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Do you want to kill me, the same way you killed the Egyptian yesterday?

Verse ConceptsAttempting To Kill Me

And he has authority here from the chief priests to arrest all who call on Your name.”

Verse ConceptsHuman Authority, Nature OfChief priestsSanhedrinAuthority Delegated To PeopleTying Up

Now send men to Joppa and call for Simon, who is also named Peter.

Then a voice said to him, “Get up, Peter; kill and eat!”

Verse ConceptsGathering FoodKilling Wild AnimalsGet Up!Rising

Again, a second time, a voice said to him, “What God has made clean, you must not call common.”

Verse ConceptsAbolish, Temporary ThingsAcceptance, Of One AnotherSpeaking AgainLack Of HolinessGod's Callpork

They said, “Cornelius, a centurion, an upright and God-fearing man, who has a good reputation with the whole Jewish nation, was divinely directed by a holy angel to call you to his house and to hear a message from you.”

Verse ConceptsSpecific Holy Individuals

Peter said to them, “You know it’s forbidden for a Jewish man to associate with or visit a foreigner. But God has shown me that I must not call any person common or unclean.

Verse ConceptsExclusivenessGentiles, In NtClean, Spiritual UseequalityRacial PrejudiceBigotryRacismDisfellowshipPeople Being UncleanAvoiding ForeignersUnrelated PeopleBreaking Man's LawJews Separate From GentilesLack Of Holiness

Then I also heard a voice telling me, ‘Get up, Peter; kill and eat!’

Verse ConceptsKilling Wild AnimalsGet Up!

But a voice answered from heaven a second time, ‘What God has made clean, you must not call common.’

Verse ConceptsGod Speaks From HeavenLack Of Holiness

He reported to us how he had seen the angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa, and call for Simon, who is also named Peter.

Verse ConceptsAngels, as God's messengers

And they started to call Barnabas, Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the main speaker.

Verse ConceptsPagan GodsFalse GodsBarnabasMythologyAcclaimingSpokesmen

When the jailer woke up and saw the doors of the prison open, he drew his sword and was going to kill himself, since he thought the prisoners had escaped.

Verse ConceptsSuicideSwordsEscaping From Peoplejail

While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack against Paul and brought him to the judge’s bench.

Verse ConceptsProconsulDerisionProvincesPersecution Of The Apostle Paul

As Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of a crime or of moral evil, it would be reasonable for me to put up with you Jews.

Then they all seized Sosthenes, the leader of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the judge’s bench. But none of these things concerned Gallio.

Verse ConceptsFloggingBeating Believers

As they were trying to kill him, word went up to the commander of the regiment that all Jerusalem was in chaos.

Verse ConceptsConfusion, Examples OfArmies, RomanAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleChiliarchs

So now you, along with the Sanhedrin, make a request to the commander that he bring him down to you as if you were going to investigate his case more thoroughly. However, before he gets near, we are ready to kill him.”

Verse ConceptsInvestigatingPreparing For ActionAttempting To Kill Specific People

Don’t let them persuade you, because there are more than 40 of them arranging to ambush him, men who have bound themselves under a curse not to eat or drink until they kill him. Now they are ready, waiting for a commitment from you.”

Verse ConceptsPeople WaitingAmbushPreparing For ActionFortiesAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleDo Not Listen!Vowing To FastPeople Bound By Oaths

But I confess this to you: I worship my fathers’ God according to the Way, which they call a sect, believing all the things that are written in the Law and in the Prophets.

Verse ConceptsFollowing Jesus ChristHeresiesSectsWay, TheFaith, Object OfBelieving ProphetsTaking The Law To HeartWritten In The ProphetsWorshiping TogetherBeing DifferentbeliefconfessingChristians Are Called Followers Of The Way

asking him to do them a favor against Paul, that he might summon him to Jerusalem. They were preparing an ambush along the road to kill him.

Verse ConceptsAskingImportunity, Towards PeopleSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfAmbushAttempting To Kill Specific People

After some days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice arrived in Caesarea and paid a courtesy call on Festus.

Verse ConceptsSpoken Greetings

For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple complex and were trying to kill me.

Verse ConceptsAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleDisciples In The Temple

The soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners so that no one could swim away and escape.

Verse ConceptsSwimmingNo EscapeAttempting To Kill Specific People