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Acts · read by G.W. North
162 verses, in order. Only the verses G.W. 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 · The Kingdoms
Acts 2
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When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.Read from KJV · Spirit, Water, Blood
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Suddenly a sound like a mighty rushing wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.Read from KJV · The Holy Spirit (John 14)
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They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.Read from KJV · Normal Life
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And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.Read from KJV · Normal Life
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These men are not drunk, as you suppose. It is only the third hour of the day!Read from KJV · The Name of Jesus
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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 · The Name of Jesus
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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 · The Name of Jesus
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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 KJV · The Name of Jesus
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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 · The Name of Jesus
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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 · The Holy Spirit (John 14)
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until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet."'Read from NKJV · The Covenant 5 - the Holiest of All
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This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself."Read from KJV · Keep the Charge
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Those who embraced his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to the believers that day.Read from KJV · Keep the Charge
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They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.Read from KJV · Keep the Charge
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A sense of awe came over everyone, and the apostles performed many wonders and signs.Read from KJV · Keep the Charge
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All the believers were together and had everything in common.Read from KJV · The Communion 1 - Breaking of Bread
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Selling their possessions and goods, they shared with anyone who was in need.Read from KJV · The Communion 1 - Breaking of Bread
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With one accord they continued to meet daily in the temple courts and to break bread from house to house, sharing their meals with gladness and sincerity of heart,Read from KJV · Keep the Charge
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praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.Read from KJV · The Communion 1 - Breaking of Bread
Acts 3
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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 · The Name of Jesus
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When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money.Read from KJV · The Name of Jesus
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Peter looked directly at him, as did John. "Look at us!" said Peter.Read from KJV · The Name of Jesus
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So the man gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them.Read from KJV · The Name of Jesus
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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 · The Name of Jesus
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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 · The Name of Jesus
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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 · The Name of Jesus
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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 · The Name of Jesus
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You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.Read from KJV · The Name of Jesus
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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 · The Name of Jesus
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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 · The Name of Jesus
Acts 4
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When the believers heard this, they lifted up their voices to God with one accord. "Sovereign Lord," they said, "You made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them.Read from KJV · The Anointing: The Doctrine of Christ
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You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of Your servant, our father David: 'Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?Read from KJV · The Anointing: The Doctrine of Christ
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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 · The Anointing: The Doctrine of Christ
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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 · The Secrets of the Early Church's Success - Part 1
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They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen.Read from KJV · The Secrets of the Early Church's Success - Part 1
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And now, Lord, consider their threats, and enable Your servants to speak Your word with complete boldness,Read from KJV · The Secrets of the Early Church's Success - Part 1
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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 · The Anointing: The Doctrine of Christ
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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 · The Anointing: The Doctrine of Christ
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There were no needy ones among them, because those who owned lands or houses would sell their property, bring the proceeds from the sales,Read from KJV · The Secrets of the Early Church's Success - Part 2
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and lay them at the apostles' feet for distribution to anyone as he had need.Read from KJV · The Secrets of the Early Church's Success - Part 2
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Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (meaning Son of Encouragement),Read from KJV · The Secrets of the Early Church's Success - Part 2
Acts 5
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With his wife's full knowledge, he kept back some of the proceeds for himself, but brought a portion and laid it at the apostles' feet.Read from KJV · The Secrets of the Early Church's Success - Part 2
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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 Change of Mind
Acts 7
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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 NKJV · The Covenant 2 - Moses
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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 · The Fifth Seal
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you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it."Read from KJV · The Covenant 2 - Moses
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On hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin were enraged, and they gnashed their teeth at him.Read from KJV · The Fifth Seal
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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 · The Fifth Seal
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"Look," he said, "I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God."Read from KJV · The Fifth Seal
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At this they covered their ears, cried out in a loud voice, and rushed together at him.Read from KJV · The Fifth Seal
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They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.Read from KJV · The Fifth Seal
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Falling on his knees, he cried out in a loud voice, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them." And when he had said this, he fell asleep.Read from KJV · The Fifth Seal
Acts 8
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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 · Holy Spirit
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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 · Holy Spirit
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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 · Holy Spirit
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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 · Holy Spirit
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Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.Read from KJV · Holy Spirit
Acts 9
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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 · The Name of Jesus
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"Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do."Read from KJV · The Name of Jesus
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The men traveling with Saul stood there speechless. They heard the voice but did not see anyone.Read from KJV · The Name of Jesus
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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 · The Name of Jesus
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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 · The Name of Jesus
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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 · The Name of Jesus
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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 · The Name of Jesus
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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 · The Name of Jesus
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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 · The Name of Jesus
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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 · The Name of Jesus
Acts 10
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You yourselves know what has happened throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee with the baptism that John proclaimed:Read from KJV · Power: The Domain
Acts 11
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He will convey to you a message by which you and all your household will be saved.'Read from KJV · The Beginning
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As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He had fallen upon us at the beginning.Read from KJV · The Beginning
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Then I remembered the word of the Lord, as He used to say, 'John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.'Read from NKJV · Holy Spirit
Acts 13
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Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch), and Saul.Read from KJV · The Forgotten Ministry: Waiting on God
Acts 15
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Then some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved."Read from KJV · Praying Women
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And after engaging these men in sharp debate, Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question.Read from KJV · Praying Women
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Sent on their way by the church, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, recounting the conversion of the Gentiles and bringing great joy to all the brothers.Read from KJV · Praying Women
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On their arrival in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and apostles and elders, to whom they reported all that God had done through them.Read from KJV · Praying Women
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But some believers from the party of the Pharisees stood up and declared, "The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to obey the law of Moses."Read from KJV · Praying Women
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After much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, "Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you that the Gentiles would hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.Read from KJV · Praying Women
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And God, who knows the heart, showed His approval by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as He did to us.Read from KJV · Praying Women
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He made no distinction between us and them, for He cleansed their hearts by faith.Read from KJV · Praying Women
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Now then, why do you test God by placing on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear?Read from KJV · Praying Women
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On the contrary, we believe it is through the grace of the Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are."Read from KJV · Praying Women
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The whole assembly fell silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul describing the signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.Read from KJV · Praying Women
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When they had finished speaking, James declared, "Brothers, listen to me!Read from KJV · Praying Women
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Simon has told us how God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people to be His own.Read from KJV · Praying Women
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'After this I will return and rebuild the fallen tent of David. Its ruins I will rebuild, and I will restore it,Read from KJV · Praying Women
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so that the remnant of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by My name, says the Lord who does these thingsRead from KJV · Praying Women
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It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not cause trouble for the Gentiles who are turning to God.Read from KJV · Praying Women
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Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood.Read from KJV · Praying Women
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For Moses has been proclaimed in every city from ancient times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath."Read from KJV · Praying Women
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Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to select men from among them to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas called Barsabbas and Silas, two leaders among the brothers,Read from KJV · Praying Women
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and sent them with this letter: The apostles and the elders, your brothers, To the brothers among the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: Greetings.Read from KJV · Praying Women
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It has come to our attention that some went out from us without our authorization and unsettled you, troubling your minds by what they said.Read from KJV · Praying Women
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So we all agreed to choose men to send to you along with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,Read from KJV · Praying Women
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men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.Read from KJV · Praying Women
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Therefore we are sending Judas and Silas to tell you in person the same things we are writing.Read from KJV · Praying Women
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It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond these essential requirements:Read from KJV · Praying Women
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You must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. Farewell.Read from KJV · Praying Women
Acts 16
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So the churches were strengthened in the faith and grew daily in numbers.Read from KJV · Praying Women
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After the Holy Spirit had prevented them from speaking the word in the province of Asia, they traveled through the region of Phrygia and Galatia.Read from KJV · Praying Women
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During the night, Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and pleading with him, "Come over to Macedonia and help us."Read from KJV · Praying Women
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As soon as Paul had seen the vision, we got ready to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.Read from KJV · Praying Women
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We sailed from Troas straight to Samothrace, and the following day on to Neapolis.Read from KJV · Praying Women
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From there we went to the Roman colony of Philippi, the leading city of that district of Macedonia. And we stayed there several days.Read from KJV · Praying Women
Acts 17
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The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands.Read from KJV · Apostle's Doctrine - Part 7
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From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.Read from KJV · Belonging
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God intended that they would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.Read from KJV · Apostle's Doctrine - Part 7
Acts 27
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When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Imperial Regiment.Read from KJV · The Shipwreck
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We boarded an Adramyttian ship about to sail for ports along the coast of Asia, and we put out to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us.Read from KJV · The Shipwreck
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The next day we landed at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul with consideration, allowing him to visit his friends and receive their care.Read from KJV · The Shipwreck
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After putting out from there, we sailed to the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.Read from KJV · The Shipwreck
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And when we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia.Read from KJV · The Shipwreck
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There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.Read from KJV · The Shipwreck
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After sailing slowly for many days, we arrived off Cnidus. When the wind impeded us, we sailed to the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.Read from KJV · The Shipwreck
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After we had moved along the coast with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.Read from KJV · The Shipwreck
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By now much time had passed, and the voyage had already become dangerous because it was after the Fast. So Paul advised them,Read from KJV · The Shipwreck
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"Men, I can see that our voyage will be filled with disaster and great loss, not only to ship and cargo, but to our own lives as well."Read from KJV · The Shipwreck
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But contrary to Paul's advice, the centurion was persuaded by the pilot and by the owner of the ship.Read from KJV · The Shipwreck
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Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided to sail on, if somehow they could reach Phoenix to winter there. Phoenix was a harbor in Crete facing both southwest and northwest.Read from KJV · The Shipwreck
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When a gentle south wind began to blow, they thought they had their opportunity. So they weighed anchor and sailed along, hugging the coast of Crete.Read from KJV · The Shipwreck
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But it was not long before a cyclone called the Northeaster swept down across the island.Read from KJV · The Shipwreck
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Unable to head into the wind, the ship was caught up. So we gave way and let ourselves be driven along.Read from KJV · The Shipwreck
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Passing to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we barely managed to secure the lifeboat.Read from KJV · The Shipwreck
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After hoisting it up, the crew used ropes to undergird the ship. And fearing that they would run aground on the sandbars of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and were driven along.Read from KJV · The Shipwreck
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We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.Read from KJV · The Shipwreck
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On the third day, they threw the ship's tackle overboard with their own hands.Read from KJV · The Shipwreck
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When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the great storm continued to batter us, we abandoned all hope of being saved.Read from KJV · The Shipwreck
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After the men had gone a long time without food, Paul stood up among them and said, "Men, you should have followed my advice not to sail from Crete. Then you would have averted this disaster and loss.Read from KJV · The Shipwreck
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But now I urge you to keep up your courage, because you will not experience any loss of life, but only of the ship.Read from KJV · The Shipwreck
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For just last night an angel of God, whose I am and whom I serve, stood beside meRead from KJV · The Shipwreck
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and said, 'Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And look, God has granted you the lives of all who sail with you.'Read from KJV · The Shipwreck
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So take courage, men, for I believe God that it will happen just as He told me.Read from KJV · The Shipwreck
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On the fourteenth night we were still being driven across the Adriatic Sea. About midnight the sailors sensed they were approaching land.Read from KJV · The Shipwreck
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They took soundings and found that the water was twenty fathoms deep. Going a little farther, they took another set of soundings that read fifteen fathoms.Read from KJV · The Shipwreck
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Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.Read from KJV · The Shipwreck
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Meanwhile, the sailors attempted to escape from the ship. Pretending to lower anchors from the bow, they let the lifeboat down into the sea.Read from KJV · The Shipwreck
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But Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, "Unless these men remain with the ship, you cannot be saved."Read from KJV · The Shipwreck
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Right up to daybreak, Paul kept urging them all to eat: "Today is your fourteenth day in constant suspense, without taking any food.Read from KJV · The Shipwreck
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So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost."Read from KJV · The Shipwreck
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After he had said this, Paul took bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all. Then he broke it and began to eat.Read from KJV · The Shipwreck
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After the men had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.Read from KJV · The Shipwreck
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When daylight came, they did not recognize the land, but they sighted a bay with a sandy beach, where they decided to run the ship aground if they could.Read from KJV · The Shipwreck
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Cutting away the anchors, they left them in the sea as they loosened the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and made for the beach.Read from KJV · The Shipwreck
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But the vessel struck a sandbar and ran aground. The bow stuck fast and would not move, and the stern was being broken up by the pounding of the waves.Read from KJV · The Shipwreck
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The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim to freedom.Read from KJV · The Shipwreck
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But the centurion, wanting to spare Paul's life, thwarted their plan. He commanded those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land.Read from KJV · The Shipwreck
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The rest were to follow on planks and various parts of the ship. In this way everyone was brought safely to land.Read from KJV · The Shipwreck
Acts 28
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Once we were safely ashore, we learned that the island was called Malta.Read from KJV · The Shipwreck