Jesus replied, "You do not understand what I am doing now, but you will understand after these things."

I am telling you this now, before it happens, so that when it happens you may believe that I am he.

(Now none of those present at the table understood why Jesus said this to Judas.

Judas took the piece of bread and went out immediately. (Now it was night.)

When Judas had gone out, Jesus said, "Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in him.

Children, I am still with you for a little while. You will look for me, and just as I said to the Jewish religious leaders, 'Where I am going you cannot come,' now I tell you the same.

Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, where are you going?" Jesus replied, "Where I am going, you cannot follow me now, but you will follow later."

Peter said to him, "Lord, why can't I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you!"

If you have known me, you will know my Father too. And from now on you do know him and have seen him."

I have told you now before it happens, so that when it happens you may believe.

If I had not performed among them the miraculous deeds that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen the deeds and have hated both me and my Father.

Now this happened to fulfill the word that is written in their law, 'They hated me without reason.'

But now I am going to the one who sent me, and not one of you is asking me, 'Where are you going?'

"I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.

Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive it, so that your joy may be complete.

His disciples said, "Look, now you are speaking plainly and not in obscure figures of speech!

Now we know that you know everything and do not need anyone to ask you anything. Because of this we believe that you have come from God."

Jesus replied, "Do you now believe?

Now this is eternal life -- that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you sent.

And now, Father, glorify me at your side with the glory I had with you before the world was created.

Now they understand that everything you have given me comes from you,

But now I am coming to you, and I am saying these things in the world, so they may experience my joy completed in themselves.

(Now Judas, the one who betrayed him, knew the place too, because Jesus had met there many times with his disciples.)

They replied, "Jesus the Nazarene." He told them, "I am he." (Now Judas, the one who betrayed him, was standing there with them.)

Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, pulled it out and struck the high priest's slave, cutting off his right ear. (Now the slave's name was Malchus.)

(Now it was Caiaphas who had advised the Jewish leaders that it was to their advantage that one man die for the people.)

Simon Peter and another disciple followed them as they brought Jesus to Annas. (Now the other disciple was acquainted with the high priest, and he went with Jesus into the high priest's courtyard.)

(Now the slaves and the guards were standing around a charcoal fire they had made, warming themselves because it was cold. Peter also was standing with them, warming himself.)

Then they brought Jesus from Caiaphas to the Roman governor's residence. (Now it was very early morning.) They did not go into the governor's residence so they would not be ceremonially defiled, but could eat the Passover meal.

Then they shouted back, "Not this man, but Barabbas!" (Now Barabbas was a revolutionary.)

(Now it was the day of preparation for the Passover, about noon.) Pilate said to the Jewish leaders, "Look, here is your king!"

Now when the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and made four shares, one for each soldier, and the tunic remained. (Now the tunic was seamless, woven from top to bottom as a single piece.)

Now standing beside Jesus' cross were his mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

Now at the place where Jesus was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden was a new tomb where no one had yet been buried.

Now very early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been moved away from the entrance.

Now Thomas (called Didymus), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came.

Now Jesus performed many other miraculous signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not recorded in this book.

After this Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias. Now this is how he did so.

Jesus said, "Bring some of the fish you have just now caught."

This was now the third time Jesus was revealed to the disciples after he was raised from the dead.

(Now Jesus said this to indicate clearly by what kind of death Peter was going to glorify God.) After he said this, Jesus told Peter, "Follow me."

For John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now."

(Now this man Judas acquired a field with the reward of his unjust deed, and falling headfirst he burst open in the middle and all his intestines gushed out.

Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place.

Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven residing in Jerusalem.

Now when they heard this, they were acutely distressed and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "What should we do, brothers?"

Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time for prayer, at three o'clock in the afternoon.

And now, brothers, I know you acted in ignorance, as your rulers did too.

And now, Lord, pay attention to their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your message with great courage,

Now a man named Ananias, together with Sapphira his wife, sold a piece of property.

Now many miraculous signs and wonders came about among the people through the hands of the apostles. By common consent they were all meeting together in Solomon's Portico.

Now the high priest rose up, and all those with him (that is, the religious party of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy.

When they heard this, they entered the temple courts at daybreak and began teaching. Now when the high priest and those who were with him arrived, they summoned the Sanhedrin -- that is, the whole high council of the Israelites -- and sent to the jail to have the apostles brought before them.

Now when the commander of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this report, they were greatly puzzled concerning it, wondering what this could be.

Now when they heard this, they became furious and wanted to execute them.

Now in those days, when the disciples were growing in number, a complaint arose on the part of the Greek-speaking Jews against the native Hebraic Jews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.

Now Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and miraculous signs among the people.

Then he went out from the country of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God made him move to this country where you now live.

I have certainly seen the suffering of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their groaning, and I have come down to rescue them. Now come, I will send you to Egypt.'

Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They killed those who foretold long ago the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become!

And Saul agreed completely with killing. Now on that day a great persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were forced to scatter throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria.

Now those who had been forced to scatter went around proclaiming the good news of the word.

Now in that city was a man named Simon, who had been practicing magic and amazing the people of Samaria, claiming to be someone great.

Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.

Now Simon, when he saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, offered them money,

Now the passage of scripture the man was reading was this: "He was led like a sheep to slaughter, and like a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he did not open his mouth.

Now as they were going along the road, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, "Look, there is water! What is to stop me from being baptized?"

Now when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him any more, but went on his way rejoicing.

(Now the men who were traveling with him stood there speechless, because they heard the voice but saw no one.)

Now there was a disciple in Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, "Ananias," and he replied, "Here I am, Lord."

Now after some days had passed, the Jews plotted together to kill him,

Now as Peter was traveling around from place to place, he also came down to the saints who lived in Lydda.

Now in Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which in translation means Dorcas). She was continually doing good deeds and acts of charity.

Now there was a man in Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort.

Now send men to Joppa and summon a man named Simon, who is called Peter.

Now while Peter was puzzling over what the vision he had seen could signify, the men sent by Cornelius had learned where Simon's house was and approached the gate.

The following day he entered Caesarea. Now Cornelius was waiting anxiously for them and had called together his relatives and close friends.

Therefore when you sent for me, I came without any objection. Now may I ask why you sent for me?"

Therefore I sent for you at once, and you were kind enough to come. So now we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has commanded you to say to us."

Then Peter started speaking: "I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism in dealing with people,

Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles too had accepted the word of God.

Now those who had been scattered because of the persecution that took place over Stephen went as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message to no one but Jews.

and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught a significant number of people. Now it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called Christians.

When Peter came to himself, he said, "Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from everything the Jewish people were expecting to happen."

Now Peter continued knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were greatly astonished.

Now Herod was having an angry quarrel with the people of Tyre and Sidon. So they joined together and presented themselves before him. And after convincing Blastus, the king's personal assistant, to help them, they asked for peace, because their country's food supply was provided by the king's country.

Now there were these prophets and teachers in the church at Antioch: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen (a close friend of Herod the tetrarch from childhood) and Saul.

When they arrived in Salamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. (Now they also had John as their assistant.)

Now look, the hand of the Lord is against you, and you will be blind, unable to see the sun for a time!" Immediately mistiness and darkness came over him, and he went around seeking people to lead him by the hand.

and for many days he appeared to those who had accompanied him from Galilee to Jerusalem. These are now his witnesses to the people.

From there they sailed back to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had now completed.

Now some men came down from Judea and began to teach the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved."

So now why are you putting God to the test by placing on the neck of the disciples a yoke that neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear?

Now as we were going to the place of prayer, a slave girl met us who had a spirit that enabled her to foretell the future by supernatural means. She brought her owners a great profit by fortune-telling.

The jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, "The magistrates have sent orders to release you. So come out now and go in peace."

But Paul said to the police officers, "They had us beaten in public without a proper trial -- even though we are Roman citizens -- and they threw us in prison. And now they want to send us away secretly? Absolutely not! They themselves must come and escort us out!"

Therefore, although God has overlooked such times of ignorance, he now commands all people everywhere to repent,

Now when they heard about the resurrection from the dead, some began to scoff, but others said, "We will hear you again about this."

Now when Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul became wholly absorbed with proclaiming the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.