28 Bible Verses about The Apostles In Action
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The apostles returned and met Jesus and reported to Him everything, how many things they had done and taught.
Now the apostles returned and told Jesus all that they had done. Then He took them and privately retired to a town called Bethsaida.
Now when the hour came, He took His place at the table, with the apostles about Him.
They were Mary of Magdala and Joanna, and Mary, James's mother, who, with the other women, reported these things to the apostles.
When they heard this, they were stabbed to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brothers, what shall we do?"
A sense of reverence seized everyone, and many wonders and wonder-works were done by the apostles.
Many signs and wonders were continuously performed by the apostles among the people. And by common consent they all used to meet in Solomon's portico.
So with great power the apostles continued to give their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and God's favor rested richly on them all.
and to put it at the disposal of the apostles; then distribution was continuously made to everyone in proportion to his need.
and, with his wife's full knowledge of it, kept back for themselves a part of the money and brought only a part of it and put it at the disposal of the apostles.
Now Joseph, a Levite, a native of Cyprus, who by the apostles was named Barnabas, which means Son of Encouragement,
Saul heartily approved of his being put to death. So on that day a severe persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all of them, except the apostles, were scattered over Judea and Samaria.
They presented these men to the apostles, and after they had prayed, they laid their hands upon them.
When the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted God's message, they sent Peter and John there.
Now the apostles and the brothers all over Judea heard that the heathen too had accepted God's message.
Barnabas, however, took him up and presented him to the apostles, and he told them how on the road he had seen the Lord, and how the Lord had spoken to him, and how courageously he had spoken in the name of Jesus at Damascus.
But the masses of the town were divided; some sided with the Jews and some with the apostles.
They were convinced by him, and after calling the apostles in and having them flogged, they charged them to stop speaking on the authority of Jesus, and then turned them loose.
So, as a dire disturbance and a serious discussion had been created between Paul and Barnabas and them, they decided that Paul and Barnabas and some others from their number should go up to Jerusalem to confer with the apostles and elders about this question.
When they arrived at Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church, the apostles, and the elders, and they reported what God had done through them as instruments.
Then the apostles and elders in cooperation with the whole church passed a resolution to select and send some men of their number with Paul and Barnabas to Antioch. These were Judas, who was called Barsabbas, and Silas, leading men among the brothers.
They sent this letter by them: "The apostles and elders as brothers send greeting to the brothers from among the heathen in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia.
As they journeyed on from town to town, they delivered to the brothers to keep the decisions reached by the apostles and elders at Jerusalem.
It cannot be that we have no right to take a Christian wife about with us, can it, as well as the rest of the apostles and the Lord's brothers, and Cephas?
and not another single one of the apostles did I see, except James, the Lord's brother.
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