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Acts · read by Carl Armerding
176 verses, in order. Only the verses Carl read aloud are shown.
Acts 1
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In my first book, O Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach,Read from KJV · Ascension of the Lord
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until the day He was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles He had chosen.Read from KJV · Ascension of the Lord
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After His suffering, He presented Himself to them with many convincing proofs that He was alive. He appeared to them over a span of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God.Read from KJV · Ascension of the Lord
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And while they were gathered together, He commanded them: "Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift the Father promised, which you have heard Me discuss.Read from KJV · Ascension of the Lord
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For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit."Read from KJV · Ascension of the Lord
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So when they came together, they asked Him, "Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?"Read from KJV · Ascension of the Lord
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Jesus replied, "It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by His own authority.Read from KJV · Ascension of the Lord
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But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."Read from KJV · Ascension of the Lord
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After He had said this, they watched as He was taken up, and a cloud hid Him from their sight.Read from KJV · Ascension of the Lord
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They were looking intently into the sky as He was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them.Read from NKJV · Ascension of the Lord
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"Men of Galilee," they said, "why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen Him go into heaven."Read from KJV · Ascension of the Lord
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"Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled which the Holy Spirit foretold through the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide for those who arrested Jesus.Read from KJV · Thou Art My Son
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(Now with the reward for his wickedness Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong and burst open in the middle, and all his intestines spilled out.Read from KJV · Thou Art My Son
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This became known to all who lived in Jerusalem, so they called that field in their own language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)Read from KJV · Thou Art My Son
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"For it is written in the book of Psalms: 'May his place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in it,' and, 'May another take his position.'Read from KJV · Thou Art My Son
Acts 2
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'In the last days, God says, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.Read from KJV · Thou Art My Son
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Even on My menservants and maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.Read from KJV · Thou Art My Son
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I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke.Read from NKJV · Thou Art My Son
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The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and glorious Day of the Lord.Read from KJV · Thou Art My Son
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Men of Israel, listen to this message: Jesus of Nazareth was a man certified by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs, which God did among you through Him, as you yourselves know.Read from KJV · A Man Approved of God
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He was delivered up by God's set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.Read from KJV · A Man Approved of God
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But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for Him to be held in its clutches.Read from KJV · A Man Approved of God
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Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell in hope,Read from KJV · Thou Art My Son
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because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.Read from KJV · Thou Art My Son
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You have made known to me the paths of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence.'Read from KJV · Thou Art My Son
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Brothers, I can tell you with confidence that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.Read from KJV · Thou Art My Son
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But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that He would place one of his descendants on his throne.Read from KJV · Thou Art My Son
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Foreseeing this, David spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did His body see decay.Read from KJV · Thou Art My Son
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Exalted, then, to the right hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.Read from KJV · Thou Art My Son
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For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says: 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at My right handRead from KJV · Thou Art My Son
Acts 3
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One afternoon Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.Read from KJV · Prince of Life
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And a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those entering the temple courts.Read from KJV · Prince of Life
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Peter looked directly at him, as did John. "Look at us!" said Peter.Read from KJV · Prince of Life
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So the man gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them.Read from KJV · Prince of Life
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But Peter said, "Silver or gold I do not have, but what I have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!"Read from KJV · Prince of Life
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Taking him by the right hand, Peter helped him up, and at once the man's feet and ankles were made strong.Read from NKJV · Prince of Life
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He sprang to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and leaping and praising God.Read from KJV · Prince of Life
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they recognized him as the man who used to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.Read from KJV · Prince of Life
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While the man clung to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and ran to them in the walkway called Solomon's Colonnade.Read from KJV · Prince of Life
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And when Peter saw this, he addressed the people: "Men of Israel, why are you surprised by this? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk?Read from KJV · Prince of Life
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The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him.Read from KJV · Prince of Life
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You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.Read from KJV · Prince of Life
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You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of the fact.Read from KJV · Prince of Life
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By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know has been made strong. It is Jesus' name and the faith that comes through Him that has given him this complete healing in your presence.Read from KJV · Prince of Life
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But in this way God has fulfilled what He foretold through all the prophets, saying that His Christ would suffer.Read from KJV · Thou Art My Son
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For Moses said, 'The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to Him in everything He tells you.Read from KJV · Thou Art My Son
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Everyone who does not listen to Him will be completely cut off from among his people.'Read from KJV · Thou Art My Son
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Indeed, all the prophets from Samuel on, as many as have spoken, have proclaimed these days.Read from KJV · Thou Art My Son
Acts 4
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greatly disturbed that they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.Read from KJV · No Other Name
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They seized Peter and John, and because it was evening, they put them in custody until the next day.Read from KJV · No Other Name
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But many who heard the message believed, and the number of men grew to about five thousand.Read from KJV · No Other Name
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along with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and many others from the high priest's family.Read from KJV · No Other Name
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They had Peter and John brought in and began to question them: "By what power or what name did you do this?"Read from KJV · No Other Name
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Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "Rulers and elders of the people!Read from KJV · No Other Name
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If we are being examined today about a kind service to a man who was lame, to determine how he was healed,Read from KJV · No Other Name
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then let this be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed.Read from KJV · No Other Name
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This Jesus is 'the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.'Read from KJV · No Other Name
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Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved."Read from KJV · No Other Name
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The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against His Anointed One.'Read from KJV · Thou Art My Son
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In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.Read from KJV · Thou Art My Son
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They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen.Read from KJV · Thou Art My Son
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And now, Lord, consider their threats, and enable Your servants to speak Your word with complete boldness,Read from KJV · Thou Art My Son
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as You stretch out Your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of Your holy servant Jesus."Read from KJV · Thou Art My Son
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After they had prayed, their meeting place was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.Read from KJV · Thou Art My Son
Acts 5
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But Peter and the other apostles replied, "We must obey God rather than men.Read from KJV · A Prince and Saviour
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The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had killed by hanging Him on a tree.Read from KJV · A Prince and Saviour
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God exalted Him to His right hand as Prince and Savior, in order to grant repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.Read from KJV · A Prince and Saviour
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We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him."Read from KJV · A Prince and Saviour
Acts 6
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Now Stephen, who was full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people.Read from KJV · Three Who Saw God
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But resistance arose from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, including Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and men from the provinces of Cilicia and Asia. They began to argue with Stephen,Read from KJV · Three Who Saw God
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but they could not stand up to his wisdom or the Spirit by whom he spoke.Read from KJV · Three Who Saw God
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Then they prompted some men to say, "We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God."Read from KJV · Three Who Saw God
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So they stirred up the people, elders, and scribes and confronted Stephen. They seized him and brought him before the Sanhedrin,Read from KJV · Three Who Saw God
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where they presented false witnesses who said, "This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.Read from KJV · Three Who Saw God
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For we have heard him say that Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us."Read from KJV · Three Who Saw God
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All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.Read from KJV · Three Who Saw God
Acts 7
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And Stephen declared: "Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,Read from KJV · Three Who Saw God
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and told him, 'Leave your country and your kindred and go to the land I will show you.'Read from KJV · Three Who Saw God
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So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God brought him out of that place and into this land where you are now living.Read from KJV · Three Who Saw God
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He gave him no inheritance here, not even a foot of ground. But God promised to give possession of the land to Abraham and his descendants, even though he did not yet have a child.Read from KJV · Three Who Saw God
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God told him that his descendants would be foreigners in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.Read from KJV · Three Who Saw God
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'But I will punish the nation that enslaves them,' God said, 'and afterward they will come forth and worship Me in this place.'Read from KJV · Three Who Saw God
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Then another king, who knew nothing of Joseph, arose over Egypt.Read from KJV · Three Who Saw God
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He exploited our people and oppressed our fathers, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.Read from KJV · Three Who Saw God
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At that time Moses was born, and he was beautiful in the sight of God. For three months he was nurtured in his father's house.Read from KJV · Three Who Saw God
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When he was set outside, Pharaoh's daughter took him and brought him up as her own son.Read from KJV · Three Who Saw God
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So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action.Read from NKJV · Three Who Saw God
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When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.Read from KJV · Three Who Saw God
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After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.Read from KJV · Three Who Saw God
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When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight. As he approached to look more closely, the voice of the Lord came to him:Read from KJV · Three Who Saw God
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Then the Lord said to him, 'Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.Read from KJV · Three Who Saw God
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I have indeed seen the oppression of My people in Egypt. I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you back to Egypt.'Read from KJV · Three Who Saw God
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This Moses, whom they had rejected with the words, 'Who made you ruler and judge?' is the one whom God sent to be their ruler and redeemer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.Read from KJV · Three Who Saw God
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You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.Read from KJV · Three Who Saw God
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Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—Read from KJV · Three Who Saw God
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you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it."Read from KJV · Three Who Saw God
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On hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin were enraged, and they gnashed their teeth at him.Read from KJV · Three Who Saw God
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But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.Read from KJV · Three Who Saw God
Acts 8
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And Saul was there, giving approval to Stephen's death. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.Read from KJV · Prepared Instrument
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But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.Read from KJV · Prepared Instrument
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Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Christ to them.Read from KJV · Prepared Instrument
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The crowds gave their undivided attention to Philip's message and to the signs they saw him perform.Read from KJV · Prepared Instrument
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With loud shrieks, unclean spirits came out of many who were possessed, and many of the paralyzed and lame were healed.Read from KJV · Prepared Instrument
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Prior to that time, a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and astounded the people of Samaria. He claimed to be someone great,Read from KJV · Prepared Instrument
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and all the people, from the least to the greatest, heeded his words and said, "This man is the divine power called the Great Power."Read from NKJV · Prepared Instrument
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They paid close attention to him because he had astounded them for a long time with his sorcery.Read from KJV · Prepared Instrument
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But when they believed Philip as he preached the gospel of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.Read from KJV · Prepared Instrument
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Even Simon himself believed and was baptized. He followed Philip closely and was astounded by the great signs and miracles he observed.Read from KJV · Prepared Instrument
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When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.Read from KJV · Prepared Instrument
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On their arrival, they prayed for them to receive the Holy Spirit.Read from KJV · Prepared Instrument
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For the Holy Spirit had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had simply been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.Read from KJV · Prepared Instrument
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Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.Read from KJV · Prepared Instrument
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Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, "Get up and go south to the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza."Read from KJV · Prepared Instrument
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So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official in charge of the entire treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. He had gone to Jerusalem to worship,Read from NKJV · Prepared Instrument
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The Spirit said to Philip, "Go over to that chariot and stay by it."Read from KJV · Prepared Instrument
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So Philip ran up and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. "Do you understand what you are reading?" Philip asked.Read from KJV · Prepared Instrument
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"How can I," he said, "unless someone guides me?" And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.Read from KJV · Prepared Instrument
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The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture: "He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is silent, so He did not open His mouth.Read from KJV · Prepared Instrument
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In His humiliation He was deprived of justice. Who can recount His descendants? For His life was removed from the earth."Read from KJV · Prepared Instrument
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"Tell me," said the eunuch, "who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?"Read from KJV · Prepared Instrument
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Then Philip began with this very Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.Read from KJV · Prepared Instrument
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As they traveled along the road and came to some water, the eunuch said, "Look, here is water! What is there to prevent me from being baptized?"Read from KJV · Prepared Instrument
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And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.Read from KJV · Prepared Instrument
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When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, but went on his way rejoicing.Read from KJV · Prepared Instrument
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But Philip appeared at Azotus and traveled through that region, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he came to Caesarea.Read from NKJV · Prepared Instrument
Acts 9
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Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord. He approached the high priestRead from KJV · High Calling of God
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As Saul drew near to Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.Read from KJV · High Calling of God
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He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?"Read from KJV · High Calling of God
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"Who are You, Lord?" Saul asked. "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting," He replied.Read from KJV · High Calling of God
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"Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do."Read from KJV · High Calling of God
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Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could not see a thing. So they led him by the hand into Damascus.Read from KJV · High Calling of God
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For three days he was without sight, and he did not eat or drink anything.Read from KJV · High Calling of God
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In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord spoke to him in a vision, "Ananias!" "Here I am, Lord," he answered.Read from KJV · High Calling of God
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"Get up!" the Lord told him. "Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying.Read from KJV · High Calling of God
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In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come and place his hands on him to restore his sight."Read from KJV · High Calling of God
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But Ananias answered, "Lord, many people have told me about this man and all the harm he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem.Read from KJV · High Calling of God
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And now he is here with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on Your name."Read from KJV · High Calling of God
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"Go!" said the Lord. "This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.Read from KJV · High Calling of God
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So Ananias went to the house, and when he arrived, he placed his hands on Saul. "Brother Saul," he said, "the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit."Read from KJV · High Calling of God
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and after taking some food, he regained his strength. And he spent several days with the disciples in Damascus.Read from KJV · High Calling of God
Acts 12
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About that time, King Herod reached out to harm some who belonged to the church.Read from KJV · Suffering-Deliverance
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He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword.Read from KJV · Suffering-Deliverance
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And seeing that this pleased the Jews, Herod proceeded to seize Peter during the Feast of Unleavened Bread.Read from KJV · Suffering-Deliverance
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He arrested him and put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out to the people after the Passover.Read from KJV · Suffering-Deliverance
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So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him.Read from KJV · Suffering-Deliverance
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On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison.Read from KJV · Suffering-Deliverance
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Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, "Get up quickly." And the chains fell off his wrists.Read from KJV · Suffering-Deliverance
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"Get dressed and put on your sandals," said the angel. Peter did so, and the angel told him, "Wrap your cloak around you and follow me."Read from KJV · Suffering-Deliverance
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So Peter followed him out, but he was unaware that what the angel was doing was real. He thought he was only seeing a vision.Read from KJV · Suffering-Deliverance
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They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city, which opened for them by itself. When they had gone outside and walked the length of one block, the angel suddenly left him.Read from KJV · Suffering-Deliverance
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Then Peter came to himself and said, "Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod's grasp and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating."Read from KJV · Suffering-Deliverance
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And when he had realized this, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered together and were praying.Read from KJV · Suffering-Deliverance
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He knocked at the outer gate, and a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer it.Read from KJV · Suffering-Deliverance
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When she recognized Peter's voice, she was so overjoyed that she forgot to open the gate, but ran inside and announced, "Peter is standing at the gate!"Read from KJV · Suffering-Deliverance
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"You are out of your mind," they told her. But when she kept insisting it was so, they said, "It must be his angel."Read from KJV · Suffering-Deliverance
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But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astounded.Read from KJV · Suffering-Deliverance
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Peter motioned with his hand for silence, and he described how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. "Send word to James and to the brothers," he said, and he left for another place.Read from KJV · Suffering-Deliverance
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After Herod had searched for him unsuccessfully, he examined the guards and ordered that they be executed. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent some time there.Read from KJV · Suffering-Deliverance
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On the appointed day, Herod donned his royal robes, sat on his throne, and addressed the people.Read from KJV · Suffering-Deliverance
Acts 18
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Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, well versed in the Scriptures.Read from KJV · Apollos
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He had been instructed in the way of the Lord and was fervent in spirit. He spoke and taught accurately about Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John.Read from KJV · Apollos
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And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him in and explained to him the way of God more accurately.Read from KJV · Apollos-Aquilla-Pcilla
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When Apollos resolved to cross over to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples there to welcome him. On his arrival, he was a great help to those who by grace had believed.Read from KJV · Apollos
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For he powerfully refuted the Jews in public debate, proving from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.Read from KJV · Apollos