Study Desk

"As you see, I am on my way to Jerusalem. The Holy Spirit makes me go. I do not know what will happen to me there.

"All of you have heard me preach the Good News. I am sure that none of you will ever see my face again.

What made them sad most of all was he said that they would never see his face again. Then they went with him to the ship.

He came to see us. Then he took Paul's belt and used it to tie his own feet and hands. He said, "This is what the Holy Spirit says, ‘The Jews at Jerusalem will tie the man who owns this belt. Then they will hand him over to the people who are not Jews.'"

When we got to Jerusalem, the Christians were glad to see us.

The next day we went with Paul to see James. All the church leaders came also.

When they heard this, they thanked the Lord. Then they said to him, "You see, brother, how many thousands of Christians there are among the Jews. They all obey the Law of Moses.

"I could not see because of the bright light. Those who were with me had to lead me by the hand until we came to Damascus.

He came and stood near me and said, ‘Brother Saul, receive your sight.' At once I was able to see him.

Then Ananias said, ‘The God of our fathers chose you to know what He wants done. He chose you to see Jesus Christ, the One Right with God, and to hear His voice.

Festus said, "King Agrippa and all of you who are here with us, you see this man. All of the Jews both here and at Jerusalem are saying that Paul should be put to death.

This promise is what our twelve family groups of the Jewish nation hope to see happen. They worship God day and night. King Agrippa, it is because of this hope that they are saying things against me.

Get up. Stand on your feet. I have chosen you to work for Me. You will tell what you have seen and you will say what I want you to say. This is the reason I have allowed you to see Me.

We did not see the sun or stars for many days. A very bad storm kept beating against us. We lost all hope of being saved.

In the morning they could not see what land they were near. Later they could see a river. Near its mouth there was a shore of sand. They planned to run the ship onto the sand if they could.

The father of Publius was sick with a stomach sickness. Paul went to see him. He prayed and laid his hands on him and the man was healed.

He said, ‘Go to these people and say, "You will hear and never understand, you will look and never see,

because these people have hearts that have become fat. They do not hear well with their ears. They have closed their eyes so their eyes do not see and their ears do not hear and their minds do not understand and they do not turn to Me and let Me heal them."'

Paul paid money to live in a house by himself for two years. He was happy for all who came to see him.

I want to see you so I can share some special gift of the Holy Spirit with you. It will make you strong.