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Acts · read by Warren Wiersbe
89 verses, in order. Only the verses Warren read aloud are shown.
Acts 1
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Therefore it is necessary to choose one of the men who have accompanied us the whole time the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,Read from NKJV · Concerning Spiritual Gifts: Unwrapping the Gifts
Acts 10
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And He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that He is the One appointed by God to judge the living and the dead.Read from NKJV · Taking His Place
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All the prophets testify about Him that everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His name."Read from KJV · Taking His Place
Acts 11
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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 · Christians: Almost or Altogether?
Acts 13
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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 ESV · The Altar alters life
Acts 19
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Many who had believed now came forward, confessing and disclosing their deeds.Read from KJV · There's Something Missing
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So the word of the Lord powerfully continued to spread and prevail.Read from KJV · There's Something Missing
Acts 20
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But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good news of God's grace.Read from KJV · The Secret of a Great Life
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For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.Read from KJV · Crucial Questions About the Will of God
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I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.Read from NASB1995 · An Enemy in the Neighborhood
Acts 22
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And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on His name.'Read from KJV · Can You Defend Your Life?
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Later, when I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a tranceRead from KJV · Beware of Detours
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'Lord,' I answered, 'they know very well that in one synagogue after another I imprisoned and beat those who believed in You.Read from KJV · Beware of Detours
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And when the blood of Your witness Stephen was shed, I stood there giving my approval and watching over the garments of those who killed him.'Read from KJV · Beware of Detours
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Then He said to me, 'Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.'"Read from KJV · Beware of Detours
Acts 23
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Paul looked directly at the Sanhedrin and said, "Brothers, I have conducted myself before God in all good conscience to this day."Read from KJV · Find the Prisoner
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At this, the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.Read from KJV · Find the Prisoner
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Then Paul said to him, "God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! You sit here to judge me according to the law, yet you yourself violate the law by commanding that I be struck."Read from KJV · Find the Prisoner
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But those standing nearby said, "How dare you insult the high priest of God!"Read from KJV · Find the Prisoner
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"Brothers," Paul replied, "I was not aware that he was the high priest, for it is written: 'Do not speak evil about the ruler of your people.'"Read from KJV · Find the Prisoner
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Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, "Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial."Read from KJV · Find the Prisoner
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As soon as he had said this, a dispute broke out between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.Read from KJV · Find the Prisoner
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For the Sadducees say that there is neither a resurrection, nor angels, nor spirits, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.Read from KJV · Find the Prisoner
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A great clamor arose, and some scribes from the party of the Pharisees got up and contended sharply, "We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?"Read from KJV · Find the Prisoner
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The dispute grew so violent that the commander was afraid they would tear Paul to pieces. He ordered the soldiers to go down and remove him by force and bring him into the barracks.Read from KJV · Find the Prisoner
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The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, "Take courage! As you have testified about Me in Jerusalem, so also you must testify in Rome."Read from KJV · Find the Prisoner
Acts 24
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I do confess to you, however, that I worship the God of our fathers according to the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets,Read from KJV · Memory or Miracle?
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and I have the same hope in God that they themselves cherish, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.Read from KJV · Memory or Miracle?
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After several years, then, I returned to Jerusalem to bring alms to my people and to present offerings.Read from KJV · Memory or Miracle?
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At the time they found me in the temple, I was ceremonially clean and was not inciting a crowd or an uproar. But there are some Jews from the province of AsiaRead from KJV · Memory or Miracle?
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who ought to appear before you and bring charges, if they have anything against me.Read from KJV · Memory or Miracle?
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Otherwise, let these men state for themselves any crime they found in me when I stood before the Sanhedrin,Read from KJV · Memory or Miracle?
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unless it was this one thing I called out as I stood in their presence: 'It is concerning the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial before you today.'"Read from KJV · Memory or Miracle?
Acts 25
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Three days after his arrival in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem,Read from KJV · The Delays of Life
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where the chief priests and Jewish leaders presented their case against Paul. They urged FestusRead from KJV · The Delays of Life
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But Festus replied, "Paul is being held in Caesarea, and I myself am going there soon.Read from KJV · The Delays of Life
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So if this man has done anything wrong, let some of your leaders come down with me and accuse him there."Read from KJV · The Delays of Life
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After spending no more than eight or ten days with them, Festus went down to Caesarea. The next day he sat on the judgment seat and ordered that Paul be brought in.Read from KJV · The Delays of Life
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When Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges that they could not prove.Read from KJV · The Delays of Life
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Then Paul made his defense: "I have committed no offense against the law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar."Read from NKJV · The Delays of Life
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But Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, said to Paul, "Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem to stand trial before me on these charges?"Read from KJV · The Delays of Life
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Paul replied, "I am standing before the judgment seat of Caesar, where I ought to be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you yourself know very well.Read from KJV · The Delays of Life
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If, however, I am guilty of anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die. But if there is no truth to their accusations against me, no one has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!"Read from KJV · The Delays of Life
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Then Festus conferred with his council and replied, "You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you will go!"Read from KJV · The Delays of Life
Acts 26
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Agrippa said to Paul, "You have permission to speak for yourself." Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense:Read from KJV · The Autobiography of Greatness
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"King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate to stand before you today to defend myself against all the accusations of the Jews,Read from KJV · The Autobiography of Greatness
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especially since you are acquainted with all the Jewish customs and controversies. I beg you, therefore, to listen to me patiently.Read from KJV · The Autobiography of Greatness
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Surely all the Jews know how I have lived from the earliest days of my youth, among my own people and in Jerusalem.Read from KJV · The Autobiography of Greatness
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They have known me for a long time and can testify, if they are willing, that I lived as a Pharisee, adhering to the strictest sect of our religion.Read from KJV · The Autobiography of Greatness
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And now I stand on trial because of my hope in the promise that God made to our fathers,Read from KJV · The Autobiography of Greatness
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the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to realize as they earnestly serve God day and night. It is because of this hope, O king, that I am accused by the Jews.Read from KJV · The Autobiography of Greatness
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Why would any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?Read from KJV · The Autobiography of Greatness
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So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.Read from KJV · The Autobiography of Greatness
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And that is what I did in Jerusalem. With authority from the chief priests I put many of the saints in prison, and when they were condemned to death, I cast my vote against them.Read from KJV · The Autobiography of Greatness
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I frequently had them punished in the synagogues, and I tried to make them blaspheme. In my raging fury against them, I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.Read from NKJV · The Autobiography of Greatness
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In this pursuit I was on my way to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.Read from KJV · The Autobiography of Greatness
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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 · The Autobiography of Greatness
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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 · The Autobiography of Greatness
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'Who are You, Lord?' I asked. 'I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,' the Lord replied.Read from KJV · The Autobiography of Greatness
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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 · The Autobiography of Greatness
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I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to themRead from KJV · The Autobiography of Greatness
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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 · The Autobiography of Greatness
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So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.Read from KJV · The Autobiography of Greatness
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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 · The Autobiography of Greatness
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For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple courts and tried to kill me.Read from KJV · The Autobiography of Greatness
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But I have had God's help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen:Read from KJV · Christians: Almost or Altogether?
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that the Christ would suffer, and as the first to rise from the dead, would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles."Read from KJV · Christians: Almost or Altogether?
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At this stage of Paul's defense, Festus exclaimed in a loud voice, "You are insane, Paul! Your great learning is driving you to madness!"Read from KJV · Christians: Almost or Altogether?
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But Paul answered, "I am not insane, most excellent Festus; I am speaking words of truth and sobriety.Read from KJV · Christians: Almost or Altogether?
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For the king knows about these matters, and I can speak freely to him. I am confident that none of this has escaped his notice, because it was not done in a corner.Read from KJV · Christians: Almost or Altogether?
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King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know you do."Read from KJV · Christians: Almost or Altogether?
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Then Agrippa said to Paul, "Can you persuade me in such a short time to become a Christian?"Read from KJV · Christians: Almost or Altogether?
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"Short time or long," Paul replied, "I wish to God that not only you but all who hear me this day may become what I am, except for these chains."Read from KJV · Christians: Almost or Altogether?
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Then the king and the governor rose, along with Bernice and those seated with them.Read from KJV · Christians: Almost or Altogether?
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On their way out, they said to one another, "This man has done nothing worthy of death or imprisonment."Read from KJV · Christians: Almost or Altogether?
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And Agrippa said to Festus, "This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar."Read from KJV · Christians: Almost or Altogether?
Acts 27
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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 · Avoiding the Storms of Life
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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 · Avoiding the Storms of Life
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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 · Avoiding the Storms of Life
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But it was not long before a cyclone called the Northeaster swept down across the island.Read from KJV · Avoiding the Storms of Life
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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 · Avoiding the Storms of Life
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We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.Read from KJV · Avoiding the Storms of Life
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On the third day, they threw the ship's tackle overboard with their own hands.Read from KJV · Avoiding the Storms of Life
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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 · Avoiding the Storms of Life
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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 · Avoiding the Storms of Life
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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 · Avoiding the Storms of Life
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For just last night an angel of God, whose I am and whom I serve, stood beside meRead from NKJV · Four Wonderful Discoveries
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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 NKJV · Four Wonderful Discoveries
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So take courage, men, for I believe God that it will happen just as He told me.Read from KJV · Avoiding the Storms of Life