If you forgive anyone’s sins, they are forgiven; if you retain anyone’s sins, they are retained.”

while others were saying that Elijah had appeared, and still others that one of the prophets of long ago had risen.

Now while some were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and offerings, Jesus said,

After several days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus.

They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or the things they insist on so confidently.

The sins of some people are obvious, going before them into judgment, but for others, they show up later.

They have strayed from the truth by saying that the resurrection has already occurred, and they are undermining some people’s faith.

You, however, must continue in the things you have learned and are confident about. You know who taught you

Now Herod the tetrarch heard about everything that was happening, and he was thoroughly perplexed, because some people were saying that John had been raised from the dead,

After five days the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and an attorney named Tertullus, and they brought formal charges against Paul to the governor.

and the rest were to follow, some on planks and some on pieces of the ship. And in this way all were brought safely to land.

He said, “Yes.” When Peter came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do earthly kings collect tolls or taxes – from their sons or from foreigners?”