Everyone must obey the authorities that are over him, for no authority can exist without the permission of God; the existing authorities have been established by him,

For where a will is involved, the death of the one who made it must be established,

So the church all over Judea, Galilee, and Samaria was at peace and became established. It lived in reverence for the Lord and, stimulated by the holy Spirit, it grew steadily in numbers.

But, as it is, the priestly service to which Christ has been appointed is as much better than the old as the agreement established by him and the promises on which it is based are superior to the former ones.

So those who were present asked him, "Master, is this the time when you are going to re-establish the kingdom for Israel?"

They were stoned to death, they were tortured to death, they were sawed in two, they were killed with the sword. Clothed in the skins of sheep or goats, they were driven from place to place, destitute, persecuted, misused??38 men of whom the world was not worthy wandering in deserts, mountains, caves, and holes in the ground.