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And dwelling at Jerusalem there were Jews, devout men out of every nation under heaven.

Verse ConceptsBaptism, Places UsedJudaismReverence, And ObedienceAll Nationspiety

Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya around Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,

Verse ConceptsLanguages Mentioned In ScriptureProselytes

But Peter, standing up with the Eleven, lifted up his voice and said to them, Men, Jews, and all who dwell at Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to my words.

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

And after many days had been fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him.

Verse ConceptsSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfIsrael HardenedConspiracy

And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man and one who fears God, and one of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and to hear words from you.

Verse ConceptsSpecific Holy Individuals

Then, indeed, they who were scattered abroad by the persecution that rose about Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, preaching the Word to no one except the Jews.

Verse Conceptsdispersion, theJews, TheMission, Of The ChurchTravelAntioch in SyriaThe Church ScatteredSalvation For IsraelThe Gospel To Jew And GentilePersecution

And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he went further to seize Peter also. (And they were days of Unleavened Bread.)

Verse ConceptsFeast Of Unleavened BreadPublic Opinion

And having come to himself, Peter said, Now I know surely that the Lord has sent His angel and has delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

Verse ConceptsSafetySelf KnowledgeAngels Doing God's WorkChrist Sendingexpectations

And when they were at Salamis, they announced the Word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they also had John as an assistant.

Verse ConceptsCongregation

And the Jews having gone out of the synagogue, the nations begged that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.

Verse ConceptseagernessOn The Sabbath

And the synagogue being broken up, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas; who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.

Verse Conceptsencouragement, examples ofDevout MenGrace, And Christian LifeJudaismProselytesPersevering To The EndMany In The Church

But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy and contradicted those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.

Verse ConceptsJealousyPersecution, Forms OfEnvy, Example OfContradictingMaking Israel Jealous

But the Jews stirred up the devout and honorable women, and the chief ones of the city, and raised a persecution against Paul and Barnabas. And they threw them out of their borders.

Verse ConceptsDevout MenIntoleranceInciting To EvilUnbelief, As Response To GodPersecution, OriginPersecution Of The Apostle Paul

And it happened in Iconium, they both went together into the synagogue of the Jews, and spoke so as a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed.

Verse ConceptsCongregationevangelists, ministry ofevangelism, kinds ofGrowthHabitsPaul, Life OfMany In The ChurchAntagonism From Jew And Gentile

But the multitude of the city was divided. And part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles.

Verse ConceptsDissensionDivisions Of OpinionIsrael HardenedThe Apostles In Action

And when there was an assault made by both the nations and the Jews, with their rulers, in order to insult and to stone them,

Verse ConceptsSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfTrapPersecution Of The Apostle PaulAntagonism From Jew And GentileFear Of Stoning

And Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there, who, having persuaded the people, and having stoned Paul, they drew him out of the city, supposing him to have died.

Verse ConceptsAbandonmentevangelists, ministry ofPersuasionInciting To EvilStoningPersecution Of The Apostle PaulPulling PeopleAttempting To Kill Specific People

Paul wanted him to go with him, and taking him he circumcised him, because of the Jews who were in those places; for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

Verse ConceptsCircumcision, physicalMissionary Work, Examples OfGoing TogetherIsrael HardenedJews

And bringing them near to the judges, they said, These men, being Jews, are exceedingly troubling our city.

Verse ConceptsFalse Accusations, Examples OfTroubling Groups Of Peoplerelentless

And traveling through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.

Verse Conceptsevangelism, kinds ofPaul, Life Of

But the disobeying Jews becoming jealous, and having taken aside some wicked men of the market-loafers, and gathering a crowd, they set all the city in an uproar. And coming on the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the mob.

Verse ConceptsEnvyIntoleranceJealousyMarketsUnbelieversEnvy, Example OfUnbelief, Examples OfDisorder Among PeopleBringing People Out Of Other PlacesIsrael HardenedMaking Israel Jealous

And the brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea. They, when they arrived, went into the synagogue of the Jews.

Verse Conceptsevangelism, kinds ofDuring One Night

But when the Jews from Thessalonica knew that the Word of God was preached by Paul at Berea, they came there also and stirred up the people.

Verse ConceptsGospel, Responses ToPreaching, Effects OfInciting To EvilSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfUnbelief, As Response To GodIsrael Hardened

Then indeed he addressed the Jews in the synagogue, and those worshiping, and daily in the market, to those happening to be there.

Verse Conceptsevangelism, kinds ofDevout MenReasonWitnessing, Approaches ToDisputesMarketplacesProselytesDiscussionsmarketing

And finding a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy with his wife Priscilla (because Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome) Paul came to them.

Verse Conceptsevangelism, motivation forempiresCaesarCommands, in NTPunishment, Legal Aspects OfRefugeesGood Wives ExamplesAquilaRoman EmperorsGroups Sent Away

And when Silas and Timothy had come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit and testified to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.

Verse ConceptsPreaching, Content OfPreaching, Importance OfPreaching ChristSaid To Be The ChristSalvation For IsraelSubsequent Witness To ChristNervousness

But Gallio being pro-consul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rushed against Paul and brought him to the judgment seat,

Verse ConceptsProconsulDerisionProvincesPersecution Of The Apostle Paul

And Paul being about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, If indeed then, it was anything wrong or wicked criminality, O Jews, according to reason I would endure you.

And he came to Ephesus and left them there. But he himself entered into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.

Verse Conceptsevangelism, kinds ofAquilaDiscussions

And this happened over two years, so that all those living in Asia heard the Word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.

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

And certain from the strolling Jews, exorcists, undertook to name the name of the Lord Jesus over those having evil spirits, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.

Verse ConceptsMagical Arts, Practice Ofdriving outSuperstitionAdjurationWanderersPeople Casting Out DemonsIn The Name Of ChristThose DemonisedDemonsCasting Out Demons

And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks who lived at Ephesus, and fear fell on all of them, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.

Verse ConceptsHonorMiracles, Responses ToFear, Of UnknownShowing Forth His PraiseThe Gospel To Jew And GentileThings Manifest

And they dragged Alexander forward out of the crowd, the Jews thrusting him forward. And waving his hand Alexander desired to defend himself to the mob.

And spending three months there, there being a plot against him by the Jews, being about to sail into Syria, he proposed to return through Macedonia.

Verse ConceptsConspiraciesSeafaringSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfTrapTwo To Four MonthsIsrael Hardened

And coming to us, and taking Paul's belt, and binding his hands and feet, he said, The Holy Spirit says these things: So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man whose belt this is, and will deliver him into the hands of the nations.

Verse ConceptsBeltsWarning IndividualsSuffering From ForeignersSpeaking By The SpiritTying Up

And hearing, they glorified the Lord, and said to him, You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who believe, and they are all zealous of the Law.

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

And they are informed concerning you, that you teach all the Jews who are among the nations to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, nor to walk after the customs.

Verse ConceptsCustomPersecution, Forms OfUncircumcisionApostasy, Types OfMisteachingNecessity Of CircumcisionThe Gospel To Jew And Gentileapostasy

And when the seven days were about to be completed, the Jews who were from Asia, having seen him in the temple, stirred up all the crowd and laid hands on him,

Verse ConceptsInciting To EvilSeven DaysDisciples In The TempleSeven Days For Legal Purposes

And one Ananias, a devout man according to the Law, testified to by all the Jews who lived there,

Verse Conceptsevangelism, kinds ofDevout MenCharacter Of SaintsTaking The Law To Heartdamascuspiety

On the next day, he desiring to know with certainty why he was accused by the Jews, he freed him from his bonds, and commanded the chief priests and all their sanhedrin to appear. And bringing Paul down, he set him among them.

Verse ConceptsChief priestsAccusations, Against Early Christians

And when it became day, some of the Jews banded together and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.

Verse ConceptsFasting, Nature OfMorningRevenge, Examples OfPlottingVindictivenessAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleVowing To FastPeople Bound By OathsConspiracySwearing

And he said, The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the sanhedrin tomorrow, as though they would inquire something more exactly about him.

Verse ConceptsAgreement, Example OfInvestigating

This man was taken by the Jews and would have been killed by them. Then I came with an army and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman.

Verse ConceptsRoman CitizensRescueIndividuals Saving Others

And it being revealed to me that a plot against the man was about to be executed by the Jews, I immediately sent him to you, commanding his accusers also to say before you what they had against him. Farewell.

Verse ConceptsPeople Accusing People

For we have found this man pestilent, and moving rebellion among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,

Verse ConceptsHeresiesPersecution, Forms OfSectsFalse Accusations, Examples OfDissension

And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so.

Verse ConceptsPeople Accusing People

Among which certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, not with a crowd nor with tumult.

Verse ConceptsTumultDisciples In The Temple

But after two years Felix welcomed a successor, Porcius Festus. And wishing to show a favor to the Jews, Felix left Paul bound.

Verse ConceptsMen PleasersBad Decision Making ExamplesPopularityPleasing MenPopularity Sought

And the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and they begged him

Verse ConceptsChief priestsFalse Accusations, Examples OfPeople Accusing People

And he having come, the Jews who came down from Jerusalem stood around and brought many charges against Paul, which they could not prove.

Verse ConceptsCrimesProofsPeople Accusing People

Defending himself, Paul said, Neither against the Law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar have I offended in anything.

Verse ConceptsJustice, In Believers' LivesOrderly AccountsPlea Of InnocenceTaking The Law To Heart

But Festus, wanting to please the Jews, answered Paul and said, Will you go up to Jerusalem and be judged there before me about these things?

Verse ConceptsMen PleasersPopularityPleasing MenPopularity Sought

But Paul said, I stand at Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought to be judged. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you very well know.

Verse ConceptsRoman CitizensStandingCourt SessionsIsrael HardenedJudgement Seat

about whom, when I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, desiring judgment against him.

Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersPeople Accusing People

And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all those men present with us, you see this one about whom all the multitude of the Jews pleaded with me, both at Jerusalem and here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.

Verse ConceptsDeath As PunishmentIsrael Hardened

Concerning all of which I am accused by Jews, king Agrippa, I think myself happy being about to make defense before you today,

Verse ConceptsRejoicing In ProsperityMan DefendingChanging Yourself

you being especially expert in all customs and questions among the Jews. Therefore I beseech you to hear me patiently.

Verse ConceptsPatience, In Christian LivingScholarsPay Attention To People!

Truly, then, all the Jews know my manner of life from my youth, which was at first among my own nation at Jerusalem,

Verse ConceptsExemplifiedBeginningBeing Devoted From YouthPeople With General Knowledge

to which promise our twelve tribes hope to attain, serving God fervently night and day. For the sake of this hope, king Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews.

Verse ConceptsWorship Day And NighteagernessNightTrust, Importance OfMessianic HopeTwelve TribesIsrael HardenedPeople Accusing People

Because of these things, having caught me in the temple, The Jews tried to kill me.

Verse ConceptsAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleDisciples In The Temple

And after three days it happened that Paul called together those being chief of the Jews. And they coming together, he said to them, Men, brothers, I did nothing against the people or customs of our fathers. I was delivered a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans

Verse ConceptsCustomAncestorsPrisonersPlea Of InnocenceSalvation For Israel

But the Jews speaking against it, I was constrained to appeal to Caesar; not as having anything to accuse my nation.

Verse ConceptsNecessityAccusations, Nt Legal SystemPeople Accusing People

And he having said these words, the Jews departed, having much discussion amongst themselves.

Verse ConceptsDisputes