For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.

But now I am coming to you, and I am saying these things in the world, so they may experience my joy completed in themselves.

Righteous Father, even if the world does not know you, I know you, and these men know that you sent me.

Pilate answered, “I am not a Jew, am I? Your own people and your chief priests handed you over to me. What have you done?”

So Pilate said, “Do you refuse to speak to me? Don’t you know I have the authority to release you, and to crucify you?”

So Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. Just as the Father has sent me, I also send you.”

Jesus replied, “If I want him to live until I come back, what concern is that of yours? You follow me!”

Therefore my heart was glad and my tongue rejoiced; my body also will live in hope,

But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves,’ said God, ‘and after these things they will come out of there and worship me in this place.’

And we proclaim to you the good news about the promise to our ancestors,

So now why are you putting God to the test by placing on the neck of the disciples a yoke that neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear?

Since we have heard that some have gone out from among us with no orders from us and have confused you, upsetting your minds by what they said,

On the Sabbath day we went outside the city gate to the side of the river, where we thought there would be a place of prayer, and we sat down and began to speak to the women who had assembled there.

because I am with you, and no one will assault you to harm you, because I have many people in this city.”

We set sail from there, and on the following day we arrived off Chios. The next day we approached Samos, and the day after that we arrived at Miletus.

And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem without knowing what will happen to me there,

We continued the voyage from Tyre and arrived at Ptolemais, and when we had greeted the brothers, we stayed with them for one day.

other than this one thing I shouted out while I stood before them: ‘I am on trial before you today concerning the resurrection of the dead.’”

But I found that he had done nothing that deserved death, and when he appealed to His Majesty the Emperor, I decided to send him.

about noon along the road, Your Majesty, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining everywhere around me and those traveling with me.