God’s Servant Rejected
Acts 7:17-36 CSB “As the time was approaching to fulfill the promise that God had made to Abraham, the people flourished and multiplied in Egypt [18] until a different king who did not know Joseph ruled over Egypt. [19] He…
Category Doctrine and Theology
Partriarchs in Egypt
Acts 7:9-16 CSB “The patriarchs became jealous of Joseph and sold him into Egypt, but God was with him [10] and rescued him out of all his troubles. He gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king…
Promises of God
Acts 7:1-8 CSB “Are these things true?” the high priest asked. [2] “Brothers and fathers,” he replied, “listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran, [3] and said…
Wisdom of the Spirit
Acts 6:8-15 CSB Now Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people. [9] Opposition arose, however, from some members of the Freedmen’s Synagogue, composed of both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, and some from Cilicia…
Increasing in Number
Acts 6:1-7 CSB In those days, as the disciples were increasing in number, there arose a complaint by the Hellenistic Jews against the Hebraic Jews that their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution. [2] The Twelve summoned the…
Cannot fight God
Acts 5:33-42 CSB When they heard this, they were enraged and wanted to kill them. [34] But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was respected by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered…
Exalted by the Father
Acts 5:27-32 CSB After they brought them in, they had them stand before the Sanhedrin, and the high priest asked, [28] “Didn’t we strictly order you not to teach in this name? Look, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching…
Filled with Jealousy
Acts 5:17-26 CSB Then the high priest rose up. He and all who were with him, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. [18] So they arrested the apostles and put them in the public…
Solomon’s Colonnade
Acts 5:12-16 CSB Many signs and wonders were being done among the people through the hands of the apostles. They were all together in Solomon’s Colonnade. [13] No one else dared to join them, but the people spoke well of…
Test the Spirit
Acts 5:1-11 CSB But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property. [2] However, he kept back part of the proceeds with his wife’s knowledge, and brought a portion of it and laid it at…