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While he was meeting with them, he ordered them, "Don't leave Jerusalem. Instead, wait for what the Father has promised, about which you heard me speak,

Verse ConceptsBaptism Of The Holy SpiritGiftsThe Holy Spirit Described As God's GiftChrist's OrdersThe Father

When that sound came, a crowd quickly gathered, startled because each one heard the disciples speaking in his own language.

Verse ConceptsCrowdsGod, Impartiality OfLanguages ConfusedBewildermentPuzzlementAll LanguagesLanguage

That is why my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices, yes, even my body still rests securely in hope.

Verse ConceptsTongueProvision For The Body

For in this city both Herod and Pontius Pilate actually met together with unbelievers and the people of Israel to oppose your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed,

Verse ConceptsAnointing, Of ChristJesus Christ, Holiness OfChrist, Character OfProphecies Concerning ChristChrist, Names ForThe Anointed OneAntagonism From Jew And GentileNamed Gentile Rulers

And great fear seized the whole church and everyone else who heard about this.

Verse ConceptsChristiansFear Of God, Examples OfThe Church UniversalThose Frightened Of God

After the apostles heard this, they went into the Temple at daybreak and began to teach. The high priest and those who were with him arrived, called the Council and all the elders of Israel together, and sent word to the prison to have the men brought in.

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

When the commander of the Temple guards and the high priests heard these words, they were utterly at a loss as to what could have happened to them.

Verse ConceptsCaptainsChief priestsPuzzlement

When the Council heard this, they became furious and wanted to kill them.

Verse ConceptsAngry With ChristAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleWork Ethic

For we have heard him say that this Jesus from Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us."

Verse ConceptsAbolitionDestruction Of The Temple

But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our ancestors on their first trip.

Verse ConceptsFirst Actions

I have surely seen the oppression of my people in Egypt, I've heard their groans, and I've come down to rescue them. Now come, I'll send you to Egypt.'

Verse ConceptsAnswered PrayerOppression, God's Attitude ToRescueAnswered PromisesGod Seeing Their AfflictionGod Saving From EnemiesOppressorsGod Sending His SonGod Sending Prophets

Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaritans had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.

Verse ConceptsMissionaries, Support ForAcceptance, Of The GospelThe Apostles In ActionAcceptance

You have no part or share in what we're saying, because your heart isn't right with God.

Verse ConceptsGod And The HeartMinistry

So repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, your heart's intent may be forgiven you.

Verse ConceptsGospel, Requirements OfMan's PurposesGod Will ForgiveGod's ForgivenessForgiveness Kjv

So Philip ran up to it and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah out loud. Philip asked, "Do you understand what you're reading?"

Verse ConceptsReading The ScripturesDo You Understand?Named Prophets Of The LordReading The Bible

He dropped to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul! Why are you persecuting me?"

Verse ConceptsAn Overpowering PresenceDuplicating WordsBowing Before MessiahPersecutiondamascus

Meanwhile, the men who were traveling with Saul were standing speechless, for they heard the voice but didn't see anyone.

Verse ConceptsHearing ChristNot Seeing Spiritual Things

But Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard many people tell how much evil this man has done to your saints in Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsSaintsPeople Actually Doing Evil

Everyone who heard him was astonished and said, "This is the man who harassed those who were calling on Jesus' name in Jerusalem, isn't it? Didn't he come here to bring them in chains to the high priests?"

Verse ConceptsPrisonersKilling DisciplesCalling In Christ's NameIs It Really?Tying Up

Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples heard that Peter was there and sent two men to him and begged him, "Come here quickly!"

Verse ConceptsTwo Disciples

because they heard them speaking in foreign languages and praising God. Then Peter said,

Verse ConceptsBaptism Of The Holy SpiritCharismatic IssuesSpecific Praising Of God

Now the apostles and the brothers who were in Judea heard that the gentiles had also accepted the word of God.

Verse ConceptsAcceptance, Of The GospelThe Gentiles ConversionForeigners Saved By FaithThe Apostles In Action

I also heard a voice telling me, "Get up, Peter! Kill something and eat it.'

Verse ConceptsKilling Wild AnimalsGet Up!

When the church in Jerusalem heard this news, they sent Barnabas all the way to Antioch.

Verse ConceptsExamples Of FaithChurchGood NewsPeople Sending People

About that time, Herod arrested some people who belonged to the church and mistreated them.

Verse ConceptsPersecution, Forms OfLaying On Hands For Evilharassment

When he arrested Peter, Herod put him in prison and turned him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him, planning to bring him out to the people after Passover season.

Verse ConceptsGuardsImprisonmentsPassoverPrisonersPunishment, Legal Aspects OfSoldiersFour GroupsEasterPeople Releasing Othersjail

That very night, before Herod was going to bring him out, Peter, bound with two chains, was sleeping between two soldiers, and guards in front of the door were watching the prisoners.

Verse ConceptsLeisure, And PastimesSleep, PhysicalGod Is ImmanentIron ChainsDuring One NightTwo Other ThingsTwo Other MenSleeping Peacefullytrailsjail

Then Peter came to himself and said, "Now I'm sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from Herod and from everything the Jewish people were expecting!"

Verse ConceptsSafetySelf KnowledgeAngels Doing God's WorkChrist Sendingexpectations

Herod searched for him but didn't find him, so he questioned the guards and ordered them to be executed. Then he left Judea, went down to Caesarea, and stayed there for a while.

Verse ConceptsCommands, in NTNot FindingSeeking But Not Finding People

Now Herod had been in a violent quarrel with the people of Tyre and Sidon. So they came to him as a group. After they had won over Blastus, who oversaw security for the king's sleeping quarters, they asked for a peace agreement because their country depended on the king's country for food.

Verse ConceptsChamberlainsPeople Providing FoodNamed People Angry With OthersPrivate Rooms

Therefore, at a set time Herod put on his royal robes, sat down on the royal seat, and made a speech to them.

Verse ConceptsClothingJudgment SeatRobesThroneRich ApparelThe Time AppointedDistinctive Clothing

Now Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius from Cyrene, Manaen, who grew up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul were prophets and teachers in the church at Antioch.

Verse ConceptsAfrican AmericansDoctrine, CommunicatedTeachersTetrarchChristian TeachersAnonymityRulers Of A FourthMissionaries

Then God removed Saul and made David their king, about whom he testified, "I have found that David, the son of Jesse, is a man after my own heart, who will carry out all my wishes.'

Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfHeart, DivineSpiritualityThe Witness Of GodDoing God's WillDeposingSaul And DavidReflecting God's Heart

When the gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord. Meanwhile, all who had been destined to eternal life believed,

Verse ConceptsGentiles, In NtHappinessHonouring GodPredestined PeopleThe Call Of GodPredestination, Of PersonsReligious AwakeningsThe Gentiles ConversionThose Who Believed In ChristElect

But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting,

Verse ConceptsTearing Of ClothesClothing, Tearing OfApostles, DescriptionIndividuals RunningThose Who Tore Clothes

Greetings. We have heard that some men, coming from us without instructions from us, have said things to trouble you and have unsettled you.

Verse ConceptsHeresyMen's OrdersTroubling Groups Of People

A woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a dealer in purple goods, was listening to us. She was a worshiper of God, and the Lord opened her heart to listen carefully to what was being said by Paul.

Verse ConceptsHearingListeningColors, PurpleReceptivenessResponseProselytesThe Act Of OpeningOpening To OthersPurple ClothMissionariesevangelising

But Paul shouted in a loud voice, "Don't hurt yourself, because we are all here!"

Verse ConceptsIndividuals ShoutingHarming OneselfIn Men's PresenceChanging Yourselfoverworking

The guards reported these words to the magistrates, and they became afraid when they heard that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens.

The crowd and the city officials were upset when they heard this,

Verse ConceptsConfusionInciting To Evil

When they heard about a resurrection of the dead, some began joking about it, while others said, "We will hear you again about this."

Verse ConceptsAbuse, To God's PeopleGospel, Responses ToInsultsMockeryNosesPreaching, Effects OfSaying RepeatedlyAre The Dead Raised?Mocking Christflexibility

He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him home and explained God's way to him more accurately.

Verse Conceptsevangelists, identity ofevangelism, kinds ofBoldness, Proclaiming GospelImportunity, Towards PeopleBoldness Examples OfApolloscouples

and asked them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" They answered him, "No, we haven't even heard that there is a Holy Spirit."

Verse ConceptsBaptism Of The Holy SpiritSpiritual UnderstandingThe Outpouring Of The Holy Spirit,God Not ExistingReceiving The SpiritBaptismghosts

This went on for two years, so that all who lived in Asia, Jews and Greeks alike, heard the word of the Lord.

Verse ConceptsLordship, Human And DivineWordsProvincesTwo YearsThe Gospel To Jew And Gentilespace

When they heard this, they became furious and began to shout, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"

Verse ConceptsShoutingAngry People

When we heard this, we and the people who lived there begged Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.

When they heard about it, they praised God and told him, "You see, brother, how many tens of thousands of believers there are among the Jews, and all of them are zealous for the Law.

Verse ConceptsZealMany In The ChurchSalvation For IsraelSpecific Praising Of GodTaking The Law To Heartzealots

When they heard him speaking to them in Hebrew, they became even more quiet, and he continued:

Verse ConceptsIndividuals Being Silent

I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, "Saul! Saul! Why are you persecuting me?'

Verse ConceptsDuplicating WordsPeople Tumbling

When the centurion heard this, he went to the tribune and told him, "What are you doing? This man is a Roman citizen!"

Verse ConceptsWhat Do You Do?Chiliarchs

But the son of Paul's sister heard about the ambush, so he came and got into the barracks and told Paul.

Verse ConceptsAmbushThings Revealed

he said, "I will hear your case when your accusers arrive." Then he ordered Paul to be kept in custody in Herod's palace.

Verse ConceptsGuardsPalacesPunishment, Legal Aspects Of

"All of us fell to the ground, and I heard a voice asking me in the Hebrew language, "Saul! Saul! Why are you persecuting me? It is hurting you to keep on kicking against the cattle prods.'

Verse ConceptsGoadsLanguagesPainStriving With GodUnion With Christ, Significance OfLanguages Mentioned In ScriptureDuplicating WordsSharp ToolsKickingPeople Tumbling

The brothers there heard about us and came as far as the Forum of Appius and the Three Taverns to meet us. When Paul saw them, he thanked God and felt encouraged.

Verse ConceptsMissionaries, Support ForRomeSuffering, Encouragements InThanksgivingVisitingBraveryMeeting PeopleThree Other ThingsThanking God For PeoplePeople Encouraging Others

For this people's minds have become stupid, and their ears can barely hear, and they have shut their eyes so that they may never see with their eyes, and listen with their ears, and understand with their heart and turn and let me heal them."'

Verse ConceptsHardened HeartsLack Of DiscernmentHeart, Fallen And RedeemedIndifferenceInsensibilityDullnessNature Of The HeartRefusing To HearNot Seeing Spiritual ThingsBeing Without UnderstandingFeelingGod Heals