Study Desk

But when the servants got there, they did not find them in the jail, so they returned and reported,

We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him.”

So in the present case, I tell you, stay away from these men and leave them alone. For if this plan or this work is of human origin, it will fail;

This proposal pleased the whole company. So they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a convert from Antioch.

So the word of God spread, the disciples in Jerusalem increased greatly in number, and a large group of priests became obedient to the faith.

They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes; so they came, seized him, and took him to the Sanhedrin.

And so he gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision. After this, he fathered Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs.

He dealt deceitfully with our race and oppressed our ancestors by making them abandon their infants outside so that they wouldn’t survive.

So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in his speech and actions.

So those who were scattered went on their way preaching the word.

So there was great joy in that city.

After they went down there, they prayed for them so the Samaritans might receive the Holy Spirit because he had not yet come down on any of them.

saying, “Give me this power also so that anyone I lay hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.”

“Pray to the Lord for me,” Simon replied, “so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”

So, after they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they traveled back to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.

So he got up and went. There was an Ethiopian man, a eunuch and high official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of her entire treasury. He had come to worship in Jerusalem

“How can I,” he said, “unless someone guides me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

So he ordered the chariot to stop, and both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and he baptized him.

and requested letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women who belonged to the Way, he might bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

Saul got up from the ground, and though his eyes were open, he could see nothing. So they took him by the hand and led him into Damascus.