Study Desk

So the other disciples were telling him, “We’ve seen the Lord!”

But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

So Simon Peter climbed up and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish—153 of them. Even though there were so many, the net was not torn.

So Peter turned around and saw the disciple Jesus loved following them, the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper and asked, “Lord, who is the one that’s going to betray you?”

So this rumor spread to the brothers and sisters that this disciple would not die. Yet Jesus did not tell him that he would not die, but, “If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you?”

So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, are you restoring the kingdom to Israel at this time?”

This became known to all the residents of Jerusalem, so that in their own language that field is called Hakeldama (that is, Field of Blood).

So they proposed two: Joseph, called Barsabbas, who was also known as Justus, and Matthias.

So those who accepted his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand people were added to them.

A man who was lame from birth was being carried there. He was placed each day at the temple gate called Beautiful, so that he could beg from those entering the temple.

So he turned to them, expecting to get something from them.

So he jumped up and started to walk, and he entered the temple with them—walking, leaping, and praising God.

and they recognized that he was the one who used to sit and beg at the Beautiful Gate of the temple. So they were filled with awe and astonishment at what had happened to him.

By faith in his name, his name has made this man strong, whom you see and know. So the faith that comes through Jesus has given him this perfect health in front of all of you.

Therefore repent and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped out,

So they seized them and took them into custody until the next day since it was already evening.

But so that this does not spread any further among the people, let’s threaten them against speaking to anyone in this name again.”

So they called for them and ordered them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

As a result, they would carry the sick out into the streets and lay them on cots and mats so that when Peter came by, at least his shadow might fall on some of them.

So they arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.