Acts 14:15 Cross References - Murdock

¹⁵ and called out, and said: Men, what do ye? We also are frail mortals like yourselves, who preach to you, that ye should turn from these useless things, unto the living God, who made heaven and earth and seas, and whatever is in them.

¹⁶ Simon Cephas answered and said: Thou art the Messiah, the Son of the living God.

²⁶ For, as the Father hath life in himself, so hath he given to the Son also, to have life in himself:

¹⁸ He that speaketh according to the pleasure of his own mind, seeketh glory for himself: but he who seeketh the glory of him that sent him, is veracious, and evil is not in his heart.

¹² And when Simon saw it, he answered and said to them: Men, sons of Israel, why do ye wonder at this? or why do ye gaze on us, as if by our own power or authority we had made this man to walk? ¹³ The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he would have justified him and set him free.

²⁴ And they, when they heard it, unitedly lifted up their voice to God and said: Lord, thou art God, who hast made heaven, and earth, and seas, and every thing in them.

²⁶ And on another day, he appeared to them, as they were quarrelling one with another. And he exhorted them to become reconciled, saying: Men, ye are brethren; why do ye seek to harm each other?

²⁶ And Simon raised him up, and said to him: Arise; I also am a man.

²² And all the people shouted, and said: These are the utterances of a God, and not of a mortal. ²³ And, because he gave not the glory to God, immediately the angel of God smote him; and he was eaten of worms, and died.

³² And lo, we also announce to you, that the promise, which was made to our fathers,

⁷ and there they preached.

²¹ And while they were preaching to the inhabitants of that city, they made many disciples. And turning back, they came to the city Lystra, and to Iconium, and to Antioch,

³⁰ And he brought them out, and said to them: My lords, what must I do, that I may have life?

¹⁶ And while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, he was pained in his spirit; because he saw that the whole city was full of idols. ¹⁷ And in the synagogue he spoke with the Jews, and with those that feared God, and in the market-place with them who daily assembled there. ¹⁸ And also philosophers of the sect of Epicureans, and others who were called Stoics, disputed with him. And one and another of them said: What doth this word-monger mean? Others said: He announceth foreign deities; because he preached to them Jesus and his resurrection.

²⁴ For the God who made the world and all that is in it, and who is Lord of heaven and of earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands. ²⁵ Nor is he ministered to by human hands, neither hath he any wants; for he it is giveth life and breath to every man. ²⁶ And of one blood hath he made the whole world of men, that they might dwell on the face of all the earth: and he hath separated the seasons by his ordinance; and hath set bounds to the residence of men: ²⁷ that they might inquire and search after God, and, by means of his creations, might find him; because he is not afar off from each one of us: ²⁸ for in him it is we live, and move, and exist: as one of your own wise men hath said: From him is our descent. ²⁹ Therefore we, whose descent is from God, ought not to suppose that the Deity hath the likeness of gold, or silver, or stone, sculptured by the art and skill of men ³⁰ And the times of this error God hath made to pass away; and at the present time, he commandeth all men, that each individual, in every place, should repent.

¹⁷ And I will deliver thee from the people of the Jews, and from other nations; to whom I send thee, ¹⁸ to open their eyes; that they may turn from darkness to the light, and from the dominion of Satan unto God; and may receive remission of sins, and a portion with the saints, by faith in me. ¹⁹ Wherefore, king Agrippa, I did not contumaciously withstand the heavenly vision: ²⁰ but I preached from the first to them in Damascus, and to them in Jerusalem and in all the villages of Judaea; and I preached also to the Gentiles, that they should repent, and should turn to God, and should do the works suitable to repentance.

¹⁰ and said: Men, I perceive that our voyage will be attended with peril, and with much loss, not only of the cargo of our ship, but also of our lives.

²¹ And as no one had taken a meal of food, Paul now stood up in the midst of them, and said: If ye had given heed to me, O men, we should not have sailed from Crete, and we should have been exempt from this loss and peril.

²⁵ Therefore, men, be ye courageous; for I confide in God, that it will be as was told to me.

²⁰ For, from the foundations of the world, the occult things of God are seen, by the intellect, in the things he created, even his eternal power and divinity; so that they might be without excuse; ²¹ because they knew God, and did not glorify him and give thanks to him as God, but became vain in their imaginings, and their unwise heart was darkened. ²² And, while they thought within themselves that they were wise, they became fools. ²³ And they changed the glory of the incorruptible God into a likeness to the image of a corruptible man, and into the likeness of birds and quadrupeds and reptiles on the earth.

⁴ As to the eating of the sacrifices of idols, therefore, we know that an idol is nothing in the world; and that there is no other God, but one.

¹⁷ And this I say, and testify in the Lord, that henceforth ye walk not as the other Gentiles, who walk in the vanity of their mind:

⁹ For they declare, what an ingress we had to you, and how ye turned from the worship of idols unto God, that ye might worship the living and true God;

¹⁵ but if I should delay, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to conduct thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God. The pillar and the foundation of the truth,

¹² Beware, therefore, my brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart that believeth not, and ye depart from the living God.

¹⁷ Elijah also was a man of sensations like us, and he prayed that rain might not descend upon the earth; and it descended not, for three years and six months.

⁷ saying with a loud voice, Worship God, and give glory to him; because the hour of his judgment is come; and adore ye Him, who made heaven and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of water.

¹⁰ And I fell at his feet, to worship him. And he said to me, See, thou do it not; I am thy fellow-servant, and of those thy brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship ye God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

¹⁹ And I saw the beast of prey, and the kings of the earth, and their warriors, that they assembled to wage battle with him who sat on the white horse, and with his warriors.

⁹ And he said to me: See, thou do it not: I am thy fellow-servant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them that observe the words of this book. Worship God.