I have told you this in figures, but the time is coming when I shall speak to you in figures no longer; I shall let you know plainly about the Father.

Then the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching.

Jesus replied, "Are you saying this of your own accord, or did other people tell you about me?"

"Truth!" said Pilate, "what is truth!" With these words he went outside to the Jews again and told them, "I cannot find anything wrong about him.

Again Pilate went out and said to them, "Look, I am bringing him out to you. Understand, I cannot find anything wrong about him."

Now when the high priests and their attendants saw him, they yelled, "Crucify him, crucify him!" Pilate said, "Take him and crucify him yourselves! I find nothing wrong about him."

(it was the day of Preparation for the passover, about noon). "There is your king!" he said to the Jews.

accompanied by Nicodemus (he who had first come to Jesus by night) who brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds of it;

while the rest of the disciples came ashore in the punt (they were not far from land, only about a hundred yards), dragging their netful of fish.

So, on catching sight of him, Peter said to Jesus, "And what about him, Lord?"

Now during these days Peter stood up among the brothers (there was a crowd of about a hundred and twenty persons all together).

Brothers, I can speak quite plainly to you about the patriarch David; he died and was buried and his tomb remains with us to this day.

So those who accepted what he said were baptized; about three thousand souls were brought in, that day.

(A number of those who heard them speak believed, bringing up their numbers to [about] five thousand.)

However, to keep things from going any further with the people, we had better threaten them that they are not to tell anyone in future about this Name."

So they called the men in and ordered them not to speak or teach a single sentence about the Name of Jesus.

When it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And even after the sale, was the money not yours to do as you pleased about it? How could you think of doing a thing like this? You have not defrauded men but God."

After an interval of about three hours his wife happened to come in, quite unconscious of what had occurred.

Great awe came over the whole church and over all who heard about this.

"Go and stand in the temple, telling the people all about this Life."

With these orders they went into the temple about dawn and proceeded to teach. Meantime the high priest and his allies met, called the Sanhedrin together and the council of seniors belonging to the sons of Israel, and then sent to prison for the men.

"We strictly forbade you to teach about this Name, did we not? And here you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine! You want to make us responsible for this man's death!"

Then he said, "Men of Israel, take care what you do about these men.

In days gone by Theudas started up, claiming to be a person of importance; a number of men, about four hundred of them, rallied to him, but he was slain, and all his followers were dispersed and wiped out.

They gave in to him, and after summoning the apostles and giving them a flogging, they released them with instructions that they were not to speak about the name of Jesus.

So the eunuch said to Philip, "Pray, who is the prophet speaking about? Is it himself or someone else?"

"But, Lord," Ananias answered, "many people have told me about all the mischief this man has done to thy saints at Jerusalem!

About three o'clock in the afternoon he distinctly saw in a vision an angel of God entering and saying to him, "Cornelius."

Next day they were still on the road and not far from the town, when Peter went up to the roof of the house about noon to pray.

Come, get up and go down, and have no hesitation about accompanying them, for it is I who have sent them."

you know how it spread over the whole of Judaea, starting from Galilee after the baptism preached by John ??38 how God consecrated Jesus of Nazaret with the holy Spirit and power, and how he went about doing good and curing all who were harassed by the devil; for God was with him.

one of whom, named Agabus, showed by the Spirit that a severe famine was about to visit the whole world (the famine which occurred in the reign of Claudius).

It was about that time that king Herod laid hands of violence on some members of the church.

See here, the Lord's hand will fall on you, and you will be blind, unable for a time to see the sun." In a moment a dark mist fell upon him, and he groped about for someone to take him by the hand.

For about forty years he bore with them in the desert,

and after destroying seven nations in the land of Canaan he gave them their land as an inheritance for about four hundred and fifty years.

Here they spent a considerable time, speaking fearlessly about the Lord, who attested the word of his grace by allowing signs and wonders to be performed by them.

As a sharp dispute and controversy sprang up between them and Paul and Barnabas, it was arranged that Paul and Barnabas, along with some others of their number, should go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and presbyters at Jerusalem about this question.

But about midnight, as Paul and Silas were praying and singing to God, while the prisoners listened,

He had been instructed in the Way of the Lord and he preached and taught about Jesus with ardour and accuracy, though all the baptism he knew was that of John.

They numbered all together about twelve men.

Then Paul entered the synagogue and for three months spoke out fearlessly, arguing and persuading people about the Reign of God.

It was about that time that a great commotion arose over the Way. This was how it happened.

but when they discovered he was a Jew, a roar broke from them all, and for about two hours they shouted, "Great is Artemis of Ephesus! Great is Artemis of Ephesus!"

associate yourself with them, purify yourself with them, pay their expenses so that they may be free to have their heads shaved, and then everybody will understand there is nothing in these stories about you, but that, on the contrary, you are guided by obedience to the Law.

Now as I neared Damascus on my journey, suddenly about noon a brilliant light from heaven flashed round me.

I said, 'What am I to do?' And the Lord said to me, 'Get up and make your way into Damascus; there?you shall be told about all you are destined to do.'

and saw Him saying to me, 'Make haste, leave Jerusalem quickly, for they will not accept your evidence about me.'

They yelled and threw their clothes into the air and flung dust about,

Thus a loud clamour broke out. Some of the scribes who belonged to the Pharisaic party got up and contended, "We find nothing wrong about this man. What if some spirit or angel has spoken to him?"

Now Paul's nephew heard about their treacherous ambush; so he got admission to the barracks and told Paul.

Examine him for yourself and you will be able to find out about all these charges of ours against him."

Some days later Felix arrived with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess. He sent for Paul and heard what he had to say about faith in Christ Jesus;

but when he argued about morality, self-mastery, and the future judgment, Felix grew uneasy. "You may go for the present," he said; "when I can find a moment, I will send for you"

When I was at Jerusalem, the high priests and elders of the Jews informed me about him and demanded his condemnation.

As I felt at a loss about the method of inquiry into such topics, I asked if he would go to Jerusalem and be tried there on these charges.

Only, I have nothing definite to write to the sovereign about him. So I have brought him up before you all, and especially before you, O king Agrippa, in order that I may have something to write as the result of your cross-examination.

When the fourteenth night arrived, we were drifting about in the sea of Adria, when the sailors about midnight suspected land was near.

(there were about seventy-six souls of us on board, all told);

As the local brothers had heard about us, they came out to meet us as far as Appii Forum and Tres Tabernae, and when Paul saw them he thanked God and took courage.

They replied, "We have had no letters about you from Judaea, and no brother has come here with any bad report or story about you.

So they fixed a day and came to him at his quarters in large numbers. From morning to evening he explained the Reign of God to them from personal testimony, and tried to convince them about Jesus from the law of Moses and the prophets.

he preached the Reign of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ quite openly and unmolested.

There is no partiality about God.

But if so, what can we say about Abraham, our forefather by natural descent?

His faith never quailed, even when he noted the utter impotence of his own body (for he was about a hundred years old) or the impotence of Sara's womb;

no unbelief made him waver about God's promise; his faith won strength as he gave glory to God

For when God said, I will come about this time and Sara shall have a son, that was a word of promise.

Certainly keep your own conviction on the matter, as between yourself and God; he is a fortunate man who has no misgivings about what he allows himself to eat.

But if anyone has doubts about eating and then eats, that condemns him at once; it was not faith that induced him to eat, and any action that is not based on faith is a sin.

but that (as it is written) They should see who never had learned about him, and they who had never heard of him should understand.

Let no one deceive himself about this; whoever of you imagines he is wise with this world's wisdom must become a 'fool,' if he is really to be wise.

So you must not boast about men. For all belongs to you;

To this very hour we hunger and thirst, we are ill-clad and knocked about, we are waifs,

What! do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the Realm of God? Make no mistake about it; neither the immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor catamites nor sodomites

Now about the questions in your letter. It is an excellent thing for a man to have no intercourse with a woman;

I want you to be free from all anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious about the Lord's affairs, how best to satisfy the Lord;

the married man is anxious about worldly affairs, how best to satisfy his wife ??34 so he is torn in two directions. The unmarried woman or the maid is also anxious about the Lord's affairs, how to be consecrated, body and spirit; once married, she is anxious about worldly affairs, how best to satisfy her husband.

It is written in the law of Moses, You must not muzzle an ox when he is treading the grain. Is God thinking here about cattle?

Eat any food that has been sold in the market, instead of letting scruples of conscience oblige you to ask any questions about it;

When an unbeliever invites you to dinner and you agree to go, eat whatever is put before you, instead of letting scruples of conscience induce you to ask any questions about it.

But I want you to understand about spiritual gifts, brothers.

Make no mistake about this: 'bad company is the ruin of good character.'

I do not care about seeing you at this moment merely in the by-going; my hope is to stay among you for some time, with the Lord's permission.

Now I would like you to know about the distress which befell me in Asia, brothers. I was crushed, crushed far more than I could stand, so much so that I despaired even of life;

I disown those practices which very shame conceals from view; I do not go about it craftily; I do not falsify the word of God; I state the truth openly and so commend myself to every man's conscience before God.

I told him of my pride in you, and I have not been disappointed. No, just as all I have had to say to you has been true, so all I said about you to Titus, all my pride in you, has also proved true.

Now, brothers, I have to tell you about the grace God has given to the churches of Macedonia.

But I will tell you what I think about it; it is to your interest to go on with this enterprise, for you started it last year, you were the first not merely to do anything but to want to do anything.

Indeed it is quite superfluous for me to be writing to you about this charitable service to the saints;

Everyone is to give what he has made up his mind to give; there is to be no grudging or compulsion about it, for God loves the giver who gives cheerfully.

Then what about the Law? Well, it was interpolated for the purpose of producing transgressions till such time as the Offspring arrived to whom the Promise was made; also, it was transmitted by means of angels through the agency of an intermediary

would that I could be with you at this moment, and alter my tone, for I am at my wits' end about you!

let everyone bring his own work to the test ??then he will have something to boast about on his own account, and not in comparison with his fellows.

how the divine secret was disclosed to me by a revelation (if you read what I have already written briefly about this,

One is indeed ashamed even to speak about what such men do in secret;

Be strictly careful then about the life you lead; act like sensible men, not like thoughtless;

And as for you masters, act by your servants in the same way, and stop threatening them; be sure that they and you have a Lord and Master in heaven, and there is no partiality about him.

Hold your ground, tighten the belt of truth about your loins, wear integrity as your coat of mail,

Our beloved brother Tychicus, a faithful minister in the Lord, will give you all information about me, so that you may know how I am;