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Then Herod, when he saw that he was deceived by the Magi, was greatly enraged, and sent out and slew all the male children that were in Bethlehem and in all its borders, from the age of two years and under, according to the time which he had strictly inquired of the Magi.

Verse ConceptsCriminalsCrimesFaithlessness, As DisobedienceBoysBitterness, Examples OfInnocence, Examples OfShrewdnessSuffering, Nature OfBethlehemInfanticideDeath Of All MalesBeing Found OutWhen?Named Gentile RulersThose Who DeceivedAngry PeopleKilling IsraelitesMassacresThe Death Of BabiesExamples Of Ungodly MenJesus BirthDeath Of A Child

that upon you may come all the righteous blood which has been shed upon the earth, from the blood of Abel the just to the blood of Zachariah, the son of Barachiah, whom you slew between the temple and the altar.

Verse ConceptsAbelAbel and CainBlood, Figurative UseMartyrdom, Examples OfSheddingResponsibility For Blood ShedKilling ProphetsKilling Named IndividualsNamed Prophets Of The Lord

But the wise answered, saying: Lest there may not be enough for us and you, go rather to those who sell, and buy for your selves.

Verse ConceptsBuying and sellingOil For LampsShortage Other Than Food

And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be in deep distress and anguish of soul.

Verse ConceptsChrist Going With PeopleTwo SonsDepression

And they went and made the sepulcher safe, by placing a seal upon the stone, and setting the guard.

Verse ConceptsInfallible ProofsSealing Things

And he took with him Peter and James and John, and began to be in dismay and anguish of soul.

Verse ConceptsAgony, In HeartChrist Going With People

And he said to them: My soul is encompassed with sorrow, even to death; remain here, and watch.

Verse ConceptsSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfUnhappinessStaying Put

(and a sword shall pierce through your own soul,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.

Verse ConceptsMaryMan's ThoughtsThings Revealedwomanhood

son of Serug, son of Keu, son of Peleg, son of Eber, son of Salah,

And it came to pass, on a certain day, that he entered a ship with his disciples; and he said to them: Let us go over to the other side of the lake. And they set sail.

Verse ConceptsBoatsCrossing To The Other SideThe CrossDiscipleshipsailinglakes

But those who are my enemies, who were not willing that I should rule over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.

Verse ConceptsGod KillingGod KillsOvercoming EnemiesEnemies

Then he said to them: But now, he that has a purse, let him take it, and likewise a bag; and he that has no sword, let him sell his mantle and buy one.

Verse ConceptsAggressionOuter GarmentsBuying FoodInstruction About ClothesPreparing To TravelWeapons Of The BelieverMoney Box

foreseeing this, he spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that his soul was not left in hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.

Verse ConceptsThe DeadCorruption, SolutionOvercoming DeathKnowing BeforehandNo DecayChrist Would Rise

And it shall come to pass, that every soul that will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.

Verse ConceptsGod Is ImmanentGod Will Kill His People

And Peter answered her: Tell me, did you sell the land for so much? She replied: Yes; for so much.

Verse ConceptsAssenting

and drove him out of the city, and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man called Saul.

Verse ConceptsCrimesevangelists, ministry ofMartyrdom, Examples OfMartyrdom Of The SaintsMartyrdom, Methods OfOutside The City

And he kneeled down and cried with a loud voice: Lord, let not this sin stand against them. And when he had said this, he fell asleep. And Saul was well pleased with his death.

Verse ConceptsIntercessionPraying LoudlyAttitudes, in prayerKneelingParticipation, In SinPeace, Believers Experience OfPrayer, For OthersSleep, And DeathIntercessory PrayerEnemies, Christian Response ToGod Forgive!Martyrdom

But Saul attempted to destroy the church; entering every house, and dragging men and women, he delivered them up to prison.

Verse ConceptsArrestingIntimidationenemies, of believersChurchPrisonersPulling PeopleDestruction Of The ChurchThe Church UniversalPersecutionjail

And Saul, still breathing out threatening and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the chief priest,

Verse ConceptsThreatsThreateningsJudged As Murderersdamascusmotheringbreath

And when he had fallen to the earth, he heard a voice saying to him: Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?

Verse ConceptsAn Overpowering PresenceDuplicating WordsBowing Before MessiahPersecutiondamascus

And Saul arose from the earth, and when his eyes were opened, he saw no one; but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesEyes HarmedBlindnessdamascus

And the Lord said to him: Arise, and go into the street that is called Straight, and in quire at the house of Judas for one called Saul of Tarsus: for behold, he is praying;

Verse ConceptsRoadsStreetsStraight Paths

And Ananias went, and entered the house, and laying his hands on him, said: Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, who appeared to you on the road by which you came, has sent me, that you may receive your sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit.

Verse ConceptsBaptism, Administered Byevangelism, kinds ofequipping, spiritualCeremoniesBeing Filled With The SpiritLaying On Hands To HealChrist AppearingChrist SendingLaying On Hands For The Holy SpiritdamascusChristians Being Called Brothers

which also they did; and they sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

Verse ConceptsCollectionselders, in the churchMissionaries, Task OfPaul, Life OfVisitingelders

And Barnabas and Saul, after they had fulfilled their ministry, returned from Jerusalem, taking with them John, whose surname was Mark.

Verse ConceptsMissionaries, Task OfMissionaries

Now there were certain prophets and teachers in the church that was at Antioch; Barnabas, and Simeon, who is called Niger, and Lucius of Gyrene, and Manaen, who was brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

Verse ConceptsAfrican AmericansDoctrine, CommunicatedTeachersTetrarchChristian TeachersAnonymityRulers Of A FourthMissionaries

and he was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, who was a man of intelligence. This man called for Barnabas and Saul, and expressed an earnest wish to hear the word of God.

Verse Conceptsevangelism, kinds ofDerision

And afterward they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul the son of Kis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

Verse ConceptsForty YearsThe Number Forty40 To 50 Years

Therefore, setting sail from Troas, we came by a straight course to Samothracia, and, on the following day, to Neapolis,

Verse ConceptsIslandsSeafaringThe Next Daysailing

And having remained there three months, he determined to return through Macedonia, because a plot had been laid for him by the Jews, as he was about to sail to Syria.

Verse ConceptsConspiraciesSeafaringSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfTrapTwo To Four MonthsIsrael Hardened

For Paul had determined to sail past Ephesus, that he might not spend time in Asia; for he hastened, that, if it were possible for him, he might be in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.

Verse ConceptseagernessPentecostHasty ActionFeast Of Weeks [Pentecost]sailing

and I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?

Verse ConceptsDuplicating WordsPeople Tumbling

came to me, and standing by me, said, Brother Saul, receive your sight. And the same hour I looked upon him.

Verse ConceptsVisionHealing Through Disciples

and that when the blood of Stephen, thy witness, was shed, I also stood by and approved, and kept the clothing of those who slew him.

Verse ConceptsGuardsMartyrdom, Examples OfParticipation, In SinConnivanceSheddingHuman Blood ShedKilling DisciplesAssentingApproval To KillMartyrdomWitnessing

And when we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking to me, and saying, in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.

Verse ConceptsGoadsLanguagesPainStriving With GodUnion With Christ, Significance OfLanguages Mentioned In ScriptureDuplicating WordsSharp ToolsKickingPeople Tumbling

And as it was determined that we should sail to Italy, they delivered Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan band, named Julius.

Verse ConceptsCenturionRoman Emperorssailing

And going on board a ship of Adramyttium, we put to sea, intending to sail by the coast of Asia, Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.

Verse ConceptsShipsThe NavySea Travel

And, after cutting away the anchors, they committed the ship to the sea, at the same time loosing the lashings of the rudders: and they set up the front sail to the wind, and kept the ship firmly toward the shore.

Verse ConceptsAnchorsShipsAbandoning ThingsUndoing Fasteningssailing

And he received the sign of circumcision, as a seal of the righteousness of the faith that he had while he was uncircumcised, in order that he might be the father of all that believe, even in a state of uncircumcision, so that righteousness might be counted to them also;

Verse ConceptsCircumcision, spiritualPraiseSealsAbraham, God's Covenant WithAbraham, New Testament ReferencesReckoningRighteous By FaithRighteousness imputed

For I testify for them, that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

Verse ConceptsZeal, Without KnowledgeUnwise ZealBeing Devoted to God

If I am not an apostle to others, yet certainly I am to you; for the seal of my apostleship are you in the Lord.

Verse ConceptsApostles, IdentficationSeals

But I call on God as a witness against my soul, that wishing to spare you, I did not go to Corinth;

Verse ConceptsAppealing To GodThe Witness Of God

and not only by his coming, but also by the consolation with which he was comforted in you when he told us of your strong affection, your grief, your zeal for me; so that I rejoiced the more.

Verse ConceptsAffection, ExpressingJoy, Of The ChurchMourning In RegretRight Desires

For behold this very thing, that you sorrowed in a godly manner; what earnestness it produced in you; what defense of yourselves; what indignation; what fear; what strong affection; what zeal; what assertion of right. In all respects you have shown yourselves to be blame less in this matter.

Verse ConceptsAffection, ExpressingeagernessPlea Of Innocence

I do not speak this as a commandment, but on account of the zeal of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.

Verse ConceptsGenuinenessLove, Nature OfSincerity, In Christian LivingComparisonsSincereityLove Exists Between PeopleMen's OrdersTests

For I know your readiness of mind, on account of which I boasted of you to the Macedonians, that Achaia was ready a year ago: and your zeal has incited very many.

Verse ConceptsEnthusiasmAttitudes, to other peopleReadinessProvokingFervourZealousness, Examples OfPaul's BoastingPeople Willing

For I testify for him, that he has a great zeal for you and those in Laodicea and those in Hierapolis.

Verse ConceptsFervourZealousness, Examples Of

Of him we have many things to say, and difficult to be explained, if we do say them, since you are slow in understanding.

Verse ConceptsScripture, UnderstandingDullnessRefusing To HearBeing Without UnderstandingHard TasksWorking Hard And Not Being Lazyconnectedness

for that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds:

Verse ConceptsLawlessnessPainUnceasingContinual Hardship