'Us' in the Bible

“Therefore, from among the men who have accompanied us during the whole time the Lord Jesus went in and out among us—

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.”

How is it that each of us can hear in our own native language?

“Brothers, I can confidently speak to you about the patriarch David: He is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

Peter, along with John, looked at him intently and said, “Look at us.”

When Peter saw this, he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this? Or why do you stare at us, as though we had made him walk by our own power or godliness?

But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it’s right in the sight of God for us to listen to you rather than to God, you decide;

“Didn’t we strictly order you not to teach in this name? And look, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to bring this man’s blood on us!”

Then the Twelve summoned the whole company of the disciples and said, “It would not be right for us to give up preaching about God to handle financial matters.

For we heard him say that Jesus, this Nazarene, will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.”

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

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.

They told Aaron:Make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we don’t know what’s happened to him.

Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples heard that Peter was there and sent two men to him who begged him, “Don’t delay in coming with us.”

not by all the people, but by us, witnesses appointed beforehand by God, who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead.

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.

He reported to us how he had seen the angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa, and call for Simon, who is also named Peter.

“As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came down on them, just as on us at the beginning.

Therefore, if God gave them the same gift that He also gave to us when we believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, how could I possibly hinder God?”

“Brothers, sons of Abraham’s race, and those among you who fear God, the message of this salvation has been sent to us.

God has fulfilled this for us, their children, by raising up Jesus, as it is written in the second Psalm:You are My Son;today I have become Your Father.

For this is what the Lord has commanded us:I have made youa light for the Gentilesto bring salvationto the ends of the earth.”

When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they raised their voices, saying in the Lycaonian language, “The gods have come down to us in the form of men!”

And God, who knows the heart, testified to them by giving the Holy Spirit, just as He also did to us.

He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.

Because we have heard that some without our authorization went out from us and troubled you with their words and unsettled your hearts,

During the night a vision appeared to Paul: A Macedonian man was standing and pleading with him, “Cross over to Macedonia and help us!”

After he had seen the vision, we immediately made efforts to set out for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to evangelize them.

After she and her household were baptized, she urged us, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.

Once, as we were on our way to prayer, a slave girl met us who had a spirit of prediction. She made a large profit for her owners by fortune-telling.

As she followed Paul and us she cried out, “These men, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation, are the slaves of the Most High God.”

and are promoting customs that are not legal for us as Romans to adopt or practice.”

But Paul called out in a loud voice, “Don’t harm yourself, because all of us are here!”

But Paul said to them, “They beat us in public without a trial, although we are Roman citizens, and threw us in jail. And now are they going to smuggle us out secretly? Certainly not! On the contrary, let them come themselves and escort us out!”

For what you say sounds strange to us, and we want to know what these ideas mean.”

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.

These men went on ahead and waited for us in Troas,

When he met us at Assos, we took him on board and came to Mitylene.

When our days there were over, we left to continue our journey, while all of them, with their wives and children, escorted us out of the city. After kneeling down on the beach to pray,

He came to us, took Paul’s belt, tied his own feet and hands, and said, “This is what the Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews in Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him into Gentile hands.’”

Some of the disciples from Caesarea also went with us and brought us to Mnason, a Cypriot and an early disciple, with whom we were to stay.

When we reached Jerusalem, the brothers welcomed us gladly.

The following day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present.

However, so that I will not burden you any further, I beg you in your graciousness to give us a brief hearing.

Then Festus said: “King Agrippa and all men present with us, you see this man about whom the whole Jewish community has appealed to me, both in Jerusalem and here, shouting that he should not live any longer.

So when we had boarded a ship of Adramyttium, we put to sea, intending to sail to ports along the coast of Asia. Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, was with us.

When we had put out to sea from there, we sailed along the northern coast of Cyprus because the winds were against us.

There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.

Sailing slowly for many days, we came with difficulty as far as Cnidus. Since the wind did not allow us to approach it, we sailed along the south side of Crete off Salmone.

In all there were 276 of us on the ship.

The local people showed us extraordinary kindness, for they lit a fire and took us all in, since it was raining and cold.

Now in the area around that place was an estate belonging to the leading man of the island, named Publius, who welcomed us and entertained us hospitably for three days.

So they heaped many honors on us, and when we sailed, they gave us what we needed.

Now the believers from there had heard the news about us and had come to meet us as far as the Forum of Appius and the Three Taverns. When Paul saw them, he thanked God and took courage.