Acts Cross References - WPNT

¹ The first account I prepared, Theophilus [God-lover], concerned all that Jesus began to do and to teach ² until the day in which He was taken back, after He had given commandment, by Holy Spirit, to the apostles whom He had chosen; ³ to whom He also showed Himself alive, after His suffering, by many convincing evidences, appearing to them during forty days and speaking of things pertaining to the Kingdom of God. ⁴ And being together He directed them not to go away from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, “which you heard from me; ⁵ John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with Holy Spirit not many days from now”. ⁶ Well then, being together they asked Him saying, “Lord, are you going to restore the kingdom to Israel at this time?” ⁷ So He said to them: “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has placed within His own authority. ⁸ But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be witnesses to me —both in Jerusalem, and all Judea and Samaria, and even to the last part of the earth.” ⁹ Upon saying these things, as they watched, He was lifted up, and a cloud took Him out of their sight. ¹⁰ And as they were staring into the sky, while He was going, suddenly two men in white clothing stood beside them; ¹¹ and they said: “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into the sky? This very Jesus who is being taken up from you into the sky, He will come again in the precise manner that you observed Him going into the sky.” ¹² They then returned to Jerusalem from the mount called ‘of Olives’, which is near Jerusalem (a Sabbath day’s journey). ¹³ When they had entered [the city] they went up into the upper room where they were staying; namely Peter and James, John and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas of James. ¹⁴ All these were continuing with one purpose in prayer and petition, along with the women, including Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers. ¹⁵ Well in those days Peter stood up in the middle of the disciples (the number of people assembled there was about 120) and said: ¹⁶ “Men, brothers: It was necessary that this Scripture be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before by David’s mouth concerning Judas, who was guide to those who arrested Jesus; ¹⁷ in that he was numbered with us and obtained his share in this ministry.” ¹⁸ (In fact this man acquired a field with the wages of his wickedness, and falling headlong he burst open in the middle, and all his innards were spilled out. ¹⁹ And it became known to all who lived in Jerusalem, so that in their own language that field came to be called ‘Akeldama’, that is, ‘Field of Blood’.) ²⁰ “Because it stands written in Book of Psalms: ‘Let his residence become desolate, and may no one live in it’ and, ‘Let another take his office’. ²¹ So then, of the men who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, ²² beginning from the baptism of John until the day when He was taken up from us, of these one must become a witness with us of His resurrection.” ²³ So they nominated two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias. ²⁴ And praying they said: “You, Lord, Knower of all hearts, show which one of these two You have chosen ²⁵ to receive the portion of this ministry and apostleship, out of which Judas turned aside to go into his own place.” ²⁶ And they cast their lots, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven Apostles.

¹ Now in those days John the Baptist began preaching in the wilderness of Judea ² and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens has come near!”

² and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens has come near!” ³ For this is he who was referred to by the prophet Isaiah, saying: “A voice crying-out, ‘Prepare in the wilderness the way of the LORD, make His paths straight’.” ⁴ Now John actually used clothes made from camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist; while his food was locusts and wild honey. ⁵ Then Jerusalem, all Judea and all the region of the Jordan went out to him, ⁶ and were being baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins. ⁷ But seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them: “Brood of vipers! Who tipped you off to flee from the coming wrath? ⁸ Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance, ⁹ and don’t even think to say within yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as father’, for I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones. ¹⁰ Indeed, already the ax is being laid to the root of the trees. So every tree not producing good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. ¹¹ “I baptize you with water unto repentance, but the One coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with Holy Spirit.

¹¹ “I baptize you with water unto repentance, but the One coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with Holy Spirit. ¹² His winnowing shovel is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor and gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.” ¹³ Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him. ¹⁴ But John tried to dissuade Him saying, “I have need to be baptized by You, and You are coming to me?” ¹⁵ But in answer Jesus said to him, “Permit it now, because thus it is appropriate to us to fulfill all righteousness”. Then he permitted Him. ¹⁶ And having been baptized Jesus came up directly from the water, when wow, the heavens were opened to Him, and he saw the Spirit of God coming down like a dove and alighting upon Him.

¹⁶ And having been baptized Jesus came up directly from the water, when wow, the heavens were opened to Him, and he saw the Spirit of God coming down like a dove and alighting upon Him. ¹⁷ And wow, a Voice from the heavens saying, “This is my Son, the beloved, in whom I am always well pleased!”

² And having fasted forty days and forty nights afterward He was hungry.

¹⁸ And walking by the Sea of Galilee He saw two brothers, Simon (the one called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishermen). ¹⁹ And He says to them, “Follow me and I will make you fishers of men”. ²⁰ So leaving the nets immediately they followed Him. ²¹ And going on from there He saw two other brothers, James (the one of Zebedee) and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. And He called them. ²² So leaving the boat and their father immediately they followed Him. ²³ Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the Gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every illness among the people. ²⁴ So His fame went throughout all Syria; and they brought to Him all who were sick—suffering with various diseases and torments, and being demonized and being moonstruck and paralytics—and He healed them.

⁹ And going on from there Jesus saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office, and He says to him, “Follow me”. So getting up he followed Him.

¹ So summoning His twelve disciples He gave them authority over unclean spirits so as to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every illness. ² Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: first Simon (the one called Peter) and Andrew his brother, James (the son of Zebedee) and John his brother, ³ Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew (the tax collector), James (the son of Alphaeus) and Lebbaeus (who was surnamed Thaddeus), ⁴ Simon (the Canaanite) and Judas Iscariot (who also betrayed Him).

⁴ Simon (the Canaanite) and Judas Iscariot (who also betrayed Him).

²⁰ for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

⁵ blind regain sight and lame walk, lepers are cleansed and deaf hear, dead are raised and the poor are evangelized.

²⁸ But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then surely the kingdom of God has come upon you.

⁴⁶ But then, while He was still speaking to the crowds, His mother and brothers stood outside, seeking to speak with Him.

³¹ He put another parable to them, saying: “The kingdom of the heavens is like a mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field;

⁵⁵ Is this not the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brothers James and Joses and Simon and Jude? ⁵⁶ And his sisters, are they not all with us? Where then did this man get all these things?”

²⁷ For the Son of the Man will certainly come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will recompense each according to his performance.

² And He was transfigured before them and his face shone like the sun, while His clothes became as white as the light.

¹¹ In answer Jesus said to them: “Elijah is indeed coming first, and he will restore all things.

¹⁹ Assuredly again, I say to you that if two of you should agree on earth about any subject whatever that they may ask, it will be done for them by my Father who is in heaven. ²⁰ Because where there are two or three gathered together into my name, there I am in their midst!”

²¹ So He said to her, “What do you wish?” She says to Him, “State that these my two sons may sit one on Your right and one on Your left in Your kingdom”.

²³ And He says to them: “You will indeed drink my cup, and you will be baptized with the baptism that I am being baptized with, but to sit on my right and on my left is not mine to give; rather it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”

¹ Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethsphage, opposite the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,

²² And anything whatever you may ask in the believing prayer, you will receive.”

⁴³ Therefore I say to you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a nation producing the fruits of it.

³ Now as He was sitting on the Mount of Olives the disciples came to Him privately saying: “Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming and of the completion of the age?”

¹⁴ And this good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed in the whole inhabited earth as a witness to all the ethnic nations, and then the end will come.

³⁰ And then the sign of the Son of the Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn —they will see the Son of the Man coming on the clouds of the heaven with power and great glory.

³⁶ “But no one knows concerning that day and hour, not even the angels of the heavens, except my Father alone.

¹⁵ To one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability; and immediately he went on the journey.

³¹ “When the Son of the Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on His throne of glory.

⁴¹ “Then He will also say to those on His left: ‘Go away from me, you accursed ones, into the eternal fire that was prepared for the devil and his angels.

⁴⁶ And they will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

¹⁴ Then one of the twelve, the one called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests ¹⁵ and said, “What are you willing to give me so that I deliver Him to you?” So they counted out to him thirty silver coins .

²⁴ The Son of the Man is really going just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of the Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man not to have been born.”

³⁰ And after hymn-singing they went out to the Mount of Olives.

⁴⁷ And while He was still speaking, there was Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a large crowd with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and elders of the people.

⁵⁴ But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that it has to happen this way?”

⁵⁶ But all this has happened so that the Scriptures of the prophets should be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples forsook Him and ran away.

³ (Then Judas, His betrayer, seeing that He had been condemned, felt regret and returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and elders

³ (Then Judas, His betrayer, seeing that He had been condemned, felt regret and returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and elders ⁴ saying, “I sinned, by betraying innocent blood”. But they said: “What do we care? It’s your problem!”

⁴ saying, “I sinned, by betraying innocent blood”. But they said: “What do we care? It’s your problem!” ⁵ So throwing the silver down in the sanctuary he left, and went and hanged himself!

⁵ So throwing the silver down in the sanctuary he left, and went and hanged himself! ⁶ Then the chief priests took the coins and said, “It isn’t lawful to put them into the treasury, being blood money”. ⁷ So after consultation they bought the potter’s field with them, as a burial ground for strangers. ⁸ Therefore that field has been called ‘field of blood’ to this day. ⁹ Then was fulfilled what was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, namely: “And they took the thirty silver coins, the value of the one who was priced, whom some of the children of Israel priced, ¹⁰ and they gave them for the potter’s field, just as the LORD directed me.”)

⁵⁵ Many women who followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to Him, were there looking on from a distance;

³ And his appearance was like lightning and his clothing as white as snow.

⁹ But as they were going to report to His disciples, wow, Jesus met them saying, “Rejoice!” So approaching, they held His feet and worshipped Him.

¹⁵ So taking the money they did as they were instructed. Their tale is widely spread among the Jews until this day. ¹⁶ The eleven disciples went into Galilee to the mountain that Jesus had indicated to them. ¹⁷ When they saw Him they worshipped Him; but some doubted.

¹⁹ As you go make disciples in all ethnic nations: baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit;

¹⁹ As you go make disciples in all ethnic nations: baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit; ²⁰ teaching them to obey everything that I commanded you; and take note, I am with you every day, until the end of the age!” Amen.

¹ A beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, Son of God! ² As it is written in the prophets —“Take note, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.” ³ “A voice calling out: ‘In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD, make His paths straight!’” — ⁴ John started baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for forgiveness of sins. ⁵ Well the whole Judean countryside and the Jerusalemites started going out to him, and were all being baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins. ⁶ Now John was clothed with camel’s hair and with a leather belt around his waist; and he was eating locusts and wild honey. ⁷ And he was proclaiming: “After me my Superior is coming, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to stoop down and loosen. ⁸ I indeed baptized you with water, but He will baptize you with Holy Spirit.”

⁸ I indeed baptized you with water, but He will baptize you with Holy Spirit.”

¹⁴ As He passed by, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office, and He said to him, “Follow me”. So he got up and followed Him.

¹⁴ He appointed twelve, that they might be with Him and that He might send them out to preach ¹⁵ —also to have authority to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons: ¹⁶ namely Peter (a name He gave to Simon); ¹⁷ James son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James (and a name He gave to them was Boanerges, that is, ‘Sons of thunder’); ¹⁸ Andrew, Phillip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Cananite; ¹⁹ and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him.

¹⁹ and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him.

³¹ Then His brothers and His mother came, and standing outside they sent to Him, calling Him. ³² A crowd was sitting around Him; so they said to Him, “Look, your mother and your brothers and your sisters are outside asking for you”. ³³ He answered them saying, “Who is my mother or my brothers?” ³⁴ And looking around at those seated in a circle around Him He said: “Behold my mother and my brothers! ³⁵ Because whoever does the will of God, the same is my brother, my sister, my mother.”

³⁷ He allowed no one to follow Him except Peter, James, and John the brother of James.

³⁰ Then the apostles gathered to Jesus and reported all to Him, both what they had done and what they had taught.

² After six days Jesus took Peter, James and John and led them up on a high mountain alone by themselves. Then He was transfigured in front of them;

¹² So in answer He said to them: “Elijah indeed does come first, and restores all things; also how it is written concerning the Son of Man that He must suffer many things and be treated with contempt.

⁴⁰ but to sit at my right and at my left is not mine to grant, but is for whom it has been prepared.”

³⁶ Because David himself said by the Holy Spirit: ‘The LORD said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I place your enemies as a stool for your feet”.’

²⁶ And then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.

³² “Now concerning that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels who are in heaven, not the Son, but only the Father.

¹⁵ He will show you a large upper room, furnished and ready; there prepare for us.”

³³ But He took with Him Peter, James and John, and began to be greatly troubled and distressed.

⁴³ And immediately, while He was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, arrived, and with him a considerable crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.

⁷⁰ But again he kept denying it. Again, after a little while, those who were standing by said to Peter, “Surely you are one of them; because you really are a Galilean, and your accent agrees!”

⁴⁰ There were also women looking on from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the Less and of Joses, and Salome

¹ Now when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, in order to go and anoint Jesus.

⁵ Upon entering the tomb they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.

¹⁰ She went and reported to those who had been with Him, as they were mourning and weeping. ¹¹ When they heard that He was alive and had been seen by her, they did not believe. ¹² After these things He appeared in a different form to two of them as they were walking, going into the country. ¹³ So they returned and reported to the rest; neither did they believe them. ¹⁴ Later He appeared to the eleven as they were reclining at the table; and He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen. ¹⁵ Then He said to them: “Go to the whole world and proclaim the Gospel to all creation.

¹⁵ Then He said to them: “Go to the whole world and proclaim the Gospel to all creation. ¹⁶ He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. ¹⁷ And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new languages; ¹⁸ they will remove ‘snakes’; and if they drink anything deadly, it will not hurt them at all; they will lay hands on sick people, and they will get well.” ¹⁹ So then, after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven and sat down at God’s right.

¹⁹ So then, after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven and sat down at God’s right.

³ it seemed good to me also, most excellent Theophilus, having taken careful note of everything from Above, to write to you with precision and in sequence,

²⁴ Well after those days his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and stayed in seclusion five months. She kept saying,

³⁵ In answer the angel said to her: “Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Most High will hover over you; precisely for this reason the holy One who is to be born will be called ‘Son of God’!

¹ Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, while his brother Philip was tetrarch of the region of Iturea and Trachonitis and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, ² during the high priesthood of Annas (also Caiaphas), the word of God came upon John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. ³ So he went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for forgiveness of sins; ⁴ as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying: “A voice calling out: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord in the wilderness, make His paths straight. ⁵ Every ravine will be filled up, and every mountain and hill will be leveled; the crooked parts of the roads will be straightened out, and the rough parts will be smoothed out; ⁶ and all flesh will see the salvation of God.’” ⁷ Then he said to the crowds that were coming out to be baptized by him: “You sons of poisonous snakes! Who tipped you off to flee from the coming wrath? ⁸ Well then, produce fruits befitting repentance, and don’t even begin to say among yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as father’, because I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones! ⁹ But even now the axe is being laid to the root of the trees; so then, every tree not producing good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.” ¹⁰ So the people started asking him, “What then must we do?” ¹¹ In answer he said to them, “He who has two coats, let him share with him who has none; and he who has food should do likewise”. ¹² Well even tax collectors came to be baptized by him and said to him, “Teacher, what must we do?” ¹³ So He said to them, “Don’t charge more than what was determined to you”. ¹⁴ So the soldiers started asking him too: “What about us? What must we do?” He said to them, “Don’t extort or harass anyone, and be content with your wages”. ¹⁵ Now as the people were expectant and all were reasoning in their hearts concerning John, whether he just might be the Messiah, ¹⁶ John anticipated them all saying: “I indeed am baptizing you with water, but One mightier than I is coming, whose sandal straps I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with Holy Spirit and fire;

¹⁶ John anticipated them all saying: “I indeed am baptizing you with water, but One mightier than I is coming, whose sandal straps I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with Holy Spirit and fire; ¹⁷ whose winnowing shovel is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor and gather the wheat into His barn, but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.” ¹⁸ (Indeed, with many other exhortations as well he kept on preaching to the people;

²³ (Beginning His ministry at about thirty years of age, being (so it was supposed) a son of Joseph, Jesus Himself was of Eli,

²⁷ After these things He went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office; and He said to him, “Follow me!” ²⁸ So leaving everything he got up and followed Him. ²⁹ Then Levi made a great banquet for Him at his house; and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining with them.

¹² Now it happened in those days that He went out to the mountain to pray, and He continued all night in prayer to God. ¹³ When it was day He called His disciples, and from them He chose twelve, whom He also named apostles:

¹³ When it was day He called His disciples, and from them He chose twelve, whom He also named apostles: ¹⁴ Simon (whom He also named Peter) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Phillip and Bartholomew, ¹⁵ Matthew and Thomas, James (the son of Alphaeus) and Simon (the one called ‘Zealot’), ¹⁶ Judas of James and Judas Iscariot (who also became ‘traitor’).

¹⁶ Judas of James and Judas Iscariot (who also became ‘traitor’).

²¹ Well in that very hour He healed many from diseases and torments and malignant spirits, and to many blind He granted sight. ²² So in answer Jesus said to them: “Go and report to John the things you have seen and heard: that the blind regain sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, dead are raised, the poor are evangelized. ²³ And, blessed is he who does not take offense at me!”

² also certain women who had been healed of malignant spirits and infirmities: Mary (the one called Magdalene) from whom seven demons had gone out; ³ and Joanna the wife of Chuza, an official of Herod; and Susanna, and many others—these were providing for Him from their substance.

⁵¹ Now it happened, as the days for His Ascension approached, that He set His face to go to Jerusalem,

¹ Now after these things, the Lord appointed seventy others also, and sent them two by two ahead of Him to every town and place where He Himself was about to go. ² Then He said to them: “The harvest is indeed great, but the workers are few; therefore pray to the Lord of the harvest that He may send out workers into His harvest.

¹⁹ Take note, I am giving you the authority to trample on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing at all may harm you.

¹³ If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”

¹² Because the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you need to say.”

²⁰ Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God would come, He answered them and said: “The Kingdom of God does not come with observation;

²⁰ Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God would come, He answered them and said: “The Kingdom of God does not come with observation; ²¹ nor will they say, ‘Look, here!’ or ‘Look, there!’ because indeed the Kingdom of God is within you.”

¹ And then He told them a parable, the point being that one needs to always pray and not lose heart,

¹¹ Now as they heard these things, He continued with a parable, because He was near Jerusalem and they were supposing that the Kingdom of God was on the verge of being revealed.

⁴² Why David himself affirms in the book of Psalms, ‘The LORD said to my Lord: sit at my right hand

²⁴ Yes, they will fall by the edge of the sword, and be led away captive into all nations. And Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

²⁷ Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

³⁷ In the daytime He was teaching in the temple, but at night He went out and stayed on the mountain called ‘of Olives’.

¹² He himself will show you a large upper room, all furnished; make preparations there.”

²⁹ And I bestow on you a kingdom, just as my Father bestowed one on me,

³² But I have prayed for you (sg) so that your faith not fail completely; so you, when you have recovered, strengthen your brothers.”

⁴⁷ But while He was still speaking—wow, a crowd; and he who was called Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them! He approached Jesus to kiss Him (he had given them this sign, “Whomever I kiss, it is he”).

⁴⁹ But all His acquaintances, including the women who had followed Him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.

⁵⁵ The women who had come with Him from Galilee followed along, and they saw the tomb and how His body was placed there.

¹ Then on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb carrying the spices they had prepared, along with some others. ² They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, ³ but upon entering they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. ⁴ And it happened, as they were greatly perplexed about this, that wow, two men stood by them in dazzling clothing.

⁴ And it happened, as they were greatly perplexed about this, that wow, two men stood by them in dazzling clothing. ⁵ Then, as they were afraid and bowed their faces to the ground, they said to them: “Why do you seek the living One among the dead?

⁵ Then, as they were afraid and bowed their faces to the ground, they said to them: “Why do you seek the living One among the dead? ⁶ He is not here, but is risen! Remember how He told you while still in Galilee, ⁷ saying, ‘The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again’.” ⁸ And they remembered His words. ⁹ Then they returned from the tomb and reported all these things to the Eleven, and to all the rest. ¹⁰ They were Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them, who told these things to the apostles.

¹⁰ They were Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them, who told these things to the apostles. ¹¹ But their words seemed to them like nonsense, and they disbelieved them. ¹² (But Peter had gotten up and run to the tomb, and stooping down he saw the linen strips lying by themselves; and he departed, marveling to himself at what had happened.) ¹³ And then that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem. ¹⁴ And they were conversing with each other about all that had happened. ¹⁵ And then, as they were conversing and discussing, Jesus Himself came up and started going with them. ¹⁶ But their eyes were restrained, in order that they not recognize Him. ¹⁷ So He said to them, “What words are these that you are exchanging with one another as you walk, and are gloomy?” ¹⁸ Then the one whose name was Cleopas answered and said to Him, “Are you the only one living in Jerusalem who doesn’t know the things that have happened there in these days?” ¹⁹ He said to them, “What things?” So they said to Him: “The things concerning Jesus the Natsorean, how the man was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people,

¹⁹ He said to them, “What things?” So they said to Him: “The things concerning Jesus the Natsorean, how the man was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, ²⁰ and how the chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be condemned to death, and they crucified him. ²¹ And we were hoping that it was He who was going to redeem Israel! Further, besides all this, today is the third day since these things happened. ²² Moreover certain women of our group astonished us—arriving early at the tomb, ²³ and not finding his body, they came saying that they had even seen a vision of angels, who said he was alive. ²⁴ And certain of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said; but him they didn’t see.” ²⁵ Then He said to them: “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that the Prophets have spoken! ²⁶ Was it really not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things, and to enter into His glory?” ²⁷ And beginning from Moses, and then all the Prophets, He explained to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself. ²⁸ Then they approached the village where they were going, and He made as though He would keep going. ²⁹ But they constrained Him, saying, “Stay with us, because it is toward evening, and the day is far spent”. So He went in to stay with them.

²⁹ But they constrained Him, saying, “Stay with us, because it is toward evening, and the day is far spent”. So He went in to stay with them. ³⁰ And then, as He was reclining with them, He took the bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. ³¹ Then their eyes were opened and they recognized Him; and He became invisible to them. ³² They said to one another, “Were not our hearts burning within us while He talked to us on the road, and while He opened the Scriptures to us?” ³³ So they got up forthwith and returned to Jerusalem, where they found the Eleven gathered together; also those with them, ³⁴ who said, “The Lord is risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!” ³⁵ Then they described what happened on the road, and how He was known to them in the breaking of the bread. ³⁶ As they were saying these things, indeed, Jesus Himself stood in their midst, and He said to them, “Peace to you”. ³⁷ But they, terrified, supposed they were seeing a ghost, and were becoming fearful. ³⁸ And He said to them: “Why are you troubled?” and “Why do doubts arise in your hearts? ³⁹ Look at my hands and feet; it is I myself! Feel me and see; a spirit does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.” ⁴⁰ And saying this He showed them His hands and His feet. ⁴¹ But as they were still disbelieving and marveling, because of the joy, He said to them, “Do you have any food here?”

⁴¹ But as they were still disbelieving and marveling, because of the joy, He said to them, “Do you have any food here?” ⁴² So they gave Him a piece of broiled fish and some honeycomb.

⁴² So they gave Him a piece of broiled fish and some honeycomb. ⁴³ And taking it He ate in their presence.

⁴³ And taking it He ate in their presence. ⁴⁴ Then He said to them, “These are the words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything that is written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning me must be fulfilled.”

⁴⁴ Then He said to them, “These are the words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything that is written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning me must be fulfilled.” ⁴⁵ Then He opened their understanding so as to comprehend the Scriptures.

⁴⁵ Then He opened their understanding so as to comprehend the Scriptures. ⁴⁶ And He said to them: “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,

⁴⁶ And He said to them: “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, ⁴⁷ and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

⁴⁷ and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. ⁴⁸ You are witnesses of these things.

⁴⁸ You are witnesses of these things. ⁴⁹ Take note, I am sending the Promise of my Father upon you; but you must stay in the city of Jerusalem until you are clothed with power from on high.”

⁴⁹ Take note, I am sending the Promise of my Father upon you; but you must stay in the city of Jerusalem until you are clothed with power from on high.”

⁴⁹ Take note, I am sending the Promise of my Father upon you; but you must stay in the city of Jerusalem until you are clothed with power from on high.” ⁵⁰ He led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up His hands He blessed them.

⁵⁰ He led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up His hands He blessed them.

⁵⁰ He led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up His hands He blessed them. ⁵¹ And it happened, as He was blessing them, that He left them and was carried up into heaven.

⁵¹ And it happened, as He was blessing them, that He left them and was carried up into heaven.

⁵¹ And it happened, as He was blessing them, that He left them and was carried up into heaven. ⁵² Worshipping Him, they returned to Jerusalem with great joy;

⁵² Worshipping Him, they returned to Jerusalem with great joy; ⁵³ and they were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.

⁵³ and they were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.

¹⁶ Now we have all received from His fullness, yes, grace upon grace.

²⁸ These things happened in Bithabara, across the Jordan, where John was baptizing. ²⁹ The next day John sees Jesus coming toward him and says, “Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! ³⁰ This is He of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who is now ahead of me, because He existed before I did.’ ³¹ I did not know Him; but so that He should be revealed to Israel, that is why I came baptizing with water.”

³¹ I did not know Him; but so that He should be revealed to Israel, that is why I came baptizing with water.” ³² And John testified saying, “I observed the Spirit coming down like a dove out of heaven, and He rested upon Him. ³³ Now I did not know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water, He said to me ‘The One upon whom you see the Spirit coming down and resting—this is He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ ³⁴ So I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.” ³⁵ Again the next day John was standing with two of his disciples. ³⁶ And seeing Jesus walking by he says, “Look, the Lamb of God!” ³⁷ The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. ³⁸ So turning and observing them following Jesus says to them, “What do you want?” So they said to Him, “Rabbi” (which translated means ‘Teacher’), “where are You staying?” ³⁹ He says to them, “Come and see.” So they went and saw where He was staying, and stayed with Him that day—it was about the tenth hour. ⁴⁰ One of the two who heard John and followed Him was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother.

⁴⁰ One of the two who heard John and followed Him was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. ⁴¹ He first finds his own brother Simon and says to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated ‘Christ’).

⁴¹ He first finds his own brother Simon and says to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated ‘Christ’). ⁴² And he led him to Jesus. Looking at him Jesus said, “You are Simon, the son of Jonah; you will be called Cephas” (which is translated ‘Stone’).

⁴² And he led him to Jesus. Looking at him Jesus said, “You are Simon, the son of Jonah; you will be called Cephas” (which is translated ‘Stone’). ⁴³ The next day He decided to go to Galilee, so He finds Philip and says to him, “Follow me.”

⁴³ The next day He decided to go to Galilee, so He finds Philip and says to him, “Follow me.” ⁴⁴ (Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the hometown of Andrew and Peter.)

⁴⁴ (Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the hometown of Andrew and Peter.) ⁴⁵ Philip finds Nathanael and says to him, “We have found the One of whom Moses in the Law—and also the prophets—wrote: Jesus the son of Joseph, from Natsareth.”

⁴⁵ Philip finds Nathanael and says to him, “We have found the One of whom Moses in the Law—and also the prophets—wrote: Jesus the son of Joseph, from Natsareth.” ⁴⁶ So Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Natsareth ?” Philip says to him, “Come and see!”

⁴⁶ So Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Natsareth ?” Philip says to him, “Come and see!” ⁴⁷ Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him and says about him, “There, a genuine Israelite in whom there is no deceit!” ⁴⁸ Nathanael says to Him, “From where do You know me?” Jesus answered and said to him, “Before Philip called you, while you were under the fig tree, I saw you.” ⁴⁹ In answer Nathanael says to Him, “Rabbi, You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!” ⁵⁰ Jesus answered and said to him, “You believe because I said that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater than these.” ⁵¹ And He says to him, “I tell you (pl) most assuredly, later on you will see the heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.”

²⁴ But as for Jesus Himself, He did not entrust Himself to them, because He knew all men ²⁵ and that He had no need that anyone should testify about man, because He Himself knew what was in man.

³⁴ For He whom God sent speaks God’s words, because God does not give the Spirit by measure.

⁵ Then, raising His eyes and observing that a huge crowd was coming toward Him, Jesus says to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread so that these folks may eat?” ⁶ Now He said this to test him, for He Himself knew what He was about to do. ⁷ Philip answered Him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread wouldn’t be enough for them, so that each of them could receive a little.”

⁶² What if you should see the Son of Man going up to where He was at first?

⁷⁰ He said to them, “Did I myself not choose you twelve? Yet one of you is a devil.”

⁷⁰ He said to them, “Did I myself not choose you twelve? Yet one of you is a devil.” ⁷¹ He was referring to Judas Iscariot, son of Simon, for it was he who would betray Him, being one of the twelve.

³⁹ (Now He said this about the Spirit, whom those believing into Him were going to receive, in that the Holy Spirit had not yet been given because Jesus had not yet been glorified.)

¹ “Most assuredly I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. ² But he who enters by the door is a shepherd of the sheep. ³ To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. ⁴ And whenever he takes out his own sheep he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice. ⁵ But they will not follow a stranger; rather they will run away from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers.” ⁶ Jesus gave them this illustration, but they did not understand what He was telling them. ⁷ Then Jesus addressed them again: “Most assuredly I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. ⁸ All who ever came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. ⁹ I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.

³² Jesus answered them: “Many good works I have shown you from my father. For which one of them are you stoning me?” ³³ The Jews answered Him saying, “It’s not for a good work that we are stoning you, but for blasphemy; precisely because you, being a man, make yourself God!” ³⁴ Jesus answered them: “Is it not written in your law, ‘I said, you are gods’? ³⁵ If He called them ‘gods’ to whom the Word of God came—and the Scripture cannot be broken —

³⁵ If He called them ‘gods’ to whom the Word of God came—and the Scripture cannot be broken — ³⁶ do you say ‘You are blaspheming’ to the One the Father sanctified and sent into the world because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’? ³⁷ If I am not doing the works of my Father, do not believe me. ³⁸ But if I am doing them, even though you don’t believe me, believe the works, so that you may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I in Him.”

¹⁶ Then Thomas (called Twin) said to his fellow disciples, “Let’s us go too, so that we may die with Him.”

¹⁸ (Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles away,

²¹ So these men approached Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and requested of him saying, “Sir, we want to see Jesus.” ²² Philip goes and tells Andrew, and in turn Andrew and Philip tell Jesus.

³⁸ so that the word spoken by Isaiah the prophet should be fulfilled: “Lord, who has believed what we heard? And to whom has the arm of the LORD really been revealed?” ³⁹ Therefore they were unable to believe, in that Isaiah said again: ⁴⁰ “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, lest they should see with their eyes and understand with their hearts and should turn around, and I would heal them.”

¹ Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that His hour had come that He should depart from this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world He loved them to the end.

³ Jesus, knowing that the Father had given everything into His hands, and that He had come from God and was going to God,

¹⁸ I do not speak concerning all of you—I know whom I chose. But let the Scripture be fulfilled: “The one eating bread with me lifted up his heel against me.”

²³ Now one of His disciples, whom Jesus loved, was reclining beside Jesus’ bosom. ²⁴ So Simon Peter motions to him to inquire whom it might be that He was referring to. ²⁵ And leaning back against Jesus’ breast he says to Him, “Lord, who is it?”

²⁷ And after the sop, then Satan entered into him. Whereupon Jesus says to him, “What you’re doing, do quickly!”

³ And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and take you to myself, so that where I am you may be also.

⁸ Philip says to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it’s enough for us.” ⁹ Jesus says to him: “Such a long time I’ve been with you, and you haven’t known me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

¹² “Most assuredly I say to you, the one believing into me, he too will do the works that I do; in fact he will do greater works than these, because I am going to my Father.

¹⁶ Also, I will ask the Father and He will give you another Helper, so that He may stay with you throughout the age

²⁶ But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, He will teach you all things and remind you of everything I said to you. ²⁷ “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you; it’s not like the world gives that I give to you. Do not let your heart be distressed or intimidated. ²⁸ “You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me you would have been glad that I said, ‘I am going to the Father’, because my Father is greater than I.

²⁶ “Now when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of the Truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify concerning me. ²⁷ And you also will testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.

⁷ Nevertheless I am telling you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, because if I don’t go away the Helper will not come to you, but if I do go I will send Him to you. ⁸ “Now when He comes he will convict the world about sin and about righteousness and about judgment: ⁹ first about sin, because they don’t believe into me; ¹⁰ then about righteousness, because I am going away to my Father and you will no longer see me; ¹¹ then about judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged. ¹² “I still have many things to say to you but you can’t bear it now. ¹³ However, when He, the Spirit of the Truth, has come, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own, but He will speak whatever He hears. He will also communicate to you the things that are coming. ¹⁴ He will glorify me because He will take of what is mine and communicate it to you. ¹⁵ All that the Father has is mine; that’s why I said that He takes from what is mine and will communicate it to you.

²⁸ I did come forth from the Father and have come into the world. I am leaving the world again and am going to the Father.”

¹² While I was with them in the world I kept them in Your name. I protected those whom You gave me, and not one of them was lost except the son of perdition, so that the Scripture might be fulfilled. ¹³ But now I am coming to You, and I speak these things in the world so that they may have my joy made full in them.

² Now Judas, the one betraying Him, also knew the place, because Jesus often met there with His disciples. ³ So Judas, having received the detachment of soldiers and operatives from the chief priests and Pharisees, he arrives there with lanterns, torches and weapons. ⁴ Then Jesus, knowing everything that was going to happen to Him, went forward and said to them, “Who are you looking for?” ⁵ They answered Him, “Jesus the Natsorean.” Jesus says to them, “I am he.” (Now Judas, His betrayer, was also standing with them.) ⁶ So when He said to them, “I am he,” they went backward and fell to the ground. ⁷ Then He asked them again, “Who are you looking for?” And they said, “Jesus the Natsorean.” ⁸ Jesus answered: “I told you that I am he. So if it’s me you’re looking for, allow these men to go;”

¹⁷ So the servant girl, the doorkeeper, says to Peter, “You aren’t one of this man’s disciples too, are you?” He says, “I am not!”

¹⁹ Then the high priest questioned Jesus about His disciples and about His teaching. ²⁰ Jesus answered him: “I have spoken openly to the world. I always taught in synagogue and temple, where the Jews always congregate, and I have spoken nothing in secret. ²¹ Why do you question me? Question those who have heard what I spoke to them. Sure, they know what I said.”

²⁵ Well Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. So they said to him, “You aren’t one of His disciples too, are you?” So he denied it and said, “I am not!” ²⁶ One of the servants of the high priest, a relative of the one whose ear Peter had sliced, says, “Didn’t I see you with Him in the garden?” ²⁷ So Peter denied again, and immediately a rooster crowed.

²⁵ Now Jesus’ mother and her sister, Mary of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene were standing by His cross. ²⁶ So Jesus, seeing His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing by, He says to His mother, “Woman, there is your son!”

²⁸ After this, knowing that everything was now accomplished so that the Scripture might be fulfilled, Jesus says, “I’m thirsty!” ²⁹ Now a vessel full of sour wine was sitting there; so they filled a sponge with sour wine, placed it on a hyssop, and put it to His mouth. ³⁰ Then, when He had received the sour wine, Jesus said, “Paid in full!!” And bowing His head He dismissed His spirit.

³⁶ Because these things happened so that the Scripture should be fulfilled: “Not a bone of His will be broken.”

¹ Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene comes to the tomb early, while it’s still dark, and sees that the stone has been removed from the tomb. ² So she runs and comes to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and says to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they put Him!” ³ So Peter and the other disciple took off, heading for the tomb. ⁴ Well the two started running together, and the other disciple outran Peter and got to the tomb first. ⁵ And stooping to look he sees the linen strips lying there; however he didn’t go in. ⁶ Then following him comes Simon Peter and went into the tomb; and he sees the linen strips lying there, ⁷ and the facecloth that had been on His head not lying with the linen strips, but folded up in a separate place. ⁸ So then the other disciple went in too, the one who got to the tomb first; and he saw and believed. ⁹ (For they did not yet know the Scripture, that He had to rise from among the dead.) ¹⁰ Then the disciples went back home. ¹¹ Well Mary stood outside at the tomb, crying. Then, while she was crying, she stooped to look into the tomb. ¹² And she sees two angels in white, sitting one at the head and one at the feet of where the body of Jesus had lain.

¹² And she sees two angels in white, sitting one at the head and one at the feet of where the body of Jesus had lain. ¹³ And they say to her, “Woman, why are you crying?” She says to them, “Because they removed my Lord, and I don’t know where they put Him.” ¹⁴ And upon saying this she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, yet didn’t know that it was Jesus. ¹⁵ Jesus says to her: “Woman, why are you crying? Whom are you seeking?” She, supposing that He was the gardener, says to Him, “Sir, if you carried Him away, tell me where you put Him, and I will remove Him.” ¹⁶ Jesus says to her, “Mary!” Turning she says to Him, “Raboni” (which means ‘Teacher’). ¹⁷ Jesus says to her: “Stop clinging to me, for I have not yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father—my God and your God.’”

¹⁷ Jesus says to her: “Stop clinging to me, for I have not yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father—my God and your God.’” ¹⁸ Mary Magdalene goes to the disciples, reporting that she had seen the Lord and He had said these things to her. ¹⁹ Then at evening on that first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the middle, and He says to them, “Peace to you!” ²⁰ And upon saying this He showed them His hands and His side. Well, the disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord! ²¹ So Jesus said to them again: “Peace to you! Just as the Father sent me, I also send you.”

²¹ So Jesus said to them again: “Peace to you! Just as the Father sent me, I also send you.” ²² Upon saying this He breathed on them and said: “Receive Holy Spirit!

²⁶ Well after eight days His disciples were inside again, and Thomas with them. The doors were locked [again]; Jesus came and stood in the middle, and said, “Peace to you!”

²⁶ Well after eight days His disciples were inside again, and Thomas with them. The doors were locked [again]; Jesus came and stood in the middle, and said, “Peace to you!” ²⁷ Then He says to Thomas: “Bring your finger here and perceive my hands; bring your hand and put it into my side; don’t be unbelieving but believing!” ²⁸ Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!” ²⁹ Jesus says to him: “Because you have observed me, you have believed. Blessed are those who believe without seeing!”

¹ After these things Jesus, risen from the dead, revealed Himself to His disciples at the Sea of Tiberias, and He did it like this: ² Simon Peter, Thomas (called Twin), Nathanael (from Cana of Galilee), Zebedee’s sons and two others of His disciples were together.

¹⁴ This was already a third time that Jesus appeared to His disciples after He was raised from among the dead. ¹⁵ So, when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus says to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me more than these?” He says to Him, “Yes, Lord, you know that I’m fond of you.” He says to him, “Feed my lambs.”

¹⁵ So, when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus says to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me more than these?” He says to Him, “Yes, Lord, you know that I’m fond of you.” He says to him, “Feed my lambs.” ¹⁶ He says to him again, a second time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me?” He says to Him, “Yes, Lord, you know that I’m fond of you.” He says to him, “Shepherd my sheep.”

¹⁶ He says to him again, a second time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me?” He says to Him, “Yes, Lord, you know that I’m fond of you.” He says to him, “Shepherd my sheep.” ¹⁷ The third time He says to him, “Simon, son of Jonah, are you fond of me?” Peter was grieved in that the third time He said to him, “Are you fond of me?” and said to Him: “Lord, you know all things. You know that I’m fond of you!” Jesus says to him: “Feed my sheep.

¹⁷ The third time He says to him, “Simon, son of Jonah, are you fond of me?” Peter was grieved in that the third time He said to him, “Are you fond of me?” and said to Him: “Lord, you know all things. You know that I’m fond of you!” Jesus says to him: “Feed my sheep.

¹⁷ The third time He says to him, “Simon, son of Jonah, are you fond of me?” Peter was grieved in that the third time He said to him, “Are you fond of me?” and said to Him: “Lord, you know all things. You know that I’m fond of you!” Jesus says to him: “Feed my sheep. ¹⁸ Most assuredly I say to you, when you were younger you used to get dressed and walk where you wished; but when you are old you will stretch out your hands and another will dress you and carry you where you don’t wish.” ¹⁹ (He said this to indicate the kind of death by which he would glorify God.) And upon saying that He says to him, “Follow me!” ²⁰ But turning around Peter sees the disciple whom Jesus loved following (that’s the one who reclined on His chest at the supper and said, “Lord, who is the one who is betraying you?”). ²¹ Seeing him Peter says to Jesus, “Lord, what about him ?”

²¹ Seeing him Peter says to Jesus, “Lord, what about him ?” ²² Jesus says to him: “If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow me.” ²³ So this saying spread among the brothers, that this disciple would not die. Yet Jesus did not say to him [Peter] that he [John] would not die, but, “If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you?”

²³ So this saying spread among the brothers, that this disciple would not die. Yet Jesus did not say to him [Peter] that he [John] would not die, but, “If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you?” ²⁴ This is the disciple who is testifying to these things, and who wrote them; and we know that his testimony is true.

² until the day in which He was taken back, after He had given commandment, by Holy Spirit, to the apostles whom He had chosen;

⁵ John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with Holy Spirit not many days from now”.

⁸ But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be witnesses to me —both in Jerusalem, and all Judea and Samaria, and even to the last part of the earth.” ⁹ Upon saying these things, as they watched, He was lifted up, and a cloud took Him out of their sight.

⁹ Upon saying these things, as they watched, He was lifted up, and a cloud took Him out of their sight.

¹¹ and they said: “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into the sky? This very Jesus who is being taken up from you into the sky, He will come again in the precise manner that you observed Him going into the sky.”

¹³ When they had entered [the city] they went up into the upper room where they were staying; namely Peter and James, John and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas of James.

¹⁶ “Men, brothers: It was necessary that this Scripture be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before by David’s mouth concerning Judas, who was guide to those who arrested Jesus; ¹⁷ in that he was numbered with us and obtained his share in this ministry.” ¹⁸ (In fact this man acquired a field with the wages of his wickedness, and falling headlong he burst open in the middle, and all his innards were spilled out. ¹⁹ And it became known to all who lived in Jerusalem, so that in their own language that field came to be called ‘Akeldama’, that is, ‘Field of Blood’.) ²⁰ “Because it stands written in Book of Psalms: ‘Let his residence become desolate, and may no one live in it’ and, ‘Let another take his office’.

²⁰ “Because it stands written in Book of Psalms: ‘Let his residence become desolate, and may no one live in it’ and, ‘Let another take his office’. ²¹ So then, of the men who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, ²² beginning from the baptism of John until the day when He was taken up from us, of these one must become a witness with us of His resurrection.”

²⁵ to receive the portion of this ministry and apostleship, out of which Judas turned aside to go into his own place.” ²⁶ And they cast their lots, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven Apostles.

¹ When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together with one purpose.

¹ When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together with one purpose. ² And suddenly a roar came out of the sky, like the rushing of a violent wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. ³ Fiery tongues appeared and were distributed to them, and it [a tongue] landed on each one of them. ⁴ And they were all filled with Holy Spirit and began to speak different languages, as the Spirit was granting to them to speak out.

⁷ So they were amazed and marveled, saying to one another: “Hey, aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans?

¹⁴ So Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and proclaimed to them: “Men—Jews and all who are dwelling in Jerusalem—let this be known to you; indeed, listen to my speech!

¹⁶ but this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel: ¹⁷ ‘It will be in the last days, says God: I will pour out from my Spirit upon all flesh; your sons and your daughters will prophesy; your young men will see visions; your old men will dream a dream. ¹⁸ In those days I will indeed pour out from my Spirit upon my male slaves and upon my female slaves, and they will prophesy. ¹⁹ I will show wonders in the heaven above and signs on the earth below: blood and fire and smoke vapor. ²⁰ The sun will be turned into darkness and the moon into ‘blood’ before the great and glorious day of the LORD will come. ²¹ And it will be: whoever calls on the name of the LORD will be saved!’ ²² “Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Natsorean, a man from God attested to you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by Him in your midst, as you yourselves well know, ²³ Him —being delivered up by the established purpose and foreknowledge of God—you murdered, having taken Him with lawless hands and crucified Him;

²⁹ “Men, brothers, be it permitted to speak to you plainly about the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. ³⁰ So then, he being a prophet and knowing that God had sworn to him with an oath that of the fruit, according to flesh, of his loins He would raise up the Messiah to sit on his throne, ³¹ he foreseeing this spoke about the resurrection of the Messiah, that His soul was not abandoned in Hades, nor did His flesh see decay. ³² “This Jesus God raised, to which we all are witnesses. ³³ Therefore, having been exalted to God’s right hand, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this that you now see and hear.

³⁷ Now upon hearing this they were cut to the heart and said to Peter, and the rest of the Apostles, “Men, brothers, what shall we do?!” ³⁸ So Peter said to them: “Repent and be baptized, each one of you, upon the name of Jesus Christ, for forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

⁴² And they continued steadfastly in the Apostles’ teaching and in the fellowship, both in the breaking of the bread and in the prayers.

⁴⁶ So day by day they continued steadfastly with one purpose in the temple and broke bread from house to house; they received their share of food with gladness and singleness of heart,

¹ Now Peter and John were going up together into the temple at the hour (the ninth) of prayer. ² And a certain man, who had actually been lame from his mother’s womb, was being carried (they would lay him daily at the temple gate, the one called Beautiful, to ask alms from those who entered the temple), ³ who, upon seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, began asking for alms. ⁴ So Peter, with John, fastening his gaze on him said, “Look at us”. ⁵ So he gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them. ⁶ But Peter said: “I don’t have silver and gold, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ the Natsorean, get up and walk!” ⁷ And grasping him by his right hand he lifted him up; immediately his feet and ankles were strengthened. ⁸ So jumping up he stood, and began to walk! And he entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God. ⁹ Well all the people saw him walking and praising God; ¹⁰ and they recognized him—that he was the one who used to sit at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, with a view to alms—and they were filled with wonder and amazement because of what had happened to him.

¹² So upon observing this Peter responded to the people: “Men of Israel, why are you marveling at this, or why are you staring at us as if we have made him walk by our own power or godliness?

¹⁵ while you killed the Originator of life, whom God raised from among the dead, to which we are witnesses.

¹³ Now upon observing the boldness of Peter and John and perceiving that they were uneducated and unskilled men, they marveled; and they recognized that they had been with Jesus.

¹⁹ But in answer Peter and John said to them: “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, judge for yourselves;

²⁴ Well upon hearing it, with one mind they called out to God and said: “O Sovereign! You are God, the Maker of sky and earth and ocean, and all that is in them; ²⁵ You who said through the mouth of Your servant David: ‘Why did nations snort and peoples plot vain things?

²⁵ You who said through the mouth of Your servant David: ‘Why did nations snort and peoples plot vain things? ²⁶ The kings of the earth took a stand and the rulers were gathered together against the LORD and against His Messiah.’

²⁶ The kings of the earth took a stand and the rulers were gathered together against the LORD and against His Messiah.’ ²⁷ Well, in fact, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, together with Gentiles and peoples of Israel, were gathered together against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed,

²⁷ Well, in fact, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, together with Gentiles and peoples of Israel, were gathered together against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, ²⁸ to do whatever Your hand and Your counsel foreordained to happen.

²⁸ to do whatever Your hand and Your counsel foreordained to happen. ²⁹ As for the present, Lord, consider their threats, and grant to Your slaves to speak Your word with all boldness, ³⁰ while You stretch out Your hand to heal and that signs and wonders may occur through the name of Your holy Servant Jesus.” ³¹ Well when they had prayed, the place where they were gathered was shaken, and they were all filled with Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God with boldness.

³³ (Also the Apostles were giving witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus with great power.) Yes, great grace was on them all,

³² And we are witnesses to these statements about Him, as also is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those obeying Him.”

⁴ But we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the Word.”

⁶ whom they set before the Apostles; and after praying they laid hands on them.

⁸ While Stephen, full of faith and power, was doing great wonders and signs among the people.

² So he said: “Men, brothers and fathers, listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he resided in Haran,

¹ At that time a major persecution arose against the church that was in Jerusalem, so all, except the Apostles, were scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria.

⁵ Now Philip, having gone down to a city of Samaria, was proclaiming the Christ to them; ⁶ and the crowds gave heed with one accord to what Philip was saying, as they heard the words and saw the signs that he kept performing. ⁷ Because unclean spirits came out screaming from many who had them, and many who were paralyzed and lame were healed. ⁸ Yes, there was great joy in that city! ⁹ Now a certain man named Simon was in the city first, practicing sorcery and astounding the people of Samaria, affirming himself to be someone great, ¹⁰ to whom they used to pay attention, from the least to the greatest, saying, “This man is the great power of God.” ¹¹ They listened to him because he had amazed them with his sorceries for a long time. ¹² But, when they believed Philip, as he proclaimed the good news concerning the kingdom of God and the name, Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. ¹³ Even Simon himself believed, and having been baptized he stayed right with Philip; observing miracles and signs occurring, he was amazed. ¹⁴ Now when the Apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them, ¹⁵ who upon coming down prayed about them, so that they might receive Holy Spirit, ¹⁶ because He had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had only been baptized into the name of Jesus, the Christ. ¹⁷ Then they laid their hands upon them and they received Holy Spirit. ¹⁸ Well, upon observing that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the Apostles’ hands, Simon offered them money ¹⁹ saying, “Give this power to me also, that anyone on whom I lay hands may receive Holy Spirit.” ²⁰ But Peter said to him: “May your silver go with you into perdition, for thinking that the gift of God could be acquired with money! ²¹ You have neither part nor portion in this matter, because your heart is not right before God. ²² Turn away therefore from this your wickedness and make petition to God, in case the intent of your heart may be forgiven you; ²³ for I see you being into a gall of bitterness and a fetter of unrighteousness.” ²⁴ So in answer Simon said, “You make petition to the Lord on my behalf, so that nothing of what you have spoken may come upon me.” ²⁵ So when they had both thoroughly testified and spoken the word of the Lord they returned to Jerusalem; they also evangelized many Samaritan villages.

³² Now it happened, as Peter went through all those parts, that he also went down to the saints who were living in Lydda. ³³ And there he found a certain man named Aeneas who was paralyzed—he had been lying on a pallet for eight years. ³⁴ Peter said to him: “Aeneas, Jesus the Messiah is healing you. Get up and make your bed!” And immediately he stood up! ³⁵ All who were living in Lydda and Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord. ³⁶ Now there was a certain disciple in Joppa named Tabitha, which is translated Dorcas. This woman was full of good works and charitable deeds that she kept doing. ³⁷ But it happened in those days that she took sick and died; so when they had washed her they placed her in the upper room. ³⁸ Now Lydda was near Joppa; the disciples, having heard that Peter was there, sent to him imploring him not to delay in coming to them. ³⁹ So Peter got up and went with them; upon arriving they took him up to the upper room; all the widows stood around him weeping and showing the coats and garments that Dorcas was making while she was with them. ⁴⁰ So Peter put them all out, kneeled down and prayed. Turning to the body he said, “Tabitha, get up!” So she opened her eyes, and upon seeing Peter she sat up. ⁴¹ Then he gave her a hand and lifted her up, and calling the saints and widows he presented her alive. ⁴² And it became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed on the Lord. ⁴³ So it was that he stayed many days in Joppa with a certain Simon, a tanner.

³ About the ninth hour of the day, in a vision, he saw clearly an angel of God entering his presence and saying to him, “Cornelius!”

⁹ Now on the next day, as they were traveling and drawing near to the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray at about noon. ¹⁰ Well he became hungry and wanted to eat; but while they were preparing, a trance fell on him, ¹¹ and he saw the heaven opened and a container like a great sheet descending to him—it was tied at the four corners and was being let down to the earth— ¹² in which were all kinds of four-footed animals of the earth (both wild animals and reptiles) and birds of the sky. ¹³ Then a voice came to him, “Get up, Peter, slaughter and eat!” ¹⁴ But Peter said, “No way, Lord! Never have I eaten anything ‘common’ or unclean!” ¹⁵ So the voice came to him a second time, “What (pl.) God has made clean you must not call ‘common’.” ¹⁶ Well this happened three times, and then the object was taken back up into the sky. ¹⁷ Now as Peter was really perplexed within himself as to what the vision that he had seen might mean, well the men who had been sent by Cornelius, having inquired and found Simon’s house, stood before the gate, ¹⁸ and calling out they inquired whether Simon, who was surnamed Peter, was staying there as a guest. ¹⁹ So as Peter was pondering the vision the Spirit said to him: “Listen, some men are looking for you; ²⁰ so get up and go downstairs; and go with them, doubting nothing, for I have sent them.” ²¹ So going down to the men Peter said: “Yes, I am the one you are looking for. For what reason have you come?” ²² So they said: “Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous and God-fearing man, well spoken of by all the nation of the Jews, was divinely instructed by an angel to summon you to his house, and to hear words from you.” ²³ So he invited them in and put them up. The next day Peter set out with them, also some of the brothers from Joppa went with him; ²⁴ and the following day they entered Caesarea. Now Cornelius was waiting for them, having called together his relatives and close friends. ²⁵ So when Peter actually arrived, Cornelius met him, fell at his feet and worshipped. ²⁶ But Peter lifted him up, saying, “Stand up! I myself am also a man.” ²⁷ And conversing with him he went in and found many gathered there . ²⁸ Then he said to them: “You know how it is unlawful for a Jewish man to associate with or to approach a different race; but God has shown me that I should not call any man ‘common’ or unclean. ²⁹ Therefore also I came without objection as soon as I was sent for. So I ask, for what reason did you send for me?” ³⁰ So Cornelius said: “I have been fasting during four days until this very hour; yes, it was the ninth hour, I was praying in my house when wow, a man stood before me in shining clothing

³⁰ So Cornelius said: “I have been fasting during four days until this very hour; yes, it was the ninth hour, I was praying in my house when wow, a man stood before me in shining clothing ³¹ and said: ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your alms are remembered before God. ³² Send therefore to Joppa and summon Simon, who is surnamed Peter. He is lodging in the house of Simon, a tanner, by the sea; upon arriving he will speak to you.’ ³³ So I sent to you at once, and you did well to come. Now then, we are all present before God to hear all the things commanded you by God.”

³⁸ Jesus of Natsareth, how God anointed Him with Holy Spirit and power, who went about doing good and healing all those being oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him

³⁸ Jesus of Natsareth, how God anointed Him with Holy Spirit and power, who went about doing good and healing all those being oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him ³⁹ —yes, we are witnesses of all that He did, both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem—whom they also killed, hanging Him on a tree. ⁴⁰ Him God raised on the third day, and gave Him to become visible,

⁴⁰ Him God raised on the third day, and gave Him to become visible, ⁴¹ not to all the people but to witnesses who had been chosen beforehand by God, to us, who ate and drank with Him after He arose out of the dead.

⁴¹ not to all the people but to witnesses who had been chosen beforehand by God, to us, who ate and drank with Him after He arose out of the dead.

⁴¹ not to all the people but to witnesses who had been chosen beforehand by God, to us, who ate and drank with Him after He arose out of the dead. ⁴² And He ordered us to proclaim to the people, that is to testify that He is the One who has been ordained by God as Judge of living and dead.

⁴⁵ Well the believers of the circumcision [Jews] who had come with Peter were astonished, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had also been poured out on the Gentiles,

¹⁵ Well as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, just as on us at the beginning. ¹⁶ I remembered the word of the Lord, how He said, ‘John indeed baptized with water, but you will be baptized with Holy Spirit’.

² James, the brother of John, he put to death by sword. ³ When he saw that it was pleasing to the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter as well (it was during the days of the unleavened loaves)

¹⁷ Motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he related to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. Then he said, “Tell these things to James and the brothers”. And going out he went off to a different place.

²⁵ Now Barnabas and Saul returned to Antioch, having fulfilled their mission, also taking with them John, the one called Mark.

² As they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart to me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them!” ³ Then, having fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them off.

¹⁵ After the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the synagogue leaders sent to them, saying, “Men, brothers, if you have a word of encouragement for the people, do speak”.

¹⁹ And when He had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He gave them possession of their land.

²⁴ John having heralded beforehand, in advance of His coming, a baptism of repentance to Israel. ²⁵ Well as John was fulfilling his course, he said: ‘Whom do you suppose me to be? No I’m not—but indeed He comes after me, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie’. ²⁶ “Men, brothers, sons of the stock of Abraham, and those among you who fear God: to you the word of this salvation has been sent. ²⁷ The Jerusalem dwellers and their rulers, understanding neither Him nor the voices of the prophets that are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning Him. ²⁸ Though they found no cause for death, they asked Pilate to have Him executed. ²⁹ When they had fulfilled all things that were written about Him, they took Him down from the cross and placed Him in a tomb.

³¹ and for many days He was seen by those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are His witnesses to the people.

³³ God has fulfilled the same to us, their children, when He raised up Jesus; as also it stands written in the second Psalm: ‘You are my Son, today I have begotten you’.

³⁸ Therefore, let it be known to you, men, brothers, that through this One forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you;

²³ When they had appointed elders for them in every congregation, having prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord into whom they had believed.

⁷ When there had been plenty of discussion, Peter got up and said to them: “Men, brothers, you know that a good while ago God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the message of the Gospel and believe.

⁷ When there had been plenty of discussion, Peter got up and said to them: “Men, brothers, you know that a good while ago God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the message of the Gospel and believe. ⁸ And the heart-knowing God acknowledged them by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He did to us;

⁸ And the heart-knowing God acknowledged them by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He did to us; ⁹ and He made no distinction between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith. ¹⁰ Now therefore, why do you test God by putting a yoke on the neck of the disciples that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear? ¹¹ Rather, we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same manner as they.”

¹³ Now when they finished, James reacted saying: “Men, brothers, listen to me.

²² Then it pleased the apostles and the elders, with the whole congregation, to send chosen men from among them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: Judas (the one called Barsabas) and Silas, leading men among the brothers.

²⁶ And from one blood He made every ethnic nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings,

⁴ So Paul said, “John indeed baptized with a baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe into the One who would come after him, that is, into Jesus, the Christ”.

⁸ There were many lamps in the upper room where we were assembled.

²⁴ However none of this moves me, nor do I regard my life as valuable to myself, just so that I may complete my course with joy, even the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to solemnly proclaim the Good News of the grace of God.

¹⁹ After greeting them he reported one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry. ²⁰ But after listening they ‘glorified’ the Lord by saying to him: “You see, brother, how many tens of thousands are the Jews who have believed, and they are all zealous for the law;

⁴⁰ So when he had given him permission, Paul stood on the stairs and motioned to the people with his hand. When there was a great silence, he addressed them in the Hebrew language, saying:

¹ “Men, brothers and fathers, listen to my defense before you now.”

¹⁵ For you shall be a witness for Him to all men of the things that you have seen and heard.

¹ Then Paul, looking intently at the council, said, “Men, brothers, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day”.

⁶ Now when Paul perceived that one part were Pharisees and the other Sadducees, he called out in the council, “Men, brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of a Pharisee; I am being judged concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead!”

¹⁷ It happened that after three days Paul called together the leaders of the Jews; and when they had assembled he said to them: “Men, brothers, though I had done nothing against ‘the people’ or the ancestral customs, still I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,

²⁵ So being in disagreement among themselves they started to leave, after Paul had said this one word: “The Holy Spirit spoke correctly to our fathers through Isaiah the prophet,

³¹ proclaiming the Kingdom of God and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ, with all boldness, without hindrance.

⁵ through whom we have received grace and apostleship to promote obedience of faith among all ethnic nations concerning His name

²⁷ while He who searches the hearts knows what is on the Spirit’s mind, since He prays for the saints in accordance with God.

¹⁸ But I say, did they really not hear? Indeed yes: “Their voice has gone out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the inhabited world.”

¹² rejoicing in the hope; enduring the affliction; continuing steadfastly in prayer;

¹⁷ because the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

¹⁹ by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of God’s Spirit, so that I have fully proclaimed the Gospel of the Christ from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum.

² If I am not an apostle to others, yet at least I am to you, because you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

¹³ For we also were all baptized into one body by one Spirit—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and were all given to drink into one Spirit.

⁵ and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the Twelve. ⁶ After that He was seen by over five hundred brothers at once, most of whom are still living, while some have fallen asleep.

⁶ After that He was seen by over five hundred brothers at once, most of whom are still living, while some have fallen asleep. ⁷ After that He was seen by James, then by all the apostles.

⁷ After that He was seen by James, then by all the apostles.

¹ Therefore, since we have received mercy along with this ministry, we do not lose heart.

¹⁸ And that ‘all’ is from the God who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ and given us the ministry of the reconciliation,

¹ Paul, an apostle—not from men nor through a man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead —

¹⁹ (I saw none of the other apostles except James, the Lord’s brother.

⁸ (for He who was at work with Peter for the apostleship to the circumcised was also at work with me for that to the uncircumcised), ⁹ and upon perceiving the grace that had been given to me, James and Cephas and John, those reputed to be pillars, gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles, while they to the Jews.

¹⁰ with a view to administering the fullness of the times so as to bring all things together under one head in Christ—those on the heavens and those on the earth—in Him\up6 [S]\up0,

²⁰ built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone;

⁸ That is why He says, “When He ascended into the heights He captured the concentration camp, and distributed gifts to men.”

⁸ That is why He says, “When He ascended into the heights He captured the concentration camp, and distributed gifts to men.” ⁹ (What does ‘He ascended’ imply if not that He also first descended into the interior regions of the earth?

⁹ (What does ‘He ascended’ imply if not that He also first descended into the interior regions of the earth? ¹⁰ He who descended is the very one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.)

¹⁰ He who descended is the very one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.) ¹¹ Yes, He Himself gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, ¹² for the equipping of the saints into the work of the ministry, so as to build up the body of Christ,

¹⁸ praying at all times in the Spirit, using every prayer and petition, yes being watchful to this end with all perseverance and petition for all the saints

¹³ who delivered us out of the dominion of the darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,

²³ if, that is, you continue in the faith established and firm, not drifting away from the hope of the Gospel, that you heard and that was proclaimed in all the creation under the heaven, of which I, Paul, became a servant.

² Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving,

¹⁰ and to wait for His Son coming out of the heavens (whom He raised from among the dead) —Jesus, who preserves us from the coming wrath.

¹² insisting that you conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.

¹⁶ because the Lord Himself—with a commanding shout, with the archangel’s voice and with God’s trumpet—will come down from heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise first;

¹ Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you do not need to be written to, ² for you yourselves know very well that the Day of the Lord comes just like a thief in the night.

⁷ and rest (along with us) to you who are being afflicted, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with His powerful angels in blazing fire, ⁸ inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, ⁹ who will pay a penalty: everlasting ruin, away from the face of the Lord and from the glory of His might, ¹⁰ whenever He comes to be glorified by His saints, yes to be marveled at by all who have believed (because our testimony to you was believed); in that Day.

¹⁶ Yes, the mystery of our religion is confessedly great: God was manifested in flesh, was vindicated in spirit, was revealed to angels, was proclaimed among nations, was believed in the world, was received up in glory!

¹⁵ which He will manifest at the proper time—He who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and the Lord of lords;

¹ Now understand this: In the last days there will be grievous times;

⁵ He saved us—not because of righteous deeds that we ourselves had done but according to His mercy, by means of the bath of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit,

³ how shall we escape if we are careless about that tremendous salvation?—it received its beginning through the Lord’s declaration and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him\up6 [S]\up0,

⁷ Therefore—just as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you would hear His voice, ⁸ do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, during the time of the testing in the desert,

¹³ Nothing in all creation is hidden from His sight; rather all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.

¹⁹ which hope we have as an anchor for the soul, both certain and secure, actually entering the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, ²⁰ where Forerunner Jesus has entered on our behalf, having become High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.

²⁴ For Christ did not enter into Holy Places made by hands, mere copies of the true ones, but into Heaven itself, now to appear in God’s presence on our behalf;

¹ James, a slave of God and of Sovereign Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes that are in the Dispersion: Greetings.

¹¹ investigating into whom, or what sort of time, the Spirit of Christ who was in them was indicating as He testified beforehand the sufferings that would be inflicted on Christ and the glories that would follow them.

²¹ Now you have been called to this, really, because Christ also suffered in our behalf, leaving you an example that you should follow in His footsteps: ²² who did not commit sin, neither was deceit found in His mouth; ²³ who being reviled did not revile in return, suffering did not threaten but committed it to Him who judges righteously;

²² who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him.

³ And in covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; since way back the judgment for such people is not slack, and their destruction will not sleep. ⁴ Because if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but delivered them into chains of darkness, confining them in Tartarus to be reserved for judgment, ⁵ and did not spare the ancient world but preserved Noah, with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when He brought a flood on the world of the ungodly, ⁶ and condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes (providing a warning to those who are intent on being ungodly),

¹⁵ having forsaken the right way they have gone astray, having followed the way of Balaam of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; ¹⁶ but he got a rebuke for his wrongdoing—a mute donkey speaking with a human voice restrained the insanity of the prophet.

²¹ For it would have been better for them not to have really known the way of the righteousness, than having really known it to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.

² so that you remember the words that were spoken before by the holy prophets and the command of the Lord and Savior, through your apostles.

¹ That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have witnessed with our eyes, that which we contemplated and our hands handled with reference to the word of the Life

¹ That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have witnessed with our eyes, that which we contemplated and our hands handled with reference to the word of the Life ² —oh yes, the Life was manifested, and we have seen and testify and declare to you that eternal Life who was in the presence of the Father and was manifested to us— ³ that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, so that you also may have fellowship with us; indeed, our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ. ⁴ Yes, we write these things to you so that our joy may be fulfilled. ⁵ Now this is the message that we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and there is no darkness at all in Him.

¹ The elder, to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth—and not I only, but also all who have known the truth— ² because of the Truth, who abides in us and will be with us into the age: ³ Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, will be with you in truth and love. ⁴ It has given me great joy to find some of your children walking in truth, just as we received commandment from the Father. ⁵ And now I put a request to you, lady (not as though writing a new commandment to you, but one that we have from the beginning): that we love one another. ⁶ And this is the love, that we live according to His commandments—this is the commandment, just as you heard from the beginning, that you should live according to it. ⁷ Now many deceivers have come into the world, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in flesh —this is the deceiver, even the Antichrist! ⁸ Look to yourselves, so that we not lose the things for which we worked but may receive a full reward. ⁹ Anyone who turns aside and does not continue in the teaching of Christ does not have God; but whoever continues in Christ’s teaching does have both the Father and the Son. ¹⁰ If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house; do not even tell him, “I wish you well,” ¹¹ because whoever tells him, “I wish you well,” participates in his malignant works. ¹² Although I had many things to write to you, I did not wish to do so with paper and ink; instead I hope to come to you and speak face to face, so that our joy may be complete. ¹³ The children of your elect sister greet you. Amen.

¹ The elder, to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth. ² Dear one, I pray for you to prosper in every way and to be healthy, just as your soul prospers. ³ Because it gave me great joy when some brothers came and testified to the truth about you, how you are walking in Truth. ⁴ I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in Truth. ⁵ Dear one, you are faithful in whatever you do for the brothers, and for the strangers ⁶ who testified to your love before the church—you will do well by sending them on their way in a manner worthy of God, ⁷ because it was for the sake of the Name that they went out, accepting nothing from pagans. ⁸ We therefore ought to welcome such, so that we may work together for the Truth. ⁹ I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who wants to dominate the others, does not acknowledge us. ¹⁰ So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, slandering us with malignant words. And not satisfied with that, not only does he himself not receive the brothers, but he forbids those who want to do so, kicking them out of the church. ¹¹ Dear one, do not imitate what is bad, but what is good. He who does good is of God, but he who does evil has not seen God. ¹² Demetrius is well spoken of by everyone—even by the truth itself. Yes, we also speak well of him, and we know that our testimony is true. ¹³ I had many things to write, but I do not wish to write to you with pen and ink; ¹⁴ rather I hope to see you soon, and we will talk face to face. Peace to you. The friends here greet you. Greet the friends there by name.

¹ Jude, slave of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to the called, those who have been sanctified by God the Father and preserved through Jesus Christ:

⁶ And the angels who did not keep their proper domain but deserted their own dwelling He has kept bound in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day. ⁷ So also Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns—who gave themselves up to fornication and went after a different kind of flesh in a manner similar to those angels—stand as an example, undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.

¹ Jesus Christ’s revelation, which God gave Him to show to His slaves —the things that must occur shortly. And He communicated it, sending it by His angel to His slave John,

¹ Jesus Christ’s revelation, which God gave Him to show to His slaves —the things that must occur shortly. And He communicated it, sending it by His angel to His slave John, ² who gave witness to the word of God, even the testimony of Jesus Christ—to all that He saw, both the things that are and those that must happen after these. ³ Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things that are written in it; because the time is near.

⁷ Take note, He comes with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, including those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will beat their breasts [in dismay] because of Him. Yea, verily!

⁷ ‘He who has an ear let him hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches. To the one who overcomes I will grant to eat of the Tree of Life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of my God.’

¹¹ ‘He who has an ear let him hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches. The one who overcomes will absolutely not be harmed by the second death.’

¹⁷ ‘He who has an ear let him hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches. To the one who overcomes I will grant to eat from the hidden manna. And I will give him a white pebble, and on the pebble a new name written, which no one knows except the receiver.’

²³ And I will execute her children; and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will give to each one of you according to your works.

²⁹ ‘He who has an ear let him hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches.’

⁴ ‘But you do have a few names in Sardis who have not defiled their garments, and they will walk with me in white, because they are worthy.

¹³ ‘He who has an ear let him hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches.’

¹⁶ So then, since you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I am about to vomit you out of my mouth.

²² ‘He who has an ear let him hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches.’”

¹⁴ So I said to him, “My lord, you know.” So he said to me: “These are those who come out of the Great Tribulation—they washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

³ And I will give authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.” ⁴ These are the two olive trees, even the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. ⁵ And if anyone wants to harm them fire comes out of their mouths and consumes their enemies. So if anyone wants to harm them he must be killed in this way. ⁶ They have authority to shut up the sky so that no rain falls during the days of their prophecy; and they have authority over the waters to turn them into blood, and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they wish.

¹² And I heard a loud voice from the heaven saying to them, “Come up here!” And they went up to heaven in a cloud, and their enemies watched them. ¹³ And in that day there was a severe earthquake and a tenth of the city fell, and seven thousand individuals were killed in the earthquake. And the rest became fearful and gave glory to the God of heaven.)

⁴ These are the ones not defiled with women, for they are virgins; these are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He may go. These were redeemed by Jesus from among men, firstfruits for God and for the Lamb;

¹⁴ And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names, of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.