The soldiers made fun of him too by coming up and handing him vinegar,

he came for the purpose of witnessing, to bear testimony to the Light, so that all men might believe by means of him.

I myself did not recognize him; I only came to baptize with water, in order that he might be disclosed to Israel."

In the morning he met his brother Simon and told him, "We have found the messiah" (which may be translated, 'Christ').

Next day Jesus determined to leave for Galilee; there he met Philip and told him, "Follow me."

he met Nathanael and told him, "We have found him whom Moses wrote about in the Law, and also the prophets ??it is Jesus, the son of Joseph, who comes from Nazaret."

And on the road his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.

Jesus said to him, "Get up, lift your mat, and walk."

And instantly the man got well, lifted his mat, and started to walk. Now it was the sabbath on that day.

So the Jews said to the man who had been cured, "This is the sabbath, you have no right to be carrying your mat."

He replied, "But the man who healed me, he told me, 'Lift your mat and walk'."

Later on Jesus met him in the temple, and said to him, "See, you are well and strong; commit no more sins, in case something worse befalls you."

But this only made the Jews more eager to kill him, because he not merely broke the sabbath but actually spoke of God as his own Father, thereby making himself equal to God.

So Jesus made this answer to them: "Truly, truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, nothing but what he sees the Father doing; for whatever he does, the Son also does the same.

and as the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they embarked in the boats themselves and made for Capharnahum in search of Jesus.

The crowd replied, "You are mad. Who wants to kill you?"

The Jews retorted, "Are we not right in saying you are a Samaritan, you are mad?"

Jesus replied, "I am not mad: I honour my Father and you dishonour me.

The Jews said to him, "Now we are sure you are mad. Abraham is dead, and so are all the prophets; and you declare, 'If anyone holds to what I say, he will never taste death'!

At this they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus concealed himself and made his way out of the temple.

With these words he spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva, which he smeared on the man's eyes,

He replied, "The man they call Jesus made some clay and smeared my eyes with it and told me, 'Go and wash them in Siloam'; so I went and washed them, and I got my sight."

Now it was on the sabbath day that Jesus had made clay and opened his eyes.

A number of them said, "He is mad. Why listen to him?"

Then Martha, hearing of the arrival of Jesus, went out to meet him, while Mary sat at home.

Jesus had not entered the village yet, he was still at the spot where Martha had met him.

This made Jesus chafe afresh, so he went to the tomb; it was a cave with a boulder to close it.

(I knew thou wouldst always listen to me, but I spoke on account of the crowd around, that they might believe thou hast sent me.)"

(The high priests and the Pharisees had given orders that they were to be informed, if anyone found out where he was, so that they might arrest him.)

and taking palm-branches they went out to meet him, shouting, "Hosanna! Blessed be he who comes in the Lord's name, the king of Israel!"

and that was why the crowd went out to meet him, because they heard he had performed this Sign.

Now for all the Signs he had performed before them, they did not believe in him ??38 that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: Lord, who has believed what they heard from us, And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?

He has blinded their eyes and made their hearts insensible, to prevent them seeing with their eyes and understanding with their hearts and turning for me to cure them.

When I say 'you,' I do not mean you all; I know the men of my choice, and I made my choice that this scripture might be fulfilled, he who eats my bread has lifted up his heel against me.

I have made thy Name known to the men whom thou hast given to me from the world (thine they were, and thou gavest them to me), and they have held to thy word.

When I was with them, I kept them by the power of thy Name which thou hast given me; I guarded them, and not one of them perished ??only the son of perdition, that the scripture might be fulfilled.

Yea, I have given them the glory thou gavest me, that they may be one as we are one ??23 I in them and thou in me ??that they may be made perfectly one, so that the world may recognize that thou hast sent me and hast loved them as thou hast loved me.

Judas the traitor also knew the spot, for Jesus and his disciples often met there.

(that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, by which he had indicated the kind of death he was to die).

The Jews retorted, "But we have a Law, and by [our] Law he is bound to die, because he has made himself out to be God's Son."

he went inside the praetorium again and asked Jesus, "Where do you come from?" Jesus made no reply.

This made Pilate anxious to release him, but the Jews yelled, "If you release him, you are no friend of Caesar's! Anyone who makes himself a king is against Caesar!"

they said to themselves, "Don't let us tear it. Let us draw lots to see who gets it" (that the scripture might be fulfilled, they distributed my clothes among them, and drew lots for my raiment). This was what the soldiers did.

For this took place that the scripture might be fulfilled, Not a bone of him will be broken.

Now when they met, they asked him, "Lord, is this the time you are going to restore the Realm to Israel?"

Then they made their way back to Jerusalem from the hill called 'The Olive-Orchard'; it is close to Jerusalem, only a sabbath day's journey from it.

Thou hast made known to me the paths of life, thou wilt fill me with delight in thy presence.

So let all the house of Israel understand beyond a doubt that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this very Jesus whom you have crucified."

they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds among all, as anyone might be in need.

But when Peter saw this, he said to the people, "Men of Israel, why are you surprised at this? Why do you stare at us, as if we had made him walk by any power or piety of ours?

(He it is who has given strength to this man whom you see and know, by faith in His name; it is the faith He inspires which has made the man thus hale and whole before you all.)

Now you are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God made with your fathers when he said to Abraham, all families on earth shall be blessed in your offspring.

They made the men stand before them and inquired, "By what authority, in whose name, have you done this?"

and on hearing this the entire company raised their cry to God, "O Sovereign Lord, thou art he who made heaven, earth, and sea, and all that in them is,

"Ananias," said Peter, "why has Satan filled your heart and made you cheat the holy Spirit by appropriating some of the money paid for the land?

[Move first half of vs to start of vs 15] Many miracles and wonders were performed among the people by the apostles. Now they all without exception met in the portico of Solomon.

In fact, invalids were actually carried into the streets and laid on beds and mattresses, so that, when Peter passed, his shadow at anyrate might fall on one or other of them.

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.

but they could not meet the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.

But,' said God, 'I will pass sentence on the nation that has made them slaves, and then they will get away to worship me in this Place.'

at their second visit Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and Pharaoh was informed of Joseph's lineage.

As the time approached for the promise God had made to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

But the man who was injuring his neighbour pushed him aside. "Who made you ruler and umpire over us?" he asked.

The Moses they refused, when they said, 'Who made you ruler and umpire?' ??that was the very man whom God sent to rule and to redeem them, by aid of the angel who had appeared to him in the bush.

They actually made a calf in those days, offered sacrifice to this idol, and grew festive over what their own hands had manufactured.

And yet the most High does not dwell in houses made by hands. As the prophet says,

Devout men buried Stephen and made loud lamentation over him,

but Saul made havoc of the church by entering one house after another, dragging off men and women, and consigning them to prison.

Now for some time previous a man called Simon had been practising magic arts in the town, to the utter astonishment of the Samaritan nation; he made himself out to be a great person,

who came down and prayed that the Samaritans might receive the holy Spirit.

Peter was quite at a loss to know the meaning of the vision he had seen; but just then, the messengers of Cornelius, who had made inquiries for the house of Simon, stood at the door

Peter was just going into the house when Cornelius met him, fell at his feet, and worshipped him;

Now those who had been scattered by the trouble which arose over Stephen made their way as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, but they preached the word to none except Jews.

When he grasped the situation, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John who was surnamed Mark, where a number had met for prayer.

"You are mad," they said. But she insisted it was true. "It is his angel," they said.

Herod made inquiries for him but could not find him; so, after cross-examining the guards, he ordered them off to death. He then went down from Judaea to Caesarea, where he spent some time.

As there was a bitter feud between him and the inhabitants of Tyre and Sidon, they waited on him unanimously, and after conciliating the royal chamberlain Blastus they made overtures for peace, as their country depended for its food-supply upon the royal territory.

So we now preach to you the glad news that the promise made to the fathers

But, when the Gentiles and Jews along with their rulers made a hostile movement to insult and stone them,

shouting, "Men, what is this you are doing? We are but human, with natures like your own! The gospel we are preaching to you is to turn from such futile ways to the living God who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all that in them is.

The apostles and the presbyters met to investigate this question,

in cleansing their hearts by faith he made not the slightest distinction between us and them.

He made his way through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.

As soon as he saw the vision, we made efforts to start for Macedonia, inferring that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.

Now it happened as we went to the place of prayer that a slave-girl met us, possessed by a spirit of ventriloquism, and a source of great profit to her owners by her power of fortune-telling.

When the jailer started from his sleep and saw the prison-doors open, he drew his sword and was on the point of killing himself, supposing the prisoners had made their escape;

where the people were more amenable than at Thessalonica; they were perfectly ready to receive the Word and made a daily study of the scriptures to see if it was really as Paul said.

The God who made the world and all things in it, he, as Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in shrines that are made by human hands;

for he publicly refuted the Jews with might and main, showing from the scriptures that the messiah was Jesus.

You also see and hear that not only at Ephesus but almost all over Asia this fellow Paul has drawn off a considerable number of people by his persuasions. He declares that hand-made gods are not gods at all.

Some were shouting one thing, some another; for the assembly was in confusion, and the majority had no idea why they had met.

On the first day of the week we met for the breaking of bread; Paul addressed them, as he was to leave next day, and he prolonged his address till midnight

(there were plenty of lamps in the upper room where we met).

So when he met us at Assos, we took him on board and got to Mitylene.

When we had torn ourselves away from them and set sail, we made a straight run to Cos, next day to Rhodes, and thence to Patara;

Next day, as he was anxious to find out the real reason why the Jews accused him, he unbound him, ordered the high priests and all the Sanhedrin to meet, and brought Paul down, placing him in front of them.

Then at a nod from the governor Paul made his reply. "As I know you have administered justice in this nation for a number of years," he said, "I feel encouraged to make my defence,

I told them Romans were not in the habit of giving up any man until the accused met the accusers face to face and had a chance of defending himself against the impeachment.

To-day I am standing my trial for hoping in the promise made by God to our fathers,

when at mid-day on the road, O king, I saw a light from heaven, more dazzling than the sun, flash round me and my fellow-travellers.