Acts 16:40 Cross References - BBE

⁴⁰ And they came out of the prison and went to the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brothers they gave them comfort and went away.

²³ And when they had been made free, they came back to their friends, and gave an account of all the things which the chief priests and the authorities had said to them.

¹² And when he became clear about this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John named Mark, where a number of them had come together for prayer. ¹³ And he gave a blow on the door, and a young girl came to it, named Rhoda. ¹⁴ And hearing the voice of Peter, in her joy she went running, without opening the door, to say that Peter was outside. ¹⁵ And they said to her, You are off your head. But still she said, with decision, that it was so. And they said, It is his angel. ¹⁶ But Peter went on giving blows on the door: and when it was open and they saw him, they were full of wonder. ¹⁷ But he made a sign to them with his hand to be quiet, and gave them an account of how the Lord had taken him out of prison. And he said, Give the news to James and the brothers. And then he went away.

²² Making strong the souls of the disciples, saying to them that they were to keep the faith, and that we have to go through troubles of all sorts to come into the kingdom of God.

² Of whom the brothers at Lystra and Iconium had a high opinion.

¹⁴ And a certain woman named Lydia, a trader in purple cloth of the town of Thyatira, and a God-fearing woman, gave ear to us: whose heart the Lord made open to give attention to the things which Paul was saying.

³ Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort; ⁴ Who gives us comfort in all our troubles, so that we may be able to give comfort to others who are in trouble, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. ⁵ For as we undergo more of the pain which Christ underwent, so through Christ does our comfort become greater. ⁶ But if we are troubled, it is for your comfort and salvation; or if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which takes effect through your quiet undergoing of the same troubles which we undergo: ⁷ And our hope for you is certain; in the knowledge that as you take part in the troubles, so you will take part in the comfort.

⁸ Troubles are round us on every side, but we are not shut in; things are hard for us, but we see a way out of them; ⁹ We are cruelly attacked, but not without hope; we are made low, but we are not without help; ¹⁰ In our bodies there is ever the mark of the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our bodies. ¹¹ For, while living, we are still being given up to death because of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our flesh, though it is under the power of death. ¹² So then, death is working in us, but life in you.

¹⁶ For which cause we do not give way to weariness; but though our outer man is getting feebler, our inner man is made new day by day. ¹⁷ For our present trouble, which is only for a short time, is working out for us a much greater weight of glory; ¹⁸ While our minds are not on the things which are seen, but on the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are for a time; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

² We sent Timothy, our brother and God's servant in the good news of Christ, to give you strength and comfort in your faith; ³ So that no man might be moved by these troubles; because you see that these things are part of God's purpose for us.