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Then they went back to Jerusalem from the hill called the Olive-orchard, which is near Jerusalem, half a mile away.

Verse ConceptsSabbath, In NtWeights And Measures, DistancesSabbath Observedzealotswellness

This fact was well known to all the residents of Jerusalem, so that the piece of land came to be called in their language Akeldamach, the bloody field.)

Verse ConceptsField Of BloodCovered With Blood

Then they proposed two men, Joseph called Barsabbas, who was known as Justus, and Matthias.

Verse ConceptsTwo DisciplesLeadership Qualities

if it is for a benefit conferred upon a helpless man, and as to how he was cured, that we are called to account here today,

Verse ConceptsActs of KindnessKindnessHow Healing Came

So they called them in and ordered them not to speak or teach at all about the name of Jesus.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of believersSpeaking In Christ's NameMen's OrdersTeaching The Way Of Godpreaching

And they obeyed, and about daybreak went into the Temple and began to teach. The high priest and his party came over and called together the council and indeed the whole senate of the Israelites, and sent to the prison to have the apostles brought in.

Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersSanhedrinTeachersDaybreakTeaching In The ChurchAt DaybreakBringing People Out Of Other PlacesDisciples In The Temple

So they brought them before the council. The high priest called on them for an explanation.

Verse ConceptsInterrogating

The Lord said to him, "Get up and go to the street called the Straight Street, and ask at the house of Judas for a man named Saul, from Tarsus, for he is there praying.

Verse ConceptsRoadsStreetsStraight Paths

Now send men to Joppa, for a man named Simon, who is also called Peter.

When the angel who had spoken to him was gone, Cornelius called two of his servants, and a devout soldier who was one of his personal attendants,

Verse ConceptsDevout MenTwo Other Men

and they called out to ask if Simon who was called Peter was staying there.

Verse ConceptsAsking Particular QuestionsStaying Temporarily

So send to Joppa and invite Simon who is called Peter to come here. He is staying at the house of a tanner named Simon, close to the sea.'

Verse ConceptsGuestsHospitality, Examples OfSeashoresStaying Temporarily

Then he told us how he had seen the angel stand in his house and say, 'Send to Joppa for a man named Simon who is also called Peter,

Verse ConceptsAngels, as God's messengers

When he realized his situation, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John who was also called Mark, where a number of people were gathered, praying.

Verse ConceptsAgreement, Before GodHousesPrayer, In The ChurchSleeplessnessPrayer MeetingsChurch GatheringsPraying TogetherPrayer During PersecutionIdentity

When Barnabas and Saul had performed their mission to Jerusalem, they went back, taking John who was called Mark with them.

Verse ConceptsMissionaries, Task OfMissionaries

There were at Antioch in the church there a number of prophets and teachers??arnabas, Symeon who was called Niger, Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen, who had been brought up with Herod the governor, and Saul.

Verse ConceptsAfrican AmericansDoctrine, CommunicatedTeachersTetrarchChristian TeachersAnonymityRulers Of A FourthMissionaries

They called Barnabas Zeus, and Paul, because he was the principal speaker, Hermes.

Verse ConceptsPagan GodsFalse GodsBarnabasMythologyAcclaimingSpokesmen

When they arrived there, they called the church together, and reported how God had worked with them, and how he had opened the way to faith for the heathen.

Verse ConceptsAccess To God, The Characteristics OfFaith, Origins OfAssemblyevangelism, motivation forDoorsGod, Unity OfChurch GatheringsForeigners Saved By FaithGod's Deed RevealedFaith Kjv

So that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord, And all the heathen who are called by my name, Says the Lord,

Verse ConceptsSpiritual AdoptionResidueCalled By God's Name

Then the apostles and elders with the whole church resolved to select representatives and send them with Paul and Barnabas to Antioch. They were Judas who was called Barsabbas, and Silas, both leading men among the brothers.

Verse ConceptsVisitingChoosing PeoplePeople Sending PeopleThe Apostles In Action

Now Barnabas wanted to take John who was called Mark with them.

Verse ConceptsGoing Togetherflexibility

As soon as he had this vision, we made efforts to get on to Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to tell them the good news.

Verse ConceptsEvangelismevangelizing

and Jason has taken them in. They all disobey the emperor's decrees, and claim that someone else called Jesus is king."

Verse ConceptsdefianceKingship, DivineTreasonFalse Accusations, Examples OfWelcoming BelieversDifferent Personacting

Some of the crowd called upon Alexander, as the Jews had pushed him to the front, and he made a gesture with his hand and was going to speak in defense of them to the people.

Knowing that part of them were Sadducees and part of them Pharisees, Paul called out in the council, "Brothers, I am a Pharisee, and the son of Pharisees! It is for my hope for the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial!"

Verse ConceptsHope Object OfHope, As ConfidenceResurrection, Of BelieversSanhedrinStandingJewish SectsThe Dead Are Raisedgroupszealotspharisees

Paul called one of the officers and said to him, "Take this young man to the colonel, for he has something to tell him."

Verse ConceptsChiliarchs

So he took him to the colonel, and said, "The prisoner Paul called me to him and asked me to bring this young man to you, as he has something to say to you."

Verse ConceptsChiliarchs

Then he called in two of his officers and said to them, "Get two hundred men ready to march to Caesarea, with seventy mounted men and two hundred spear-men, by nine o'clock tonight."

Verse ConceptsTravelThe Number Two HundredRiding HorsesSeventiesTwo Other Men

As he said this in his defense, Festus called out, "You are raving, Paul! Your great learning is driving you mad!"

Verse ConceptsIntelligenceMockeryLunaticsEducation

and with difficulty coasted along it and reached a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.

Verse ConceptsHarborssailinghugs

As we passed under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we managed with great difficulty to secure the ship's boat.

Verse ConceptsSmallnessBoats

After our escape we learned that the island was called Malta.