No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have authority to lay it down and I have authority to take it again. I have received this commandment of my Father.

They sought therefore again to take him; and he went away from out of their hand

From that day therefore they took counsel that they might kill him.

Jesus therefore, six days before the passover, came to Bethany, where was the dead man Lazarus, whom Jesus raised from among the dead.

A great crowd therefore of the Jews knew that he was there; and they came, not because of Jesus only, but also that they might see Lazarus whom he raised from among the dead.

The crowd therefore that was with him bore witness because he had called Lazarus out of the tomb, and raised him from among the dead.

Now is my soul troubled, and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour. But on account of this have I come to this hour.

While ye have the light, believe in the light, that ye may become sons of light. Jesus said these things, and going away hid himself from them.

Although indeed from among the rulers also many believed on him, but on account of the Pharisees did not confess him, that they might not be put out of the synagogue:

for they loved glory from men rather than glory from God.

For I have not spoken from myself, but the Father who sent me has himself given me commandment what I should say and what I should speak;

Jesus, knowing that the Father had given him all things into his hands, and that he came out from God and was going to God,

rises from supper and lays aside his garments, and having taken a linen towel he girded himself:

Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words which I speak to you I do not speak from myself; but the Father who abides in me, he does the works.

But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who goes forth from with the Father, he shall bear witness concerning me;

and ye too bear witness, because ye are with me from the beginning.

But I have spoken these things to you, that when their hour shall have come, ye may remember them, that I have said them unto you. But I did not say these things unto you from the beginning, because I was with you.

But when he is come, the Spirit of truth, he shall guide you into all the truth: for he shall not speak from himself; but whatsoever he shall hear he shall speak; and he will announce to you what is coming.

And ye now therefore have grief; but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one takes from you.

for the Father himself has affection for you, because ye have had affection for me, and have believed that I came out from God.

I came out from the Father and have come into the world; again, I leave the world and go to the Father.

Now we know that thou knowest all things, and hast not need that any one should demand of thee. By this we believe that thou art come from God.

for the words which thou hast given me I have given them, and they have received them, and have known truly that I came out from thee, and have believed that thou sentest me.

They lead therefore Jesus from Caiaphas to the praetorium; and it was early morn. And they entered not into the praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but eat the passover.

Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world; if my kingdom were of this world, my servants had fought that I might not be delivered up to the Jews; but now my kingdom is not from hence.

Jesus answered, Thou hadst no authority whatever against me if it were not given to thee from above. On this account he that has delivered me up to thee has the greater sin.

From this time Pilate sought to release him; but the Jews cried out saying, If thou releasest this man, thou art not a friend to Caesar. Every one making himself a king speaks against Caesar.

The soldiers therefore, when they had crucified Jesus, took his clothes, and made four parts, to each soldier a part, and the body-coat; but the body-coat was seamless, woven through the whole from the top.

Then he says unto the disciple, Behold thy mother. And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.

And on the first day of the week Mary of Magdala comes in early morn to the tomb, while it was still dark, and sees the stone taken away from the tomb.

for they had not yet known the scripture, that he must rise from among the dead.

And he said to them, Cast the net at the right side of the ship and ye will find. They cast therefore, and they could no longer draw it, from the multitude of fishes.

and the other disciples came in the small boat, for they were not far from the land, but somewhere about two hundred cubits, dragging the net of fishes.

This is already the third time that Jesus had been manifested to the disciples, being risen from among the dead.

and, being assembled with them, commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to await the promise of the Father, which said he ye have heard of me.

who also said, Men of Galilee, why do ye stand looking into heaven? This Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven, shall thus come in the manner in which ye have beheld him going into heaven.

Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called the mount of Olives, which is near Jerusalem, a sabbath-day's journey off.

beginning from the baptism of John until the day in which he was taken up from us, one of these should be a witness with us of his resurrection.

to receive the lot of this service and apostleship, from which Judas transgressing fell to go to his own place.

Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, pious men, from every nation of those under heaven.

And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, Be saved from this perverse generation.

and a certain man who was lame from his mother's womb was being carried, whom they placed every day at the gate of the temple called Beautiful, to ask alms of those who were going into the temple;

And he gave heed to them, expecting to receive something from them.

but the originator of life ye slew, whom God raised from among the dead, whereof we are witnesses.

Repent therefore and be converted, for the blotting out of your sins, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

And it shall be that whatsoever soul shall not hear that prophet shall be destroyed from among the people.

And indeed all the prophets from Samuel and those in succession after him, as many as have spoken, have announced also these days.

To you first God, having raised up his servant, has sent him, blessing you in turning each one of you from your wickedness.

being distressed on account of their teaching the people and preaching by Jesus the resurrection from among the dead;

be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazaraean, whom ye have crucified, whom God has raised from among the dead, by him this man stands here before you sound in body.

for as for us we cannot refrain from speaking of the things which we have seen and heard.

And now I say to you, Withdraw from these men and let them alone, for if this counsel or this work have its origin from men, it will be destroyed;

but if it be from God, ye will not be able to put them down, lest ye be found also fighters against God.

They therefore went their way from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to be dishonoured for the name.

Look out therefore, brethren, from among yourselves seven men, well reported of, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we will establish over this business:

to whom our fathers would not be subject, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back to Egypt,

which also our fathers, receiving from their predecessors, brought in with Joshua when they entered into possession of the lands of the nations, whom God drove out from the face of our fathers, until the days of David;

For from many who had unclean spirits they went out, crying with a loud voice; and many that were paralysed and lame were healed.

To whom they had all given heed, from small to great, saying, This is the power of God which is called great.

But the angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, Rise up and go southward on the way which goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza: the same is desert.

In his humiliation his judgment has been taken away, and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.

And Philip, opening his mouth and beginning from that scripture, announced the glad tidings of Jesus to him.

And Saul rose up from the earth, and his eyes being opened he saw no one. But leading him by the hand they brought him into Damascus.

And Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard from many concerning this man how much evil he has done to thy saints at Jerusalem;

and here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call upon thy name.

And straightway there fell from his eyes as it were scales, and he saw, and rising up was baptised;

And they said, Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous man, and fearing God, and borne witness to by the whole nation of the Jews, has been divinely instructed by a holy angel to send for thee to his house, and hear words from thee.

Having therefore invited them in, he lodged them. And on the morrow, rising up he went away with them, and certain of the brethren from Joppa went with him.

ye know; the testimony which has spread through the whole of Judaea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism which John preached --

not of all the people, but of witnesses who were chosen before of God, us who have eaten and drunk with him after he arose from among the dead.

and lo, immediately three men were at the house in which I was, sent to me from Caesarea.

Now in these days prophets went down from Jerusalem to Antioch;

and one from among them, by name Agabus, rose up and signified by the Spirit that there was going to be a great famine over all the inhabited earth, which also came to pass under Claudius.

And Herod having sought him and not found him, having examined the guards, commanded them to be executed. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea and stayed there.

And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, having fulfilled the service entrusted to them, taking also with them John, surnamed Mark.

But Elymas the magician (for so his name is by interpretation) opposed them, seeking to turn away the proconsul from the faith.

And having sailed from Paphos, Paul and his company came to Perga of Pamphylia; and John separated from them and returned to Jerusalem.

But they, passing through from Perga, came to Antioch of Pisidia; and entering into the synagogue on the sabbath day they sat down.

And when they had fulfilled all things written concerning him, they took him down from the cross and put him in a sepulchre;

but God raised him from among the dead,

who appeared for many days to those who had come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses to the people.

But that he raised him from among the dead, no more to return to corruption, he spoke thus: I will give to you the faithful mercies of David.

and from all things from which ye could not be justified in the law of Moses, in him every one that believes is justified.

And Paul and Barnabas spoke boldly and said, It was necessary that the word of God should be first spoken to you; but, since ye thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the nations;

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

and saying, Men, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, preaching to you to turn from these vanities to the living God, who made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all things in them;

though indeed he did not leave himself without witness, doing good, and giving to you from heaven rain and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.

And saying these things, they with difficulty kept the crowds from sacrificing to them.

But there came Jews from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowds and stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing him to have died.

And certain persons, having come down from Judaea, taught the brethren, If ye shall not have been circumcised according to the custom of Moses, ye cannot be saved.

A commotion therefore having taken place, and no small discussion on the part of Paul and Barnabas against them, they arranged that Paul and Barnabas, and certain others from amongst them, should go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders about this question.

And some of those who were of the sect of the Pharisees, who believed, rose up from among them, saying that they ought to circumcise them and enjoin them to keep the law of Moses.

And much discussion having taken place, Peter, standing up, said to them, Brethren, ye know that from the earliest days God amongst you chose that the nations by my mouth should hear the word of the glad tidings and believe.

known from eternity.

Wherefore I judge, not to trouble those who from the nations turn to God;

but to write to them to abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from what is strangled, and from blood.

For Moses, from generations of old, has in every city those who preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath.

Then it seemed good to the apostles and to the elders, with the whole assembly, to send chosen men from among them with Paul and Barnabas to Antioch, Judas called Barsabas and Silas, leading men among the brethren,

having by their hand written thus: The apostles, and the elders, and the brethren, to the brethren who are from among the nations at Antioch, and in Syria and Cilicia, greeting:

Inasmuch as we have heard that some who went out from amongst us have troubled you by words, upsetting your souls, saying that ye must be circumcised and keep the law; to whom we gave no commandment;