Monthly Archives: July 2017

Choosing of the Seven 1 Now at this time while the disciples were increasingin number,a complaint arose on the part of theHellenisticJewsagainst thenativeHebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily servingof food. 2 So the twelve summoned the congregation of the disciples and said, “It is not desirable for us to neglect the […]

Stephen’s Defense 1 The high priest said, “Are these things so?” 2 And he said, “Hear me, brethren and fathers! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran, 3 and said to him, ‘Leave your country and your relatives,and come into the land thatIwill […]

Saul Persecutes the Church 1 Saul was in hearty agreement with putting him to death. And on that day a great persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. 2 Somedevout men buried Stephen, and made loud lamentation over him. 3 […]

The Conversion of Saul 1 Now Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest, 2 and asked for letters from him to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, both men and women, he might bring them bound to […]

Cornelius’s Vision 1 Nowthere wasa man at Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italiancohort, 2 a devout man and one who feared God with all his household, and gave manyalms to theJewishpeople and prayed to God continually. 3 About theninth hour of the day he clearly saw in a vision an […]

Peter Reports at Jerusalem 1 Now the apostles and the brethren who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. 2 And when Peter came up to Jerusalem, those who were circumcised took issue with him, 3 saying, “You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them.” 4 But […]

Peter’s Arrest and Deliverance 1 Now about that time Herod the king laid hands on some who belonged to the church in order to mistreat them. 2 And he had James the brother of John put to death with a sword. 3 When he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter […]

First Missionary Journey 1 Now there were at Antioch, in the church that wasthere,prophets and teachers: Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. 2 While they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set […]

Acceptance and Opposition 1 In Iconium they entered the synagogue of the Jews together, and spoke in such a manner that a large number of people believed, both of Jews and of Greeks. 2 But the Jews who disbelieved stirred up the minds of the Gentiles and embittered them against the brethren. 3 Therefore they […]

The Council at Jerusalem 1 Some men came down from Judea andbeganteaching the brethren, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” 2 And when Paul and Barnabas had great dissension and debate with them,the brethrendetermined that Paul and Barnabas and some others of them should go up to […]