Courages Defenders
Acts 15:22-35 CSB Then the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, decided to select men who were among them and to send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: Judas, called Barsabbas, and Silas, both leading men among…
James Response
Acts 15:12-21 CSB The whole assembly became silent and listened to Barnabas and Paul describe all the signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles. [13] After they stopped speaking, James responded, “Brothers, listen to me. [14]…
The Jerusalem Council
Acts 15:1-11 CSB Some men came down from Judea and began to teach the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom prescribed by Moses, you cannot be saved.” [2] After Paul and Barnabas had engaged them in serious…
Encouraging in the Faith
Acts 14:18-28 CSB Even though they said these things, they barely stopped the crowds from sacrificing to them. [19] Some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and when they won over the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out…
Mistaken as Gods
Acts 14:1-18 CSB In Iconium they entered the Jewish synagogue, as usual, and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed. [2] But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their…
Shaking off the Dust
Acts 13:44-52 CSB The following Sabbath almost the whole town assembled to hear the word of the Lord. [45] But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began to contradict what Paul was saying, insulting…
God’s Promise Fulfilled
Acts 13:33-43 CSB God has fulfilled this for us, their children, by raising up Jesus, as it is written in the second Psalm: You are my Son; today I have become your Father. [34] As to his raising him from…
Perga in Pamphylia
Acts 13:13-32 CSB Paul and his companions set sail from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia, but John left them and went back to Jerusalem. [14] They continued their journey from Perga and reached Pisidian Antioch. On the Sabbath…
The Mission Field
Acts 13:1-12 CSB Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen, a close friend of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. [2] As they were worshiping the Lord…
Death of a King
Acts 12:20-25 CSB Herod had been very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. Together they presented themselves before him. After winning over Blastus, who was in charge of the king’s bedroom, they asked for peace, because their country…