Jesus, therefore, six days before the Passover, came to Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.

The large crowd of the Jews then learned that He was there; and they came, not for Jesus’ sake only, but that they might also see Lazarus, whom He raised from the dead.

So the people, who were with Him when He called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead, continued to testify about Him.

these then came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and began to ask him, saying, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.”

“Now My soul has become troubled; and what shall I say, ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour.

And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to Myself.”

While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of Light.”These things Jesus spoke, and He went away and hid Himself from them.

Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come forth from God and was going back to God,

*got up from supper, and *laid aside His garments; and taking a towel, He girded Himself.

From now on I am telling you before it comes to pass, so that when it does occur, you may believe that I am He.

If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; from now on you know Him, and have seen Him.”

but so that the world may know that I love the Father, I do exactly as the Father commanded Me. Get up, let us go from here.

I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.

No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you.

“When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, that is the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify about Me,

and you will testify also, because you have been with Me from the beginning.

“These things I have spoken to you so that you may be kept from stumbling.

They will make you outcasts from the synagogue, but an hour is coming for everyone who kills you to think that he is offering service to God.

Therefore you too have grief now; but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.

for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came forth from the Father.

I came forth from the Father and have come into the world; I am leaving the world again and going to the Father.”

Now we know that You know all things, and have no need for anyone to question You; by this we believe that You came from God.”

Now they have come to know that everything You have given Me is from You;

for the words which You gave Me I have given to them; and they received them and truly understood that I came forth from You, and they believed that You sent Me.

I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil one.

Judas then, having received the Roman cohort and officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, *came there with lanterns and torches and weapons.

Then they *led Jesus from Caiaphas into the Praetorium, and it was early; and they themselves did not enter into the Praetorium so that they would not be defiled, but might eat the Passover.

and he entered into the Praetorium again and *said to Jesus, “Where are You from?” But Jesus gave him no answer.

Jesus answered, “You would have no authority over Me, unless it had been given you from above; for this reason he who delivered Me to you has the greater sin.”

Then He *said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” From that hour the disciple took her into his own household.

Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene *came early to the tomb, while it *was still dark, and *saw the stone already taken away from the tomb.

For as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that He must rise again from the dead.

But the other disciples came in the little boat, for they were not far from the land, but about one hundred yards away, dragging the net full of fish.

This is now the third time that Jesus was manifested to the disciples, after He was raised from the dead.

Gathering them together, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised, “Which,” He said, “you heard of from Me;

for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

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.”

Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away.

beginning with the baptism of John until the day that He was taken up from us—one of these must become a witness with us of His resurrection.”

to occupy this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.”

And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent rushing wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.

Now there were Jews living in Jerusalem, devout men from every nation under heaven.

Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the districts of Libya around Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,

Therefore having been exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has poured forth this which you both see and hear.

And with many other words he solemnly testified and kept on exhorting them, saying, “Be saved from this perverse generation!”

Day by day continuing with one mind in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they were taking their meals together with gladness and sincerity of heart,

And a man who had been lame from his mother’s womb was being carried along, whom they used to set down every day at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, in order to beg alms of those who were entering the temple.

And he began to give them his attention, expecting to receive something from them.

but put to death the Prince of life, the one whom God raised from the dead, a fact to which we are witnesses.

Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord;

whom heaven must receive until the period of restoration of all things about which God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time.

Moses said, ‘The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brethren; to Him you shall give heed to everything He says to you.

And it will be that every soul that does not heed that prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.’

And likewise, all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and his successors onward, also announced these days.

For you first, God raised up His Servant and sent Him to bless you by turning every one of you from your wicked ways.”

being greatly disturbed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead—by this name this man stands here before you in good health.

Also the people from the cities in the vicinity of Jerusalem were coming together, bringing people who were sick or afflicted with unclean spirits, and they were all being healed.

So in the present case, I say to you, stay away from these men and let them alone, for if this plan or action is of men, it will be overthrown;

So they went on their way from the presence of the Council, rejoicing that they had been considered worthy to suffer shame for His name.

And every day, in the temple and from house to house, they kept right on teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.

Therefore, brethren, select from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may put in charge of this task.

The statement found approval with the whole congregation; and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas and Nicolas, a proselyte from Antioch.

But some men from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, including both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, and some from Cilicia and Asia, rose up and argued with Stephen.

Then he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. From there, after his father died, God had him move to this country in which you are now living.

and rescued him from all his afflictions, and granted him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he made him governor over Egypt and all his household.

From there they were removed to Shechem and laid in the tomb which Abraham had purchased for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

But the Lord said to him, ‘Take off the sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.

This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brethren.’

and they all, from smallest to greatest, were giving attention to him, saying, “This man is what is called the Great Power of God.”

But an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip saying, “Get up and go south to the road that descends from Jerusalem to Gaza.” (This is a desert road.)

“In humiliation His judgment was taken away;
Who will relate His generation?
For His life is removed from the earth.”

Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture he preached Jesus to him.

As they went along the road they came to some water; and the eunuch *said, “Look! Water! What prevents me from being baptized?”

and asked for letters from him to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, both men and women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

As he was traveling, it happened that he was approaching Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him;

Saul got up from the ground, and though his eyes were open, he could see nothing; and leading him by the hand, they brought him into Damascus.

And the Lord said to him, “Get up and go to the street called Straight, and inquire at the house of Judas for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying,

But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much harm he did to Your saints at Jerusalem;

and here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on Your name.”

And immediately there fell from his eyes something like scales, and he regained his sight, and he got up and was baptized;

They said, “Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous and God-fearing man well spoken of by the entire nation of the Jews, was divinely directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and hear a message from you.”

So he invited them in and gave them lodging.And on the next day he got up and went away with them, and some of the brethren from Joppa accompanied him.

you yourselves know the thing which took place throughout all Judea, starting from Galilee, after the baptism which John proclaimed.

not to all the people, but to witnesses who were chosen beforehand by God, that is, to us who ate and drank with Him after He arose from the dead.

“I was in the city of Joppa praying; and in a trance I saw a vision, an object coming down like a great sheet lowered by four corners from the sky; and it came right down to me,

But a voice from heaven answered a second time, ‘What God has cleansed, no longer consider unholy.’

And behold, at that moment three men appeared at the house in which we were staying, having been sent to me from Caesarea.

Now at this time some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.

When they had passed the first and second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which opened for them by itself; and they went out and went along one street, and immediately the angel departed from him.

When Peter came to himself, he said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent forth His angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.”

When Herod had searched for him and had not found him, he examined the guards and ordered that they be led away to execution. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and was spending time there.

And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem when they had fulfilled their mission, taking along with them John, who was also called Mark.

So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia and from there they sailed to Cyprus.

But Elymas the magician (for so his name is translated) was opposing them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith.

Now Paul and his companions put out to sea from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia; but John left them and returned to Jerusalem.

But going on from Perga, they arrived at Pisidian Antioch, and on the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down.

The God of this people Israel chose our fathers and made the people great during their stay in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He led them out from it.

From the descendants of this man, according to promise, God has brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus,

When they had carried out all that was written concerning Him, they took Him down from the cross and laid Him in a tomb.