Acts 8 Saul Ravages the Church AndSaulapproved of his execution. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, andthey were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.2Devout men buried Stephen and made great lamentation over him.3ButSaul was ravaging the church, and entering house af...

Acts 7 Stephen's Speech And the high priest said, "Are these things so?"2And Stephen said: "Brothers and fathers, hear me.The Godof glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia,before he lived in Haran,3and said to him,'Go out from your land and from your kindred and go into the land that I will show you.'4Then he went out from the lan...

Acts 6 Seven Chosen to Serve Now in these dayswhen the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint by the Hellenists[a]arose against the Hebrews because their widows were being neglected inthe daily distribution.2And the twelve summoned the full number of the disciples and said, "It is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to ser...

Acts 5 Ananias and Sapphira But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property,2and with his wife's knowledgehe kept back for himself some of the proceeds and brought only a part of it andlaid it at the apostles' feet.3But Peter said, "Ananias, why hasSatan filled your heart to lieto the Holy Spirit andto keep back for yourself part...

Acts 4 Peter and John Before the Council And as they were speaking to the people, the priests andthe captain of the temple andthe Sadducees came upon them,2greatly annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaimingin Jesus the resurrection from the dead.3And they arrested them andput them in custody until the next day, for it was already evenin...

Acts 3 The Lame Beggar Healed Now Peter and John weregoing up to the temple atthe hour of prayer,the ninth hour.[a]2And a manlame from birth was being carried,whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple that is called the Beautiful Gateto ask alms of those entering the temple.3Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked to receive alms....

Acts 2 The Coming of the Holy Spirit Whenthe day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place.2And suddenly there came from heaven a sound likea mighty rushing wind, andit filled the entire house where they were sitting.3And divided tonguesas of fire appeared to them and rested[a]on each one of them.4And they were allfilled with the Holy Spir...

Acts 1 The Promise of the Holy Spirit In the first book, OTheophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus beganto do and teach,2until the day whenhe was taken up, after hehad given commandsthrough the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.3He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and ...

John 21 Jesus Appears to Seven Disciples After this Jesusrevealed himselfagain to the disciples bythe Sea of Tiberias, and he revealed himself in this way.2Simon Peter,Thomas (called the Twin), Nathanael ofCana in Galilee,the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together.3Simon Peter said to them, "I am going fishing." They said to him, "...

John 20 The Resurrection Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw thatthe stone had been taken away from the tomb.2So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple,the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, andwe do not know where they have...