Search: 419 results

Exact Match

While they were addressing the people the priests, the commander of the Temple, and the Sadducees came upon them,

Verse ConceptsCaptainsGuardsJewish SectsWhile Still SpeakingPriests In Action

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

Verse ConceptsThree Hoursspace

Instantly she fell down at his feet and expired, and when the young men came in they found her dead, and carried her out and buried her husband.

Verse ConceptsMiracles Of PeterCarrying Dead BodiesPeople TumblingHaving No Breath

But the officers who went did not find them in the prison; so they came back and reported,

Verse ConceptsOfficersNot Findingjail

And some one came and told them that the very men whom they had put in prison were standing in the Temple, and teaching to the people.

Verse Conceptsevangelism, kinds ofDisciples In The TempleTeaching The Way Of God

"Then there came a famine over the whole of Egypt and Canaan, and great distress, so that our ancestors could not find food.

Verse ConceptsFamine, Examples OfNo Food

"And when he was forty years old it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel;

Verse ConceptsVisiting

"Next day he came upon two of them fighting, and tried to make peace between them. "'Sirs,' he said, 'you are brothers. Why are you wronging each other?'

Verse ConceptsLove Between RelativesWronging Other PeopleFighting One Another

Who came down and prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit,

Verse ConceptsReceiving The Spiritghosts

And as they were going on their way they came to a certain water, and the eunuch said: "See, here is water! What hinders my being baptized?"

Verse ConceptsRoadsSin, Accepting Forgiveness OfWater For BaptismChristian BaptismHindrancesBaptism

So he came to Jerusalem, and attempted to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, because they did not believe that he was a disciple.

Verse ConceptsJoined To The ChurchFear Of IndividualsAcceptanceDiscipleshipdamascustrying

Now Peter, as he was going from town to town, came down also to the saints who lived in Lydda.

Verse ConceptsSaintsVisiting

A voice came to him, saying, "Rise, Peter, kill and eat."

Verse ConceptsGathering FoodKilling Wild AnimalsGet Up!Rising

And again a second time came to him a voice, saying, "What God has cleansed you must not call common."

Verse ConceptsAbolish, Temporary ThingsAcceptance, Of One AnotherSpeaking AgainLack Of HolinessGod's Callpork

To them he said: "You know, yourselves, that it is illegal for a Jew to associate with or to visit one of another nation; but God has taught me that I should not call any man common or unclean. For this reason, when sent for, I came without demur.

Verse ConceptsExclusivenessGentiles, In NtClean, Spiritual UseequalityRacial PrejudiceBigotryRacismDisfellowshipPeople Being UncleanAvoiding ForeignersUnrelated PeopleBreaking Man's LawJews Separate From GentilesLack Of Holiness

so, when Peter came up to Jerusalem, the circumcision party disputed with him,

Verse ConceptsCircumcision, physicalDisputes

At that time some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.

Verse ConceptsVisitingAnonymity

One of them, who was Agabus, rose up, and being instructed by the Spirit, predicted that a great famine was about to come upon the whole inhabited earth. (It came in the reign of Claudius.)

Verse ConceptsFamine, Examples OfCaesarRoman EmperorsPredicting The Future

And when they had passed the first guard and the second, they came to the iron gate that led to the city. This opened to them of its own accord; and they went out passed on through one street; and suddenly the angel left him.

Verse ConceptsGatesIronLengthPrisonsThe Act Of OpeningOpening GatesCity GatesLeavingIron ObjectsFirst OnesSecond Being

When he knocked at the door of the gate, a maid servant named Rhoda came to answer.

Verse ConceptsKnockinganswers

When morning came there was no small stir among the soldiers as to what could possibly have become of Peter.

Verse ConceptsMorningGroups Trembling

Now Herod was violently displeased with the people of Tyre and Sidon. So they came to him, with one accord, and after conciliating Blastus, the royal chamberlain, they begged for peace because their country depended upon the king's country for its food supply.

Verse ConceptsChamberlainsPeople Providing FoodNamed People Angry With OthersPrivate Rooms

Then they themselves, passing through from Perga, came to Antioch in Pisidia. Here they went into the synagogue on the Sabbath Day and sat down.

Verse ConceptsLord's Day, TheSabbath, In NtOn The Sabbath

But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came to Iconium.

Verse ConceptsGesturesWiping DustPeople Abandoning People

And now a party of Jews came down form Antioch and Iconium, and after persuading the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing him to be dead.

Verse ConceptsAbandonmentevangelists, ministry ofPersuasionInciting To EvilStoningPersecution Of The Apostle PaulPulling PeopleAttempting To Kill Specific People

Then passing through Pisidia they came to Pamphylia and,

after preaching the word in Perga, they came down to Attaleia.

But some men came down from Judea and attempted to teach the brethren, saying, "Unless you are circumcised according to Moses' custom, you cannot be saved."

Verse ConceptsCouncil of JerusalemAbraham, Family And DescendantsExclusivenessBarnabasHeresiesDenominationsMisteachingNecessity Of CircumcisionSalvation By Other Things

And he came also to Derbe and Lystra, where there was a certain disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewess, and of a Greek father.

Verse ConceptsBelieversGrandmothers

and thence came to Philippi, a city of Macedonia, the fore most in its district, a Roman colony. There we stayed for some time.

Verse Conceptsevangelism, kinds ofProvinces

She persisted in this for many days, until Paul, worn out, turned round and said to the spirit, "I charge you, in the name of Jesus Christ, to come out of her." In that very hour it came out of her.

Verse ConceptsExorcismsCommands, in NTDemons, Christ's AuthoritySpiritual DiscernmentMiracles, Nature OfSatan, Resistance ToMiracles Of PaulPeople Casting Out DemonsIn The Name Of ChristNamed People Angry With OthersnaggingDemonic Influence

So they came and conciliated them, and after taking them out of prison, begged them to leave the town.

Verse ConceptsLeaving

So Paul and Silas came out of the prison, and went to Lydia's house; and after they had seen the brethren and encouraged them, they left Philippi.

Verse Conceptsencouragement, examples ofevangelising

Now when they had gone through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica. Here there was a Jewish synagogue,

Verse Conceptsevangelism, kinds ofPaul, Life Of

As soon as the Jews in Thessalonica learned that the word of God was preached by Paul in Berea also, they came there, and stirred up and troubled the crowds.

Verse ConceptsGospel, Responses ToPreaching, Effects OfInciting To EvilSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfUnbelief, As Response To GodIsrael Hardened

Paul came to them, and because he was of the same trade with them, he lodged with them, and worked with them??or by trade they were tentmakers.

Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofTentsIndustry, Examples OfTentmakingLike Good PeopleStaying Temporarilypartnershipvocation

When they came to Ephesus he left them there; but he himself entered into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.

Verse Conceptsevangelism, kinds ofAquilaDiscussions

Then, setting sail from Ephesus, he landed at Caesarea; he went up to Jerusalem and saluted the church, and came down to Antioch.

Verse ConceptsGreetingsMissionary WorkChurch, Examples Of

Now a certain Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, a learned man and mighty in the Scriptures, came to Ephesus.

Verse ConceptsAlexandria The CityEloquenceMissionaries, Call OfApollosMissionary ExamplesUse Of The ScripturesRace

Now it happened that while Apollos was in Corinth, Paul, after passing through the hinterland, came to Ephesus, where he found a few disciples.

Verse ConceptsFindingRoadsflexibility

And when he had passed through those districts and encouraged the disciples in many addresses, he came into Greece where he spent three months.

Verse ConceptsPreaching, Content Of

And when he met us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene.

We sailed from thence, and arrived next day off Chios; and the day after we touched at Samos; and the following day we came to Mitylene.

Verse ConceptsIslandsThe Next DaySea Travelsailing

and while we remained there many days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.

Verse ConceptsNamed Prophets Of The Lord

He came to us, and taking Paul's girdle, he bound his own feet and hands, saying, "Thus says the Holy Spirit, 'so will the Jews at Jerusalem bind the owner of this girdle, and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.'"

Verse ConceptsBeltsWarning IndividualsSuffering From ForeignersSpeaking By The SpiritTying Up

While they were attempting to kill him, news came to the tribune commander of the garrison that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.

Verse ConceptsConfusion, Examples OfArmies, RomanAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleChiliarchs

Then the tribune came up and seized him, and ordered that he be bound with two chains. "Who is he?" he began asking, "and what has he done?"

Verse Conceptsevangelists, ministry ofChainsIron ChainsInterrogatingWho Is This?What Do You Do?Two Other Things

So when he had given leave, Paul stood on the stairs, beckoning with his hands to the people. There came a great hush, and he spoke to them as follows, in Hebrew.

"And as I was seeing nothing for the glory of the light, I was led by the hand of my companions, and so came into Damascus.

Verse ConceptsEyes, Affected ByBlindness, Causes OfdisabilitiesVisionGod Blindingdamascus

"came to me, and standing by me, said to me, "'Brother Saul, receive your sight' "In that very hour I regained my sight and looked up at him.

Verse ConceptsVisionHealing Through Disciples

So the tribune came to Paul and asked him, "Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?" "Yes," he said.

Verse ConceptsPrisoners

"This man Paul had been seized by the Jews, and was about to be killed by them, when I came upon them with the troops, and rescued him, as I had learned that he was a Roman citizen.

Verse ConceptsRoman CitizensRescueIndividuals Saving Others

Five days later, Ananias the high priest came down to Caesarea with some of the elders, and with an orator, named Tertullus. They laid information before the governor against Paul.

Verse ConceptsAttorneyGovernorsHigh Priest, In NtFour Or Five DaysPeople Accusing People

"Then the chief captain, Lysias came and violently took him from us.

Verse ConceptsChiliarchs

Some days later Felix came, with his wife Drusilla, a Jewess; he sent for Paul, and listened to him concerning the faith in Christ Jesus.

Verse Conceptsevangelism, kinds of

When he came in, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him and brought a number of serious charges against him, which they could not prove.

Verse ConceptsCrimesProofsPeople Accusing People

A short time after this King Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus.

Verse ConceptsSpoken Greetings

"So when a number of them came together here, I made no delay, but the next day took my seat in the tribunal, and commanded the man to be brought.

Verse ConceptsJudgement Seat

So the next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp, and took their places in the hall of audience, accompanied by the tribunes and men of high rank in the city. At the command of Festus Paul was brought in.

Verse ConceptsJudgment SeatOfficersRankDisplayingHalls

and after sailing across the Cilician and Pamphylian waters, we came to Myra, in Lycia.

Verse ConceptsProvincessailing

and that the rest should follow, some on planks and some on other bits of wreckage. And so it came to pass that all escaped safe to the land.

Verse ConceptsSafetyBoards

After this all the other sick people on the island came, and continued to be restored to health.

Verse ConceptsdiseasesHealing Through Disciples

From there the brothers, when they heard about us, came out to meet us as far as the Appian Forum and the Three Taverns. When Paul saw them he thanked God and took courage.

Verse ConceptsMissionaries, Support ForRomeSuffering, Encouragements InThanksgivingVisitingBraveryMeeting PeopleThree Other ThingsThanking God For PeoplePeople Encouraging Others

So they arranged a day with him and came to him in his lodgings in great numbers. He expounded the matter to them; testifying to the Kingdom of God, and persuading them about Jesus, from morning till evening, both from the Law of Moses and from the Prophets.

Verse ConceptsExplanationsKingdom Of God, Coming OfMorningDealing With Many PeopleFrom Morning Till EveningChrist And The ScripturesStudying The LawWritten In The Prophets

After this Paul lived for two whole years in his own rented house, and used to receive all who came to see him.

Verse ConceptsTwo YearsWelcoming Other PeoplePaying For Goods

And it is not with the free gift as it was through the one that sinned; for the judgment came from one transgression unto condemnation; but the free gift came from many transgressions unto acquittal.

Verse ConceptsAdam and Jesus ChristAssurance, nature ofCondemnation Of The WickedNot Like ThingsJudgementcondemnation

It follows then, as through the transgression of one man came condemnation unto all men, even so through the act of righteousness of One came acquittal and life to all men.

Verse ConceptsAtonementJesus Christ, Obedience OfJustification Under The GospelSalvation, Possible To All MenLife In ChristCondemnation Of The WickedAll PeopleLife Is In ChristPatience In Relationships

But, as Scripture says, He shall be seen by those to whom no news about him ever came, And those who have never heard of him shall understand.

Verse ConceptsUnderstandingTelling Of GodUnhearingLooking At God's WorksUnderstanding God's Wordevangelising

And when I came to you, brothers, I came not to proclaim God's great secret purpose in fine language of philosophy;

Verse ConceptsMinisters, Way They Should TeachPeople VisitingWitness To The GospelFoolishness Of GodExcellenceSpeechpreachingtestimonyego

But for my part I call God to witness, as my soul shall answer for it, that it was to spare you that I came not to Corinth

Verse ConceptsAppealing To GodThe Witness Of God

Now when I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, although a door was opened to me in the Lord,

Verse Conceptsevangelists, identity ofevangelism, motivation forDoorsOpen DoorsThe Gospel PreachedOpportunity

For if that which was fading came in glory, far more will that which ever abides be glorious.

Verse ConceptsCovenant, the new

For your pain came from God, and so you took no harm from me. For the pain which is from God works repentance leading to salvation, a repentance never to be regretted. But the world's pain works death.

Verse ConceptsContritionGuilt, Human Aspects OfRevelation, Responses ToSin, Accepting Forgiveness OfAttitudes Of RepentanceChanged HeartHow Death Is InevitableRepentanceSigns Of RepentanceThe Gospel Of SalvationRegrettingConvictionSin Producing Afflictionsgrieving

Even when I lacked the actual necessities of life while I was with you, I was a burden to no one; for whatever I lacked, the brothers from Macedonia supplied, when they came. So I kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.

Verse ConceptsCoveting, prohibition ofFellowship, In Christian ServiceLackMissionary WorkPeople ProvidingShortages

or even going up to Jerusalem to see those who had been apostles before me, I went off at once to Arabia, and on my return came back to Damascus.

Verse ConceptsSolitudedamascus

For until certain men came from James he used to eat with the Gentile Christians, but when they came, he began to draw back and to separate himself, because he was afraid of the circumcision party.

Verse ConceptsCowardiceExclusivenessRacial PrejudiceFear Of ManInstabilityRelations With ForeignersCircumcision PartyNecessity Of CircumcisionFear Of Enemies

I mean to say that the testament which God has already ratified could not be annulled by the Law which came four hundred and thirty years later, so as to make the Promise void.

Verse Concepts100 Years And MoreGod's Covenant With The PatriarchsThe Law Given To Israelthe Law of moses

Before the Faith came we were perpetual prisoners under the Law, in preparation for the destined faith about to be revealed.

Verse ConceptsKeysUnder The Law

So he came preaching "Peace" to you Gentiles who were afar off, and "Peace" to us Jews who were near;

Verse ConceptsPeace, Divine In NtPreaching, Importance OfPeace To You

for it was through the work of the Lord that he came near to death; for he hazarded his very life to supply what was lacking in the help you sent me.

Verse ConceptsLackLove, For One AnotherGenerosity, Used TowardsRisking

And just as it is spreading through the whole world, bearing fruit and increasing, so also is it among you, from the day in which you heard it, and came truly to know the grace of God,

Verse ConceptsGrowthResponseMissionary WorkGrowth In ProclamationBeginning Of SalvationFruitful LabourThe Truth Of The GospelThe Gospel WorldwideThe Grace Of GodUnderstanding God's WordGod's GraceGrowingSpreading The GospelChange And Growth

For who were they that heard and yet provoked him? Was it not all who came out of Egypt under the leadership of Moses?

Verse ConceptsAttitudes Of RebellionUnbelief, Nature And Effects OfLeaving EgyptHearing God's Voice

But when Christ came, a High Priest of good things to come, he passed through the greater and more perfect tent not made with hands, that is to say, not of this material creation,

Verse ConceptsAtonementGod, Goodness OfTypes Of ChristThe Future AgeLiving Not For The MaterialThe Temple In Heaven

For the bodies of the animals whose blood is carried by the High Priest into the Holy Place are burned outside the camp,

Verse ConceptsFilthinessExpiationBlood Of SacrificesOutside The CampCorpses Of AnimalsBurning SacrificesRegulations For The Sin Offering