The circumstances of the birth of Jesus Christ were these. After his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they were united in marriage, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.

But while he was contemplating this step, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to bring home your wife Mary, for she is with child through the Holy Spirit.

All this took place in fulfilment of what the Lord had spoken through the Prophet,

There he remained till Herod's death, that what the Lord had said through the Prophet might be fulfilled, "Out of Egypt I called My Son."

and went and settled in a town called Nazareth, in order that these words spoken through the Prophets might be fulfilled, "He shall be called a Nazarene."

He it is who was spoken of through the Prophet Isaiah when he said, "The voice of one crying aloud, 'In the desert prepare ye a road for the Lord: make His highway straight.'"

in order that these words, spoken through the Prophet Isaiah, might be fulfilled,

Then Jesus travelled through all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the Good News of the Kingdom, and curing every kind of disease and infirmity among the people.

Thus His fame spread through all Syria; and they brought all the sick to Him, the people who were suffering from various diseases and pains--demoniacs, epileptics, paralytics; and He cured them.

And Jesus continued His circuits through all the towns and the villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the Good News of the Kingdom, and curing every kind of disease and infirmity.

for it is not you who will speak: it will be the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

About that time Jesus passed on the Sabbath through the wheatfields; and His disciples became hungry, and began to gather ears of wheat and eat them.

but when the sun is risen, it is scorched by the heat, and through having no root it withers up.

"Alas for the world because of causes of falling! They cannot but come, but alas for each man through whom they come!

Yes, I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God."

The reply of Jesus was, "You are in error, through ignorance of the Scriptures and of the power of God.

While he was sitting on the tribunal a message came to him from his wife. "Have nothing to do with that innocent man," she said, "for during the night I have suffered terribly in a dream through him."

And He went through all Galilee, preaching in the synagogues and expelling the demons.

One Sabbath He was walking through the wheatfields when His disciples began to pluck the ears of wheat as they went.

but when the sun is risen, it is scorched, and through having no root it withers away.

Returning from the neighbourhood of Tyre, He came by way of Sidon to the Lake of Galilee, passing through the district of the Ten Towns.

Departing thence they passed through Galilee, and He was unwilling that any one should know it;

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God."

and would not allow any one to carry anything through the Temple.

Through the tender compassion of our God, Through which the daybreak from on high will come to us,

and a sword will pierce through your own soul also; that the reasonings in many hearts may be revealed."

Then Jesus returned in the Spirit's power to Galilee; and His fame spread through all the adjacent districts.

but He passed through the midst of them and went His way.

But when they could find no way of doing so because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down through the tiling--bed and all--into the midst, in front of Jesus.

Amazement seized them all. "Glory to God!" was the abiding feeling. Yet fear flashed through their minds and they said, "We have seen strange things to-day."

Now on the second-first Sabbath while He was passing through the wheatfields, His disciples were plucking the ears and rubbing them with their hands to eat the grain.

And the report of what Jesus had done spread through the whole of Judaea and in all the surrounding districts.

"Return home," He said, "and tell there all that God has done for you." So he went and published through the whole town all that Jesus had done for him.

Now Peter and the others were weighed down with sleep; but, keeping themselves awake all through, they saw His glory, and the two men standing with Him.

He was passing through town after town and village after village, steadily proceeding towards Jerusalem,

"Strain every nerve to force your way in through the narrow gate," He answered; "for multitudes, I tell you, will endeavour to find a way in and will not succeed.

Jesus said to His disciples, "It is inevitable that causes of stumbling should come; but alas for him through whom they come!

As they pursued their journey to Jerusalem, He passed through Samaria and Galilee.

Why, it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God."

So He entered Jericho and was passing through the town.

But He saw through their knavery and replied,

For indeed they cannot die again; they are like angels, and are sons of God through being sons of the Resurrection.

All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing that exists came into being.

He came as a witness, in order that he might give testimony concerning the Light--so that all might believe through him.

He was in the world, and the world came into existence through Him, and the world did not recognize Him.

who were begotten as such not by human descent, nor through an impulse of their own nature, nor through the will of a human father, but from God.

For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

Now when He was in Jerusalem, at the Festival of the Passover, many became believers in Him through watching the miracles He performed.

For God did not send His Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.

His road lay through Samaria,

"I am the Way," replied Jesus, "and the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Already you are cleansed--through the teaching which I have given you.

Now we know that you have all knowledge, and do not need to be pressed with questions. Through this we believe that you came from God."

"Nor is it for them alone that I make request. It is also for those who trust in me through their teaching;

But these have been recorded in order that you may believe that He is the Christ, the Son of God, and that, through believing, you may have Life through His name.

after giving instruction through the Holy Spirit to the Apostles whom He had chosen, He was taken up to Heaven.

to occupy the place in this ministry and Apostleship from which Judas through transgression fell, in order to go to his own place."

But that which was predicted through the Prophet Joel has happened:

"Listen, Israelites, to what I say. Jesus, the Nazarene, a man accredited to you from God by miracles and marvels and signs which God did among you through Him, as you yourselves know, Him--

delivered up through God's settled purpose and foreknowledge--you by the hands of Gentiles have nailed to a cross and have put to death.

But in this way God has fulfilled the declarations He made through all the Prophets, that His Christ would suffer.

Heaven must receive Him until those times of which God has spoken from the earliest ages through the lips of His holy Prophets--the times of the reconstitution of all things.

"You are the heirs of the Prophets, and of the Covenant which God made with your forefathers when He said to Abraham, 'And through your posterity all the families of the world shall be blessed.'

be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that through the name of Jesus the Anointed, the Nazarene, whom *you* crucified, but whom *God* has raised from among the dead-- through that name this man stands here before you in perfect health.

And in no other is the great salvation to be found; for, in fact, there is no second name under Heaven that has been given among men through which we are to be saved."

and didst say through the Holy Spirit by the lips of our forefather David Thy servant, "'Why have the nations stamped and raged, and the peoples formed futile plans?

whilst Thou stretchest out Thine arm to cure men, and to give signs and marvels through the name of Thy holy Servant Jesus."

So Moses was educated in all the learning of the Egyptians, and possessed great influence through his eloquence and his achievements.

you who received the Law given through angels, and yet have not obeyed it."

When, however, Simon saw that it was through the laying on of the Apostles' hands that the Spirit was bestowed, he offered them money.

For I will let him know the great sufferings which he must pass through for My sake."

but his disciples took him by night and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a hamper.

There he found a man of the name of Aeneas, who for eight years had kept his bed, through being paralysed.

The Message which He sent to the descendants of Israel, when He announced the Good News of peace through Jesus Christ--He is Lord of all--that Message you cannot but know;

the story, I mean, which has spread through the length and breadth of Judaea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism which John proclaimed.

To Him all the Prophets bear witness, and testify that through His name all who believe in Him receive the forgiveness of their sins."

And passing through the first ward and the second, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. This opened to them of itself; and, going out, they passed on through one of the streets, and then suddenly the angel left him.

When they had gone through the whole length of the island as far as Paphos, they there met with a Jewish magician and false prophet, Bar-Jesus by name,

But they themselves, passing through from Perga, came to Antioch in Pisidia. Here, on the Sabbath day, they went into the synagogue and sat down.

For the people of Jerusalem and their rulers, by the judgement they pronounced on Jesus, have actually fulfilled the predictions of the Prophets which are read Sabbath after Sabbath, through ignorance of those predictions and of Him.

"Understand therefore, brethren, that through this Jesus forgiveness of sins is announced to you;

So the Lord's Message spread through the whole district.

Everywhere they strengthened the disciples by encouraging them to hold fast to the faith, and warned them saying, "It is through many afflictions that we must make our way into the Kingdom of God."

Then passing through Pisidia they came into Pamphylia;

So they set out, being accompanied for a short distance by some other members of the Church; and as they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, they told the whole story of the conversion of the Gentiles and inspired all the brethren with great joy.

Then the whole assembly remained silent while they listened to the statement made by Paul and Barnabas as to all the signs and marvels that God had done among the Gentiles through their instrumentality.

and he passed through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the Churches.

Then Paul and his companions passed through Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to proclaim the Message in the province of Asia.

Then, passing through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they went to Thessalonica. Here there was a synagogue of the Jews.

seeing that He has appointed a day on which, before long, He will judge the world in righteousness, through the instrumentality of a man whom He has pre-destined to this work, and has made the fact certain to every one by raising Him from the dead."

Then, as he had made up his mind to cross over into Greece, the brethren wrote to the disciples in Corinth begging them to give him a kindly welcome. Upon his arrival he rendered valuable help to those who through grace had believed;

During the stay of Apollos in Corinth, Paul, after passing through the inland districts, came to Ephesus, where he found a few disciples.

God also brought about extraordinary miracles through Paul's instrumentality.

When matters had reached this point, Paul decided in his own mind to travel through Macedonia and Greece, and go to Jerusalem. "After that," he said, "I must also see Rome."

The riot and uproar spread through the whole city, till at last with one accord they rushed into the Theatre, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, two Macedonians who were fellow travellers with Paul.

Passing through those districts he encouraged the disciples in frequent addresses, and then came into Greece, and spent three months there.

serving the Lord in all humility, and with tears, and amid trials which came upon me through the plotting of the Jews--

After exchanging friendly greetings, Paul told in detail all that God had done among the Gentiles through his instrumentality.

The excitement spread through the whole city, and the people rushed in crowds to the Temple, and there laid hold of Paul and began to drag him out; and the Temple gates were immediately closed.

that they may turn from darkness to light and from the obedience to Satan to God, in order to receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified through faith in Me.'