'One' in the Bible

With one mind, all of them kept devoting themselves to prayer, along with the women (including Mary the mother of Jesus) and his brothers.

because he was one of our number and was appointed to share in this ministry."

"For in the Book of Psalms it is written, "Let his estate be desolate, and let no one live on it,' and, "Let someone else take over his office,'

who was one of the men associated with us all the time the Lord Jesus came and went among us,

Then they prayed, "Lord, you know the hearts of all people. Show us which one of these two men you have chosen

When the day of Pentecost was being celebrated, all of them were together in one place.

They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated, and one rested on each of them.

When that sound came, a crowd quickly gathered, startled because each one heard the disciples speaking in his own language.

So how is it that each one of us hears them speaking in his own native language:

All of them continued to be stunned and puzzled, and they kept asking one another, "What can this mean?"

For you will not abandon my soul to Hades or allow your Holy One to experience decay.

Therefore, since he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him with an oath to put one of his descendants on his throne,

Peter answered them, "Every one of you must repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus the Messiah for the forgiveness of your sins. Then you will receive the Holy Spirit as a gift.

All the believers were united and shared everything with one another.

One afternoon, Peter and John were on their way to the Temple for the three o'clock prayer time.

You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked to have a murderer released to you,

When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you to bless you by turning every one of you from your evil ways."

Now all the believers were one in heart and soul, and nobody called any of his possessions his own. Instead, they shared everything they owned.

One man, Joseph, a descendant of Levi and a native of Cyprus, who was named Barnabas by the apostles (the name means "a son of encouragement"),

"We found the prison securely locked and the guards standing at the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside."

When he saw one of them being mistreated, he defended him and avenged the man who was being mistreated by killing the Egyptian.

This Moses is the one who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai and to our ancestors. He received living truths to give to us,

"Our ancestors had the Tent of Testimony in the wilderness constructed, just as the one who spoke to Moses directed him to make it according to the pattern he had seen.

Which of the prophets did your ancestors fail to persecute? They killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One, and now you have become his betrayers and murderers.

But Saul kept trying to destroy the church. Going into one house after another, he began dragging off men and women and throwing them in prison.

but his disciples took him one night and let him down through the city wall by lowering him in a basket.

One day, about three in the afternoon, he had a vision and clearly saw an angel of God coming to him and saying to him, "Cornelius!"

When the angel who had spoken to him had gone, Cornelius summoned two of his household servants and a devout soldier, one of those who served him regularly.

He also ordered us to preach to the people and to testify solemnly that this is the one appointed by God to be the judge of the living and the dead.

"No one can stop us from using water to baptize these people who have received the Holy Spirit in the same way that we did, can they?"

Now the people who were scattered by the persecution that started because of Stephen went as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews.

One of them named Agabus got up and predicted by the Spirit that there would be a severe famine all over the world. This happened during the reign of Claudius.

They passed the first guard, then the second, and came to the iron gate that led into the city. It opened by itself for them, and they went outside and proceeded one block when the angel suddenly left him.

In another Psalm he says, "You will not let your Holy One experience decay.'

"Look, you mockers! Be amazed and die! Since I am performing an action in your days, one that you would not believe even if someone told you!'"

After a lengthy debate, Peter stood up and told them, "Brothers, you know that in the early days, God chose me to be the one among you through whom the gentiles would hear the message of the gospel and believe.

so that the rest of the people may search for the Lord, including all the gentiles who are called by my name,' declares the Lord. "He is the one who has been doing these things

From one man he made every nation of humanity to live all over the earth, fixing the seasons of the year and the national boundaries within which they live,

so that they might look for God, somehow reach for him, and find him. Of course, he is never far from any one of us.

One night, the Lord told Paul in a vision, "Stop being afraid to speak out! Don't remain silent!

For I am with you, and no one will lay a hand on you or harm you, because I have many people in this city."

Then Paul said, "John baptized when they repented, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus."

Meanwhile, some were shouting one thing and some another, since the crowd was confused, and most of them didn't know why they were meeting.

So if Demetrius and his workers have a charge against anyone, the courts are open and there are proconsuls. They should accuse one another there.

When we completed our voyage from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais, greeted the brothers there, and stayed with them for one day.

The next day, we left and came to Caesarea. We went to the home of Philip the evangelist, one of the Seven, and stayed with him.

After greeting them, Paul related one by one the things that God had done among the gentiles through his ministry.

"He told me, "I'm Jesus from Nazareth, whom you are persecuting.' The men who were with me saw the light but didn't understand the voice of the one who was speaking to me.

"Then he said, "The God of our ancestors has chosen you to know his will, to see the Righteous One, and to hear his own voice,

Then Paul called one of the centurions and said, "Take this young man to the tribune, because he has something to tell him."

unless it is for the one thing I shouted as I stood among them: "It is for the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial before you today.'"

If I'm guilty and have done something that deserves death, I'm willing to die. But if there is nothing to their charges against me, no one can hand me over to them as a favor. I appeal to the emperor!"

When the people who lived there saw the snake hanging from his hand, they told one another, "This man must be a murderer! He may have escaped from the sea, but Justice won't let him live."

They disagreed with one another as they were leaving, so Paul added this statement: "The Holy Spirit was so right when he spoke to your ancestors through the prophet Isaiah!