Do not the Writings say that the Christ comes of the seed of David and from Beth-lehem, the little town where David was?

This was their answer: And do you come from Galilee? Make search and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.

Jesus said in answer, Even if I give witness about myself, my witness is true, because I have knowledge of where I came from and where I am going; but you have no knowledge of where I come from or of where I am going.

You are judging from what you see; I am judging no man.

And he said to them, You are of the earth; I am from heaven: you are of this world; I am not of this world.

Then they said to him, Who are you? Jesus said, What I said to you from the first.

He who sent me is with me; he has not gone from me, because at all times I do the things which are pleasing to him.

I say the things which I have seen in my Father's house: and you do the things which come to you from your father's house.

But now you have a desire to put me to death, a man who has said to you what is true, as I had it from God: Abraham did not do that.

Jesus said to them, If God was your Father you would have love for me, because it was from God I came and am here. I did not come of myself, but he sent me.

You are the children of your father the Evil One and it is your pleasure to do his desires. From the first he was a taker of life; and he did not go in the true way because there is no true thing in him. When he says what is false, it is natural to him, for he is false and the father of what is false.

He who is a child of God gives ear to the words of God: your ears are not open to them because you are not from God.

And when he went on his way, he saw a man blind from birth.

And his disciples put a question to him, saying, Master, was it because of this man's sin, or the sin of his father and mother, that he has been blind from birth?

Having said these words, he put earth, mixed with water from his mouth, on the man's eyes,

Then the neighbours and others who had seen him before in the street, with his hand out for money, said, Is not this the man who got money from people?

Then some of the Pharisees said, That man has not come from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath. Others said, How is it possible for a sinner to do such signs? So there was a division among them.

We are certain that God gave his word to Moses: but as for this man, we have no knowledge where he comes from.

The man said in answer, Why, here is a strange thing! You have no knowledge where he comes from though he gave me the use of my eyes.

In all the years nobody has ever before seen the eyes of a man blind from birth made open.

If this man did not come from God he would be unable to do anything.

They will not go after another who is not their keeper, but will go from him in flight, because his voice is strange to them.

He who is a servant, and not the keeper or the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming and goes in flight, away from the sheep; and the wolf comes down on them and sends them in all directions:

No one takes it away from me; I give it up of myself. I have power to give it up, and I have power to take it again. These orders I have from my Father.

Jesus said to them in answer, I have let you see a number of good works from the Father; for which of those works are you stoning me?

Then again they made an attempt to take him; but he got away from them.

So when the news came to him that Lazarus was ill, he did not go from the place where he was for two days.

When Martha had the news that Jesus was on the way, she went out to him, but Mary did not go from the house.

Martha said to him, I am certain that he will come to life again when all come back from the dead at the last day.

But some of them said, This man, who made open the eyes of the blind man, was he not able to keep his friend from death?

And from that day they took thought together how to put him to death.

So Jesus no longer went about publicly among the Jews, but went from there into the country near to the waste land, to a town named Ephraim, where he was for some time with the disciples.

Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and numbers of people went up from the country to Jerusalem to make themselves clean before the Passover.

Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had made to come back from the dead.

He who is in love with life will have it taken from him; and he who has no care for his life in this world will keep it for ever and ever.

Now is my soul troubled; and what am I to say? Father, keep me from this hour. No: for this purpose have I come to this hour.

And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will make all men come to me.

However, a number even of the rulers had belief in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not say so openly for fear that they might be shut out from the Synagogue:

Now before the feast of the Passover, it was clear to Jesus that the time had come for him to go away from this world to the Father. Having once had love for those in the world who were his, his love for them went on to the end.

Jesus, being conscious that the Father had put everything into his hands, and that he came from God and was going to God,

Got up from table, put off his robe and took a cloth and put it round him.

From this time forward, I give you knowledge of things before they come about, so that when they come about you may have belief that I am he.

Have you not faith that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words which I say to you, I say not from myself: but the Father who is in me all the time does his works.

When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father even the Spirit of true knowledge who comes from the Father--he will give witness about me;

And you, in addition, will give witness because you have been with me from the first.

However, when he, the Spirit of true knowledge, has come, he will be your guide into all true knowledge: for his words will not come from himself, but whatever has come to his hearing, that he will say: and he will make clear to you the things to come.

For the Father himself gives his love to you, because you have given your love to me and have had faith that I came from God.

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

Now we are certain that you have knowledge of all things and have no need for anyone to put questions to you: through this we have faith that you came from God.

Now it is clear to them that whatever you have given to me comes from you:

Because I have given them the words which you gave to me; and they have taken them to heart, and have certain knowledge that I came from you, and they have faith that you sent me.

My prayer is not that you will take them out of the world, but that you will keep them from the Evil One.

So Judas, getting a band of armed men and police from the chief priests and Pharisees, went there with lights and with arms.

So they took Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the Praetorium. It was early. They themselves did not go into the Praetorium, so that they might not become unclean, but might take the Passover.

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

Then he said to the disciple, There is your mother! And from that hour the disciple took her to his house.

Now on the first day of the week, very early, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the place and saw that the stone had been taken away from it.

For at that time they had no knowledge that the Writings said that he would have to come again from the dead.

Jesus said to her, Woman, why are you weeping? who are you looking for? She, taking him for the gardener, said to him, Sir, if you have taken him away from here, say where you have put him and I will take him away.

Any to whom you give forgiveness, will be made free from their sins; and any from whom you keep back forgiveness, will still be in their sins.

And the other disciples came in the little boat (they were not far from land, only about two hundred cubits off) pulling the net full of fish.

Now this was the third time that Jesus let himself be seen by the disciples after he had come back from the dead.

I have given an earlier account, O Theophilus, of all the things which Jesus did, and of his teaching from the first,

And when they were all together, with him, he gave them orders not to go away from Jerusalem, but to keep there, waiting till the word of the Father was put into effect, of which, he said, I have given you knowledge:

And when he had said these things, while they were looking, he was taken up, and went from their view into a cloud.

And said, O men of Galilee, why are you looking up into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken from you into heaven, will come again, in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.

Then they went back to Jerusalem from the mountain named Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away.

Starting from the baptism of John till he went up from us, one will have to be a witness with us of his coming back from death.

To take that position as a servant and Apostle, from which Judas by his sin was shut out, so that he might go to his place.

And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like the rushing of a violent wind, and all the house where they were was full of it.

Now there were living at Jerusalem, Jews, God-fearing men, from every nation under heaven.

And how is it that every one of us is hearing their words in the language which was ours from our birth?

In Phrygia and Pamphylia, in Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and those who have come from Rome, Jews by birth and others who have become Jews,

But God gave him back to life, having made him free from the pains of death because it was not possible for him to be overcome by it.

He, having knowledge of the future, was talking of the coming again of Christ from the dead, that he was not kept in hell and his body did not see destruction.

And with more such words he gave his witness, offering them salvation and saying, Come out from this evil generation.

And a certain man who from birth had had no power in his legs, was taken there every day, and put down at the door of the Temple which is named Beautiful, requesting money from those who went into the Temple;

And he gave attention to them, hoping to get something from them.

And put to death the Lord of life; whom God gave back from the dead; of which fact we are witnesses.

So then, let your hearts be changed and be turned to God, so that your sins may be completely taken away, and times of blessing may come from the Lord;

And that he may send the Christ who was marked out for you from the first, even Jesus:

Who is to be kept in heaven till the time when all things are put right, of which God has given word by the mouth of his holy prophets, who have been from the earliest times.

For Moses said, The Lord will give you a prophet from among your people, like me; you will give ear to everything which he will say to you.

And every soul who does not give attention to that prophet, will be cut off from among the people.

And all the prophets from Samuel and those who came after, every one of them, gave word of these days.

To you, first, God sent his servant, blessing you by turning every one of you from his sins.

Being greatly troubled because they were teaching the people and preaching Jesus as an example of the coming back from the dead.

Take note, all of you, and all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you put to death on the cross, whom God gave back from the dead, even through him is this man now before you completely well.

For it is not possible for us to keep from saying what we have seen and have knowledge of.

And with great power the Apostles gave witness of the coming back of the Lord Jesus from the dead; and grace was on them all.

And at these words, Ananias went down on the earth, and his life went from him: and great fear came on all who were present.

And straight away she went down at his feet, and her life went from her: and the young men came in and saw her dead, and they took her out and put her in the earth with her husband.

The others, in fear, kept back from joining them: but the people made much of them;

And numbers of people came together from the towns round about Jerusalem, with those who were ill and those who were troubled with unclean spirits: and they were all made well.

So they went away from the Sanhedrin, happy to undergo shame for the Name.

Take then from among you seven men of good name, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, to whom we may give control of this business.

But some of those who were of the Synagogue named that of the Libertines, and some of the men of Cyrene and of Alexandria and those from Cilicia and Asia, had arguments with Stephen.

And said to him, Go out of your land, and away from your family, and come into the land to which I will be your guide.

Then he came out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and went into Haran; and from there, when his father was dead, he was guided by God into this land, where you are living now:

And made him free from all his troubles, and gave him wisdom and the approval of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and all his house.