Jesus said to Peter, "Put your sword into its sheath; shall I not drink the cup which the Father has given me?"

Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple. As this disciple was known to the high priest, he went with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest.

Pilate said to him, "You are a king then?" Jesus answered, "You say what I ama king. For this I was born, and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears my voice."

and he went again into the Praetorium and said to Jesus, "Where are you from?" But Jesus gave him no answer.

Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb; and he saw the linen cloths lying there,

But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb.

Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here, and see my hands. Reach out your hand, and put it into my side; do not be unbelieving, but believing."

Simon Peter said to them, "I am going fishing." They said to him, "We will go with you." They went out and got into the boat; but that night they caught nothing.

Then that disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment (for he had removed it), and threw himself into the sea.

And as they were gazing intently into the sky while he was going, behold, two men in white clothing stood beside them.

They also said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in just the same way as you have watched him go into heaven."

The sun will be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord shall come.

For David did not ascend into heaven, but he says himself: 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand,

When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked for alms.

so that they even carried out the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and pallets, so that as Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on some of them.

And when they heard this, they entered into the temple about daybreak and began to teach. Now when the high priest and his associates came, they called the Council together, even all the Senate of the sons of Israel, and sent orders to the prison house for them to be brought.

and said to him, 'Leave your country and your relatives, and go into the land that I will show you.'

"And the patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt. But God was with him,

"When he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the sons of Israel.

But being full of the Holy Spirit, he gazed intently into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God;

And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.

Saul got up from the ground; and when his eyes were opened, he could see nothing; so they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus.

And he became hungry and was desiring something to eat; but while they were preparing it, he fell into a trance

And when I looked into it I saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds of the air.

This happened three times, and all was drawn up again into heaven.

When they had passed the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened for them by itself, and they went out and passed on through one street; and immediately the angel left him.

But they passed on from Perga and came to Pisidian Antioch. And on the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down.

Now at Iconium they entered together into the Jewish synagogue, and so spoke that a great number believed, both of Jews and of Greeks.

But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their robes and rushed out into the crowd, crying out

They passed through Pisidia, and came into Pamphylia.

And when they came to Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit o Jesus did not allow them;

When he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go on into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.

When she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay." And she prevailed upon us.

But when her owners saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities,

and when they had brought them to the magistrates they said, "These men are Jews and they are throwing our city into an uproar.

And when they had inflicted many blows upon them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to guard them securely.

Having received such a charge, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.

Then he brought them up into his house, and set food before them; and he rejoiced with his whole household that he had believed in God.

But Paul said to them, "They have beaten us publicly, without trial, men who are Roman citizens, and have thrown us into prison; and do they now cast us out secretly? No! Let them come themselves and take us out."

The brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue.

They came to Ephesus, and he left them there. Now he himself went into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.

And he said, "Into what then were you baptized?" They said, "Into John's baptism."

And having sent into Macedonia two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.

Not only is there danger that this trade of ours fall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis be regarded as worthless and that she whom all of Asia and the world worship will even be dethroned from her magnificence."

The city was filled with the confusion, and they rushed with one accord into the theater, dragging along Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul's traveling companions from Macedonia.

Some of the Asiarchs also, who were friends of his, sent to him and begged him not to venture into the theater.

And there was a young man named Eutychus sitting in the window sill, sinking into a deep sleep. And as Paul talked on and on, he was overcome by sleep and fell down from the third story and was picked up dead.

And coming to us, he took Paul's belt and bound his own feet and hands, and said, "This is what the Holy Spirit says, 'In this way the Jews at Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.'"

crying out, "Men of Israel, help! This is the man who is teaching all men everywhere against our people and our law and this place; and besides he also brought Greeks into the temple, and he has defiled this holy place."

For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him, and they supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple.

Some in the crowd shouted one thing, and some another; and as he could not learn the facts because of the uproar, he ordered him to be brought into the barracks.

As Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he said to the commander, "May I say something to you?" And he said, "Do you know Greek?

Then you are not the Egyptian who some time ago stirred up a revolt and led the four thousand men of the Assassins out into the wilderness?"

I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prison both men and women,

And I said, 'What shall I do, Lord?' And the Lord said to me, 'Get up and go on into Damascus, and there you will be told of all that has been appointed for you to do.'

But since I could not see because of the brightness of that light, I was led by the hand by those who were with me and came into Damascus.

"When I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance

And as they were crying out and throwing off their cloaks and tossing dust into the air,

the commander ordered him to be brought into the barracks, and commanded him to be examined by scourging so that he might find out the reason why they were shouting against him that way.

The dispute became so violent that the commander was afraid Paul would be torn to pieces by them and ordered the troops to go down and take him away from them by force, and bring him into the barracks.

But as the sailors were trying to escape from the ship and had let down the lifeboat into the sea, on the pretense of laying out anchors from the bow,

When they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship by throwing out the wheat into the sea.

However he shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no harm.

And when we came into Rome, Paul was allowed to stay by himself, with the soldier that guarded him.

After three days Paul called together the local leaders of the Jews; and when they had gathered, he said to them, "Brethren, though I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, yet I was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.

through whom we have obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in our hope of the glory of God.

And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

Or do you not know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?

We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death, so that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.

But the righteousness based on faith says, "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?'" (that is, to bring Christ down)

or "Who will descend into the abyss?" (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).

For if you were cut out of an olive tree that is wild by nature, and were grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these natural branches be grafted back into their own olive tree!

God is faithful, by whom you were called into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea;

For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one bodywhether Jews or Greeks, slaves or freeand we were all made to drink of one Spirit.

So it is with you, unless you utter by the tongue speech that is intelligible, how will anyone know what is spoken? For you will be speaking into the air.

For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.

And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into his likeness from one degree of glory to another, for this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence.

For even when we came into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted at every turnconflicts on the outside and fears within.

But thanks be to God who puts the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus.

nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia; and again I returned to Damascus.

Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia.

But it was because of the false brethren secretly brought in, who had slipped in to spy out our freedom which we have in Christ Jesus, in order to bring us into bondage.

For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

Because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!"

in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.

When you read this, you can understand my insight into the mystery of Christ,

(In saying, "He ascended," what does it mean except that he had also descended into the lower parts of the earth?

But speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into him, who is the head, into Christ,

For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son,

to live a life worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.

May the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the steadfastness of Christ.

As I urged you when I went into Macedonia, remain on at Ephesus so that you may instruct certain men not to teach strange doctrines,

It is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinnersof whom I am the foremost.

He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall into the same condemnation as the devil.

He must also have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

For we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of it.

But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a snare and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction.

For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.