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Book of Acts
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5:1 - [In Context|Original Greek] But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property,
5:2 - [In Context|Original Greek] and kept R213 back {some} of the price for himself, with his wife's full F108 knowledge, and bringing a portion of it, he laid R214 it at the apostles' feet.
5:3 - [In Context|Original Greek] But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan R215 filled your heart to lie to R216 the Holy Spirit and to keep R217 back {some} of the price of the land?
5:4 - [In Context|Original Greek] "While it remained {unsold,} did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not under F109 your control? Why is it that you have conceived F110 this deed in your heart? You have not lied to men but to R218 God."
5:5 - [In Context|Original Greek] And as he heard these words, Ananias fell R219 down and breathed his last; and great R220 fear came over all who heard of it.
5:6 - [In Context|Original Greek] The young men got up and covered R221 him up, and after carrying him out, they buried him.
5:7 - [In Context|Original Greek] Now there elapsed an interval of about three hours, and his wife came in, not knowing what had happened.
5:8 - [In Context|Original Greek] And Peter responded to her, "Tell me whether you sold the land for F111 R222 such and such a price?" And she said, "Yes, that F111 was the price."
5:9 - [In Context|Original Greek] Then Peter {said} to her, "Why is it that you have agreed together to put R223 the R224 Spirit of the Lord to the test? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out {as well.}"
5:10 - [In Context|Original Greek] And immediately she fell R225 at his feet and breathed her last, and the young men came in and found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.
5:11 - [In Context|Original Greek] And great R226 fear came over the whole church, and over all who heard of these things.
5:12 - [In Context|Original Greek] At F112 the hands of the apostles many signs R227 and wonders were taking place among the people; and they were all with one accord in Solomon's R228 portico.
5:13 - [In Context|Original Greek] But none of the rest dared to associate with them; however, the R229 people held them in high esteem.
5:14 - [In Context|Original Greek] And all the more believers R230 in the Lord, multitudes of men and women, were constantly added R231 to {their number,}
5:15 - [In Context|Original Greek] to such an extent that they even carried the sick out into the streets and laid them on cots and pallets, so that when Peter came by at R232 least his shadow might fall on any one of them.
5:16 - [In Context|Original Greek] Also the people F113 from the cities in the vicinity of Jerusalem were coming together, bringing people who were sick or F114 afflicted with unclean spirits, and they were all being healed.
5:17 - [In Context|Original Greek] But the high priest rose up, along with all his associates (that is the R233 sect of the R234 Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy.
5:18 - [In Context|Original Greek] They laid hands on the apostles and put R235 them in a public jail.
5:19 - [In Context|Original Greek] But during the night an R236 angel of the Lord opened the gates of the prison, and taking them out he said,
5:20 - [In Context|Original Greek] "Go, stand and speak F115 to the people in the temple the F116 R237 whole message of this Life."
5:21 - [In Context|Original Greek] Upon hearing {this,} they entered into the temple about R238 daybreak and {began} to teach. Now when the R239 high priest and his associates came, they called the R240 Council F117 together, even all the Senate of the sons of Israel, and sent {orders} to the prison house for them to be brought.
5:22 - [In Context|Original Greek] But the R241 officers who came did not find them in the prison; and they returned and reported back,
5:23 - [In Context|Original Greek] saying, "We found the prison house locked quite securely and the guards standing at the doors; but when we had opened up, we found no one inside."
5:24 - [In Context|Original Greek] Now when the R242 captain of the temple {guard} and the chief priests heard these words, they were greatly perplexed about them as to what would F118 come of this.
5:25 - [In Context|Original Greek] But someone came and reported to them, "The men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people!"
5:26 - [In Context|Original Greek] Then the R243 captain went along with the R244 officers and {proceeded} to bring them {back} without violence (for they R245 were afraid of the people, that they might be stoned).
5:27 - [In Context|Original Greek] When they had brought them, they stood them before F119 the R246 Council. The high priest questioned them,
5:28 - [In Context|Original Greek] saying, "We gave you strict R247 orders not to continue teaching in this name, and yet, F120 you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and intend R248 to bring this man's blood upon us."
5:29 - [In Context|Original Greek] But Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men.
5:30 - [In Context|Original Greek] "The God of our fathers raised R249 up Jesus, whom F121 you had put R250 to death by hanging Him on a cross. F122
5:31 - [In Context|Original Greek] "He is the one whom God exalted to F123 His right hand as a Prince F124 R251 and a Savior, R252 to grant repentance R253 to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
5:32 - [In Context|Original Greek] "And we are witnesses R254 of F125 these things; and {so R255 is} the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him."
5:33 - [In Context|Original Greek] But when they heard this, they were cut R256 to F126 the quick and intended to kill them.
5:34 - [In Context|Original Greek] But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, R257 a teacher R258 of the Law, respected by all the people, stood up in the R259 Council and gave orders to put the men outside for a short time.
5:35 - [In Context|Original Greek] And he said to them, "Men of Israel, take care what you propose to do with these men.
5:36 - [In Context|Original Greek] "For some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming R260 to be somebody, and a group of about four hundred men joined up with him. But F127 he was killed, and all who followed F128 him were dispersed and came to nothing.
5:37 - [In Context|Original Greek] "After this man, Judas of Galilee rose up in the days of the R261 census and drew away {some} people after him; he too perished, and all those who followed F129 him were scattered.
5:38 - [In Context|Original Greek] "So in the present case, I say to you, stay away from these men and let them alone, for if this plan or action F130 is R262 of men, it will be overthrown;
5:39 - [In Context|Original Greek] but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them; or else you may even be found fighting R263 against God."
5:40 - [In Context|Original Greek] They took F131 his advice; and after calling the apostles in, they flogged R264 them and ordered them not to speak F132 in the name of Jesus, and {then} released them.
5:41 - [In Context|Original Greek] So they went on their way from the presence of the Council, F133 R265 rejoicing R266 that they had been considered worthy to suffer shame for R267 {His} name.
5:42 - [In Context|Original Greek] And R268 every day, in the temple and from F134 house to house, they kept F135 right on teaching and preaching F136 R269 Jesus {as} the Christ. F137
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6:1 - [In Context|Original Greek] Now at F138 this time while the disciples R270 were increasing R271 {in number,} a complaint arose on the part of the Hellenistic F139 R272 {Jews} against the {native} Hebrews, R273 because their widows R274 were being overlooked in the R275 daily serving {of food.}
6:2 - [In Context|Original Greek] So the twelve summoned the congregation F140 of the disciples and said, "It is not desirable for us to neglect the word of God in order to serve tables.
6:3 - [In Context|Original Greek] "Therefore, brethren, R276 select from among you seven men of good reputation, full R277 of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may put in charge of this task.
6:4 - [In Context|Original Greek] "But we will devote R278 ourselves to prayer and to the ministry F141 of the word."
6:5 - [In Context|Original Greek] The statement found approval with the whole congregation; F142 and they chose Stephen, R279 a man full R280 of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, R281 Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas and Nicolas, F143 a proselyte F144 R282 from Antioch. R283
6:6 - [In Context|Original Greek] And these they brought before the apostles; and after praying, R284 they laid R285 their hands on them.
6:7 - [In Context|Original Greek] The R286 word of God kept on spreading; and the R287 number of the disciples continued to increase greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were becoming obedient to the R288 faith.
6:8 - [In Context|Original Greek] And Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders R289 and signs F145 among the people.
6:9 - [In Context|Original Greek] But some men from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, {including} both Cyrenians R290 and Alexandrians, R291 and some from Cilicia R292 and Asia, F146 R293 rose up and argued with Stephen.
6:10 - [In Context|Original Greek] But they were unable to cope with the wisdom and the Spirit with which he was speaking.
6:11 - [In Context|Original Greek] Then they secretly induced men to say, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and {against} God."
6:12 - [In Context|Original Greek] And they stirred up the people, the elders and the scribes, and they came R294 up to him and dragged him away and brought him before F147 the R295 Council. F148
6:13 - [In Context|Original Greek] They put forward false R296 witnesses who said, "This man incessantly speaks against this holy R297 place and the Law;
6:14 - [In Context|Original Greek] for we have heard him say that this R298 Nazarene, Jesus, will destroy this place and alter the R299 customs which Moses handed down to us."
6:15 - [In Context|Original Greek] And fixing their gaze on him, all who were sitting in the Council F149 R300 saw his face like the face of an angel.
Chapter 7  -  Read Chapter - Click the Play Button for Chapter Audio MediaPlayer
7:1 - [In Context|Original Greek] The high priest said, "Are these things so?"
7:2 - [In Context|Original Greek] And he said, "Hear me, brethren R301 and fathers! The R302 God of glory appeared R303 to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran, F150
7:3 - [In Context|Original Greek] and said to him, 'LEAVE YOUR COUNTRY AND YOUR RELATIVES, AND COME INTO THE LAND THAT I WILL SHOW YOU.'
7:4 - [In Context|Original Greek] "Then he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. F151 From R304 there, after his father died, {God} had him move to this country in which you are now living.
7:5 - [In Context|Original Greek] "But He gave him no inheritance in it, not even a foot of ground, and {yet,} even when he had no child, He R305 promised that HE WOULD GIVE IT TO HIM AS A POSSESSION, AND TO HIS DESCENDANTS AFTER HIM.
7:6 - [In Context|Original Greek] "But God R306 spoke to this effect, that his DESCENDANTS WOULD BE ALIENS IN A FOREIGN LAND, AND THAT THEY WOULD BE F152 ENSLAVED AND MISTREATED FOR FOUR HUNDRED YEARS.
7:7 - [In Context|Original Greek] " 'AND WHATEVER NATION TO WHICH THEY WILL BE IN BONDAGE I MYSELF WILL JUDGE,' said God, 'AND AFTER R307 THAT THEY WILL COME OUT AND SERVE F153 ME IN THIS PLACE.'
7:8 - [In Context|Original Greek] "And He gave R308 him the F154 covenant of circumcision; and so {Abraham} R309 became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac R310 {became the father of} Jacob, and Jacob R311 {of} the twelve patriarchs. R312
7:9 - [In Context|Original Greek] "The patriarchs became R313 jealous of Joseph and sold him into Egypt. {Yet} God was with him,
7:10 - [In Context|Original Greek] and rescued him from all his afflictions, and granted R314 him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he made him governor over Egypt and all his household.
7:11 - [In Context|Original Greek] "Now a R315 famine came over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction {with it,} and our fathers could F155 find no food.
7:12 - [In Context|Original Greek] "But when R316 Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers {there} the first time.
7:13 - [In Context|Original Greek] "On the second {visit} Joseph R317 made F156 himself known to his brothers, and Joseph's R318 family was disclosed to Pharaoh.
7:14 - [In Context|Original Greek] "Then Joseph R319 sent {word} and invited Jacob his father and all his relatives to come to him, seventy-five R320 persons F157 R321 {in all.}
7:15 - [In Context|Original Greek] "And Jacob R322 went down to Egypt and {there} he and our fathers died.
7:16 - [In Context|Original Greek] "{From there} they were removed to Shechem F158 R323 and laid in the tomb which Abraham had purchased for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor F159 in Shechem. F158
7:17 - [In Context|Original Greek] "But as the time R324 of the promise was approaching which God had assured to Abraham, the R325 people increased and multiplied in Egypt,
7:18 - [In Context|Original Greek] until THERE R326 AROSE ANOTHER KING OVER EGYPT WHO KNEW NOTHING ABOUT JOSEPH.
7:19 - [In Context|Original Greek] "It was he who took shrewd R327 advantage of our race and mistreated our fathers so that they would expose F160 R328 their infants and they would not survive.
7:20 - [In Context|Original Greek] "It was at this time that Moses R329 was born; and he was lovely in F161 the sight of God, and he was nurtured three months in his father's home.
7:21 - [In Context|Original Greek] "And after he had been set outside, Pharaoh's R330 daughter took F162 him away and nurtured him as her own son.
7:22 - [In Context|Original Greek] "Moses was educated in all the R331 learning of the Egyptians, and he was a man of power in words and deeds.
7:23 - [In Context|Original Greek] "But when he was approaching the age of forty, it R332 entered his mind F163 to visit his brethren, the sons of Israel.
7:24 - [In Context|Original Greek] "And when he saw one {of them} being treated unjustly, he defended him and took vengeance for the oppressed by striking down the Egyptian.
7:25 - [In Context|Original Greek] "And he supposed that his brethren understood that God was granting them deliverance F164 through F165 him, but they did not understand.
7:26 - [In Context|Original Greek] "On the following day he appeared to them as they were fighting together, and he tried to reconcile them in peace, saying, 'Men, you are brethren, why do you injure one another?'
7:27 - [In Context|Original Greek] "But the one who was injuring his neighbor pushed him away, saying, 'WHO MADE YOU A RULER AND JUDGE OVER US?
7:28 - [In Context|Original Greek] 'YOU DO NOT MEAN TO KILL ME AS YOU KILLED THE EGYPTIAN YESTERDAY, DO YOU?'
7:29 - [In Context|Original Greek] "At this remark, MOSES R333 FLED AND BECAME AN ALIEN IN THE LAND OF MIDIAN, F166 where he became R334 the father of two sons.
FOOTNOTES: F108: Or multitude F109: Lit was saying F110: Lit the prices of the things being sold F111: Or Exhortation or Consolation F112: Or collusion F113: Or in your authority F114: Lit placed F115: Lit for so much F116: Lit Through F117: Lit multitude F118: Lit and F119: Or continue to speak F120: Lit all the words F121: Or Sanhedrin F122: Lit this would become F123: Lit in F124: Lit behold F125: Or on whom you had laid violent hands F126: Lit wood F127: Or by F128: Or Leader F129: One early ms adds in Him F130: Or in their hearts F131: Lit Who was killed F132: Lit were obeying F133: Lit were obeying F134: Or work F135: Lit were persuaded by him F136: Lit be speaking F137: Or Sanhedrin F138: Or in the various private homes F139: Lit were not ceasing to F140: Lit telling the good news of F141: I.e. Messiah F142: Lit in these days F143: Jews who adopted the Greek language and much of Greek culture through acculturation F144: Lit multitude F145: Or service F146: Lit multitude F147: Greek Nikolaos F148: I.e. a Gentile convert to Judaism F149: Or attesting miracles F150: I.e. west coast province of Asia Minor F151: Lit into F152: Or Sanhedrin F153: Or Sanhedrin F154: Greek Charran F155: Greek Charran F156: Lit enslave them and mistreat them F157: Or worship F158: Or a F159: Lit were not finding F160: Or was made known F161: Lit souls F162: Greek Sychem F163: Greek Emmor F164: Or put out to die F165: Lit to God F166: Or adopted him
CROSS REFERENCES: R213: Acts 4:13; 14:3 R214: Acts 2:44 R215: Acts 1:8 R216: Luke 24:48 R217: Matthew 19:21; Acts 2:45 R218: Acts 4:37; 5:2 R219: Acts 2:45; 6:1 R220: Acts 11:19; 13:4; 15:39; 21:3,16; 27:4 R221: Acts 9:27; 11:22,30; 12:25; 13:1,2,7; 1 Corinthians 9:6; Galatians 2:1,9,13; Colossians 4:10 R222: Acts 2:40; 11:23; 13:15; 1 Corinthians 14:3; 1 Thessalonians 2:3 R223: Acts 4:35; 5:2 R224: Acts 5:3 R225: Acts 4:35,37 R226: Matthew 4:10; Luke 22:3; John 13:2,27 R227: Acts 5:4,9 R228: Acts 5:2 R229: Acts 5:3,9 R230: Ezekiel 11:13; Acts 5:10 R231: Acts 2:43; 5:11 R232: John 19:40 R233: Acts 5:2 R234: Acts 15:10 R235: Acts 5:3,4 R236: Ezekiel 11:13; Acts 5:5 R237: Acts 2:43; 5:5 R238: John 4:48 R239: John 10:23; Acts 3:11 R240: Acts 2:47; 4:21 R241: 2 Corinthians 6:15 R242: Acts 2:47; 11:24 R243: Acts 19:12 R244: Acts 15:5 R245: Matthew 3:7; Acts 4:1 R246: Acts 4:3 R247: Matthew 1:20,24; 2:13,19; 28:2; Luke 1:11; 2:9; Acts 8:26; 10:3; 12:7,23; 27:23 R248: John 6:63,68 R249: John 8:2 R250: Acts 4:6 R251: Matthew 5:22; Acts 5:27,34,41 R252: Matthew 26:58; Acts 5:26 R253: Acts 4:1; 5:26 R254: Acts 5:24 R255: Acts 5:22 R256: Acts 4:21; 5:13 R257: Matthew 5:22; Acts 5:21,34,41 R258: Acts 4:18 R259: Matthew 23:35; 27:25; Acts 2:23,36; 3:14; 7:52 R260: Acts 4:19 R261: Acts 3:13 R262: Acts 2:24 R263: Acts 10:39; 13:29; Galatians 3:13; 1 Peter 2:24 R264: Acts 2:33 R265: Acts 3:15 R266: Luke 2:11 R267: Luke 24:47; Acts 2:38 R268: Luke 24:48 R269: John 15:26; Acts 15:28; Romans 8:16; Hebrews 2:4 R270: Acts 2:37; 7:54 R271: Acts 22:3 R272: Luke 2:46; 5:17 R273: Acts 5:21 R274: Acts 8:9; Galatians 2:6; 6:3 R275: Luke 2:2 R276: Mark 11:30 R277: Proverbs 21:30; Acts 11:17 R278: Matthew 10:17 R279: Acts 5:21 R280: 1 Peter 4:14,16 R281: John 15:21 R282: Acts 2:46 R283: Acts 8:35; 11:20; 17:18; Galatians 1:16 R284: Acts 11:26 R285: Acts 2:47; 6:7 R286: Acts 9:29; 11:20 R287: 2 Corinthians 11:22; Philippians 3:5 R288: Acts 9:39,41; 1 Timothy 5:3 R289: Acts 4:35; 11:29 R290: John 21:23; Acts 1:15 R291: Acts 2:4 R292: Acts 1:14 R293: Acts 6:8; 11:19; 22:20 R294: Acts 6:3; 11:24 R295: Acts 8:5; 21:8 R296: Matthew 23:15 R297: Acts 11:19 R298: Acts 1:24 R299: Numbers 8:10; 27:18; Deuteronomy 34:9; Mark 5:23; Acts 8:17; 9:17; 13:3; 19:6; 1 Timothy 4:14; 2 Timothy 1:6; Hebrews 6:2 R300: Acts 12:24; 19:20 R301: Acts 6:1 R302: Acts 13:8; 14:22; Galatians 1:23; 6:10; Jude 1:3,20 R303: John 4:48 R304: Matthew 27:32; Acts 2:10 R305: Acts 18:24 R306: Acts 15:23,41; 21:39; 22:3; 23:34; 27:5; Galatians 1:21 R307: Acts 16:6; 19:10; 21:27; 24:18 R308: Luke 20:1; Acts 4:1 R309: Matthew 5:22 R310: Matthew 26:59-61; Acts 7:58 R311: Matthew 24:15; Acts 21:28; 25:8 R312: Matthew 26:61 R313: Acts 15:1; 21:21; 26:3; 28:17 R314: Matthew 5:22 R315: Acts 22:1 R316: Psalms 29:3; 1 Corinthians 2:8 R317: Genesis 11:31; 15:7 R318: Genesis 12:1 R319: Genesis 11:31; 15:7 R320: Genesis 12:4,5 R321: Genesis 12:7; 13:15; 15:18; 17:8 R322: Genesis 15:13 R323: Exodus 3:12 R324: Genesis 17:10 R325: Genesis 21:2-4 R326: Genesis 25:26 R327: Genesis 29:31; 30:5; 35:23 R328: Acts 2:29 R329: Genesis 37:11,28; 39:2,21; 45:4 R330: Genesis 39:21; 41:40-46; Psalms 105:21 R331: Genesis 41:54; 42:5 R332: Genesis 42:2 R333: Genesis 45:1-4 R334: Genesis 45:16

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