"I have told you these things in figures; but the time is coming when I shall no longer speak in figures, but will tell you about the Father in plain words.

I have said all this to you that in me you might have peace. In the world you will have tribulation, but be courageous; I have overcome the world."

"I am praying for them; I am not praying for the world, but for those whom thou hast given me; for they are thine,

I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own Name these whom thou hast given me, that they may be one as we are one.

"But now I am coming to thee, and I am speaking these things while I am in the world, so that they may have my joy in all its fulness in themselves.

I am not asking that thou wilt take them out of the world, but that thou wilt protect them from the Evil One.

"Nor do I pray for them alone, but for those also who believe in me through their word,

But Peter took his stand outside, near the door. So the other disciple who was known to the high priest came out and spoke to the doorkeeper and brought Peter in.

Jesus replied "If I have said anything wrong, give evidence concerning the wrong; but if I said what was true, why do you strike me?"

From the house of Caiaphas they took Jesus to the Praetorium, and it was dawn. They themselves would not enter the Praetorium, in order that they might not be ceremonially defiled, but might be able to eat the Passover.

Jesus answered him. "My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants have fought hard that I should not be handed the Jews; but in reality my kingdom is not of such origins."

After that Pilate began to seek to release him, but the Jews shouted out. "If you release this man you are no friend of the Emperor. Any man who makes himself out to be king is a rebel against the Emperor."

Then they shouted. "Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!" "Crucify your King?" said Pilate. The chief priests answered, "We have no king but Caesar!"

So the high priests of the Jews said to Pilate, "Do not write 'King of the Jews,' but 'He said, I am King of the Jews.'"

But upon coming to Jesus they saw that he was already dead, and did not break his legs.

After these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but in secret because of fear of the Jews, asked Pilate for permission to take the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave him leave. So he came and took the body.

Stooping down he glanced in and saw the linen wrapping lying on the ground; but he did not go in.

and the napkin which had been about his head not lying with the wrappings, but rolled up in it's own place.

When she had said this she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but did not know that it was Jesus.

"Do not cling to me," said Jesus, "for I am not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, "'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"

But Thomas, one of the Twelve, who was called "The Twin." was not with them when Jesus came.

Accordingly the other disciples kept telling him, "We have seen the Lord." But he told them, "Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, and thrust my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe it."

Then to Thomas he said: "Place your finger here, and see my hands; and place your hand here, and thrust it into my side, and become not unbelieving, but believing."

but these have been written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

But when day was dawning Jesus stood on the beach. The disciples, however, did not recognize that it was Jesus.

So Simon Peter went and dragged the net to shore, full of large fish, a hundred and fifty-three of them; but for all this number the net was not torn.

"Feed my sheep," said Jesus. "In solemn truth I tell you that when you were young, you used to put on your own girdle, and walk wherever you wished; but when you grow old you will stretch out your hands for some one to gird you, and carry you where you do not wish to go."

Accordingly the report spread among the brothers that this disciple should not die; but Jesus did not say that he was not to die, but said, "If I choose that he remain until I come, what is that to you?"

But there are also many other things which Jesus did; if every one of them were to be recorded in detail I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that would have to be written.

And once when he was eating with them he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father. "Of this," he said, "you have heard from me.

"For John indeed baptized in water, but you shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days hence."

But others were saying with jeer, "These men are full of sweet wine."

Then Peter, with the Eleven, stood up and addresses them in a loud voice. "Men of Judea and dwellers in Jerusalem, have no doubt about this matter, but listen to what I say.

but God has raised him to life, having loosed the pangs of death, because it was not possible for death to hold him.

"Men and brothers, I can speak plainly to you concerning the patriarch David, because he not only died and was buried, but his tomb is among us even to this very day.

For David did not ascend into heaven; but he himself said, "The Lord said to my Lord Sit thou on my right hand

"I have neither silver nor gold, but what I do have, this I am going to give to you; in the name of Jesus Christ, the Nazarene, walk!"

"but you disowned the holy and righteous One, and asked as a favor the release of a murderer.

"The Pioneer of Life you put to death. But God has raised him from the dead, and we are witnesses of that fact.

"But God has thus fulfilled what he foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer.

But many of those who had heard the message believed, and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.

But since they saw the man standing with them who had been healed, they had nothing to answer.

"But that the matter may spread no further among the people, let us threaten them not to speak to any one hereafter about this name."

But Peter and John said in reply. "Do you decide whether in the sight of God it is right to obey you rather than God;

but for our part, we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard."

Now the multitude of the believers was of one heart and one soul, nor did any one of them say that any of his possessions was his own; but they had all things common.

But a man named Ananias who, with his wife Sapphira, sold a farm of his,

"While it remained unsold, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was not the price at your own disposal? How could you conceive this act in your heart? You have not lied unto men, but unto God."

But the younger men rose, wrapped the body up, and carried it out to bury it.

but none of the rest dared to associate with them.

But an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors during the night, and let them out.

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

"The prison we found locked fast, with the guards stationed at the doors, but when they were opened we found no one inside."

But Peter and the apostles said in reply.

but Gamaliel, a Pharisee, a teacher of the law, and held in honor by all the people, rose from his seat, and ordered the apostles to be put outside for a little while.

"but if it is from God, you cannot put it down; you may even find yourselves fighting against God."

but not for a single day did they desist from teaching and preaching in the Temple, and in private houses, the Gospel of Jesus, the Messiah.

"But we will give ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the Word."

But certain men from the so-called "Synagogue of the Freedmen" and certain Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, Cilicians, and men from Roman Asia, started to dispute with Stephen,

but were unable to withstand the wisdom and spirit with which he used to speak.

"But he gave him no inheritance in it, no, not a single square yard of ground; yet he promised to bestow the land as a permanent possession on him and his posterity??e at that time being childless.

"But God was with him, and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him grace and wisdom, when he stood before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who appointed him Governor over Egypt, and over all the royal household.

"But Jacob heard that there was food in Egypt, and sent our ancestors there on their first visit.

"but as the time drew near for the fulfilment of the promise which God made to Abraham, the people multiplied and increased in Egypt;

"(Now he supposed that his brothers would understand how God by his hand was bringing them deliverance; but they did not.)

"But the man who was ill-treating his neighbor thrust him aside, saying, "'Who made you a magistrate and ruler over us?

"But at the end of forty years there appeared to him, in the desert of Mt. Sinai, an angel in a flame of fire, in a bush.

"When Moses saw it he was astonished at the sight. But when he drew near to look, the voice of the Lord said,

"To him our ancestors would not be obedient, but thrust him aside, and in their hearts turned back into Egypt.

"But it was Solomon who built him a house.

But he, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.

But Saul was laying waste the church. He was wont to enter into every house, and to drag off men and women, and to commit them to prison.

But when they believed Philip, who was preaching glad tidings about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they began to be baptized, both men and women.

But when Simon perceived that, by the laying on of the apostles' hands, the Spirit was given, he offered them money saying,

But Peter said to him. "Your money perish with you, because you have supposed that with money you can obtain God's free gift!"

And when they had come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, but continued on his way rejoicing.

Meanwhile the men who were his fellow travelers stood speechless, hearing indeed the voice, but beholding no one.

And Saul got up from the ground, but although his eyes were open, he continued to perceive nothing; so they took him by the hand and led him into Damascus.

"But, Lord," said Ananias, "I have heard from many about that man, and how much evil he did to the saints at Jerusalem!

But Saul gained more and more influence, and kept putting the Jews who lived in Damascus to confusion by his proof that Jesus was the Christ.

but information of their plot was given Saul, and although they kept watch day and night on the gates, in order to make away with him,

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.

But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles, and told them how Saul had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him; and also how he had preached the Name of the Lord Jesus boldly at Damascus.

He also used to hold conversations and debates with the Grecian Jews, but they kept trying to kill him.

But Peter put them all out, and kneeled down, and prayed; and then turning to the body, he said, "Tabitha, rise!" She opened her eyes, and on seeing Peter she sat up.

He had become very hungry and longed for food; but while they were preparing it, he fell into a trance.

but Peter lifted him up. "Stand up," he said, "I am only a man, myself."

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.

"but in every nation he who fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him.

"You cannot but know the message which he sent to the descendants of Israel, when he preached the gospel of peace by Jesus Christ who is Lord of all;

"But him God raised up on the third day, and permitted him to be made manifest,

"not to all the people, but to witnesses??en previously chosen by God??hat is, to us, who ate and drank with him after he had risen from the dead;

"But for the second time a voice spoke from the sky, 'What God has cleansed, you must not call common.'

"Then I remembered the words of the Lord, how he used to say, "John indeed baptized in water, but you shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit.'

Then those who had been scattered by the trouble that arose over Stephen, traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch; but they preached the word to none except Jews.

So Peter was kept in prison, but earnest prayer to God was made by the church for him.

So Peter went out, following him, but did not realize that what the angel was doing was real, but supposed that he was seeing a vision.

And when she recognized Peter's voice, for very joy she did not open the door, but ran in and told them that Peter was standing in front of the gate.

"You are mad," they said. But she confidently insisted that it was so. "It is his angel," they said.

But the word of God grew and multiplied;