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- Acts 23:7
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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.
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- Acts 23:9
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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?”
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- Acts 23:13
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More than forty of them were involved in this plot.
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- Acts 23:17
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Then Paul called one of the centurions and said, “Take this young man to the commander; he has something to tell him.”
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- Acts 23:18
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So the centurion took him to the commander and said, “Paul the prisoner sent and asked me to bring this young man to you. He has something to tell you.”
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- Acts 23:22
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So the commander dismissed the young man and instructed him, “Do not tell anyone that you have reported this to me.”
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- Acts 23:25
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And he wrote the following letter:
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- Acts 23:27
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This man was seized by the Jews, and they were about to kill him when I came with my troops to rescue him. For I had learned that he is a Roman citizen,
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- Acts 24:2
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When Paul had been called in, Tertullus opened the prosecution: “Because of you, we have enjoyed a lasting peace, and your foresight has brought improvements to this nation.
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- Acts 24:5
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We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,
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- Acts 24:8
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By examining him yourself, you will be able to learn the truth about all our charges against him.”
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- Acts 24:9
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The Jews concurred, asserting that these charges were true.
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- Acts 24:10
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When the governor motioned for Paul to speak, he began his response: “Knowing that you have been a judge over this nation for many years, I gladly make my defense.
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- Acts 24:14
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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,
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- Acts 24:15
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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.
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- Acts 24:16
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In this hope, I strive always to maintain a clear conscience before God and man.
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- Acts 24:20
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Otherwise, let these men state for themselves any crime they found in me when I stood before the Sanhedrin,
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- Acts 24:21
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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.’”
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- Acts 25:9
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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?”
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- Acts 25:11
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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!”
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- Acts 25:20
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Since I was at a loss as to how to investigate these matters, I asked if he was willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there on these charges.
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- Acts 25:24
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Then Festus said, “King Agrippa and all who are present with us, you see this man. The whole Jewish community has petitioned me about him, both here and in Jerusalem, crying out that he ought not to live any longer.
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- Acts 25:25
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But I found he had done nothing worthy of death, and since he has now appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send him.
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- Acts 26:16
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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.
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- Acts 26:21
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For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple courts and tried to kill me.
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- Acts 26:22
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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:
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- Acts 26:24
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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!”
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- Acts 26:26
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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.
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- Acts 26:29
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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.”
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- Acts 26:31
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On their way out, they said to one another, “This man has done nothing worthy of death or imprisonment.”
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- Acts 26:32
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And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
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- Acts 27:21
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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.
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- Acts 27:23
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For just last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood beside me
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- Acts 27:31
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But Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain with the ship, you cannot be saved.”
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- Acts 27:34
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So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.”
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- Acts 27:35
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After he had said this, Paul took bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all. Then he broke it and began to eat.
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- Acts 28:4
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When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Although he was saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”
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- Acts 28:9
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After this had happened, the rest of the sick on the island came and were cured as well.
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- Acts 28:20
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So for this reason I have called to see you and speak with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”
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- Acts 28:22
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But we consider your views worth hearing, because we know that people everywhere are speaking against this sect.”
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- Acts 28:26
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‘Go to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”
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- Acts 28:27
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For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’
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- Acts 28:28
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Be advised, therefore, that God’s salvation has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen!”
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- Romans 1:12
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that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.
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- Romans 1:26
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For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.
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- Romans 2:3
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So when you, O man, pass judgment on others, yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment?
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- Romans 2:14
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Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.
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- Romans 4:9
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Is this blessing only on the circumcised, or also on the uncircumcised? We have been saying that Abraham’s faith was credited to him as righteousness.
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- Romans 4:16
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Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may rest on grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all.
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- Romans 5:2
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through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.
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