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Acts · read by Paris Reidhead
213 verses, in order. Only the verses Paris 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 · So Great Salvation: Baptism With the Holy Spirit
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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 · So Great Salvation: Baptism With the Holy Spirit
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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 · So Great Salvation: Baptism With the Holy Spirit
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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 · (So Great Salvation - Part 8) Baptism With the Spirit
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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 · (So Great Salvation - Part 8) Baptism With the Spirit
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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 · (So Great Salvation - Part 8) Baptism With the Spirit
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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 · (So Great Salvation - Part 8) Baptism With the Spirit
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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 · Either or and Both And
Acts 2
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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 · (So Great Salvation - Part 8) Baptism With the Spirit
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And when this sound rang out, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard them speaking his own language.Read from KJV · (So Great Salvation - Part 8) Baptism With the Spirit
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Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, lifted up his voice, and addressed the crowd: "Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen carefully to my words.Read from KJV · An Evaluation of the Wakening Interest in the Holy Spirit Among Denominational Groups
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These men are not drunk, as you suppose. It is only the third hour of the day!Read from KJV · Holy Spirit Awakening
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No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:Read from KJV · Evaluation of the Present Day Renewal
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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 · Evaluation of the Present Day Renewal
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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 · Evaluation of the Present Day Renewal
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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 · Evaluation of the Present Day Renewal
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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 · Evaluation of the Present Day Renewal
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And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.'Read from KJV · Evaluation of the Present Day Renewal
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When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and asked Peter and the other apostles, "Brothers, what shall we do?"Read from KJV · Continuing Steadfastly
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Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.Read from KJV · Continuing Steadfastly
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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 · Continuing Steadfastly
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With many other words he testified, and he urged them, "Be saved from this corrupt generation."Read from KJV · Continuing Steadfastly
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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 · The Fear of God
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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 · Continuing Steadfastly
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A sense of awe came over everyone, and the apostles performed many wonders and signs.Read from KJV · Continuing Steadfastly
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All the believers were together and had everything in common.Read from KJV · Continuing Steadfastly
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Selling their possessions and goods, they shared with anyone who was in need.Read from KJV · Continuing Steadfastly
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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 · Continuing Steadfastly
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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 · Continuing Steadfastly
Acts 3
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You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.Read from KJV · Fear, Trembling, Weakness, Wisdom
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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 · Fear, Trembling, Weakness, Wisdom
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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 · Fear, Trembling, Weakness, Wisdom
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Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,Read from KJV · Fear, Trembling, Weakness, Wisdom
Acts 4
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The multitude of believers was one in heart and soul. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they owned.Read from KJV · Fellowship in Crisis
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Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (meaning Son of Encouragement),Read from KJV · Crisis in Fellowship
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sold a field he owned, brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet.Read from NKJV · Crisis in Fellowship
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 · Crisis in Fellowship
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Then Peter said, "Ananias, how is it that Satan has filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and withhold some of the proceeds from the land?Read from KJV · Crisis in Fellowship
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Did it not belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? How could you conceive such a deed in your heart? You have not lied to men, but to God!"Read from KJV · Crisis in Fellowship
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On hearing these words, Ananias fell down and died. And great fear came over all who heard what had happened.Read from KJV · Crisis in Fellowship
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Then the young men stepped forward, wrapped up his body, and carried him out and buried him.Read from KJV · Crisis in Fellowship
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About three hours later his wife also came in, unaware of what had happened.Read from KJV · Crisis in Fellowship
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"Tell me," said Peter, "is this the price you and your husband got for the land?" "Yes," she answered, "that is the price."Read from NKJV · Crisis in Fellowship
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"How could you agree to test the Spirit of the Lord?" Peter replied. "Look, the feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also."Read from KJV · Crisis in Fellowship
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At that instant she fell down at his feet and died. Then the young men came in and, finding her dead, carried her out and buried her beside her husband.Read from KJV · Crisis in Fellowship
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And great fear came over the whole church and all who heard about these events.Read from KJV · Crisis in Fellowship
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The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people, and with one accord the believers gathered together in Solomon's Colonnade.Read from KJV · Crisis in Fellowship
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Although the people regarded them highly, no one else dared to join them.Read from KJV · Crisis in Fellowship
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Yet more and more believers were brought to the Lord—large numbers of both men and women.Read from KJV · So Great Salvation: The Fear of the Lord
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As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, so that at least Peter's shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.Read from KJV · Crisis in Fellowship
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Crowds also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those tormented by unclean spirits, and all of them were healed.Read from KJV · Crisis in Fellowship
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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 · How Shall We Escape
Acts 6
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In those days when the disciples were increasing in number, the Grecian Jews among them began to grumble against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.Read from KJV · Fellowship in Service
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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 · Fellowship in Service
Acts 8
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Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Christ to them.Read from KJV · How to Know That You Are Filled With the Holy Spirit
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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 · How to Know That You Are Filled With the 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 · How to Know That You Are Filled With the Holy Spirit
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So there was great joy in that city.Read from NKJV · How to Know That You Are Filled With the Holy Spirit
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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 · How to Know That You Are Filled With the Holy Spirit
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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 · How to Know That You Are Filled With the Holy Spirit
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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 · How to Know That You Are Filled With the 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 · How to Know That You Are Filled With the Holy Spirit
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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 · How to Know That You Are Filled With the Holy Spirit
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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 · How to Know That You Are Filled With the Holy Spirit
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On their arrival, they prayed for them to receive the Holy Spirit.Read from KJV · How to Know That You Are Filled With the 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 · How to Know That You Are Filled With the Holy Spirit
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Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.Read from KJV · How to Know That You Are Filled With the Holy Spirit
Acts 9
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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 · A Certain Disciple
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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 · A Certain Disciple
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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 · How to Know That You Are Filled With the Holy Spirit
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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 · How to Know That You Are Filled With the Holy Spirit
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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 · A Certain Disciple
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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 · A Certain Disciple
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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 · A Certain Disciple
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At that instant, something like scales fell from Saul's eyes, and his sight was restored. He got up and was baptized,Read from KJV · A Certain Disciple
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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 · A Certain Disciple
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Then Barnabas brought him to the apostles and described how Saul had seen the Lord, who spoke to him on the road to Damascus, and how Saul had spoken boldly in that city in the name of Jesus.Read from KJV · So Great Salvation: The Fear of the Lord
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So Saul stayed with them, moving about freely in Jerusalem and speaking boldly in the name of the Lord.Read from KJV · So Great Salvation: The Fear of the Lord
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He talked and debated with the Grecian Jews, but they tried to kill him.Read from KJV · So Great Salvation: The Fear of the Lord
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When the brothers learned of this, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.Read from KJV · So Great Salvation: The Fear of the Lord
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Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced a time of peace. It grew in strength and numbers, living in the fear of the Lord and the encouragement of the Holy Spirit.Read from KJV · So Great Salvation: The Fear of the Lord
Acts 10
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At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was called the Italian Regiment.Read from KJV · So Great Salvation: The Fear of the Lord
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He and all his household were devout and God-fearing. He gave generously to the people and prayed to God regularly.Read from KJV · So Great Salvation: The Fear of the Lord
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but welcomes those from every nation who fear Him and do what is right.Read from KJV · So Great Salvation: The Fear of the Lord
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While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard his message.Read from KJV · (So Great Salvation - Part 8) Baptism With the Spirit
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All the circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles.Read from KJV · (So Great Salvation - Part 8) Baptism With the Spirit
Acts 11
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The apostles and brothers throughout Judea soon heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.Read from KJV · Availability and Angels
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So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers took issue with himRead from KJV · Availability and Angels
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But Peter began and explained to them the whole sequence of events:Read from KJV · Availability and Angels
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"I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision of something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came right down to me.Read from KJV · Availability and Angels
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I looked at it closely and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds of the air.Read from KJV · Availability and Angels
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Then I heard a voice saying to me, 'Get up, Peter, kill and eat.'Read from KJV · Availability and Angels
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'No, Lord,' I said, 'for nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.'Read from KJV · Availability and Angels
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But the voice spoke from heaven a second time, 'Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.'Read from KJV · Availability and Angels
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This happened three times, and everything was drawn back up into heaven.Read from KJV · Availability and Angels
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Just then three men sent to me from Caesarea stopped at the house where I was staying.Read from KJV · Availability and Angels
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The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man's home.Read from KJV · Availability and Angels
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He told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, 'Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter.Read from KJV · Availability and Angels
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He will convey to you a message by which you and all your household will be saved.'Read from KJV · Availability and Angels
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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 · Availability and Angels
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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 KJV · Availability and Angels
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So if God gave them the same gift He gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to hinder the work of God?"Read from KJV · Availability and Angels
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When they heard this, their objections were put to rest, and they glorified God, saying, "So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life."Read from KJV · Availability and Angels
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Meanwhile those scattered by the persecution that began with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message only to Jews.Read from KJV · Disciples Called Christians
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But some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks as well, proclaiming the good news about the Lord Jesus.Read from KJV · Disciples Called Christians
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The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.Read from KJV · Disciples Called Christians
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When news of this reached the ears of the church in Jerusalem, they sent Barnabas to Antioch.Read from KJV · Disciples Called Christians
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When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to abide in the Lord with all their hearts.Read from KJV · Disciples Called Christians
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Barnabas was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord.Read from KJV · Fellowship Has Responsibility
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and when he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. So for a full year they met together with the church and taught large numbers of people. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.Read from KJV · Disciples Called Christians
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In those days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.Read from KJV · Fellowship Has Responsibility
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One of them named Agabus stood up and predicted through the Spirit that a great famine would sweep across the whole world. (This happened under Claudius.)Read from KJV · Fellowship Has Responsibility
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So the disciples, each according to his ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.Read from KJV · Fellowship Has Responsibility
Acts 12
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About that time, King Herod reached out to harm some who belonged to the church.Read from KJV · Fellowship in the World or the Church
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He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword.Read from ESV · A Revelation of Principles
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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 · Fellowship in the World or the Church
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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 · A Revelation of Principles
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So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him.Read from KJV · A Revelation of Principles
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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 · Fellowship in the World or the Church
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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 · Fellowship in the World or the Church
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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 · A Revelation of Principles
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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 · Fellowship in the World or the Church
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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 · Fellowship in the World or the Church
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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 · A Revelation of Principles
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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 · Fellowship in the World or the Church
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He knocked at the outer gate, and a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer it.Read from KJV · A Revelation of Principles
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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 · A Revelation of Principles
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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 · Fellowship in the World or the Church
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But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astounded.Read from KJV · Fellowship in the World or the Church
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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 · Fellowship in the World or the Church
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At daybreak there was no small commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter.Read from KJV · A Revelation of Principles
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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 · A Revelation of Principles
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Now Herod was in a furious dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they convened before him. Having secured the support of Blastus, the king's chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their region depended on the king's country for food.Read from KJV · Fellowship in the World or the Church
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On the appointed day, Herod donned his royal robes, sat on his throne, and addressed the people.Read from KJV · Fellowship in the World or the Church
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And they began to shout, "This is the voice of a god, not a man!"Read from KJV · A Revelation of Principles
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Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.Read from KJV · Fellowship in the World or the Church
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When Barnabas and Saul had fulfilled their mission to Jerusalem, they returned, bringing with them John, also called Mark.Read from KJV · Fellowship in the World or the Church
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 · Fellowship in Ministering to the Lord
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While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."Read from KJV · Fellowship in Ministering to the Lord
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And after they had fasted and prayed, they laid their hands on them and sent them off.Read from KJV · Fellowship in Ministering to the Lord
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The Jews, however, incited the religious women of prominence and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their district.Read from KJV · Signs and Wonders
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So they shook the dust off their feet in protest against them and went to Iconium.Read from KJV · Signs and Wonders
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And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.Read from KJV · Signs and Wonders
Acts 14
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At Iconium, Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue, where they spoke so well that a great number of Jews and Greeks believed.Read from KJV · Signs and Wonders
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But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.Read from KJV · Signs and Wonders
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So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who affirmed the message of His grace by enabling them to perform signs and wonders.Read from KJV · Signs and Wonders
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But when the Gentiles and Jews, together with their rulers, set out to mistreat and stone them,Read from KJV · Signs and Wonders
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they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding region,Read from KJV · Faith to Be Healed
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In Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never walked.Read from KJV · Faith to Be Healed
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This man was listening to the words of Paul, who looked intently at him and saw that he had faith to be healed.Read from KJV · Faith to Be Healed
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In a loud voice Paul called out, "Stand up on your feet!" And the man jumped up and began to walk.Read from KJV · Faith to Be Healed
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When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices in the Lycaonian language: "The gods have come down to us in human form!"Read from KJV · Faith to Be Healed
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From Attalia they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had just completed.Read from KJV · Sharing
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When they arrived, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them, and how He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.Read from KJV · Sharing
Acts 17
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When they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.Read from KJV · Reasonable Faith
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As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,Read from KJV · Reasonable Faith
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explaining and proving that the Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead. "This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ," he declared.Read from KJV · Reasonable Faith
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Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few leading women.Read from KJV · Reasonable Faith
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The Jews, however, became jealous. So they brought in some troublemakers from the marketplace, formed a mob, and sent the city into an uproar. They raided Jason's house in search of Paul and Silas, hoping to bring them out to the people.Read from KJV · Reasonable Faith
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But when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials, shouting, "These men who have turned the world upside down have now come here,Read from KJV · Reasonable Faith
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and Jason has welcomed them into his home. They are all defying Caesar's decrees, saying that there is another king, named Jesus!"Read from KJV · Reasonable Faith
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On hearing this, the crowd and city officials were greatly disturbed.Read from KJV · Reasonable Faith
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And they collected bond from Jason and the others, and then released them.Read from KJV · Reasonable Faith
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As soon as night had fallen, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went into the Jewish synagogue.Read from KJV · The Bereans
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Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.Read from KJV · Be a Berean
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As a result, many of them believed, along with quite a few prominent Greek women and men.Read from KJV · The Bereans
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Then Paul stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said, "Men of Athens, I see that in every way you are very religious.Read from KJV · The Twelve Commandment
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For as I walked around and examined your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore what you worship as something unknown, I now proclaim to you.Read from KJV · The Twelve Commandment
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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 · The Twelve Commandment
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Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.Read from KJV · The Twelve Commandment
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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 · The Twelve Commandment
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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 · The Twelve Commandment
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'For in Him we live and move and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, 'We are His offspring.'Read from KJV · The Twelve Commandment
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Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man's skill and imagination.Read from KJV · The Twelve Commandment
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For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead."Read from KJV · The Twelve Commandment
Acts 19
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While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the interior and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciplesRead from KJV · So Great Salvation: Baptism With the Holy Spirit
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and asked them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?" "No," they answered, "we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit."Read from KJV · Paul Questions Twelve Men
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"Into what, then, were you baptized?" Paul asked. "The baptism of John," they replied.Read from KJV · How to Know That You Are Filled With the Holy Spirit
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Paul explained: "John's baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the One coming after him, that is, in Jesus."Read from KJV · So Great Salvation: Baptism With the Holy Spirit
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On hearing this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.Read from NASB1995 · How to Know That You Are Filled With the Holy Spirit
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And when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.Read from KJV · (So Great Salvation - Part 8) Baptism With the Spirit
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This continued for two years, so that everyone who lived in the province of Asia, Jews and Greeks alike, heard the word of the Lord.Read from KJV · By Paul's Hands
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Now there were some itinerant Jewish exorcists who tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those with evil spirits. They would say, "I bind you by Jesus, whom Paul proclaims."Read from KJV · The Counterfeit and the Genuine
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Eventually, one of the evil spirits answered them, "Jesus I know, and I know about Paul, but who are you?"Read from NKJV · The Fear of God
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Then the man with the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them all. The attack was so violent that they ran out of the house naked and wounded.Read from KJV · The Fear of God
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This became known to all the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus, and fear came over all of them. So the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honor.Read from KJV · The Fear of God
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Many who had believed now came forward, confessing and disclosing their deeds.Read from KJV · The Fear of God
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And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books and burned them in front of everyone. When the value of the books was calculated, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.Read from KJV · The Counterfeit and the Genuine
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So the word of the Lord powerfully continued to spread and prevail.Read from KJV · The Counterfeit and the Genuine
Acts 20
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And after the Feast of Unleavened Bread, we sailed from Philippi, and five days later we rejoined them in Troas, where we stayed seven days.Read from KJV · Breaking Bread
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On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Since Paul was ready to leave the next day, he talked to them and kept on speaking until midnight.Read from KJV · Breaking Bread
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And a certain young man named Eutychus, seated in the window, was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound asleep, he fell from the third story and was picked up dead.Read from KJV · Breaking Bread
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But Paul went down, threw himself on the young man, and embraced him. "Do not be alarmed!" he said. "He is still alive!"Read from KJV · Breaking Bread
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Then Paul went back upstairs, broke bread, and ate. And after speaking until daybreak, he departed.Read from KJV · Breaking Bread
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For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.Read from KJV · By Paul's Hands
Acts 26
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About noon, O king, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and my companions.Read from KJV · Evangelism Evaluated
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We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say to me in Hebrew, 'Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.'Read from KJV · Present Day Evangelism Evaluated in the Light of the Bible
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'Who are You, Lord?' I asked. 'I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,' the Lord replied.Read from KJV · Evangelism Evaluated
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'But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen from Me and what I will show you.Read from KJV · Evangelism Evaluated
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I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to themRead from KJV · Present Day Evangelism Evaluated in the Light of the Bible
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to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.'Read from KJV · Evangelism Evaluated
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So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.Read from KJV · Present Day Evangelism Evaluated in the Light of the Bible
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First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance.Read from KJV · Evangelism Evaluated