Acts 2:7-12
2:7 Completely baffled, they said,
“Aren’t
all these who are speaking Galileans?
2:8 And how is it that each one of us hears them
in our own native language?
2:9 Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and the province of Asia,
2:10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene,
and visitors from Rome,
2:11 both Jews and proselytes,
Cretans and Arabs – we hear them speaking in our own languages about the great deeds God has done!”
2:12 All were astounded and greatly confused, saying to one another, “What does this mean?”
Matthew 4:18-22
The Call of the Disciples
4:18 As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee he saw two brothers, Simon (called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishermen).
4:19 He said to them, “Follow me, and I will turn you into fishers of people.”
4:20 They left their nets immediately and followed him.
4:21 Going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in a boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. Then he called them.
4:22 They immediately left the boat and their father and followed him.
Matthew 11:25
Jesus’ Invitation
11:25 At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to little children.
John 7:15
7:15 Then the Jewish leaders
were astonished
and said, “How does this man know so much when he has never had formal instruction?”
John 7:49
7:49 But this rabble
who do not know the law are accursed!”
John 7:1
The Feast of Tabernacles
7:1 After this Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He stayed out of Judea because the Jewish leaders wanted to kill him.
Colossians 1:27
1:27 God wanted to make known to them the glorious
riches of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.