They will do these things because they haven’t known the Father or Me.

But I have told you these things so that when their time comes you may remember I told them to you. I didn’t tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.

Yet, because I have spoken these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.

“I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. A time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures, but I will tell you plainly about the Father.

I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. You will have suffering in this world. Be courageous! I have conquered the world.”

Jesus spoke these things, looked up to heaven, and said:

Father,
the hour has come.
Glorify Your Son
so that the Son may glorify You,

Now I am coming to You,
and I speak these things in the world
so that they may have My joy completed in them.

I pray not only for these,
but also for those who believe in Me
through their message.

Righteous Father!
The world has not known You.
However, I have known You,
and these have known that You sent Me.

After Jesus had said these things, He went out with His disciples across the Kidron Valley, where there was a garden, and He and His disciples went into it.

“I told you I am He,” Jesus replied. “So if you’re looking for Me, let these men go.”

When He had said these things, one of the temple police standing by slapped Jesus, saying, “Is this the way you answer the high priest?”

When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus outside. He sat down on the judge’s bench in a place called the Stone Pavement (but in Hebrew Gabbatha).

For these things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: Not one of His bones will be broken.

But these are written so that you may believe Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and by believing you may have life in His name.

When they had eaten breakfast, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than these?”

“Yes, Lord,” he said to Him, “You know that I love You.”

“Feed My lambs,” He told him.

This is the disciple who testifies to these things and who wrote them down. We know that his testimony is true.

All these were continually united in prayer, along with the women, including Mary the mother of Jesus, and His brothers.

During these days Peter stood up among the brothers—the number of people who were together was about 120—and said:

beginning from the baptism of John until the day He was taken up from us—from among these, it is necessary that one become a witness with us of His resurrection.”

Then they prayed, “You, Lord, know the hearts of all; show which of these two You have chosen

And they were astounded and amazed, saying, “Look, aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans?

For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, since it’s only nine in the morning.

“Men of Israel, listen to these words: This Jesus the Nazarene was a man pointed out to you by God with miracles, wonders, and signs that God did among you through Him, just as you yourselves know.

“In addition, all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and those after him, have also announced these days.

saying, “What should we do with these men? For an obvious sign, evident to all who live in Jerusalem, has been done through them, and we cannot deny it!

When he heard these words, Ananias dropped dead, and a great fear came on all who heard.

Then great fear came on the whole church and on all who heard these things.

As the commander of the temple police and the chief priests heard these things, they were baffled about them, as to what could come of this.

We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey Him.”

He said to them, “Men of Israel, be careful about what you’re going to do to these men.

And now, I tell you, stay away from these men and leave them alone. For if this plan or this work is of men, it will be overthrown;

Did not My hand make all these things?

When they heard these things, they were enraged in their hearts and gnashed their teeth at him.

While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit came down on all those who heard the message.

“Can anyone withhold water and prevent these people from being baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?”

Then the Spirit told me to accompany them with no doubts at all. These six brothers accompanied me, and we went into the man’s house.

Motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he explained to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Report these things to James and the brothers,” he said. Then he departed and went to a different place.

As they were leaving, the people begged that these matters be presented to them the following Sabbath.

“Men! Why are you doing these things? We are men also, with the same nature as you, and we are proclaiming good news to you, that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything in them.

Even though they said these things, they barely stopped the crowds from sacrificing to them.

After these things I will return
and rebuild David’s fallen tent.
I will rebuild its ruins
and set it up again,

so the rest of humanity
may seek the Lord—
even all the Gentiles
who are called by My name,
declares the Lord who does these things,

For it was the Holy Spirit’s decision—and ours—to put no greater burden on you than these necessary things:

that you abstain from food offered to idols, from blood, from eating anything that has been strangled, and from sexual immorality. You will do well if you keep yourselves from these things.

Farewell.

As she followed Paul and us she cried out, “These men, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation, are the slaves of the Most High God.”

Bringing them before the chief magistrates, they said, “These men are seriously disturbing our city. They are Jews

The jailer reported these words to Paul: “The magistrates have sent orders for you to be released. So come out now and go in peace.”

Then the police reported these words to the magistrates. They were afraid when they heard that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens.

When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city officials, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have come here too,

The Jews stirred up the crowd and the city officials who heard these things.

The people here were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, since they welcomed the message with eagerness and examined the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

For what you say sounds strange to us, and we want to know what these ideas mean.”

But if these are questions about words, names, and your own law, see to it yourselves. I don’t want to be a judge of such things.”

Then they all seized Sosthenes, the leader of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the judge’s bench. But none of these things concerned Gallio.

When these events were over, Paul resolved in the Spirit to pass through Macedonia and Achaia and go to Jerusalem. “After I’ve been there,” he said, “I must see Rome as well!”

Therefore, since these things are undeniable, you must keep calm and not do anything rash.

For you have brought these men here who are not temple robbers or blasphemers of our goddess.

These men went on ahead and waited for us in Troas,

Then we went on ahead to the ship and sailed for Assos, intending to take Paul on board there. For these were his instructions, since he himself was going by land.

You yourselves know that these hands have provided for my needs and for those who were with me.

After these days we got ready and went up to Jerusalem.

Take these men, purify yourself along with them, and pay for them to get their heads shaved. Then everyone will know that what they were told about you amounts to nothing, but that you yourself are also careful about observing the law.

These men went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have bound ourselves under a solemn curse that we won’t eat anything until we have killed Paul.

When these men entered Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they also presented Paul to him.

After five days Ananias the high priest came down with some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus. These men presented their case against Paul to the governor.

commanding his accusers to come to you.] By examining him yourself you will be able to discern all these things we are accusing him of.”

The Jews also joined in the attack, alleging that these things were so.

And I have a hope in God, which these men themselves also accept, that there is going to be a resurrection, both of the righteous and the unrighteous.

Either let these men here state what wrongdoing they found in me when I stood before the Sanhedrin,

Then Festus, wanting to do a favor for the Jews, replied to Paul, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem, there to be tried before me on these charges?”

If then I am doing wrong, or have done anything deserving of death, I do not refuse to die, but if there is nothing to what these men accuse me of, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar!”

Since I was at a loss in a dispute over such things, I asked him if he wished to go to Jerusalem and be tried there concerning these matters.

“I was traveling to Damascus under these circumstances with authority and a commission from the chief priests.

For the king knows about these matters. It is to him I am actually speaking boldly. For I am convinced that none of these things escapes his notice, since this was not done in a corner.

“I wish before God,” replied Paul, “that whether easily or with difficulty, not only you but all who listen to me today might become as I am—except for these chains.”

Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men stay in the ship, you cannot be saved.”

After he said these things and had taken some bread, he gave thanks to God in the presence of all of them, and when he broke it, he began to eat.

[After he said these things, the Jews departed, while engaging in a prolonged debate among themselves.]

What then are we to say about these things?
If God is for us, who is against us?

No, in all these things we are more than victorious
through Him who loved us.

For Moses writes about the righteousness that is from the law: The one who does these things will live by them.

For if you were cut off from your native wild olive and against nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these—the natural branches—be grafted into their own olive tree?

And for this reason you pay taxes, since the authorities are God’s public servants, continually attending to these tasks.

But now I no longer have any work to do in these provinces, and I have strongly desired for many years to come to you

We also speak these things, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual things to spiritual people.

Now, brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the saying: “Nothing beyond what is written.” The purpose is that none of you will be inflated with pride in favor of one person over another.

But I have used none of these rights, and I have not written this to make it happen that way for me. For it would be better for me to die than for anyone to deprive me of my boast!

Now these things became examples for us, so that we will not desire evil things as they did.

Now these things happened to them as examples, and they were written as a warning to us, on whom the ends of the ages have come.

But one and the same Spirit is active in all these, distributing to each person as He wills.

And those parts of the body that we think to be less honorable, we clothe these with greater honor, and our unpresentable parts have a better presentation.

And God has placed these in the church:

first apostles, second prophets,
third teachers, next miracles,
then gifts of healing, helping,
managing, various kinds of languages.

Now these three remain:
faith, hope, and love.
But the greatest of these is love.

I am pleased to have Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus present, because these men have made up for your absence.

This is why I am writing these things while absent, that when I am there I will not use severity, in keeping with the authority the Lord gave me for building up and not for tearing down.

But we did not give up and submit to these people for even an hour, so that the truth of the gospel would be preserved for you.

But the law is not based on faith; instead, the one who does these things will live by them.

These things are illustrations, for the women represent the two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery—this is Hagar.

For the flesh desires what is against the Spirit, and the Spirit desires what is against the flesh; these are opposed to each other, so that you don’t do what you want.