguished women, and the first men of the city, and they raised up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and they cast them out of their bounds,

So that we ourselves boast in you in all the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your expulsions and pressures which ye endure: