Acts 1:1 Cross References - Twentieth_Century

¹ The first account which I drew up, Theophilus, dealt with all that Jesus did and taught from the very first,

²³ And Jesus went all through Galilee, teaching in their Synagogues, proclaiming the Good News of the Kingdom, and curing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness among the people; ²⁴ And his fame spread all through Syria. They brought to him all who were ill with any form of disease, or who were suffering pain--any who were either possessed by demons, or were lunatic, or paralyzed; and he cured them.

⁵ The blind recover their sight and the lame walk, the lepers are made clean and the deaf hear, the dead, too, are raised to life, and the good news is told to the poor.

³ And, therefore, I also, since I have investigated all these events with great care from their very beginning, have resolved to write a connected history of them for you,

²⁴ After this his wife, Elizabeth, expecting to become a mother, lived in seclusion for five months.

²³ When beginning his work, Jesus was about thirty years old. He was regarded as the son of Joseph, whose ancestors were--Eli,

²¹ At that very time Jesus had cured many people of diseases, afflictions, and wicked spirits, and had given many blind people their sight. ²² So his answer to the question was: "Go and report to John what you have witnessed and heard--the blind recover their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are made clean, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised to life, the Good News is told to the poor. ²³ And blessed is the man who finds no hindrance in me."

¹⁹ "What things do you mean?" asked Jesus. "Why, about Jesus of Nazareth," they answered, "who, in the eyes of God and all the people, was a Prophet, whose power was felt in both his words and actions;

³² And seeing this, Jesus said: "I have done before your eyes many good actions, inspired by the Father; for which of them would you stone me?" ³³ "It is not for any good action that we would stone you," answered the Jews, "but for blasphemy; and because you, who are only a man, make yourself out to be God." ³⁴ "Are there not," replied Jesus, "these words in your Law--'I said "Ye are gods"'? ³⁵ If those to whom God's word were addressed were said to be 'gods'--and Scripture cannot be set aside-- ³⁶ Do you say of one whom the Father has consecrated and sent as his Messenger to the world 'You are blaspheming,' because I said 'I am God's Son'? ³⁷ If I am not doing the work that my Father is doing, do not believe me; ³⁸ If I am doing it, even though you do not believe me, believe what that work shows; so that you may understand, and understand more and more clearly, that the Father is in union with me, and I with the Father."

¹⁹ The High Priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching. ²⁰ "For my part," answered Jesus, "I have spoken to all the world openly. I always taught in some Synagogue, or in the Temple Courts, places where all the Jews assemble, and I never spoke of anything in secret. ²¹ Why question me? Question those who have listened to me as to what I have spoken about to them. They must know what I said."

²² Men of Israel, listen to what I am saying. Jesus of Nazareth, a man whose mission from God to you was proved by miracles, wonders, and signs, which God showed among you through him, as you know full well--

²¹ For it was to this that you were called! For Christ, too, suffered--on your behalf--and left you an example, that you should follow in his steps. ²² He 'never sinned, nor was anything deceitful ever heard from his lips.' ²³ He was abused, but he did not answer with abuse; he suffered, but he did not threaten; he entrusted himself to him whose judgments are just.