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And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down to the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.

Verse ConceptsBaptism, practice ofCessationStopping StillMan Going DownChristian BaptismBaptism

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

And Saul arose from the earth; and his eyes being opened, he saw no man; but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesEyes HarmedBlindnessdamascus

And coming to Jerusalem, he endeavoured to join himself to the disciples; but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.

Verse ConceptsJoined To The ChurchFear Of IndividualsAcceptanceDiscipleshipdamascustrying

Then Peter arose and went with them; whom being come, they brought into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them.

Verse ConceptsClothBereavement, Experience OfStairwaysDressMournersWidowsClothing The NeedyOuter GarmentsInner GarmentsActual WidowsUpper RoomsMourning The Death Of Otherssisterhood

On the morrow, as they journeyed and drew nigh to the city, Peter went up on the house-top, to pray, about the sixth hour.

Verse ConceptsNoonPrayer, Practicalities OfRoofHousetopsSecret PrayerRooftopWhere To Pray

And he became very hungry, and would have eaten; but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,

Verse ConceptsHunger, Examples OfHousetopsPreparing Foodhunger

And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and fearing God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned of God by an holy angel, to send for thee to his house, and to hear words from thee.

Verse ConceptsSpecific Holy Individuals

And the day following they entered into Cesarea. And Cornelius was waiting for them, having called together his kinsmen and near friends.

And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then they prayed him to tarry certain days.

Verse ConceptsBaptism, practice ofCommands, in NTHospitality, Examples OfChristian Baptism

And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they of the circumcision debated with him, saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised,

Verse ConceptsCircumcision, physicalDisputes

Now they who had been scattered abroad by the distress which arose about Stephen, travelled as far as Phenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching to none but Jews only.

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

And tidings of these things came to the ears of the church that was in Jerusalem, and they sent forth Barnabas, to go to Antioch:

Verse ConceptsExamples Of FaithChurchGood NewsPeople Sending People

Then the disciples determined to send relief, every one according to his ability, to the brethren who dwelt in Judea: Which also they did,

Verse ConceptsGood FriendsBenevolencePeople HelpingAccording To Things

When they had passed the first and the second ward, they came to the iron gate that leadeth to the city, which opened to them of its own accord: and going out, they went on through one street; and immediately the angel departed from him.

Verse ConceptsGatesIronLengthPrisonsThe Act Of OpeningOpening GatesCity GatesLeavingIron ObjectsFirst OnesSecond Being

And they said to her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed, it was so. Then they said, It is his angel.

Verse ConceptsGuardiansSuperstitionAngels Interacting With PeopleReckoned InsaneAngelic Guardianship

And he was highly incensed against them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and having gained Blastus, the king's chamberlain, sued for peace; because their country was nourished by the king's country.

Verse ConceptsChamberlainsPeople Providing FoodNamed People Angry With OthersPrivate Rooms

So being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, they went down to Seleucia, and from thence sailed to Cyprus.

Verse ConceptsSeafaringProvincesGod Sending ProphetsLed By The Spirit

And being at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews; and they had also John for their attendant.

Verse ConceptsCongregation

And having gone through the whole isle to Paphos, they found a certain magician, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-jesus.

Verse ConceptsExamples Of FaithDivination, Practiced ByTravelFalse Teachers, Examples OfFalse Apostles, Prophets And TeachersSorcery

And departing from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia; and going into the synagogue on the sabbath-day, they sat down.

Verse ConceptsLord's Day, TheSabbath, In NtOn The Sabbath

And afterward they desired a king: and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, forty years.

Verse ConceptsForty YearsThe Number Forty40 To 50 Years

For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, neither knowing him, nor the sayings of the prophets, which are read very sabbath-day, have fulfilled them, in condemning him.

Verse ConceptsIgnorance, Of ChristRulersNot Knowing About ChristReading The ScripturesCondemning JesusOn The SabbathScriptures FulfilledWritten In The Prophets

And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate, that he might be put to death.

Verse ConceptsChrist Was Killed

And when they had fulfilled all things that were written of him, taking him down from the tree, they laid him in a sepulchre.

Verse ConceptsChrist's Fulfilment Of ProphecyLowering PeopleJesus TombScriptures Fulfilled

And they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and went to Iconium.

Verse ConceptsGesturesWiping DustPeople Abandoning People

And in Iconium they went together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake that a great multitude both of the Jews and Greeks believed.

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

they fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia,

And they called Barnabas Jupiter, and Paul Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker.

Verse ConceptsPagan GodsFalse GodsBarnabasMythologyAcclaimingSpokesmen

But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard it, they rent their clothes and sprang in among the people, crying out and saying, Sirs, why do ye these things?

Verse ConceptsTearing Of ClothesClothing, Tearing OfApostles, DescriptionIndividuals RunningThose Who Tore Clothes

And with these sayings scarce restrained they the multitude from sacrificing to them.

Verse ConceptsHard TasksWorshipping Men

And having preached the gospel to that city, and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, and Iconium, and Antioch,

Verse ConceptsNewsMany In The ChurchMinistering To The UnsavedevangelizingChristians Are Called Disciples

they came to Pamphylia, And having preached the word in Perga,

they went down to Attalia, And thence sailed back to Antioch, from whence they had been recommended to the grace of God, for the work which they had fulfilled.

Verse ConceptsThe Completion Of RedemptionFellowship, In Christian ServiceCompletionChurch AttendanceMissionaries, Support ForSeafaringSea TravelMan AppointingMan's Work Finished

And being come and having gathered the church together, they related all that God had done with them, and that he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

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

And they abode there a long time with the disciples.

Verse ConceptsStaying A Long Time

When therefore Paul and Barnabas had had no small contention and debate with them, they determined, that Paul and Barnabas and certain others of them, should go up to the apostles and elders at Jerusalem about this question.

Verse Conceptselders, in the churchBelieversVisitingDissensionDisputesMan AppointingThe Apostles In ActionResolving Conflict

And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenicia and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles; and they caused great joy to all the brethren.

Verse ConceptsConversion, examples ofChristiansTravelThe Soul Winners JoyPeople ConvertedPeople Sending People

And being come to Jerusalem, they were received by the church, and the apostles, and elders; and they declared all things which God had done with them.

Verse Conceptselders, in the churchWelcoming BelieversTelling Of GodThe Apostles In Action

But there rose up, said they, certain of the sect of the Pharisees who believed, saying, That we ought to circumcise them, and command them to keep the law of Moses.

Verse ConceptsExclusivenessCircumcision, physicalBelieversHeresiesJudaismSectsNecessity Of CircumcisionThose Who Believed In ChristKeep The Commandments!pharisees

And when they held their peace, James answered, saying, Brethren, hearken to me.

Verse ConceptsPay Attention To People!

So being dismissed they came to Antioch, and having assembled the multitude, they delivered the epistle:

Verse ConceptsChurch Gatherings

And after they had tarried a space, they were dismissed with peace by the brethren to the apostles.

Verse ConceptsPeople Sending Peoplespace

And after certain days Paul said to Barnabas, Let us go again and visit the brethren in every city, where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do.

Verse ConceptsLordship, Human And DivineConverts To ChristianityMissionariesChristians Being Called Brothers

And there was a sharp contention, so that they parted from each other; and Barnabas taking Mark with him, sailed away to Cyprus;

Verse ConceptsIslandsSeafaringSuffering, Causes OfAlienation, Examples OfSharpnessPeople PartingMissionariesMisunderstandings

Him Paul would have to go forth with him; and he took and circumcised him, because of the Jews who were in those places; for they all knew his father, that he was a Greek.

Verse ConceptsCircumcision, physicalMissionary Work, Examples OfGoing TogetherIsrael HardenedJews

And as they went through the cities, they gave them the decrees, which were determined by the apostles and elders that were at Jerusalem to keep.

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

Coming to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia; but the Spirit suffered them not.

Verse ConceptsProvincesThe Spirit Of ChristLed By The Spirit

And passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas. And a vision appeared to Paul by night:

But when her owners saw, that the hope of their gain was gone, laying hold of Paul and Silas, they dragged them into the market-place to the magistrates,

Verse ConceptsArrestingFalse Witnesses,examples OfHope, Nature OfLove, Abuse OfMarketsMarketplacesPulling People

And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:

Verse ConceptsGuardsPunishment, Legal Aspects Of

And they spake the word of the Lord to him and to all that were in his house.

Verse ConceptsLordship, Human And DivineRelatives Also Involved

But Paul said to them, They have beaten us publickly, uncondemned, and have cast us into prison, who are Romans: and do they now thrust us out privately? Nay verily: but let them come themselves and conduct us out.

Verse ConceptsApologizingempiresPersecution, Forms OfPunishment, Legal Aspects OfRoman CitizensBeating BelieversSpreading StoriesAvoiding SecrecyBringing People Out Of Other PlacesNo JusticeCitizenstrailsjail

And the serjeants reported these words to the pretors; and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans.

And they came and comforted them; and conducting them out, requested that they would depart from the city.

Verse ConceptsLeaving

And coming out of the prison, they entered into the house of Lydia; and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them and departed.

Verse Conceptsencouragement, examples ofevangelising

And taking their journey through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.

Verse Conceptsevangelism, kinds ofPaul, Life Of

But not finding them, they dragged Jason and certain brethren to the rulers of the city, crying aloud, These men, that have turned the world upside down, are come hither also:

Verse ConceptsTurning Upside DownPulling PeopleNot FindingTroubling Groups Of PeopleCauses of failure in

And they alarmed the multitude and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.

Verse ConceptsConfusionInciting To Evil

However having taken security of Jason and of the rest, they let them go.

Verse ConceptsArrestingPeople Set Free By People

But when the Jews of Thessalonica knew that the word of God was preached by Paul at Berea also, they came thither likewise, and stirred up the multitude.

Verse ConceptsGospel, Responses ToPreaching, Effects OfInciting To EvilSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfUnbelief, As Response To GodIsrael Hardened

And they that conducted Paul, brought him as far as Athens, and having received an order to Silas and Timothy, to come to him with all speed, they departed.

Verse Conceptsevangelism, kinds ofPaul, Life Of

And they took him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine is, which is spoken by thee?

That they might seek God, if haply they might feel after him and find him, though he be not far from every one of us.

Verse ConceptsSeeking GodGod Is ImmanentGod's OmnipresenceNearness To GodFinding Godseeking

And when they heard of the resurrection from the dead, some mocked: but others said, We will hear thee again concerning this.

Verse ConceptsAbuse, To God's PeopleGospel, Responses ToInsultsMockeryNosesPreaching, Effects OfSaying RepeatedlyAre The Dead Raised?Mocking Christflexibility

Then they all took Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment-seat. And Gallio cared for none of these things.

Verse ConceptsFloggingBeating Believers

But though they intreated him to tarry longer with them, he consented not:

Verse ConceptsStaying A Long Time

and finding certain disciples, He said to them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost, since ye believed? And they said to him, Nay, we have not so much as heard, Whether there be any Holy Ghost.

Verse ConceptsBaptism Of The Holy SpiritSpiritual UnderstandingThe Outpouring Of The Holy Spirit,God Not ExistingReceiving The SpiritBaptismghosts

He said to them, Into what then were ye baptized? And they said, Into John's baptism.

Verse ConceptsBaptised By JohnBaptism

And they were in all about twelve men. And going into the synagogue,

Verse ConceptsTwelve Disciples

And the man in whom the evil spirit was, leaping upon them, and getting the mastery of them, prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

Verse ConceptsExorcismsNaked In ShamePeople JumpingDemons Harming IndividualsOthers Who FledThose DemonisedDemons Causing TormentOvercomingThe DevilCasting Out Demonsmanjumping

Many also of those who had practised curious arts, bringing their books together, burnt them before all men, and they computed the value of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.

Verse ConceptsMagical Arts, Practice OfCoinageSorcery And MagicOccultismSorceryWorthValuemagicwitchesartistsOccultism Being Forbidden

But ye see and hear, that not at Ephesus only, but almost through all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned aside much people, saying, That they are not gods, which are made with hands.

Verse ConceptsFalse ReligionPolytheism

And hearing this, they were filled with rage, and cried out, saying, The great Diana of the Ephesians.

Verse ConceptsShoutingAngry People

And the whole city was filled with confusion; and they rushed with one accord into the theatre, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's fellow-travellers.

Verse ConceptsConfusion, Nature OfTumultDisorder Among People

Some therefore cried one thing, and some another; for the assembly was confused, and the greater part did not know, for what they were come together.

Verse ConceptsConfusionAssemblyDisorder Among PeopleGroups ShoutingWhy Do Others Do This?

And they thrust Alexander forward from among the multitude, the Jews pushing him on; and Alexander, waving with his hand, would have made a defence to the people.

But when they knew that he was a Jew, one voice arose from them all, crying out, for about two hours, The great Diana of the Ephesians.

Verse ConceptsHourRacial PrejudiceVoicesTwo Hours

And there were many lamps in the upper room where they were assembled.

Verse ConceptsLampsStairwaysUpper Rooms

And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted.