After he said this, he added, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep. But I am going there to awaken him."

Thus the Pharisees said to one another, "You see that you can do nothing. Look, the world has run off after him!"

Jesus replied, "You do not understand what I am doing now, but you will understand after these things."

Jesus replied, "It is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread after I have dipped it in the dish." Then he dipped the piece of bread in the dish and gave it to Judas Iscariot, Simon's son.

And after Judas took the piece of bread, Satan entered into him. Jesus said to him, "What you are about to do, do quickly."

In a little while you will see me no longer; again after a little while, you will see me."

Then some of his disciples said to one another, "What is the meaning of what he is saying, 'In a little while you will not see me; again after a little while, you will see me,' and, 'because I am going to the Father'?"

Jesus could see that they wanted to ask him about these things, so he said to them, "Are you asking each other about this -- that I said, 'In a little while you will not see me; again after a little while, you will see me'?

After this Jesus, realizing that by this time everything was completed, said (in order to fulfill the scripture), "I am thirsty!"

After this, Joseph of Arimathea, a disciple of Jesus (but secretly, because he feared the Jewish leaders), asked Pilate if he could remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he went and took the body away.

And after he said this, he breathed on them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit.

After this Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias. Now this is how he did so.

This was now the third time Jesus was revealed to the disciples after he was raised from the dead.

(Now Jesus said this to indicate clearly by what kind of death Peter was going to glorify God.) After he said this, Jesus told Peter, "Follow me."

until the day he was taken up to heaven, after he had given orders by the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen.

To the same apostles also, after his suffering, he presented himself alive with many convincing proofs. He was seen by them over a forty-day period and spoke about matters concerning the kingdom of God.

After he had said this, while they were watching, he was lifted up and a cloud hid him from their sight.

The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our forefathers, has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you handed over and rejected in the presence of Pilate after he had decided to release him.

After making Peter and John stand in their midst, they began to inquire, "By what power or by what name did you do this?"

After threatening them further, they released them, for they could not find how to punish them on account of the people, because they were all praising God for what had happened.

After an interval of about three hours, his wife came in, but she did not know what had happened.

After him Judas the Galilean arose in the days of the census, and incited people to follow him in revolt. He too was killed, and all who followed him were scattered.

Then he went out from the country of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God made him move to this country where you now live.

He did not give any of it to him for an inheritance, not even a foot of ground, yet God promised to give it to him as his possession, and to his descendants after him, even though Abraham as yet had no child.

But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves,' said God, 'and after these things they will come out of there and worship me in this place.'

"After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the desert of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning bush.

But Saul was trying to destroy the church; entering one house after another, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison.

Even Simon himself believed, and after he was baptized, he stayed close to Philip constantly, and when he saw the signs and great miracles that were occurring, he was amazed.

So after Peter and John had solemnly testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they started back to Jerusalem, proclaiming the good news to many Samaritan villages as they went.

and after taking some food, his strength returned. For several days he was with the disciples in Damascus,

Now after some days had passed, the Jews plotted together to kill him,

you know what happened throughout Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John announced:

not by all the people, but by us, the witnesses God had already chosen, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.

Therefore if God gave them the same gift as he also gave us after believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to hinder God?"

When he had seized him, he put him in prison, handing him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him. Herod planned to bring him out for public trial after the Passover.

After they had passed the first and second guards, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened for them by itself, and they went outside and walked down one narrow street, when at once the angel left him.

Now Herod was having an angry quarrel with the people of Tyre and Sidon. So they joined together and presented themselves before him. And after convincing Blastus, the king's personal assistant, to help them, they asked for peace, because their country's food supply was provided by the king's country.

Then, after they had fasted and prayed and placed their hands on them, they sent them off.

After the reading from the law and the prophets, the leaders of the synagogue sent them a message, saying, "Brothers, if you have any message of exhortation for the people, speak it."

After he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave his people their land as an inheritance.

All this took about four hundred fifty years. After this he gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet.

After removing him, God raised up David their king. He testified about him: 'I have found David the son of Jesse to be a man after my heart, who will accomplish everything I want him to do.'

But while John was completing his mission, he said repeatedly, 'What do you think I am? I am not he. But look, one is coming after me. I am not worthy to untie the sandals on his feet!'

For David, after he had served God's purpose in his own generation, died, was buried with his ancestors, and experienced decay,

So after they shook the dust off their feet in protest against them, they went to Iconium.

But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and after winning the crowds over, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, presuming him to be dead.

But after the disciples had surrounded him, he got up and went back into the city. On the next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.

After they had proclaimed the good news in that city and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, to Iconium, and to Antioch.

After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, "Brothers, you know that some time ago God chose me to preach to the Gentiles so they would hear the message of the gospel and believe.

After they stopped speaking, James replied, "Brothers, listen to me.

After this I will return, and I will rebuild the fallen tent of David; I will rebuild its ruins and restore it,

So when they were dismissed, they went down to Antioch, and after gathering the entire group together, they delivered the letter.

After they had spent some time there, they were sent off in peace by the brothers to those who had sent them.

After some days Paul said to Barnabas, "Let's return and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord to see how they are doing."

After Paul saw the vision, we attempted immediately to go over to Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to proclaim the good news to them.

After she and her household were baptized, she urged us, "If you consider me to be a believer in the Lord, come and stay in my house." And she persuaded us.

After they had beaten them severely, they threw them into prison and commanded the jailer to guard them securely.

and came and apologized to them. After they brought them out, they asked them repeatedly to leave the city.

After they traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.

After the city officials had received bail from Jason and the others, they released them.

Those who accompanied Paul escorted him as far as Athens, and after receiving an order for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they left.

After this Paul departed from Athens and went to Corinth.

Paul, after staying many more days in Corinth, said farewell to the brothers and sailed away to Syria accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila. He had his hair cut off at Cenchrea because he had made a vow.

After he spent some time there, Paul left and went through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.

Paul said, "John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus."

Now after all these things had taken place, Paul resolved to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia. He said, "After I have been there, I must also see Rome."

So after sending two of his assistants, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, he himself stayed on for a while in the province of Asia.

After the city secretary quieted the crowd, he said, "Men of Ephesus, what person is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is the keeper of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image that fell from heaven?

After he had said this, he dismissed the assembly.

After the disturbance had ended, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging them and saying farewell, he left to go to Macedonia.

After he had gone through those regions and spoken many words of encouragement to the believers there, he came to Greece,

We sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and within five days we came to the others in Troas, where we stayed for seven days.

Then Paul went back upstairs, and after he had broken bread and eaten, he talked with them a long time, until dawn. Then he left.

We set sail from there, and on the following day we arrived off Chios. The next day we approached Samos, and the day after that we arrived at Miletus.

except that the Holy Spirit warns me in town after town that imprisonment and persecutions are waiting for me.

I know that after I am gone fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.

Even from among your own group men will arise, teaching perversions of the truth to draw the disciples away after them.

After we tore ourselves away from them, we put out to sea, and sailing a straight course, we came to Cos, on the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.

After we sighted Cyprus and left it behind on our port side, we sailed on to Syria and put in at Tyre, because the ship was to unload its cargo there.

After we located the disciples, we stayed there seven days. They repeatedly told Paul through the Spirit not to set foot in Jerusalem.

When our time was over, we left and went on our way. All of them, with their wives and children, accompanied us outside of the city. After kneeling down on the beach and praying,

After these days we got ready and started up to Jerusalem.

Then Paul took the men the next day, and after he had purified himself along with them, he went to the temple and gave notice of the completion of the days of purification, when the sacrifice would be offered for each of them.

After five days the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and an attorney named Tertullus, and they brought formal charges against Paul to the governor.

After several years I came to bring to my people gifts for the poor and to present offerings,

After two years had passed, Porcius Festus succeeded Felix, and because he wanted to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul in prison.

Now three days after Festus arrived in the province, he went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.

After Festus had stayed not more than eight or ten days among them, he went down to Caesarea, and the next day he sat on the judgment seat and ordered Paul to be brought.

Then, after conferring with his council, Festus replied, "You have appealed to Caesar; to Caesar you will go!"

After several days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus.

So after they came back here with me, I did not postpone the case, but the next day I sat on the judgment seat and ordered the man to be brought.

But I have nothing definite to write to my lord about him. Therefore I have brought him before you all, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after this preliminary hearing I may have something to write.

After we had sailed across the open sea off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we put in at Myra in Lycia.

Not long after this, a hurricane-force wind called the northeaster blew down from the island.

After the crew had hoisted it aboard, they used supports to undergird the ship. Fearing they would run aground on the Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor, thus letting themselves be driven along.

After he said this, Paul took bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all, broke it, and began to eat.

After we had safely reached shore, we learned that the island was called Malta.

But they were expecting that he was going to swell up or suddenly drop dead. So after they had waited a long time and had seen nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.

The father of Publius lay sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him and after praying, placed his hands on him and healed him.

After this had happened, many of the people on the island who were sick also came and were healed.