Acts 26:26 Cross References - WNT

²⁶ For the King, to whom I speak freely, knows about these matters. I am not to be persuaded that any detail of them has escaped his notice; for these things have not been done in a corner.

⁵ But they said, "Not during the Festival, lest there be a riot among the people."

²⁹ They twisted a wreath of thorny twigs and put it on His head, and they put a sceptre of cane in His right hand, and kneeling to Him they shouted in mockery, "Long live the King of the Jews!" ³⁰ Then they spat upon Him, and taking the cane they repeatedly struck Him on the head with it. ³¹ At last, having finished their sport, they took off the cloak, clothed Him again in His own garments, and led Him away for crucifixion. ³² Going out they met a Cyrenaean named Simon; whom they compelled to carry His cross, ³³ and so they came to a place called Golgotha, which means 'Skull-ground.' ³⁴ Here they gave Him a mixture of wine and gall to drink, but having tasted it He refused to drink it. ³⁵ After crucifying Him, they divided His garments among them by lot, ³⁶ and sat down there on guard. ³⁷ Over His head they placed a written statement of the charge against Him: THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. ³⁸ At the same time two robbers were crucified with Him, one at His right hand and the other at His left. ³⁹ And the passers-by reviled Him. They shook their heads at Him ⁴⁰ and said, "You who would pull down the Sanctuary and build a new one within three days, save yourself. If you are God's Son, come down from the cross." ⁴¹ In like manner the High Priests also, together with the Scribes and the Elders, taunted Him. ⁴² "He saved others," they said, "himself he cannot save! He is the King of Israel! Let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe in him. ⁴³ His trust is in God: let God deliver him now, if He will have him; for he said, 'I am God's Son.'" ⁴⁴ Insults of the same kind were heaped on Him even by the robbers who were being crucified with Him. ⁴⁵ Now from noon until three o'clock in the afternoon there was darkness over the whole land; ⁴⁶ but about three o'clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "ELI, ELI, LAMA SABACHTHANI?" that is to say, "MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAST THOU FORSAKEN ME?" ⁴⁷ "The man is calling for Elijah," said some of the bystanders. ⁴⁸ One of them ran forthwith, and filling a sponge with sour wine put it on the end of a cane and offered it Him to drink; ⁴⁹ while the rest said, "Let us see whether Elijah is coming to deliver him." ⁵⁰ But Jesus uttered another loud cry and then yielded up His spirit. ⁵¹ Immediately the curtain of the Sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom: the earth quaked; the rocks split; ⁵² the tombs opened; and many of God's people who were asleep in death awoke. ⁵³ And coming out of their tombs after Christ's resurrection they entered the holy city and showed themselves to many. ⁵⁴ As for the Captain and the soldiers who were with Him keeping guard over Jesus, when they witnessed the earthquake and the other occurrences they were filled with terror, and exclaimed, "Assuredly he was God's Son."

¹ At length, on the day of the Harvest Festival, they had all met in one place; ² when suddenly there came from the sky a sound as of a strong rushing blast of wind. This filled the whole house where they were sitting; ³ and they saw tongues of what looked like fire distributing themselves over the assembly, and on the head of each person a tongue alighted. ⁴ They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak in foreign languages according as the Spirit gave them words to utter. ⁵ Now there were Jews residing in Jerusalem, devout men from every part of the world. ⁶ So when this noise was heard, they came crowding together, and were amazed because everyone heard his own language spoken. ⁷ They were beside themselves with wonder, and exclaimed, "Are not all these speakers Galilaeans? ⁸ How then does each of us hear his own native language spoken by them? ⁹ Some of us are Parthians, Medes, Elamites. Some are inhabitants of Mesopotamia, of Judaea or Cappadocia, of Pontus or the Asian Province, of Phrygia or Pamphylia, ¹⁰ of Egypt or of the parts of Africa towards Cyrene. Others are visitors from Rome--being either Jews or converts from heathenism--and others are Cretans or Arabians. ¹¹ Yet we all alike hear these Galilaeans speaking in our own language about the wonderful things which God has done." ¹² They were all astounded and bewildered, and asked one another, "What can this mean?"

¹⁶ "What are we to do with these men?" they asked one another; for the fact that a remarkable miracle has been performed by them is well known to every one in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it. ¹⁷ But to prevent the matter spreading any further among the people, let us stop them by threats from speaking in the future in this name to any one whatever." ¹⁸ So they recalled the Apostles, and ordered them altogether to give up speaking or teaching in the name of Jesus. ¹⁹ But Peter and John replied, "Judge whether it is right in God's sight to listen to you instead of listening to God. ²⁰ As for us, what we have seen and heard we cannot help speaking about." ²¹ The Court added further threats and then let them go, being quite unable to find any way of punishing them on account of the people, because all gave God the glory for the thing that had happened.

¹⁸ and laid hands upon the Apostles, and put them into the public jail. ¹⁹ But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said, ²⁰ "Go and stand in the Temple, and go on proclaiming to the people all this Message of Life." ²¹ Having received that command they went into the Temple, just before daybreak, and began to teach: So when the High Priest and his party came, and had called together the Sanhedrin as well as all the Elders of the descendants of Israel, they sent to the jail to fetch the Apostles. ²² But the officers went and could not find them in the prison. So they came back and brought word, ²³ saying, "The jail we found quite safely locked, and the warders were on guard at the doors, but upon going in we found no one there." ²⁴ When the Commander of the Temple Guards and the High Priests heard this statement, they were utterly at a loss with regard to it, wondering what would happen next. ²⁵ And some one came and brought them word, saying, "The men you put in prison are actually in the Temple, standing there, teaching the people." ²⁶ Upon this the Commander went with the officers, and brought the Apostles; but without using violence; for they were afraid of being stoned by the people. ²⁷ So they brought them and made them stand in front of the Sanhedrin. And then the High Priest questioned them. ²⁸ "We strictly forbad you to teach in that name--did we not?" he said. "And see, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and are trying to make us responsible for that man's death!" ²⁹ Peter and the other Apostles replied, "We must obey God rather than man. ³⁰ The God of our forefathers has raised Jesus to life, whom you crucified and put to death. ³¹ God has exalted Him to His right hand as Chief Leader and as Saviour, to give Israel repentance and forgiveness of sins. ³² And we--and the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey Him--are witnesses as to these things." ³³ Infuriated at getting this answer, they were disposed to kill the Apostles. ³⁴ But a Pharisee of the name of Gamaliel, a teacher of the Law, held in honour by all the people, rose from his seat and requested that they should be sent outside the court for a few minutes. ³⁵ "Israelites," he said, "be careful what you are about to do in dealing with these men. ³⁶ Years ago Theudas appeared, professing to be a person of importance, and a body of men, some four hundred in number, joined him. He was killed, and all his followers were dispersed and annihilated. ³⁷ After him, at the time of the Census, came Judas, the Galilaean, and was the leader in a revolt. He too perished, and all his followers were scattered. ³⁸ And now I tell you to hold aloof from these men and leave them alone--for if this scheme or work is of human origin, it will come to nothing. ³⁹ But if it is really from God, you will be powerless to put them down--lest perhaps you find yourselves to be actually fighting against God." ⁴⁰ His advice carried conviction. So they called the Apostles in, and--after flogging them--ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and then let them go. ⁴¹ They, therefore, left the Sanhedrin and went their way, rejoicing that they had been deemed worthy to suffer disgrace on behalf of the NAME. ⁴² But they did not desist from teaching every day, in the Temple or in private houses, and telling the Good News about Jesus, the Christ.

²² "I should like to hear the man myself," said Agrippa. "to-morrow," replied Festus, "you shall." Accordingly, the next day, Agrippa and Bernice came in state

² "As regards all the accusations brought against me by the Jews," he said, "I think myself fortunate, King Agrippa, in being about to defend myself to-day before you, ³ who are so familiar with all the customs and speculations that prevail among the Jews; and for this reason, I pray you, give me a patient hearing.