'One' in the Bible

For he was one of our number and was allotted a share in this ministry.”

“For it is written in the Book of Psalms:Let his dwelling become desolate;let no one live in it; andLet someone else take his position.

beginning from the baptism of John until the day He was taken up from us—from among these, it is necessary that one become a witness with us of His resurrection.”

When the day of Pentecost had arrived, they were all together in one place.

And tongues, like flames of fire that were divided, appeared to them and rested on each one of them.

When this sound occurred, a crowd came together and was confused because each one heard them speaking in his own language.

They were all astounded and perplexed, saying to one another, “What could this be?”

because You will not leave me in Hadesor allow Your Holy One to see decay.

Since he was a prophet, he knew that God had sworn an oath to him to seat one of his descendants on his throne.

and they recognized that he was the one who used to sit and beg at the Beautiful Gate of the temple complex. So they were filled with awe and astonishment at what had happened to him.

But you denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked to have a murderer given to you.

There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to people, and we must be saved by it.”

When they heard this, they all raised their voices to God and said, “Master, You are the One who made the heaven, the earth, and the sea, and everything in them.

Now the large group of those who believed were of one heart and mind, and no one said that any of his possessions was his own, but instead they held everything in common.

“We found the jail securely locked, with the guards standing in front of the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside!”

When he saw one of them being mistreated, he came to his rescue and avenged the oppressed man by striking down the Egyptian.

“But the one who was mistreating his neighbor pushed him away, saying:Who appointed you a ruler and a judge over us?

“This Moses, whom they rejected when they said, Who appointed you a ruler and a judge?—this one God sent as a ruler and a redeemer by means of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

He is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness together with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors. He received living oracles to give to us.

Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They even killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become.

The crowds paid attention with one mind to what Philip said, as they heard and saw the signs he was performing.

The men who were traveling with him stood speechless, hearing the sound but seeing no one.

But Saul grew more capable and kept confounding the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that this One is the Messiah.

When the angel who spoke to him had gone, he called two of his household slaves and a devout soldier, who was one of those who attended him.

Then Peter went down to the men and said, “Here I am, the one you’re looking for. What is the reason you’re here?”

He commanded us to preach to the people and to solemnly testify that He is the One appointed by God to be the Judge of the living and the dead.

Those who had been scattered as a result of the persecution that started because of Stephen made their way as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message to no one except Jews.

Then one of them, named Agabus, stood up and predicted by the Spirit that there would be a severe famine throughout the Roman world. This took place during the time of Claudius.

After they passed the first and second guard posts, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which opened to them by itself. They went outside and passed one street, and immediately the angel left him.

Then as John was completing his life’s work, he said, ‘Who do you think I am? I am not the One. But look! Someone is coming after me, and I am not worthy to untie the sandals on His feet.’

Therefore He also says in another passage, You will not allow Your Holy One to see decay.

But the One God raised up did not decay.

From one man He has made every nationality to live over the whole earth and has determined their appointed times and the boundaries of where they live.

He did this so they might seek God, and perhaps they might reach out and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.

For I am with you, and no one will lay a hand on you to hurt you, because I have many people in this city.”

And after spending some time there, he set out, traveling through one place after another in the Galatian territory and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.

Paul said, “John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people that they should believe in the One who would come after him, that is, in Jesus.”

So not only do we run a risk that our business may be discredited, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis may be despised and her magnificence come to the verge of ruin—the very one all of Asia and the world adore.”

Meanwhile, some were shouting one thing and some another, because the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had come together.

So if Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a case against anyone, the courts are in session, and there are proconsuls. Let them bring charges against one another.

Therefore be on the alert, remembering that night and day for three years I did not stop warning each one of you with tears.

we said good-bye to one another. Then we boarded the ship, and they returned home.

When we completed our voyage from Tyre, we reached Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and stayed with them one day.

The next day we left and came to Caesarea, where we entered the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the Seven, and stayed with him.

After greeting them, he related in detail what God did among the Gentiles through his ministry.

Some in the mob were shouting one thing and some another. Since he was not able to get reliable information because of the uproar, he ordered him to be taken into the barracks.

Now those who were with me saw the light, but they did not hear the voice of the One who was speaking to me.

Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will, to see the Righteous One, and to hear the sound of His voice.

When Paul realized that one part of them were Sadducees and the other part were Pharisees, he cried out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees! I am being judged because of the hope of the resurrection of the dead!”

Then Paul called one of the centurions and said, “Take this young man to the commander, because he has something to report to him.”

or about this one statement I cried out while standing among them, ‘Today I am being judged before you concerning the resurrection of the dead.’”

If then I am doing wrong, or have done anything deserving of death, I do not refuse to die, but if there is nothing to what these men accuse me of, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar!”

The soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners so that no one could swim away and escape.

When the local people saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “This man is probably a murderer, and though he has escaped the sea, Justice does not allow him to live!”

From there, after making a circuit along the coast, we reached Rhegium. After one day a south wind sprang up, and the second day we came to Puteoli.

Disagreeing among themselves, they began to leave after Paul made one statement: “The Holy Spirit correctly spoke through the prophet Isaiah to your ancestors