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The chief priests and the elders, however, persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to execute Jesus.

Verse ConceptsMultitudesChief priestsPersuasionInciting To EvilCorrupt PriestsBarabbasAttempts To Kill Christ

And He did not speak to them without a parable. Privately, however, He would explain everything to His own disciples.

Verse ConceptsExplanationsHow Disciples LearnExposition Of The ScripturesJesus As Our TeacherChrist Speaking To DisciplesJesus Using Parables

Jesus, however, invited them: “Let the little children come to Me, and don’t stop them, because the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

Verse ConceptsKingdom Of God, Entry IntoChildlikenessLike ChildrenChildren And The KingdomChrist SummoningDo Not HinderPeople Of The KingdomBaptizing InfantsKidsChild Of Godbelonging

Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. When he stooped to look in, he saw only the linen cloths. So he went home, amazed at what had happened.

Verse ConceptsLinenIndividuals RunningCrouchingJesus Tomb

Jesus, however, would not entrust Himself to them, since He knew them all

Verse ConceptsdistrustEntrustingFaith And TrustTrusting Others

However, many from the crowd believed in Him and said, “When the Messiah comes, He won’t perform more signs than this man has done, will He?”

Verse Conceptsevangelism, kinds ofCrowdsMiracles, Responses ToSigns Performed By ChristThose Who Believed In Christ

Jesus, however, was speaking about his death, but they thought He was speaking about natural sleep.

Verse ConceptsNot Understanding Sayingsnatural DeathJesus Deathlazarus

His disciples did not understand these things at first. However, when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about Him and that they had done these things to Him.

Verse ConceptsRememberingUnderstandingRemembering ChristNot Understanding SayingsScriptures Fulfilled

When daybreak came, Jesus stood on the shore. However, the disciples did not know it was Jesus.

Verse ConceptsLack Of InsightDaybreakSeashoresNot Knowing About ChristAt Daybreakrecognition

However, he kept back part of the proceeds with his wife’s knowledge, and brought a portion of it and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

Verse ConceptsBad ConsciencesCorrupted ConsciencesCheatingKnowing FactsPutting Things DownThe Apostles In ActionPeople Giving Other Thingscouples

However, the Most High does not dwell in sanctuaries made with hands, as the prophet says:

Verse ConceptsHouse Of GodBuilding God's DwellingWritten In The Prophetsstructure

Saul, however, was ravaging the church. He would enter house after house, drag off men and women, and put them in prison.

Verse ConceptsArrestingIntimidationenemies, of believersChurchPrisonersPulling PeopleDestruction Of The ChurchThe Church UniversalPersecutionjail

Barnabas, however, took him and brought him to the apostles and explained to them how Saul had seen the Lord on the road and that He had talked to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken boldly in the name of Jesus.

Verse ConceptsBarnabasConfidence In God, Produces BoldnessImportunity, Towards PeopleAcceptance, Of One AnotherBoldness Examples OfSeeing The Risen ChristThe Gospel PreachedSpeaking In Christ's NameThe Apostles In ActionBoldnessdamascus

Paul and his companions set sail from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia. John, however, left them and went back to Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsSeafaringProvincesInstabilityPeople Abandoning PeopleMissionaries

However, some men joined him and believed, including Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

Verse ConceptsConverts To ChristianityThose Who Believed In Christ

However, when the city clerk had calmed the crowd down, he said, “Men of Ephesus! What man is there who doesn’t know that the city of the Ephesians is the temple guardian of the great Artemis, and of the image that fell from heaven?

Verse ConceptsFalling From Heaven

So now you, along with the Sanhedrin, make a request to the commander that he bring him down to you as if you were going to investigate his case more thoroughly. However, before he gets near, we are ready to kill him.”

Verse ConceptsInvestigatingPreparing For ActionAttempting To Kill Specific People

However, so that I will not burden you any further, I beg you in your graciousness to give us a brief hearing.

Verse ConceptsPay Attention To People!graciousness

However, Festus answered that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself was about to go there shortly.

However, we must run aground on a certain island.”

However, he shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no harm.

Verse ConceptsFireMiracles Of PaulPeople Shaking

However, each one must live his life in the situation the Lord assigned when God called him. This is what I command in all the churches.

Verse ConceptsOrderliness In Personal DevotionWork, As Ordained By GodChurch OrderAssignmentThe churchChurch Of GodLife PurposeServing The Church

However, not everyone has this knowledge. In fact, some have been so used to idolatry up until now that when they eat food offered to an idol, their conscience, being weak, is defiled.

Verse ConceptsConsciences, Description OfDefilement, Objects OfFood For Other godsNature Of Idolatryconscience

If others have this right to receive benefits from you, don’t we even more?

However, we have not made use of this right; instead we endure everything so that we will not hinder the gospel of Christ.

Verse ConceptsCoveting, prohibition ofControlling PeopleSuffering For The GospelAvoid Being HinderedEnduringHindrances

For the person who speaks in another language is not speaking to men but to God, since no one understands him; however, he speaks mysteries in the Spirit.

Verse ConceptsBaptism Of The Holy SpiritMysterySpiritual UnderstandingUnintelligiblenessPrayer LanguageLanguageThe Tonguespeakingsecrets

About our brother Apollos: I strongly urged him to come to you with the brothers, but he was not at all willing to come now. However, he will come when he has an opportunity.

Verse ConceptsApollosRight Time For People

We, however, will not boast beyond measure but according to the measure of the area of ministry that God has assigned to us, which reaches even to you.

Verse ConceptsPaul's BoastingBoastinglimitationsmeasurement

For he regularly ate with the Gentiles before certain men came from James. However, when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, because he feared those from the circumcision party.

Verse ConceptsCowardiceExclusivenessRacial PrejudiceFear Of ManInstabilityRelations With ForeignersCircumcision PartyNecessity Of CircumcisionFear Of Enemies

For even the circumcised don’t keep the law themselves; however, they want you to be circumcised in order to boast about your flesh.

Verse ConceptsStrength, HumanNecessity Of CircumcisionThey Do Not Keep CommandsBoasting

None of you, however, should suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or a meddler.

Verse ConceptsFraudEvildoersBusybodiesMeddlingDo Not MurderMinding Your Own Businessthieves

however, angels, who are greater in might and power, do not bring a slanderous charge against them before the Lord.

Verse ConceptsAngelsThe Power Of Other Creaturesaccusations

They went out from us, but they did not belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. However, they went out so that it might be made clear that none of them belongs to us.

Verse ConceptsApostatesWarnings Against ApostasyForsaking ChristDivision Among ChristiansUnrelated PeopleNot With PeopleLast Hourbelongingapostasy