Acts 18:25 Cross References - Thomson

²⁵ This man being well versed in the scriptures, had been instructed in the way of the Lord, and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and expounded accurately the passages concerning the Lord, being acquainted only with the baptism of John.

¹⁹ For I know that he will command his children and his household after him, who are to keep the ways of the Lord, to execute judgment and justice, that the Lord may bring upon Abraham all that he hath spoken to him.

²² He indeed had spared them, that by them he might prove Israel whether they would, or would not, keep the ways of the Lord to walk therein, as their fathers had kept them:

²³ And as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you.

⁸ The Lord is gracious and righteous: therefore he will instruct sinners in the way: ⁹ he will guide the meek in judgment: he will teach the meek his ways.

¹ An Alleluia. ALEPH. Happy the undefiled in the way! who walk in the law of the Lord.

³ A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord; make straight the roads for our God.

¹⁶ Thus saith the Lord, Stand in the highways and take a view and inquire for the ancient paths of the Lord, and see which is the good way and walk in it, and you shall find a purification for your souls: but they said, "We will not go."

⁹ [p] Who is wise that he may understand these things, prudent, that he may know them? Because the ways of the Lord are straight; therefore the righteous will walk in them: But in them the wicked shall be without strength.

¹ In those days cometh John the baptist, proclaiming in the wilderness of Judea, and saying, ² "Reform; for the reign of the heavens is at hand." ³ For this is the person spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, "A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord: make the roads for him straight." ⁴ Now John had his raiment made of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his waist: and his food was locusts and wild honey: ⁵ then went out to him Jerusalem and all Judea and all the country along the Jordan, ⁶ and by him they were baptized in the Jordan, confessing their sins. ⁷ And seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them," Brood of vipers! who hath prompted you to flee from the impending wrath. ⁸ Produce therefore fruits worthy of this reformation, ⁹ and presume not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for our father! For I say to you, God is able out of these stones to raise up children for Abraham. ¹⁰ Now the axe is at the root of the trees. Every tree therefore which doth not produce good fruit is to be cut down and cast into the fire. ¹¹ I indeed baptize you in water for a reformation; but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you in a holy spirit and fire. ¹² His winnowing instrument is in his hand. He will thoroughly clean his floor, and gather his wheat for the granary; but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire." ¹³ Then cometh Jesus from Galilee, along the Jordan, to John, to be baptized by him: ¹⁴ but John earnestly opposed him, saying, "I have need to be baptized by thee. And thou comest to me!" ¹⁵ And Jesus in reply said to him, "Permit this at present: for thus it becometh us to confirm all righteousness." Then John permitteth him; ¹⁶ and Jesus being baptized was just coming up from the water, when lo! the heavens were opened for him, and John saw the spirit of God descending like a dove and coming upon Jesus; ¹⁷ and lo! a voice from heaven said,"This is my son, the Beloved, in whom I am well pleased."

³ "A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord; make the roads for him straight,"

¹⁴ And when they came, they say to him, Teacher, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man. For thou respectest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God with truth. Is it lawful to pay tribute to Caesar? Or is it not?

¹ Now in the fifteenth year of the government of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea; and Herod, tetrarch of Galilee; and his brother Philip, tetrarch of Iturea and the region of Trachonitis; and Lysanias, being tetrarch of Abilene ² in the pontificate of Annas and Caiaphas, a word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness, ³ and he went into all the country along the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of reformation for a forgiveness of sins. ⁴ As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, "A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord: make the roads for him straight. ⁵ Let every valley be filled up; and every mountain and hill levelled; and let the crooked be made a straight road, and the rough ways, smooth. ⁶ And all flesh shall see the salvation of God." ⁷ Therefore to the multitudes who came out to be baptized by him, he said, Offspring of vipers! who hath warned you to flee from the impending wrath? ⁸ Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of this reformation: and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; for I say to you, that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham. ⁹ Now, indeed, the axe is at the root of the trees. Every tree therefore which doth not produce good fruit, is cut down and cast into the fire. ¹⁰ And when the people asked him, saying, What then shall we do? ¹¹ He in reply, said to them, Let him who hath two coats impart to him who hath none: and let him who hath provisions, do the same. ¹² And when publicans came to be baptized, and said to him, Teacher, what shall we do? ¹³ He said to them, Exact no more than what is enjoined you. ¹⁴ And when soldiers asked him, saying, And what shall we do? He said to them, Injure no man, either by violence or false accusation, and be content with your wages. ¹⁵ And as the people were in suspense, and all were reasoning in their minds concerning John, That he perhaps might be The Christ, ¹⁶ John addressed them all, saying, I, indeed, baptize you in water; but there is one coming; who is mightier than I; the latchet of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you in a holy spirit and fire. ¹⁷ His winnowing instrument is in his hand; and he will thoroughly clean his threshing floor, and gather together the wheat for his granary; but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire. ¹⁸ Thus, with many other exhortations, he published the glad tidings to the people. ¹⁹ But Herod, the tetrarch, being reproved by him, for Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the crimes which he had committed, ²⁰ added this to them all, that he shut up John in prison. ²¹ Now, while all the people were receiving baptism, Jesus also being baptized, and praying; the heaven was opened, ²² and the Holy Spirit, in a bodily form, came down like a dove upon him, and there came a voice from heaven, saying, "Thou art my son, the Beloved; in thee I am well pleased." ²³ Now this very Jesus had been about thirty years under governance, being, as was supposed, a son of Joseph, son of Eli, ²⁴ son of Matthat, son of Levi, son of Melchi, son of Janna, son of Joseph, ²⁵ son of Mattathias, son of Amos, son of Naum, son of Esli, son of Naggai, ²⁶ son of Maath, son of Mattathias, son of Semei, son of Joseph, son of Juda, ²⁷ son of Joanna, son of Rhesa, son of Zorobabel, son of Salathiel, son of Neri, ²⁸ son of Melchi, son of Addi, son of Kosam, son of Elmodam, son of Er, ²⁹ son of Jose, son of Eliezer, son of Jorim, son of Matthat, son of Levi, ³⁰ son of Symeon, son of Juda, son of Joseph, son of Jonan, son of Eliakim, ³¹ son of Melea, son of Mainan, son of Mattatha, son of Nathan, son of David, ³² son of Jessai, son of Obed, son of Boaz, son of Salmon, son of Naasson, ³³ son of Aminadab, son of Aram, son of Esrom, son of Phares, son of Juda, ³⁴ son of Jacob, son of Isaac, son of Abraham, son of Thara, son of Nachor, ³⁵ son of Saruch, son of Ragau, son of Phalec, son of Eber, son of Sala, ³⁶ son of Kainan, son of Arphaxed, son of Sem, son of Noe, son of Lamech, ³⁷ son of Matthusala, son of Enoch, son of Jared, son of Maleleel, son of Kainan, ³⁸ son of Enos, son of Seth, son of Adam, son of God.

²⁹ All the people indeed, even the publicans, when they heard, justified God by submitting to the baptism of John;

¹⁹ Now this is the testimony of John: when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, Who art thou? ²⁰ He frankly declared and did not deny, but frankly declared, I am not the Christ. ²¹ Then they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he said, I am not: art thou the prophet And he answered, No. ²² Then they said to him, Who art thou? That we may give an answer to them who sent us: What sayest thou of thyself? ²³ He said, I am "The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord," as the prophet Esaias said. ²⁴ Now they who were sent were of the Pharisees. ²⁵ Then they asked him and said to him, Why then dost thou baptize, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elias, nor the prophet? ²⁶ John answered them saying, I baptize in water; but there is one in the midst of you, whom you know not. ²⁷ He is the person who is coming after me; who is preferred to me, the latchet of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie. ²⁸ These things passed at Bethabara on the bank of the Jordan, where John was baptizing. ²⁹ The next day John seeth Jesus coming towards him, and saith, Behold the lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world! ³⁰ this is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man who hath been before me; for he existed before me. ³¹ As for me, I did not know him; but to the end that he might be made manifest to Israel; for this purpose I came baptizing in water. ³² Moreover John testified saying, I beheld the Spirit descending like a dove from heaven, and it remained upon him. ³³ Now for my part I did not know him; but he who sent me to baptize in water, even he said to me, On whomsoever thou shalt see the spirit descending and remaining on him, the same is he who baptizeth in a holy spirit. ³⁴ Now I have Seen and testified that this is The Son Of God. ³⁵ Again, on the next day, John was standing with two of his disciples, ³⁶ and having fixed his eyes intently on Jesus as he was walking, he saith, Behold the lamb of God!

² he asked letters from him to the synagogues at Damascus, that if he should find any of this way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

¹⁰ said, O! full of all deceit and of all wickedness, son of the devil, enemy of all righteousness; wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord!

¹⁷ This girl, following Paul and us, cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God. They are telling us the way of salvation.

³ There upon he said to them, To what then were ye baptized? And they said, To the baptism of John.

⁹ But as some were stubborn disbelievers and continued to revile the way before the multitude, he withdrew from them and separated the disciples, discoursing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.

²³ And during that time there was a considerable disturbance about this way.

¹¹ in business be not slothful: Be fervent in spirit; constant in serving the Lord;

²⁸ whom we proclaim, admonishing every man, and teaching every man with all wisdom; that we may present every one a full grown man in Christ Jesus; ²⁹ for which I indeed labour, and struggle with all my might, according to that energy of his which operateth in me with power.

⁴ No one going to war entangleth himself with worldly affairs, that he may please him who hath inlisted him.

¹⁶ Confess your faults to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man under the divine impulse is very powerful.