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And, while they were looking steadfastly into heaven as he was going his way, then lo! two men had taken their stand beside them, in white garments, -

Verse ConceptsClothing, Kinds OfWhiteAngels, Nt AppearancesLooking HeavenwardWhite ClothsTwo Angels

They said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up into heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come in the same way that you have seen Him going into heaven.”

Verse ConceptsFutureGospel, Essence OfLast ThingsAngel, AnnouncementsChrist And HeavenChrist Coming AgainGoing To Heaven

Then they made their way back to Jerusalem from the hill called 'The Olive-Orchard'; it is close to Jerusalem, only a sabbath day's journey from it.

Verse ConceptsSabbath, In NtWeights And Measures, DistancesSabbath Observedzealotswellness

To take the place of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas went aside, to go his way unto his own place.

Verse ConceptsJudas IscariotMinistry, Qualifications ForDeath Of The WickedExchanging Of LeadersMinistry

when a man crippled from his birth was being carried by, who used to be laid every day at what was called The Beautiful Gate of the temple, to beg from people on their way into the temple.

Verse ConceptsCripplesGatesLamenessLonelinessWeakness, PhysicalBeauty, In ArtefactsHelplessnessChronic AilmentsSitting In The GatewayNamed GatesFrom The WombOnce A DayPeople Carrying Live PeopleInner BeautyThe Beauty Of Nature

And while he kept his hands on Peter and John, all the people came running together to the covered way which is named Solomon's, full of wonder.

Verse ConceptsSolomon, Life OfPorchesClinging To PeopleGateways Of The TempleGroups Running

And now brethren, I know that by way of ignorance ye acted, - just as even your rulers.

Verse ConceptsSin, Nature OfIgnorance Of EvilKnowing FactsIgnorance of Godignorance

Moses [expressed it when he] said [Deut. 18:15], 'The Lord God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers; He will be like me [in some ways] and you must all pay attention to Him in everything He says to you.'

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

God raised up His Servant and sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your evil ways.”

Verse ConceptsChrist, The High PriestGod Raising ChristTo The Jew Firstservanthood

As they were talking in this way to the people, the high priests, the commander of the Temple, and the Sadducees came up to them,

Verse ConceptsCaptainsGuardsJewish SectsWhile Still SpeakingPriests In Action

Since we are on our trial to-day for a kind act done to a helpless man, and are asked in what way the man here before you has been cured,

Verse ConceptsActs of KindnessKindnessHow Healing Came

So they sent for them, and commanded them not to speak [as His representatives] or teach at all in the name of Jesus [using Him as their authority].

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

After threatening them further, they released them. They found no way to punish them, because the people were all giving glory to God over what had been done;

Verse ConceptsPeople Set Free By PeopleSpecific Praising Of God

In this way Joseph, whom the Apostles gave the name of Bar-nabas--signifying 'Son of Encouragement' --a Levite, a native of Cyprus,

Verse ConceptsBarnabasencouragement, examples ofBeing An EncouragerIslandsSonsPeople Renaming PeopleThe Apostles In ActionPeople Encouraging OthersEncouragementencouraging

insomuch that they brought the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and pallets: that at the least way the shadow of Peter, when he came by, might shadow some of them.

Verse ConceptsShadowsBedsUsing RoadsPeople Carrying Live PeopleHope And Healing

Be going your way, and, taking your stand, be speaking, in the temple, unto the people, all the declarations of this Life.

Verse ConceptsNewnessMinisters, Way They Should TeachGo And PreachLife By God's WordDisciples In The TempleSpeaking As From God

Then they instigated some to say, "We have heard him speaking blasphemy against Moses and against God;" and in this way they excited the people.

Verse ConceptsFalse Accusations, Examples OfBlasphemy, Falsely AccusedIrreverenceLiesPersecution, Forms OfSecrecyHoly Spirit, Types OfActing In SecretBlasphemy

In this way they excited the people, the elders, and the scribes, who rushed on him, dragged him away, and took him before the Sanhedrin.

Verse ConceptsArrestingelders, as community leadersHigh Priest, In NtInciting To EvilSanhedrinTeachers Of The Law

God spoke in this way:

His descendants would be strangers
in a foreign country,
and they would enslave
and oppress them 400 years.

Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions Of100 Years And MoreThose OppressedReckoned As ForeignersGroups Of SlavesStrangers in israelslaveryoppression

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

Verse ConceptsAttempting To Kill Me

"This is the Moses who had said to the Israelites [Deut. 18:15], 'God will raise up a prophet from among your countrymen who will be like me [in some ways].'

Verse ConceptsChrist Like PeopleJesus The Prophet

While they said to Aaron--'Make us Gods who will lead the way for us, since, as for this Moses who has brought us out of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.'

Verse ConceptsAaron, Life Eventsdoubt, results ofMonotony

after this the apostles having certified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel by the way in many villages of the Samaritans.

Verse Conceptsevangelists, identity ofLordship, Human And DivineVillagesThe Gospel PreachedIndividuals going homeevangelizing

So Philip set out on a journey; and on his way he came upon an official of high rank, in the service of Candace, Queen of the Abyssinians. He was her treasurer, and had been to Jerusalem to worship,

Verse ConceptseunuchsJudaismQueensTravelTreasurerProselytes

He replied, How indeed can I, except some person guide me in the way? And he besought Philip to come up and sit with him.

Verse ConceptsTeachableness

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

Verse ConceptsRoadsSin, Accepting Forgiveness OfWater For BaptismChristian BaptismHindrancesBaptism

And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.

Verse ConceptsRejoicingExcitementAstral Projection

while Philip found himself at Ashdod and went on telling the good news in all the towns all the way to Caesarea.

Verse ConceptsMission, Of The ChurchTravelevangelizing

And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsArrestingequipping, physicalWay, TheTying Updamascus

The men which journeyed with him on his way stood amazed, for they heard a voice, but saw no man.

Verse ConceptsHearing ChristNot Seeing Spiritual Things

And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.

Verse ConceptsBaptism, Administered Byevangelism, kinds ofequipping, spiritualCeremoniesBeing Filled With The SpiritLaying On Hands To HealChrist AppearingChrist SendingLaying On Hands For The Holy SpiritdamascusChristians Being Called Brothers

After considerable time had passed [about three years or so], the Jews plotted together to kill him,

Verse ConceptsSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfIsrael HardenedConspiracy

But, when the Brethren found this out, they took him down to Caesarea, and sent him on his way to Tarsus.

And on the morrow, as these are proceeding on the way, and are drawing nigh to the city, Peter went up upon the house-top to pray, about the sixth hour,

Verse ConceptsNoonPrayer, Practicalities OfRoofHousetopsSecret PrayerRooftopWhere To Pray

Now while Peter was still at a loss to know what the vision he had seen could mean, the men who had been sent by Cornelius had asked for the way to Simon's house and had stopped at the gate;

Verse ConceptsGatesComing To GatesAsking Particular QuestionsPuzzlementPeople Sending People

We are [personally] eyewitnesses of everything that He did both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem [in particular]. They also put Him to death by hanging Him on a cross;

Verse ConceptsApostles, During Jesus Earthly MinistryHangingPeter, Preacher And TeacherPunishment, Legal Aspects OfContemporary Witness To ChristChrist Was KilledPeople Hung To Death

"No one can stop us from using water to baptize these people who have received the Holy Spirit in the same way that we did, can they?"

Verse ConceptsBaptism Of The Holy SpiritBaptism, Features OfThe Outpouring Of The Holy Spirit,Like Good PeopleChristian BaptismWater For BaptismBaptism

Therefore if God gave to them the same gift as He gave to us also after believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could stand in God’s way?”

Verse ConceptsConfrontationPeter, The ApostleResistanceStriving With GodGift Of The Holy SpiritThe Holy Spirit Described As God's GiftBenefits Of Faith In ChristPeople Are The SameGod Giving His Spirit

Those who had been scattered as a result of the persecution that started because of Stephen made their way as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message to no one except Jews.

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

Now the news about them came to the ears of the church at Jerusalem, and so they sent Barnabas all the way to Antioch.

Verse ConceptsExamples Of FaithChurchGood NewsPeople Sending People

But, making a sign to them with his hand to hold their peace, he related to them how, the Lord, had brought, him, forth out of the prison; and he said - Carry tidings unto James and the brethren, as to these things. And, going out, he went his way unto some other place.

Verse ConceptsNames And Titles For The ChristianGod Freeing CaptivesTelling Of God

Being sent out in this way by the holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus.

Verse ConceptsSeafaringProvincesGod Sending ProphetsLed By The Spirit

He was an intimate friend of the governor, Sergius Paulus, who was an intelligent man. The governor sent for Barnabas and Saul and in this way tried to hear God's message.

Verse Conceptsevangelism, kinds ofDerision

But Elymas the magician (for his name is translated in this way) opposed them, attempting to turn the proconsul away from the faith.

Verse ConceptsConfrontationFaith, As A Body Of BeliefsGospel, Responses ToCausing People To TurnMeaningSorcery

For whose coming John made ready the way by preaching to all the people of Israel the baptism which goes with a change of heart.

Verse ConceptsJohn's BaptismSigns Of Repentance

And though they found no cause or charge deserving death, they asked Pilate to have Him executed.

Verse ConceptsChrist Was Killed

Since He raised Him from the dead, never to return to decay, He has spoken in this way, I will grant you the faithful covenant blessings made to David.

Verse ConceptsCovenant, God's with DavidGod Raising ChristNo Decaycorruption

"Behold, you despisers, and marvel, and perish; for I work a work in your days, a work which you shall in no way believe, though a man declare it to you."

Verse ConceptsPrejudiceScoffingDespisersScoffersDoubting GodWhat God Doesaccomplishmentmockers

The same thing happened in Iconium; they entered the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed.

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

When they arrived there, they called the church together, and reported how God had worked with them, and how he had opened the way to faith for the heathen.

Verse ConceptsAccess To God, The Characteristics OfFaith, Origins OfAssemblyevangelism, motivation forDoorsGod, Unity OfChurch GatheringsForeigners Saved By FaithGod's Deed RevealedFaith Kjv

When they had been sent on their way by the church, they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, explaining in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and they created great joy among all the brothers.

Verse ConceptsConversion, examples ofChristiansTravelThe Soul Winners JoyPeople ConvertedPeople Sending People

But that we give them orders to keep themselves from things offered to false gods, and from the evil desires of the body, and from the flesh of animals put to death in ways against the law, and from blood.

Verse ConceptsAdulterersChastityRitualSexual ChastitySexual SinsContaminationAbstinencePeople Consuming BloodChokingWriting LettersAvoiding EvilAvoid ImmoralityCreatures ChokedFood Offered To IdolsSexual ImmoralityEating MeatSexual Puritywomanhood

To keep from things offered to false gods, and from blood, and from things put to death in ways which are against the law, and from the evil desires of the body; if you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. May you be happy.

Verse ConceptsExclusivenessLove, In RelationshipsSexual Sin, Nature OfAbstaining From MeatsAbstinencePeople Consuming BloodChokingAvoiding EvilAvoid ImmoralityCreatures ChokedFood Offered To IdolsBloodSexual ImmoralitySexual Puritygoodbyes

So the men were sent on their way and arrived in Antioch. They gathered the congregation together and delivered the letter.

Verse ConceptsChurch Gatherings

A heated discussion developed [over this matter] so that Paul and Barnabas went their separate ways [over it], with Barnabas sailing for Cyprus and taking [John] Mark with him.

Verse ConceptsIslandsSeafaringSuffering, Causes OfAlienation, Examples OfSharpnessPeople PartingMissionariesMisunderstandings

traveling through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches [along the way].

Verse ConceptsSpecific Cases Of Strengthening

And as they went on their way through the cities, they delivered them the decrees to keep which had been ordained of the apostles and elders that were at Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsCouncil of JerusalemCommands, in NTApostles, Authority In Churchelders, in the churchBishops, QualificationsTownBishops, DutiesThe Apostles In Action

As soon as he had seen the vision, we immediately looked for a way to go to Macedonia, because we were convinced that God had called us to tell the people there the good news.

Verse ConceptsEvangelismevangelizing

From there we made our way to Philippi, which is the principal city of that part of Macedonia, and also a Roman Settlement. In that city we spent several days.

Verse Conceptsevangelism, kinds ofProvinces

Once, as we were on our way to prayer, a slave girl met us who had a spirit of prediction. She made a large profit for her owners by fortune-telling.

Verse ConceptsMagical Arts, Practice Ofdemons, Kinds ofMastersMoney, Uses OfPredictionsDivinationFortunetellingNecromancyWhere To PraySorceryThe Futuremagicpsychics

And the jailer reported these words to Paul, "The magistrates have sent that ye be released; now, therefore, going forth, go on your way in peace."

Verse ConceptsPrison Keepers

When Paul and Silas left the jail they went to Lydia's house and, after seeing the brothers [and sisters gathered there] and encouraging them, they went on their way.

Verse Conceptsencouragement, examples ofevangelising

Immediately upon that, the Brethren sent Paul off on his way to the sea coast, but both Silas and Timothy stayed behind in Beroea.

And they that guided Paul brought him unto Athens, and received a commandment unto Silas and Timothy for to come to him at once. And came their way.

Verse Conceptsevangelism, kinds ofPaul, Life Of

And Paul standing in the midst of Areopagus said, Athenians, in every way I see you given up to demon worship;

Verse ConceptsAudiencesflexibility

That they might search for God, if by any means they might feel their way to him and find him. And yet he is not really far from any one of us;

Verse ConceptsSeeking GodGod Is ImmanentGod's OmnipresenceNearness To GodFinding Godseeking

But upon their opposing him with abusive language, he shook his clothes by way of protest, and said to them, "Your ruin will be upon your own heads. I am not responsible: in future I will go among the Gentiles."

Verse ConceptsGentiles, In NtConfrontationBlood, as symbol of guiltInsultsSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfAbuse, To God's PeopleRejection Of God's CallShakingName CallingThe Gentiles ConversionPreaching Gospel To ForeignersResponsibility For Blood ShedPeople Abandoning PeopleBlasphemy

this fellow, said they, would persuade us to set up a way of worship inconsistent with our law.

Verse ConceptsIntoleranceInciting To EvilHow Not To WorshipBreaking God's Law

After spending some time there, he left and traveled through the district of Galatia, [and] then through Phrygia, strengthening [spiritually] all the disciples [along the way].

Verse ConceptsMissionaries, Task OfPaul, Life OfTravelMissionary WorkSpecific Cases Of Strengthening