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How then does each of us hear his own native language spoken by them?

Verse ConceptsLanguagespeaking

And they were all astonished and perplexed, saying one to another, What does this mean?

Verse ConceptsAmazingConfusionPuzzlementMeaning

And every soul who does not give attention to that prophet, will be cut off from among the people.

Verse ConceptsGod Is ImmanentGod Will Kill His People

"be it known to all of you, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ, the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, in him does this man stand before you strong and well.

Verse ConceptsCuresGod, Power OfPeter, Preacher And TeacherAtonement, By Christ AloneIn The Name Of ChristGod Raising ChristChrist Was KilledHow Healing Came

However, so this does not spread any further among the people, let’s threaten them against speaking to anyone in this name again.”

Verse ConceptsSpreadingPersecution, Forms OfWitnessing, And Holy SpiritSpeaking In Christ's NameSpreading The Gospel

And they set false witnesses, saying, This man does not cease speaking words against the holy place and the law;

Verse ConceptsCrimesHoliness, As Set Apart For GodJudaism

Now this was the passage of Scripture that he was reading: "Like a sheep He was led away to be slaughtered, and just as a lamb is dumb before its shearer, so He does not open His mouth.

Verse ConceptsLambsMutenessSilenceJesus Christ, Meekness OfSheep ShearingHumility Of ChristPatience, The Nature OfChrist Being SilentChrist Was KilledUse Of The Scriptures

And the eunuch answered and said to Philip, Of whom I pray you does the prophet say this? of himself or of some other one?

Verse ConceptsWho Is This?

And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what does hinder me to be baptized?

Verse ConceptsRoadsSin, Accepting Forgiveness OfWater For BaptismChristian BaptismHindrancesBaptism

They said, "Cornelius, a [military] man in charge of one hundred soldiers, [and] a man who does what is right, [and] who respects God and who has a good reputation among all the Jews [who know him], was urged by God through a holy angel to have you come to his house so he could hear you speak [about salvation, See 11:14]."

Verse ConceptsSpecific Holy Individuals

that the rest of men may seek the Lord, even all the nations on whom my name has been called, says the Lord who does these things,

Verse ConceptsSpiritual AdoptionResidueCalled By God's Name

he that does all these things, is the Lord himself that has said it." for the works of God are all known to him from the beginning of the world.

Verse ConceptsGod Speaking Of OldGod's Things Revealed

And some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers disputed with him, and some said, What does this trifler mean to say? And others, He seems to be a preacher of strange demons; because he preached to them Jesus and the resurrection.

Verse ConceptsBabblersevangelism, nature ofPhilosophyResurrection, Of The DeadFalse Teachers, Examples OfScoffersAmateursAmbiguityEncouraged To Serve Foreign gods

Then, all of them [Note: This "all" could refer to the Greeks, the Jews or the Roman officers. Since the text does not specify, it seems most reasonable to suggest it was the Romans] grabbed Sosthenes, the leader of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the court of justice. But Gallio showed no interest in the whole affair.

Verse ConceptsFloggingBeating Believers

At last the city recorder quieted the mob and said: "Men of Ephesus, who in the world does not know that the city of Ephesus is the guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of the image that fell down from heaven?

Verse ConceptsFalling From Heaven

As also the high priest does bear me witness, and all the council of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them who were there bound unto Jerusalem, to be punished.

Verse ConceptsLettersSanhedrin

as they were tying him with thongs, Paul said to the centurion, does the law allow to scourge a Roman citizen, and without any trial?

Verse ConceptsempiresRevenge, And RetaliationRoman CitizensScourgingBreaking Man's LawNo CondemnationTying UpCitizens

When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman.

Verse ConceptsWhat Do You Do?Chiliarchs

And Festus says, O king Agrippa, and all ye men present with us, you see this man, concerning whom the whole multitude of the Jews is besieging me, both at Jerusalem and here, crying out that it does not behoove him to live any longer.

Verse ConceptsDeath As PunishmentIsrael Hardened

"For it does seem to me unreasonable to send a person without signifying the charges against him."

Verse ConceptsPeople Accusing People

And as he thus spoke for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, you are beside yourself; much learning does make you mad.

Verse ConceptsIntelligenceMockeryLunaticsEducation

and having gone apart, they spoke to one another saying, This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.

When the natives saw the reptile hanging on his hand, they began saying to one another, "No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped from the sea, yet justice does not allow him to live."

Verse ConceptsBarbariansUncharitablenessHow Death Is InevitableEscaping EvilJudged As Murderers