They wanted to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowds, because the crowds regarded him as a prophet.

He sent another, and that one they killed. This happened to many others, some of whom were beaten, others killed.

to assume the task of this service and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.”

And I pray this, that your love may abound even more and more in knowledge and every kind of insight

Alexander the coppersmith did me a great deal of harm. The Lord will repay him in keeping with his deeds.

And let us take thought of how to spur one another on to love and good works,

Indeed, I will also make every effort that, after my departure, you have a testimony of these things.

Get your father and your households and come to me! Then I will give you the best land in Egypt and you will eat the best of the land.’

Aaron and his sons are to eat what is left over from it. It must be eaten unleavened in a holy place; they are to eat it in the courtyard of the Meeting Tent.

Jair, son of Manasseh, took all the Argob region as far as the border with the Geshurites and Maacathites (namely Bashan) and called it by his name, Havvoth-Jair, which it retains to this very day.)

He put five basins on the south side of the temple and five on the north side. He put “The Sea” on the south side, in the southeast corner.

The king sent a captain and his fifty soldiers to retrieve Elijah. The captain went up to him, while he was sitting on the top of a hill. He told him, “Prophet, the king says, ‘Come down!’”

When they went back and told him, he said, “The Lord’s word through his servant, Elijah the Tishbite, has come to pass. He warned, ‘In the plot of land at Jezreel, dogs will devour Jezebel’s flesh.

When David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Look, I am living in a palace made from cedar, while the ark of the Lord’s covenant is under a tent.”

Wherever I moved throughout Israel, I did not say to any of the leaders whom I appointed to care for my people Israel, ‘Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?’”’

Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah, equipped with large shields and spears. He also had 280,000 men from Benjamin who carried small shields and were adept archers; they were all skilled warriors.

After about two years his intestines came out because of the disease, so that he died a very painful death. His people did not make a bonfire to honor him, as they had done for his ancestors.

As I watched, I noticed a windstorm coming from the north – an enormous cloud, with lightning flashing, such that bright light rimmed it and came from it like glowing amber from the middle of a fire.

A woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, a God-fearing woman, listened to us. The Lord opened her heart to respond to what Paul was saying.

And you must take for yourself every kind of food that is eaten, and gather it together. It will be food for you and for them.