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THE former record I made, Theophilus, of all things that Jesus began both to do and to teach,

Verse ConceptsBeginningFirst ActionsChrist TeachingBeginning To TeachIdentity In Christ

And while they were looking earnestly to ward heaven, as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white raiment,

Verse ConceptsClothing, Kinds OfWhiteAngels, Nt AppearancesLooking HeavenwardWhite ClothsTwo Angels

Therefore he purchased a field with the reward of his iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.

Verse ConceptsProperty, LandReward, HumanTreacheryDeath Of The Wicked, Examples OfReal EstateBowelsPeople Torn To PiecesPeople TumblingHurt And Betrayal

And it was known to all that dwelt in Jerusalem, so that the field is called, in their own language, Akeldama, that is, The field of blood.

Verse ConceptsField Of BloodCovered With Blood

Therefore, of these men who have associated with us during the whole time in which the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

Verse ConceptsMinistry, Qualifications ForLiving TogetherChrist With People On EarthGoing Out And Coming In

and praying, they said: Thou, Lord, who knowest the hearts of all, make known which of these two thou hast chosen,

Verse ConceptsGod, Omniscience OfChosen DisciplesGod And The Heart

And suddenly there came from heaven a sound as of a rushing, violent wind, and it filled the whole house in which they were sitting.

Verse ConceptsSymbolsHoly Spirit, Types OfSudden EventsThe Holy Spirit Described As The WindFilling HousesSitting In FellowshipGod In The WindSoundSymbols of the Holy Spirit

They were amazed and astonished, and said one to another: Are not all these that are speaking, Galileans?

Verse ConceptsBaptism Of The Holy SpiritMarvellingGod Is Just

And they were all in amazement and doubt, and said, one to another: What can this mean?

Verse ConceptsAmazingConfusionPuzzlementMeaning

But Peter standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice and said to them: Men of Judea, and all you that dwell in Jerusalem, be this known to you, and give ear to my words.

Verse ConceptsExplanationsCrowdsListeningPeter, The ApostleRevival, PersonalElevenPay Attention To People!uncertainty

And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, that I will pour out of my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.

Verse ConceptsdaughtersProphecy, In NtSonsPouringVisionsEnd Of The AgesHope For Old PeopleVisions From GodProphesying In The Churchend times prophecyEnd Of Days

And also on my servants and on my handmaids, I will pour out of my Spirit in those days, and they shall prophesy.

Verse ConceptsServanthood, In Life Of BelieversServants Of The LordServants Of PeopleProphesying In The Church

And while he was holding to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch called Solomon s, greatly astonished.

Verse ConceptsSolomon, Life OfPorchesClinging To PeopleGateways Of The TempleGroups Running

And his name, by faith in his name, has made this man strong whom you see and know; even the faith which is by him, has given him this entire soundness in the presence of you all.

Verse ConceptsFaith, Origins OfFaith, And Blessings Of GodChrist's Authority Over SicknessGod Strengthening PeopleIn The Name Of ChristHealth Achievedfaith and strengthFaith And HealingStrength And FaithIn His Namewholeness

For Moses said to the fathers, A prophet like me shall the Lord your God raise up for you from among your brethren; him shall you hear in all things that he shall say to you.

Verse ConceptsGod, Unity OfMoses, Significance OfChrist Like PeopleJesus The Prophet

And it shall come to pass, that every soul that will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.

Verse ConceptsGod Is ImmanentGod Will Kill His People

And all the prophets, from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have also foretold these days.

Verse ConceptsNamed Prophets Of The Lord

While they were speaking to the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees came upon them,

Verse ConceptsCaptainsGuardsJewish SectsWhile Still SpeakingPriests In Action

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

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

saying: What shall we do with these men? For that an evident sign has been done by them, is manifest to all that dwell in Jerusalem, and we can not deny it.

Verse ConceptsContradictingOther MiraclesSigns And Wonders Of The Gospel

And they called them in, and commanded them to speak no more at all, nor to teach, in the name of Jesus.

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

And when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing for which they could punish them, because of the people; for they all glorified God on ac count of that which had been done;

Verse ConceptsPeople Set Free By PeopleSpecific Praising Of God

And having been released, they went to their own, and told all that the chief priests and elders had said to them.

Verse ConceptsChief priestsPeople Set Free By PeopleTelling What People Saidelders

And when they heard it, they lifted up their voice with one consent to God, and said: Lord, thou art God, who didst make the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all things that are in them; who, by the mouth of David thy servant, didst say,

Verse ConceptsAgreement, Before GodCreation, Origin OfGod's Ownership Of EverythingPraying LoudlyEarth, Creation OfNatureCreation Of The Physical HeavensSeaPrayer MeetingsPraying Together

While it remained unsold, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was it not at your own disposal? Why have you purposed this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men, but to God.

Verse ConceptsCommunismGod Hating LyingAuthorityGod Hates Lying

And having heard this, they entered the temple, early in the morning, and taught. But the chief priest, and those who were with him, came and called together the Sanhedrin, and all the eldership of the sons of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

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

saying: "We found the prison closed with all safety, and the guards standing before the doors; but when we had opened, we found no one within.

Verse ConceptsKeysStandingPrison KeepersEmpty PlacesShutting DoorsLocks And Barspreppingjail

Then arose a certain man in the Sanhedrin, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, who was honored by all the people; and he commanded them to put the apostles out for a little while,

Verse ConceptsIntelligenceStatusTeachers Of The LawJewish SectsScholarsSchools

and said to them: Men of Israel, consider well with yourselves what you are about to do to these men.

Verse ConceptsWise CouncelThought

For before these days Theudas arose, declaring himself to be some great one; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves; and he was slain; and all, as many as believed him, were scattered and brought to naught.

Verse ConceptsClaimsFour To Five HundredFour And Five HundredGreat IndividualsPeople Following PeopleScattering FollowersKilling Named Individualsmovement

After this man, Judas the Galilean arose, in the days of the enrollment, and drew over many people after him; and he was destroyed, and all, as many as believed him, were scattered.

Verse ConceptsCensusHistoryPeople Following PeopleScattering Followers

And now I say to you, keep away from these men, and let them alone; for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to an end;

Verse ConceptsGood Human AdviceLeave Them AloneMan's TeachingWork Ethicmovement

And the speech pleased the whole multitude; and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip and Prochorus and Nicanor and Timon and Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte of Antioch,

Verse ConceptsExamples Of FaithFaith, Growth InJudaismSpiritualityIndwelling Of The Holy SpiritAntioch in SyriaProselytesBeing Filled With The SpiritBelieving In GodOthers Believing In God

For we have heard him say, that this Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this place, and will change the customs which Moses delivered to us.

Verse ConceptsAbolitionDestruction Of The Temple

And all that sat in the Sanhedrin, looking earnestly upon him, saw his face that it was like the face of an angel.

Verse ConceptsRadiancyShining FacesRadiant LivesAurasLike Angelsserenity

He replied: Brethren and fathers, hear: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, while he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,

Verse ConceptsGod, Glory OfAbrahamGod, Unity OfGod AppearingPay Attention To People!

and said to him: Get out from your land, and from your kindred, and come into a land that I will show you.

Verse ConceptsAbrahamPilgrimsSeparating From Relativesland

And the nation to which they shall be in bondage I will judge, said God; and after that, they shall come forth and serve me in this place.

Verse ConceptsLeaving EgyptWorshipping God

and delivered him from all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharoah, king of Egypt: and he made him governor over Egypt, and his whole house.

Verse ConceptsGiving, Of TalentsDiscernment Of GovernorsRescueRulersWisdom, Human ImportanceGod Gives WisdomAfflictions

And there came a famine, and great affliction on the whole land of Egypt, and of Chanaan: and our fathers found no sustenance.

Verse ConceptsFamine, Examples OfNo Food

And Joseph sent and called to him his father Jacob, and all his kindred, seventy-five souls.

Verse ConceptsSeventies

I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and I have come down to deliver them; and now come, and I will send you into Egypt.

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

This is that Moses, who said to the sons of Israel, A prophet like me will the Lord your God raise up for you from among your brethren; him shall you hear.

Verse ConceptsChrist Like PeopleJesus The Prophet

Yes, you took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your God Remphan, images which you made to worship; and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.

Verse ConceptsFalse GodsBabylon, Israel Exiled ToBabylon, In NtShrinesExile In Prospect

Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What house will -you build me? says the Lord; or what is the place of my rest?

Verse ConceptsFootstoolsFeetGod, Sovereignty OfHeaven, Nature OfGod Is TranscendentHeaven, God's ThroneGod's DwellingWhat Kind?God Being Outside Of Creationfootprints

And he kneeled down and cried with a loud voice: Lord, let not this sin stand against them. And when he had said this, he fell asleep. And Saul was well pleased with his death.

Verse ConceptsIntercessionPraying LoudlyAttitudes, in prayerKneelingParticipation, In SinPeace, Believers Experience OfPrayer, For OthersSleep, And DeathIntercessory PrayerEnemies, Christian Response ToGod Forgive!Martyrdom

And at that time there was a great persecution against the church that was in Jerusalem; and they were all dispersed throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.

Verse ConceptsFugitivesChristiansdispersion, theJerusalem, Significance OfSamaritansChurch, Description OfChurch, Examples OfThe Church ScatteredAssentingApproval To KillThe Apostles In Action

to whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying: This man is the great power of God.

Verse ConceptsGreat And SmallArrogantly Like GodPowerful Individuals

And he arose and went. And be hold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, the queen of the Ethiopians, who had charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem to worship,

Verse ConceptseunuchsJudaismQueensTravelTreasurerProselytes

But Philip was found at Azotus, and, passing through, he preached the gospel in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea

Verse ConceptsMission, Of The ChurchTravelevangelizing

and here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all that call upon thy name.

Verse ConceptsHuman Authority, Nature OfChief priestsSanhedrinAuthority Delegated To PeopleTying Up

And all that heard him were astonished, and said: Is not this he who destroyed in Jerusalem those that call on this name, and who has come hither for this purpose, that he might carry them bound to the chief priests?

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

And having come to Jerusalem, he attempted to associate with the disciples: and they were all afraid of him, for they did not believe that he was a disciple.

Verse ConceptsJoined To The ChurchFear Of IndividualsAcceptanceDiscipleshipdamascustrying

And it came to pass that Peter, passing through all the places, came down also to the saints that dwelt in Lydda.

Verse ConceptsSaintsVisiting

and all that dwelt in Lydda and Saron saw him; and they turned to the Lord.

Verse ConceptsConversion, examples ofReligious AwakeningsTurning To God

Then Peter arose, and went with them; and when he had come, they brought him into the upper room; and all the widows stood by him weeping, and showing the coats and garments that Dorcas made while she was with them.

Verse ConceptsClothBereavement, Experience OfStairwaysDressMournersWidowsClothing The NeedyOuter GarmentsInner GarmentsActual WidowsUpper RoomsMourning The Death Of Otherssisterhood

But Peter put them all out, and kneeled down and prayed; and turning to the body, he said: Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes; and when she saw Peter, she sat up.

Verse ConceptsAnswered PrayerKneelingPrayer, Answers ToPrayer, In The ChurchPrayer, Practicalities OfMiracles Of PeterReceiving SightGet Up!Groups Sent AwayPeople Getting UpNamed Individuals Who Prayed

And it was known throughout all Joppa, and many believed on the Lord.

Verse ConceptsFaith, Origins OfMany In The ChurchKnowing Facts

and having made known all things to them, he sent them to Joppa.

And he became very hungry, and desired to eat; but while they were making ready, he fell into a trance;

Verse ConceptsHunger, Examples OfHousetopsPreparing Foodhunger

In this were all kinds of four-footed beasts of the earth, and wild beasts and creeping things and birds of the air.

Verse ConceptsGod, Impartiality OfBeastsFour Other ThingsMammalsForbidden Food

Now, while Peter was perplexed within himself about the meaning of the vision which he had seen, behold, the men who had been sent from Cornelius, having made inquiry for the house of Simon, stood before the gate.

Verse ConceptsGatesComing To GatesAsking Particular QuestionsPuzzlementPeople Sending People

While Peter was thinking of the vision, the Spirit said to him: Behold, three men ask for you:

Verse ConceptsMind, Of ChristThe Spirit SpeakingThose Looking For People

They replied: Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that fears God, and of good report among the whole nation of the Jews, was instructed by a holy angel to call you to his house, and to hear words from you.

Verse ConceptsSpecific Holy Individuals

Send, therefore, to Joppa, and call for Simon, who is surnamed Peter: he lodges in the house of Simon a tanner, by the sea; who, when he comes, will speak to you.

Verse ConceptsGuestsHospitality, Examples OfSeashoresStaying Temporarily

Therefore, I immediately sent to you; and you have done well in coming. Now, there fore, we are all here present before God, to hear all things that are given in charge to you by God.

Verse ConceptseagernessHearing God's Word