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…
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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…
The Deliverance of Peter
Acts 12:6-19 CSB When Herod was about to bring him out for trial, that very night Peter, bound with two chains, was sleeping between two soldiers, while the sentries in front of the door guarded the prison. [7] Suddenly an…
Martyred and Jailed
Acts 11:27-30 CSB In those days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. [28] One of them, named Agabus, stood up and predicted by the Spirit that there would be a severe famine throughout the Roman world. This took…
New Beginnings
Acts 11:19-26 CSB Now those who had been scattered as a result of the persecution that started because of Stephen made their way as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews. [20] But…
Faith for All
Acts 11:1-18 CSB The apostles and the brothers and sisters who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God. [2] When Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcision party criticized him, [3] saying, “You…
The Good News
Acts 10:34-48 CSB Peter began to speak: “Now I truly understand that God doesn’t show favoritism, [35] but in every nation the person who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him. [36] He sent the message…