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This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a
thief, and had the
bag, and bare what was put therein.
Judas did not say this because he cared
about the poor, but because he was a
thief. As keeper of the money
bag, he used to take from what was put into it.
These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was
glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him.
At first His disciples did not understand these things, but after Jesus was
glorified they remembered what had been done to Him, and they realized that these very things had also been written
about Him.
These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.
Isaiah said these things because he saw Jesus’ glory and spoke about Him.
I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his
heel against me.
I am not speaking
about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to
fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his
heel against Me.’
Simon Peter therefore
beckoned to him, that he should ask who it should be of whom he spake.
So Simon Peter motioned to him to ask Jesus which one He was talking about.
And after the
sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.
And when
Judas had taken the
morsel,
Satan entered into him. Then Jesus said to
Judas, “What you are
about to do, do quickly.”
But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall
testify of me:
When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—He will
testify about Me.
But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.
But I have told you these things so that when their hour comes, you will remember that I told you about them. I did not tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.
These things have I spoken unto you in
proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in
proverbs, but I shall
shew you plainly of the Father.
I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. An hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you this way, but will tell you plainly about the Father.
The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine.
Meanwhile, the high priest questioned Jesus about His disciples and His teaching.
Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing of
thyself, or did others tell it thee of me?
“Are you saying this on your own,” Jesus asked, “or did others tell you about Me?”
And it was the preparation of the
passover, and
about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
It was the day of Preparation for the
Passover,
about the sixth hour. And
Pilate said to the Jews, “Here is your King!”
And there came also
Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of
myrrh and
aloes,
about an hundred pound weight.
Nicodemus, who had previously come to Jesus at night, also brought a mixture of
myrrh and
aloes,
about seventy-five pounds.
And the
napkin, that was
about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but
wrapped together in a place by itself.
The cloth that had been around Jesus’ head was rolled up, lying separate from the linen cloths.
And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they were not far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,)
dragging the net with fishes.
The other disciples came
ashore in the boat. They
dragged in the net full of fish, for they were not far from land, only
about a hundred yards.
Then Peter, turning
about,
seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also
leaned on his breast at
supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee?
Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them. He was the one who had
leaned back against Jesus at the
supper to ask, “Lord, who is going to
betray You?”
Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do?
When Peter saw him, he asked, “Lord, what about him?”
The former treatise have I made, O
Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,
In my first book, O
Theophilus, I wrote
about all that Jesus began to do and to teach,
To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:
After His suffering, He presented Himself to them with many
convincing proofs that He was alive. He appeared to them over a span of forty days and spoke
about the kingdom of God.
And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,)
In those days Peter stood up among the brothers (a gathering of about a hundred and twenty) and said,
Phrygia, and
Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of
Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:
David says
about Him: ‘I saw the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand, I will not be
shaken.
He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in
hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
Foreseeing this, David spoke
about the resurrection of the Christ, that He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did His body see decay.
Then they that
gladly received his word were
baptized: and the same day there were added unto them
about three thousand souls.
Those who embraced his message were
baptized, and
about three thousand were added to the believers that day.
Who seeing Peter and John
about to go into the temple asked an
alms.
When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money.
Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was
about five thousand.
But many who heard the message believed, and the number of men grew to about five thousand.
If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the
impotent man, by what means he is made whole;
If we are being examined
today about a kind service to a man who was
lame, to determine how he was
healed,
For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”
And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.
With great power the apostles continued to give their testimony about the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And abundant grace was upon them all.
And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in.
About three hours later his wife also came in, unaware of what had happened.
And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things.
And great fear came over the whole church and all who heard about these events.
There came also a multitude out of the cities round
about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick
folks, and them which were
vexed with unclean spirits: and they were
healed every one.
Crowds also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those
tormented by unclean spirits, and all of them were
healed.
And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take
heed to
yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these men.
“Men of Israel,” he said, “consider carefully what you are about to do to these men.
For before these days rose up Theudas,
boasting himself to be
somebody; to whom a number of men,
about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to
nought.
Some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be
somebody, and
about four hundred men joined him. He was killed, all his followers were
dispersed, and it all came to nothing.
And the
eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?
“Tell me,” said the
eunuch, “who is the prophet talking
about, himself or someone else?”
Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.
Then Philip began with this very Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.
And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there
shined round
about him a light from heaven:
As Saul drew near to Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven
flashed around him.
Then
Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem:
But
Ananias answered, “Lord, many people have told me
about this man and all the
harm he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem.
And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem.
So Saul stayed with them, moving about freely in Jerusalem and speaking boldly in the name of the Lord.
And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they went
about to
slay him.
He talked and
debated with the
Grecian Jews, but they tried to kill him.
He saw in a vision evidently
about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him,
Cornelius.
One day at
about the ninth hour, he had a clear vision of an angel of God who came to him and said, “
Cornelius!”
On the
morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew
nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray
about the sixth hour:
The next day at about the sixth hour, as the men were approaching the city on their journey, Peter went up on the roof to pray.
And as Peter was coming in,
Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him.
As Peter was
about to enter,
Cornelius met him and fell at his feet to worship him.
How God
anointed Jesus of
Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went
about doing good, and
healing all that were
oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
how God
anointed Jesus of
Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and
healing all who were
oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.
To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name
whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.
Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose
about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and
Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only.
Meanwhile those scattered by the persecution that began with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia,
Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message only to Jews.
And some of them were men of
Cyprus and
Cyrene, which, when they were come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesus.
But some of them, men from
Cyprus and
Cyrene, went to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks as well,
proclaiming the good news
about the Lord Jesus.
Now
about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to
vex certain of the church.
About that time, King Herod reached out to
harm some who belonged to the church.
And the angel said unto him,
Gird thyself, and bind on thy
sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment
about thee, and follow me.
“Get dressed and put on your
sandals,” said the angel. Peter did so, and the angel told him, “
Wrap your
cloak around you and follow me.”
And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a
mist and a darkness; and he went
about seeking some to lead him by the hand.
Now look, the hand of the Lord is against you, and for a time you will be blind and unable to see the light of the sun.” Immediately
mist and darkness came over him, and he
groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand.
Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being
astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.
When the
proconsul saw what had happened, he believed, for he was
astonished at the teaching
about the Lord.
And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness.
He
endured their conduct for
about forty years in the wilderness.
And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.
All this took about 450 years. After this, God gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet.
And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of
Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.
After removing Saul, He raised up David as their king and
testified about him: ‘I have found David son of
Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in its
entirety.’
And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a
sepulchre.
When they had carried out all that was written about Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb.
They were ware of it, and fled unto
Lystra and Derbe, cities of
Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round
about:
they found out
about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of
Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding region,
Which when the apostles,
Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out,
Howbeit, as the disciples stood round
about him, he rose up, and came into the city: and the next day he departed with
Barnabas to Derbe.
But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. And the next day he left with
Barnabas for Derbe.
When therefore Paul and
Barnabas had no small
dissension and
disputation with them, they determined that Paul and
Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders
about this question.
And after
engaging these men in sharp
debate, Paul and
Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders
about this question.
And at
midnight Paul and
Silas prayed, and
sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
About midnight Paul and
Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were
listening to them.
And the keeper of the prison
awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.
When the
jailer woke up and saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was
about to kill himself, presuming that the prisoners had escaped.
And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some
mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.
When they heard
about the resurrection of the dead, some began to
mock him, but others said, “We want to hear you again on this
topic.”
And when Paul was now
about to open his mouth,
Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked
lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you:
But just as Paul was
about to speak,
Gallio told the Jews, “If this matter involved a
wrongdoing or
vicious crime, O Jews, it would be reasonable for me to hear your
complaint.
But if it be a question of words and names, and of your law, look ye to it; for I will be no judge of such matters.
But since it is a dispute
about words and names and your own law, settle it
yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of such things.”
This man was
instructed in the way of the Lord; and being
fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught
diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.
He had been
instructed in the way of the Lord and was
fervent in spirit. He spoke and taught accurately
about Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John.
And all the men were about twelve.
There were about twelve men in all.
And he went into the
synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and
persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God.
And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?
Eventually, one of the evil spirits answered them, “Jesus I know, and I know about Paul, but who are you?”
And the same time there arose no small
stir about that way.
About that time there arose a great disturbance about the Way.
But when they knew that he was a
Jew, all with one voice
about the space of two hours
cried out, Great is
Diana of the
Ephesians.
But when they realized that he was a
Jew, they all
shouted in
unison for
about two hours: “Great is Artemis of the
Ephesians!”
And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was
about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through
Macedonia.
where he stayed three months. And when the Jews formed a plot against him as he was
about to sail for Syria, he decided to go back through
Macedonia.
Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks,
repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
Them take, and
purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may
shave their heads: and all may know that those things,
whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou
thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law.
Take these men,
purify yourself along with them, and pay their expenses so they can have their heads
shaved. Then
everyone will know that there is no truth to these rumors
about you, but that you also live in obedience to the law.
And as they went
about to kill him,
tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an
uproar.
While they were trying to kill him, the commander of the Roman regiment received a report that all Jerusalem was in
turmoil.
And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek?
As they were
about to take Paul into the
barracks, he asked the commander, “May I say something to you?” “Do you speak Greek?” he replied.
As also the high priest
doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished.
as the high priest and the whole Council can
testify about me. I even obtained letters from them to their brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to
apprehend these people and bring them to Jerusalem to be punished.
And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come
nigh unto Damascus
about noon, suddenly there
shone from heaven a great light round
about me.
About noon as I was approaching Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven
flashed around me.
And saw him saying unto me, Make
haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.
and saw the Lord saying to me, ‘
Hurry! Leave Jerusalem quickly, because the people here will not accept your testimony
about Me.’
Then
straightway they departed from him which should have examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
Then those who were
about to
interrogate Paul
stepped back, and the commander himself was
alarmed when he realized that he had put a Roman citizen in chains.
Then said Paul, I
wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people.
“Brothers,” Paul replied, “I was not aware that he was the high priest, for it is written: ‘Do not speak evil about the ruler of your people.’”
And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good
cheer, Paul: for as thou hast
testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.
The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have
testified about Me in Jerusalem, so also you must
testify in Rome.”
And when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul.
But when the son of Paul’s sister heard
about the plot, he went into the
barracks and told Paul.
And he said, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou wouldest bring down Paul to
morrow into the council, as though they would
enquire somewhat of him more perfectly.
He answered, “The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul to the
Sanhedrin tomorrow on the pretext of acquiring more information
about him.
This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came I with an army, and
rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman.
This man was seized by the Jews, and they were
about to kill him when I came with my troops to
rescue him. For I had learned that he is a Roman citizen,
Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.
I found that the
accusation involved questions
about their own law, but there was no charge worthy of death or imprisonment.
Who also hath gone
about to
profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law.
and he even tried to
desecrate the temple; so we seized him.
Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom
thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things,
whereof we
accuse him.
By examining him
yourself, you will be able to learn the truth
about all our charges against him.”
And when
Felix heard these things, having more perfect knowledge of that way, he
deferred them, and said, When
Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will know the
uttermost of your matter.
Then
Felix, who was well informed
about the Way,
adjourned the hearing and said, “When
Lysias the commander comes, I will decide your case.”
And after certain days, when
Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a
Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.
After several days,
Felix returned with his wife Drusilla, who was a
Jewess. He sent for Paul and
listened to him speak
about faith in Christ Jesus.
And when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem stood round
about, and laid many and
grievous complaints against Paul, which they could not prove.
When Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges that they could not prove.
About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, desiring to have judgment against him.
While I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and elders of the Jews presented their case and requested a judgment against him.
And
Festus said, King
Agrippa, and all men which are here present with us, ye see this man,
about whom all the multitude of the Jews have dealt with me, both at Jerusalem, and also here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.
Then
Festus said, “King
Agrippa and all who are present with us, you see this man. The whole Jewish community has petitioned me
about him, both here and in Jerusalem, crying out that he ought not to live any longer.
Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord. Wherefore I have brought him forth before you, and specially before thee, O king
Agrippa, that, after examination had, I might have somewhat to write.
I have nothing definite to write to our sovereign one
about him. Therefore I have brought him before all of you, and especially before you, King
Agrippa, so that after this inquiry I may have something to write.
At
midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun,
shining round
about me and them which journeyed with me.
About noon, O king, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun,
shining around me and my companions.
For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me.
For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple courts and tried to kill me.
For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner.
For the king knows
about these matters, and I can speak freely to him. I am
confident that none of this has escaped his notice, because it was not done in a corner.
But when the
fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in
Adria,
about midnight the
shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country;
On the
fourteenth night we were still being driven across the
Adriatic Sea.
About midnight the sailors sensed they were approaching land.
And as the
shipmen were
about to
flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the
foreship,
Meanwhile, the sailors attempted to escape from the ship. Pretending to lower anchors from the bow, they let the
lifeboat down into the sea.