The devil is the father you are sprung from, and you want to carry out your father's wishes. He was a murderer from the first, and he has nothing to do with the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks in his true character, for he is a liar and the father of them.

Whoever is sprung from God listens to God's words. The reason you refuse to listen is that you are not sprung from God."

As he passed along, he saw a man who had been blind from his birth.

Then some of the Pharisees said, "This man does not come from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath." But others said, "How can a sinful man show such signs as this?" And there was a division of opinion among them.

His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews, for the Jews had already made an agreement that if anyone acknowledged Jesus as the Christ, he should be excluded from the synagogues.

We know that God spoke to Moses, but we do not know where this man came from."

The man answered, "There is something very strange about this! You do not know where he came from, and yet he has made me able to see!

If this man were not from God, he could not do anything."

They answered, "You were born in utter sin, and are you trying to teach us?" So they excluded him from the synagogue.

But they will never follow a stranger but will run away from him, because they do not know the voices of strangers."

No one has taken it from me, but I am giving it of my own accord. I have power to give it, and I have power to take it back again. These are the orders I have received from my Father."

Jesus answered, "I have let you see many good things from the Father; which of them do you mean to stone me for?"

Now Bethany is only about two miles from Jerusalem,

But some of them said, "Could not this man, who opened the eyes of that blind man, have kept Lazarus from dying?"

So from that day they planned to kill Jesus.

Now the Jewish Passover Festival was approaching and many people went up to Jerusalem from the country, to purify themselves before the Passover.

Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead, was living.

A great many of the Jews found out that he was there, and they came to Bethany not only to see Jesus but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.

The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead was telling about it.

and they went to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and made this request of him: "Sir, we want to see Jesus."

Now my heart is troubled; what am I to say? Father, save me from this trial! And yet it was for this very purpose that I have come to this trial.

Father, honor your own name!" Then there came a voice from the sky, "I have honored it, and I will honor it again!"

and if I am lifted up from the ground, I will draw all men to myself."

The crowd answered, "We have learned from the Law that the Christ is to remain here forever. So how can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?"

While you have the light believe in the light, that you may become sons of light." With these words Jesus went away, and disappeared from them.

"He has made their eyes blind and their minds dull, To keep them from seeing with their eyes, and understanding with their minds, And turning to me to be cured."

Yet for all that, even among the leading men, many came to believe in him, but on account of the Pharisees they would not acknowledge it, for fear of being excluded from the synagogues,

So at supper??he devil having by this time put the thought of betraying Jesus into the mind of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son??3 Jesus, fully aware that the Father had put everything into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going back to God,

rose from the table, took off his outer clothing, and fastened a towel about his waist.

From now on I will tell you things before they happen, so that when they do happen you may believe that I am what I say.

He leaned back from where he lay, on Jesus' breast, and said to him, "Master, who is it?"

If you knew me, you would know my Father also. From now on you do know him and you have seen him."

I am the vine, you are the branches. Anyone who remains united to me, with me united to him, will be very fruitful, for you cannot do anything apart from me.

I do not call you slaves any longer, for a slave does not know what his master is doing, but now I call you friends, for I have made known to you everything that I have learned from my Father.

If you belonged to the world, the world would love what was its own. But it is because you do not belong to the world, but I have selected you from the world, that the world hates you.

When the Helper comes whom I will send to you from the Father??hat Spirit of Truth that comes from the Father??e will bear testimony to me,

and you must bear testimony too, because you have been with me from the first.

"I have told you this to keep you from faltering.

They will exclude you from their synagogues; why, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is doing religious service to God.

for the Father loves you himself because you love me and believe that I have come from the Father.

I did come from the Father and enter the world. Now I am leaving the world again and going back to the Father."

Now we know that you know everything and do not need to have anyone ask you questions. This makes us believe that you have really come from God."

"I have revealed your real self to the men you gave me from the world. They were yours and you gave them to me, and they have obeyed your message.

Now at last they know that all that you have given me comes from you,

for I have given them the truths that you gave me, and they have accepted them and been convinced that I came from you, and they believe that you sent me.

I do not ask you to take them away from the world, but to keep them from evil.

So Judas got out the garrison and some attendants from the high priests and Pharisees, and came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.

Then they took Jesus from Caiaphas to the governor's house. It was early in the morning, and they would not go into the governor's house themselves, to avoid being ceremonially defiled and to be able to eat the Passover supper.

Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not a kingdom of this world. If my kingdom were a kingdom of this world, my men would have fought to keep me from being handed over to the Jews. But as it is, my kingdom has no such origin."

and he went back into the governor's house and said to Jesus, "Where do you come from?" But Jesus made no answer.

Jesus answered him, "You would have no power at all over me, if it were not given to you from above. So you are less guilty than the man who betrayed me to you."

When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and divided them into four parts, one for each soldier, besides his shirt. Now his shirt had no seam; it was woven in one piece from top to bottom.

Then he said to his disciple, "There is your mother!" And from that time his disciple took her into his home.

On the day after the Sabbath, very early in the morning while it was still dark, Mary of Magdala went to the tomb, and she saw that the stone had been removed from it.

For they did not yet understand the statement of Scripture that he must rise from the dead.

The rest of the disciples followed in the boat, for they were not far from land, only about a hundred yards, dragging in the net full of fish.

This was the third time that Jesus showed himself to his disciples, after he had risen from the dead.

In my first volume, Theophilus, I dealt with all that Jesus did and taught from the beginning

As he said this, he was caught up before their eyes and a cloud took him up from their sight.

and said to them, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up into the sky? This very Jesus who has been caught up from you into heaven will come in just the way that you have seen him go up to heaven."

Then they went back to Jerusalem from the hill called the Olive-orchard, which is near Jerusalem, half a mile away.

from his baptism by John to the time when he was caught up from us, must join us as a witness to his resurrection."

when suddenly there came from the sky a sound like a violent blast of wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.

Now there were devout Jews from every part of the world living in Jerusalem.

of Phrygia, and Pamphylia, of Egypt and the district of Africa about Cyrene, visitors from Rome, Jews and proselytes,

He is Jesus, whom God raised from the dead, and to whose resurrection we are all witnesses.

So he has been exalted to God's right hand, and has received from his Father and poured over us the holy Spirit that had been promised, as you see and hear.

He said much more besides in giving his testimony, and urged them to save themselves from that crooked age.

when a man who had been lame from his birth was carried by. He used to be placed every day at what was known as the Beautiful Gate of the Temple, to beg from the people on their way into the Temple,

and killed the very source of life. But God raised him from the dead, as we can testify.

So repent and turn to God, to have your sins wiped out, and happier times will come from the presence of the Lord,

Moses said, 'The Lord God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, as he raised me up. You must listen to everything that he tells you.

Anyone that will not listen to that prophet will be annihilated from among the people.'

Why, all the prophets from Samuel down, who have spoken, have also foretold these days.

It was to you that God first sent his servant after he had raised him from the dead, to bless you by making every one of you turn from his wickedness."

greatly disturbed because they were teaching the people and declaring that in the case of Jesus there had been a resurrection from the dead.

you and the people of Israel must all know that it is through the power of Jesus Christ of Nazareth whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that he stands here before you well.

But to keep it from spreading farther among the people, let us warn them to say nothing to anyone else at all about this person."

Even from the towns around Jerusalem crowds would come in bringing sick people and those who were troubled with foul spirits, and they were all cured.

So in the present case, I tell you, keep away from these men and let them alone, for if this idea or movement is of human origin, it will come to naught,

but if it is from God, you will not be able to stop it. You may actually find yourselves fighting God!"

So they went out from before the council, glad that they had been thought worthy to bear disgrace for the sake of Jesus,

You, brothers, must pick out from your number seven men of good standing, who are wise and full of the Spirit, and we will put them in charge of this matter,

But members of the synagogue known as that of the Libyans, Cyreneans, and Alexandrians, and men from Cilicia and Asia undertook to debate with Stephen,

So he left the country of the Chaldeans and went to live in Haran, and from there after the death of his father, God caused him to move into this country where you now live.

and rescued him from all his troubles, and enabled him to win favor and to show wisdom when he stood before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he appointed him governor of Egypt and of his whole household.

and they were carried back to Shechem, and laid in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

This was the Moses who said to the descendants of Israel, 'God will make a prophet rise from among your brothers to teach you, just as he made me rise.'

Those who were scattered went from place to place preaching the good news of the message.

But an angel of the Lord said to Philip, "Get up and go south, by the road that runs from Jerusalem to Gaza." (The town is now deserted.)

His sentence ended in his humiliation. Who will tell the story of his posterity? For his life is perished from the earth."

Then Philip began, and starting from this passage, he told him the good news about Jesus.

But on his journey, as he was approaching Damascus, a sudden light flashed around him from heaven,

When he got up from the ground and opened his eyes he could see nothing. They had to take him by the hand and lead him into Damascus,

The Lord said to him, "Get up and go to the street called the Straight Street, and ask at the house of Judas for a man named Saul, from Tarsus, for he is there praying.

Something like scales immediately dropped from his eyes, and his sight was restored, and he got up and was baptized,

So Peter invited them in and entertained them. The next day he started off with them, accompanied by some of the brothers from Joppa,

You know the story that has gone all over Judea, starting from Galilee after the baptism that John proclaimed,

not by all the people, but by witnesses whom God had designated beforehand, that is, by us, who ate and drank with him after he had risen from the dead.

Then Peter explained the matter to them from beginning to end. He said,