Acts 23:12 The next morning some Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul. Paul was facing opposition in Jerusalem, and was taken into custody. During this time, more than forty men plotted to take...
Acts 19:13 Some Jews who went around driving out evil spirits tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who were demon-possessed. No one ever exercised greater power over demons than Jesus; and those who were delivered experienced great relief...
Acts 17:16 While Paul was . . . in Athens, he was greatly distressed to see that the city was full of idols. Socrates, Plato and Aristotle made their home in Athens a few centuries earlier. The city was past its philosophical prime, but was still...
Acts 16:12 [W]e traveled to Philippi, a Roman colony and the leading city of that district. Philippi did not have a synagogue, so Paul and his companions went to the river, where they found some women who had gathered for prayer. Paul explained the gospel and...
Acts 14:8 In Lystra there sat a man who was lame. He had been that way from birth and had never walked. The man’s situation was bleak, but as he heard Paul preach, he began to think he might be healed. Paul looked at him and said, Stand up on your...
Acts 12:12 [Peter] went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered and were praying. Peter knocked on the door, and a servant named Rhoda answered. She was so overjoyed that she ran back and...
