He who overcomes, this man will be clothed in white garments, and I will, no, not erase his name out of the book of life. And I will acknowledge his name before my Father, and before his agents.

in which ye once walked according to the era of this world, according to the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that now works in the sons of disobedience.

In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the whole empire should be registered.

You hypocrites, you know how to decipher the look of earth and sky; how is it you cannot decipher the meaning of this era?

Through faith you are being protected by God's power for a salvation that is ready to be revealed at the end of this era.

They tried to find out what era or specific time the Spirit of the Messiah in them kept referring to when he predicted the sufferings of the Messiah and the glories that would follow.