Study Desk

In fact, Moses said,Deuteronomy 18:15,18-19; Acts 7:37;">[xr] 'The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to everything he tells you.Deuteronomy 18:15-16">[fn]

If we are being questioned today for a good deed to someone who was sick or to learn how this man was healed,

There is no salvation by anyone else, for there is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved."Matthew 1:21; Acts 10:43; 1 Timothy 2:5-6;">[xr]

They said, "What should we do with these men? For it's obvious to everybody living in Jerusalem that an unmistakable sign has been done by them, and we can't deny it.John 11:47; Acts 3:9-10;">[xr]

for we cannot stop talking about what we have seen and heard."Acts 1:8; 2:32; 22:15; 1 John 1:1,3;">[xr]

So they threatened them even more and then let them go. They couldn't find any way to punish them, because all the people continued to praise God for what had happened.Matthew 21:26; Luke 20:6,19; 22:2; Acts 3:7-8; 5:26;">[xr]

For the man on whom this sign of healing had been performed was more than forty years old.

"For in this city both Herod and Pontius Pilate actually met together with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed,Matthew 26:3; Luke 1:35; 4:18; 22:2; John 10:36;">[xr]

For none of them needed anything, because all who had land or houses would sell them and bring the money received for the things soldActs 2:45;">[xr]

With his wife's full knowledge he kept back some of the money for himself and brought only a part of it and laid it at the apostles' feet.Acts 4:37;">[xr]

Peter asked, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart so that you should lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back some of the money you got for the land?Numbers 30:2; Deuteronomy 23:21; Ecclesiastes 5:4; Luke 22:3;">[xr]

So Peter asked her, "Tell me, did you sell the land for that price?" She answered, "Yes, that was the price."

But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was respected by all the people, stood up in the CouncilSanhedrin">[fn] and ordered the men to be taken outside for a little while.Acts 22:3;">[xr]

For in days gone by Theudas appeared, claiming that he was important, and about 400 men joined him. He was killed, and all his followers were dispersed and disappeared.

"I'm telling you to keep away from these men for now. Leave them alone, because if this plan or movement is of human origin, it will fail.Proverbs 21:30; Isaiah 8:10; Matthew 15:13;">[xr]

They left the Council,Sanhedrin">[fn] rejoicing to have been considered worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of the Name.Matthew 5:12; Romans 5:3; 2 Corinthians 12:10; Philippians 1:29; Hebrews 10:34; James 1:2; 1 Peter 4:13,16;">[xr]

So the twelve called the whole group of disciples together and said, "It is not desirable for us to neglect the word of God in order to wait on tables.Exodus 18:17;">[xr]

For we have heard him say that this Jesus from NazarethJesus the Nazarene; the Gk. Nazoraios may be a word play between Heb. netser, meaning branch (see Isaiah 11:1), and the name">[fn] will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us."Daniel 9:26; Acts 25:8;">[xr]

This is what God promised: His descendants would be strangers in a foreign country, and its peoplethey">[fn] would enslave them and oppress them for 400 years.Genesis 15:13,16; Exodus 12:40; Galatians 3:17;">[xr]

They were brought back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.Genesis 23:16; 35:19; Exodus 13:19; Joshua 24:32;">[xr]