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When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing, and didn't know that it was Jesus.

Verse ConceptsTurning RoundSeeing The Risen ChristNot Knowing About Christrecognition

But when day had already come, Jesus stood on the beach, yet the disciples didn't know that it was Jesus.

Verse ConceptsLack Of InsightDaybreakSeashoresNot Knowing About ChristAt Daybreakrecognition

This is now the third time that Jesus was revealed to his disciples, after he had risen from the dead.

Verse ConceptsChrist AppearingActing Three TimesChrist Is RisenChrist With His Disciples

So when they had eaten their breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me more than these?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you." He said to him, "Feed my lambs."

Verse ConceptsCommitment, to GodLambsLove, Nature OfShepherds, As Church LeaderNames And Titles For The ChristianBreakfastFeeding AnimalsChrist Knowing About PeopleThe Need To Love Christvulnerability

Then Peter, turning around, saw a disciple following. This was the disciple whom Jesus sincerely loved, the one who had also leaned on Jesus' breast at the supper and asked, "Lord, who is going to betray You?"

Verse ConceptsHeart, DivineThe Beloved DiscipleJudas Betraying ChristReclining To EatWho Is The Doer?Christ's Love

until the day in which he was received up, after he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.

Verse ConceptsApostles, During Jesus Earthly Ministryelection, responsibilities ofChosen DisciplesChrist's Orders

When they had come in, they went up into the upper room, where they were staying; that is Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.

Verse ConceptsStairwaysZealAndrewPrayer MeetingsUpper RoomsGuest Roomszealots

Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, he would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne,

Verse ConceptsAssurance, basis ofChrist, The Seed OfOaths, DivineJesus Christ, KingGod Swearing BlessingsKnowing FactsNamed Prophets Of The Lord

They recognized him, that it was he who used to sit begging for gifts for the needy at the Beautiful Gate of the temple. They were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

Verse ConceptsGatesMiracles, Responses ToAlmsgivingAltruismCharitySitting In The GatewayNamed GatesRecognising Peoplesurprises

When Peter saw it, he responded to the people, "You men of Israel, why do you marvel at this man? Why do you fasten your eyes on us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made him walk?

Verse ConceptsPower Through GodPeter, The ApostleThe Healed WalkingLooking Intently At Peoplepietysurprises

The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up, and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had determined to release him.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Jesus ChristJacob, The PatriarchMoses, Significance OfPeter, Preacher And TeacherRenunciationHanding Over ChristPeople Set Free By People

When they had stood them in the middle of them, they inquired, "By what power, or in what name, have you done this?"

Verse ConceptsHigh Priest, In NtPower, HumanIn The Name Of Christmagic

He is 'the stone which was regarded as worthless by you, the builders, which has become the head of the corner.'

Verse ConceptsCornerstonesGod, The RockMasonsOccupationsSpiritual FoundationsCapstoneBuildersChrist The Rock

But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,

Verse ConceptsCommands, in NTDiscussionsGroups Sent Away

When they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people; for everyone glorified God for that which was done.

Verse ConceptsPeople Set Free By PeopleSpecific Praising Of God

Being let go, they came to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.

Verse ConceptsChief priestsPeople Set Free By PeopleTelling What People Saidelders

and laid them at the apostles' feet, and distribution was made to each, according as anyone had need.

Verse ConceptsFeetThe Apostles In ActionFinancesMoney Blessingssales

About three hours later, his wife, not knowing what had happened, came in.

Verse ConceptsThree Hoursspace

When they had brought them, they set them before the council. The high priest questioned them,

Verse ConceptsInterrogating

He gave him no inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on. He promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when he still had no child.

Verse ConceptsGod Gave The LandGod's Promise To AbrahamNo Earthly Inheritance

"But as the time of the promise came close which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersPeople MultiplyingGod's Promise To AbrahamThe Time AppointedPromisesfulfillment

"Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, even as he who spoke to Moses commanded him to make it according to the pattern that he had seen;

Verse ConceptsDivine PlansDesignThe Tabernacle

For unclean spirits came out of many of those who had them. They came out, crying with a loud voice. Many who had been paralyzed and lame were healed.

Verse ConceptsCripplesdemons, Kinds ofMiracles, Nature OfSpiritsParalyticsPeople Casting Out DemonsGroups ShoutingHealing Through DisciplesMan's Authority Over The DevilCasting Out Demons

They listened to him, because for a long time he had amazed them with his sorceries.

Verse Conceptsmagic

Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them,

Verse ConceptsMissionaries, Support ForAcceptance, Of The GospelThe Apostles In ActionAcceptance

who, when they had come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit;

Verse ConceptsReceiving The Spiritghosts

for as yet he had fallen on none of them. They had only been baptized in the name of Christ Jesus.

Verse ConceptsBaptism, practice ofBaptised In Christ's NameChristian BaptismBaptism

They therefore, when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the Good News to many villages of the Samaritans.

Verse Conceptsevangelists, identity ofLordship, Human And DivineVillagesThe Gospel PreachedIndividuals going homeevangelizing

He arose and went; and behold, there was a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship.

Verse ConceptseunuchsJudaismQueensTravelTreasurerProselytes

All who heard him were amazed, and said, "Isn't this he who in Jerusalem made havoc of those who called on this name? And he had come here intending to bring them bound before the chief priests!"

Verse ConceptsPrisonersKilling DisciplesCalling In Christ's NameIs It Really?Tying Up

When Saul had come to Jerusalem, he tried to join himself to the disciples; but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.

Verse ConceptsJoined To The ChurchFear Of IndividualsAcceptanceDiscipleshipdamascustrying

But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared to them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how at Damascus he had preached boldly in the name of Jesus.

Verse ConceptsBarnabasConfidence In God, Produces BoldnessImportunity, Towards PeopleAcceptance, Of One AnotherBoldness Examples OfSeeing The Risen ChristThe Gospel PreachedSpeaking In Christ's NameThe Apostles In ActionBoldnessdamascus

There he found a certain man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden for eight years, because he was paralyzed.

Verse ConceptsParalyticsEight Or Nine YearsBeds

It happened in those days that she fell sick, and died. When they had washed her, they laid her in an upper room.

Verse ConceptsThe DeadBurials, FeaturesStairwaysDeath Of The Saints, Examples OfCorpses Of Other PeopleUpper Rooms

Peter got up and went with them. When he had come, they brought him into the upper room. All the widows stood by him weeping, and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them.

Verse ConceptsClothBereavement, Experience OfStairwaysDressMournersWidowsClothing The NeedyOuter GarmentsInner GarmentsActual WidowsUpper RoomsMourning The Death Of Otherssisterhood

When the angel who spoke to him had departed, Cornelius called two of his household servants and a devout soldier of those who waited on him continually.

Verse ConceptsDevout MenTwo Other Men

Now while Peter was very perplexed in himself what the vision which he had seen might mean, behold, the men who were sent by Cornelius, having made inquiry for Simon's house, stood before the gate,

Verse ConceptsGatesComing To GatesAsking Particular QuestionsPuzzlementPeople Sending People

Now the apostles and the brothers who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.

Verse ConceptsAcceptance, Of The GospelThe Gentiles ConversionForeigners Saved By FaithThe Apostles In Action

When Peter had come up to Jerusalem, those who were of the circumcision contended with him,

Verse ConceptsCircumcision, physicalDisputes

When I had looked intently at it, I considered, and saw the four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky.

Verse ConceptsFour Other ThingsForbidden Food

He told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house, and saying to him, 'Send to Joppa, and get Simon, whose surname is Peter,

Verse ConceptsAngels, as God's messengers

But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they had come to Antioch, spoke to the Hellenists, preaching the Lord Jesus.

Verse Conceptsevangelists, ministry ofevangelism, nature ofMissionaries, Task OfAntioch in SyriaPreaching Gospel To Foreigners

who, when he had come, and had seen the grace of God, was glad. He exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they should remain near to the Lord.

Verse ConceptsHappinessHeart, And Holy SpiritGladnessSteadfastnessWhole HeartednessThe Grace Of GodPeople Encouraging OthersRejoicing In God's WorksWitnessing

As any of the disciples had plenty, each determined to send relief to the brothers who lived in Judea;

Verse ConceptsGood FriendsBenevolencePeople HelpingAccording To Things

When he had arrested him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four squads of four soldiers each to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover.

Verse ConceptsGuardsImprisonmentsPassoverPrisonersPunishment, Legal Aspects OfSoldiersFour GroupsEasterPeople Releasing Othersjail

When Peter had come to himself, he said, "Now I truly know that the Lord has sent out his angel and delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from everything the Jewish people were expecting."

Verse ConceptsSafetySelf KnowledgeAngels Doing God's WorkChrist Sendingexpectations

But he, beckoning to them with his hand to be silent, declared to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. He said, "Tell these things to James, and to the brothers." Then he departed, and went to another place.

Verse ConceptsNames And Titles For The ChristianGod Freeing CaptivesTelling Of God

Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers about what had become of Peter.

Verse ConceptsMorningGroups Trembling

When Herod had sought for him, and didn't find him, he examined the guards, and commanded that they should be put to death. He went down from Judea to Caesarea, and stayed there.

Verse ConceptsCommands, in NTNot FindingSeeking But Not Finding People

Barnabas and Saul returned to Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their service, also taking with them John whose surname was Mark.

Verse ConceptsMissionaries, Task OfMissionaries

When they were at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. They had also John as their attendant.

Verse ConceptsCongregation

When they had gone through the island to Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar Jesus,

Verse ConceptsExamples Of FaithDivination, Practiced ByTravelFalse Teachers, Examples OfFalse Apostles, Prophets And TeachersSorcery

When he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land for an inheritance, for about four hundred fifty years.

Verse ConceptsSeven People100 Years And MoreGod Gave The Land

When he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, to whom he also testified, 'I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who will do all my will.'

Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfHeart, DivineSpiritualityThe Witness Of GodDoing God's WillDeposingSaul And DavidReflecting God's Heart

before his coming, when John had first preached the baptism of repentance to Israel.

Verse ConceptsJohn's BaptismSigns Of Repentance

When they had fulfilled all things that were written about him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a tomb.

Verse ConceptsChrist's Fulfilment Of ProphecyLowering PeopleJesus TombScriptures Fulfilled

For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, and was laid with his fathers, and saw decay.

Verse ConceptsGenerationsGuidance, God's Promises OfLast ThingsPeople Are CorruptiblePurposeLife Purposecorruptionevangelising

At Lystra a certain man sat, impotent in his feet, a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked.

Verse ConceptsCripplesdisabilitiesLamenessThe Healed WalkingFrom The Womb

He was listening to Paul speaking, who, fastening eyes on him, and seeing that he had faith to be made whole,

Verse ConceptsLooking Intently At PeopleHow Healing CameFaith And Healing

When the multitude saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voice, saying in the language of Lycaonia, "The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!"

Verse ConceptsLanguages Mentioned In ScriptureBecoming Like PeopleLike MenMen As Gods

When they had preached the Good News to that city, and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,

Verse ConceptsNewsMany In The ChurchMinistering To The UnsavedevangelizingChristians Are Called Disciples

When they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.

When they had arrived, and had gathered the assembly together, they reported all the things that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith to the nations.

Verse ConceptsAccess To God, The Characteristics OfFaith, Origins OfAssemblyevangelism, motivation forDoorsGod, Unity OfChurch GatheringsForeigners Saved By FaithGod's Deed RevealedFaith Kjv

Therefore when Paul and Barnabas had no small discord and discussion with them, they appointed Paul and Barnabas, and some others of them, to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders about this question.

Verse Conceptselders, in the churchBelieversVisitingDissensionDisputesMan AppointingThe Apostles In ActionResolving Conflict

When they had come to Jerusalem, they were received by the assembly and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all things that God had done with them.

Verse Conceptselders, in the churchWelcoming BelieversTelling Of GodThe Apostles In Action

When there had been much discussion, Peter rose up and said to them, "Brothers, you know that a good while ago God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the nations should hear the word of the Good News, and believe.

Verse Conceptsevangelists, identity ofevangelists, ministry ofHeraldLipsDissensionDisputesMissionary ExamplesThe Gentiles ConversionPreaching Gospel To ForeignersForeigners Saved By FaithChosen DisciplesSpeaking With The Mouth

All the multitude kept silence, and they listened to Barnabas and Paul reporting what signs and wonders God had done among the nations through them.

Verse ConceptsGentiles, In NtSilenceIndividuals Being SilentOther MiraclesSigns And Wonders Of The Gospel

After they had spent some time there, they were sent back with greetings from the brothers to the apostles.

Verse ConceptsPeople Sending Peoplespace

But Paul didn't think that it was a good idea to take with them someone who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia, and didn't go with them to do the work.

Verse ConceptsPeople Abandoning PeopleNot With PeopleMissionaries

As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered the decrees to them to keep which had been ordained by the apostles and elders who were at Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsCouncil of JerusalemCommands, in NTApostles, Authority In Churchelders, in the churchBishops, QualificationsTownBishops, DutiesThe Apostles In Action

When they had gone through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.

Verse Conceptsevangelists, ministry ofInspiration Of The Holy Spirit, Purpose OfProvincesThe Holy Spirit In The ChurchLed By The SpiritMissionaries

When they had come opposite Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit didn't allow them.

Verse ConceptsProvincesThe Spirit Of ChristLed By The Spirit

When he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go out to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the Good News to them.

Verse ConceptsEvangelismevangelizing

When they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, "These men, being Jews, are agitating our city,

Verse ConceptsFalse Accusations, Examples OfTroubling Groups Of Peoplerelentless

When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely,

Verse ConceptsGuardsPunishment, Legal Aspects Of

The jailer, being roused out of sleep and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.

Verse ConceptsSuicideSwordsEscaping From Peoplejail

and they came and begged them. When they had brought them out, they asked them to depart from the city.

Verse ConceptsLeaving

They went out of the prison, and entered into Lydia's house. When they had seen the brothers, they encouraged them, and departed.

Verse Conceptsencouragement, examples ofevangelising