Because Jesus knew that the Father had handed all things over to him, and that he had come from God and was going back to God,

Some thought that, because Judas had the money box, Jesus was telling him to buy whatever they needed for the feast, or to give something to the poor.)

There are many dwelling places in my Father's house. Otherwise, I would have told you, because I am going away to make ready a place for you.

Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me, but if you do not believe me, believe because of the miraculous deeds themselves.

I tell you the solemn truth, the person who believes in me will perform the miraculous deeds that I am doing, and will perform greater deeds than these, because I am going to the Father.

the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept, because it does not see him or know him. But you know him, because he resides with you and will be in you.

In a little while the world will not see me any longer, but you will see me; because I live, you will live too.

You heard me say to you, 'I am going away and I am coming back to you.' If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am.

You are clean already because of the word that I have spoken to you.

"I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in me -- and I in him -- bears much fruit, because apart from me you can accomplish nothing.

I no longer call you slaves, because the slave does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because I have revealed to you everything I heard from my Father.

If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you do not belong to the world, but I chose you out of the world, for this reason the world hates you.

But they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me.

and you also will testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.

They will do these things because they have not known the Father or me.

But I have told you these things so that when their time comes, you will remember that I told you about them. "I did not tell you these things from the beginning because I was with you.

Instead your hearts are filled with sadness because I have said these things to you.

concerning sin, because they do not believe in me;

concerning righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will see me no longer;

and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been condemned.

He will glorify me, because he will receive from me what is mine and will tell it to you.

Then some of his disciples said to one another, "What is the meaning of what he is saying, 'In a little while you will not see me; again after a little while, you will see me,' and, 'because I am going to the Father'?"

When a woman gives birth, she has distress because her time has come, but when her child is born, she no longer remembers the suffering because of her joy that a human being has been born into the world.

For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.

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."

Look, a time is coming -- and has come -- when you will be scattered, each one to his own home, and I will be left alone. Yet I am not alone, because my Father is with me.

because I have given them the words you have given me. They accepted them and really understand that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me.

I am praying on behalf of them. I am not praying on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those you have given me, because they belong to you.

I have given them your word, and the world has hated them, because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.

"Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, so that they can see my glory that you gave me because you loved me before the creation of the world.

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

Then Jesus, because he knew everything that was going to happen to him, came and asked them, "Who are you looking for?"

(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.)

The Jewish leaders replied, "We have a law, and according to our law he ought to die, because he claimed to be the Son of God!"

Thus many of the Jewish residents of Jerusalem read this notice, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the notice was written in Aramaic, Latin, and Greek.

Then, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies should not stay on the crosses on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was an especially important one), the Jewish leaders asked Pilate to have the victims' legs broken and the bodies taken down.

After this, Joseph of Arimathea, a disciple of Jesus (but secretly, because he feared the Jewish leaders), asked Pilate if he could remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he went and took the body away.

And so, because it was the Jewish day of preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus' body there.

Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?" Because she thought he was the gardener, she said to him, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will take him."

On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the disciples had gathered together and locked the doors of the place because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you."

Jesus said to him, "Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are the people who have not seen and yet have believed."

He told them, "Throw your net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some." So they threw the net, and were not able to pull it in because of the large number of fish.

"Come, have breakfast," Jesus said. But none of the disciples dared to ask him, "Who are you?" because they knew it was the Lord.

When this sound occurred, a crowd gathered and was in confusion, because each one heard them speaking in his own language.

But God raised him up, having released him from the pains of death, because it was not possible for him to be held in its power.

because you will not leave my soul in Hades, nor permit your Holy One to experience decay.

So then, because he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one of his descendants on his throne,

angry because they were teaching the people and announcing in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.

And because they saw the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say against this.

After threatening them further, they released them, for they could not find how to punish them on account of the people, because they were all praising God for what had happened.

For there was no one needy among them, because those who were owners of land or houses were selling them and bringing the proceeds from the sales

So in this case I say to you, stay away from these men and leave them alone, because if this plan or this undertaking originates with people, it will come to nothing,

So they left the council rejoicing because they had been considered worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of the name.

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.

The patriarchs, because they were jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt. But God was with him,

And they paid close attention to him because he had amazed them for a long time with his magic.

But Peter said to him, "May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could acquire God's gift with money!

You have no share or part in this matter because your heart is not right before God!

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

But the Lord said to him, "Go, because this man is my chosen instrument to carry my name before Gentiles and kings and the people of Israel.

When he arrived in Jerusalem, he attempted to associate with the disciples, and they were all afraid of him, because they did not believe that he was a disciple.

He found there a man named Aeneas who had been confined to a mattress for eight years because he was paralyzed.

Because Lydda was near Joppa, when the disciples heard that Peter was there, they sent two men to him and urged him, "Come to us without delay."

But get up, go down, and accompany them without hesitation, because I have sent them."

with respect to Jesus from Nazareth, that God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with him.

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.

because he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith, and a significant number of people were brought to the Lord.

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.

Immediately an angel of the Lord struck Herod down because he did not give the glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died.

Then when the proconsul saw what had happened, he believed, because he was greatly astounded at the teaching about the Lord.

They began to call Barnabas Zeus and Paul Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.

For Moses has had those who proclaim him in every town from ancient times, because he is read aloud in the synagogues every Sabbath."

Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was Greek.

When the jailer woke up and saw the doors of the prison standing open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, because he assumed the prisoners had escaped.

While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was greatly upset because he saw the city was full of idols.

Also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him, and some were asking, "What does this foolish babbler want to say?" Others said, "He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods." (They said this because he was proclaiming the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.)

nor is he served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives life and breath and everything to everyone.

because he has set a day on which he is going to judge the world in righteousness, by a man whom he designated, having provided proof to everyone by raising him from the dead."

There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to depart from Rome. Paul approached them,

and because he worked at the same trade, he stayed with them and worked with them (for they were tentmakers by trade).

because I am with you, and no one will assault you to harm you, because I have many people in this city."

Paul, after staying many more days in Corinth, said farewell to the brothers and sailed away to Syria accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila. He had his hair cut off at Cenchrea because he had made a vow.

Some of the crowd concluded it was about Alexander because the Jews had pushed him to the front. Alexander, gesturing with his hand, was wanting to make a defense before the public assembly.

So because these facts are indisputable, you must keep quiet and not do anything reckless.

where he stayed for three months. Because the Jews had made a plot against him as he was intending to sail for Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia.

On the first day of the week, when we met to break bread, Paul began to speak to the people, and because he intended to leave the next day, he extended his message until midnight.

serving the Lord with all humility and with tears, and with the trials that happened to me because of the plots of the Jews.

After we sighted Cyprus and left it behind on our port side, we sailed on to Syria and put in at Tyre, because the ship was to unload its cargo there.

Because he could not be persuaded, we said no more except, "The Lord's will be done."

But some in the crowd shouted one thing, and others something else, and when the commanding officer was unable to find out the truth because of the disturbance, he ordered Paul to be brought into the barracks.

When he came to the steps, Paul had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob,

Since I could not see because of the brilliance of that light, I came to Damascus led by the hand of those who were with me.

because you will be his witness to all people of what you have seen and heard.

and saw the Lord saying to me, 'Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.'

Then he said to me, 'Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.'"

The next day, because the commanding officer wanted to know the true reason Paul was being accused by the Jews, he released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole council to assemble. He then brought Paul down and had him stand before them.

So the centurion took him and brought him to the commanding officer and said, "The prisoner Paul called me and asked me to bring this young man to you because he has something to tell you."

So do not let them persuade you to do this, because more than forty of them are lying in ambush for him. They have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink anything until they have killed him, and now they are ready, waiting for you to agree to their request."

This man was seized by the Jews and they were about to kill him, when I came up with the detachment and rescued him, because I had learned that he was a Roman citizen.

When the governor gestured for him to speak, Paul replied, "Because I know that you have been a judge over this nation for many years, I confidently make my defense.