Discovery Box| (0.94031664371773) | Act 6:12 |
| They incited the people, the<n id="1" /> elders, and the experts in the law;<n id="2" /> then they approached Stephen,<n id="3" /> seized him, and brought him before the council.<n id="4" /> |
| (0.94031664371773) | Act 6:15 |
| All<n id="1" /> who were sitting in the council<n id="2" /> looked intently at Stephen<n id="3" /> and saw his face was like the face of an angel.<n id="4" />p> |
| (0.94031664371773) | Act 7:19 |
| This was the one who exploited<n id="1" /> our people<n id="2" /> and was cruel to our ancestors,<n id="3" /> forcing them to abandon<n id="4" /> their infants so they would die.<n id="5" /> |
| (0.94031664371773) | Act 7:23 |
| But when he was about forty years old, it entered his mind<n id="1" /> to visit his fellow countrymen<n id="2" /> the Israelites.<n id="3" /> |
| (0.94031664371773) | Act 7:32 |
| ‘<b><i>I am the God of your forefathers,i>b><n id="1" /> <b><i>the God of Abraham, Isaac,i>b><n id="2" /> <b><i>and Jacobi>b>.’<n id="3" /> Moses began to tremble and did not dare to look more closely.<n id="4" /> |
| (0.94031664371773) | Act 7:33 |
| <b><i>But the Lord said to him,i>b> ‘<i><b>Take the sandals off your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy groundb>.i><n id="1" /> |
| (0.94031664371773) | Act 7:39 |
| Our<n id="1" /> ancestors<n id="2" /> were unwilling to obey<n id="3" /> him, but pushed him aside<n id="4" /> and turned back to Egypt in their hearts, |
| (0.94031664371773) | Act 7:56 |
| “Look!” he said.<n id="1" /> “I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!” |
| (0.94031664371773) | Act 7:60 |
| Then he fell<n id="1" /> to his knees and cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them!”<n id="2" /> When<n id="3" /> he had said this, he died.<n id="4" /> |
| (0.94031664371773) | Act 8:6 |
| The crowds were paying attention with one mind to what Philip said,<n id="1" /> as they heard and saw the miraculous signs<n id="2" /> he was performing. |
| (0.94031664371773) | Act 8:9 |
| <p class="bodytext">Now in that city was a man named Simon, who had been practicing magic<n id="1" /> and amazing the people of Samaria, claiming to be someone great. |
| (0.94031664371773) | Act 8:13 |
| Even Simon himself believed, and after he was baptized, he stayed close to<n id="1" /> Philip constantly, and when he saw the signs and great miracles that were occurring, he was amazed.<n id="2" />p> |
| (0.94031664371773) | Act 8:19 |
| saying, “Give me this power<n id="1" /> too, so that everyone I place my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.” |
| (0.94031664371773) | Act 8:21 |
| You have no share or part<n id="1" /> in this matter<n id="2" /> because your heart is not right before God! |
| (0.94031664371773) | Act 8:24 |
| But Simon replied,<n id="1" /> “You pray to the Lord for me so that nothing of what you have said may happen to<n id="2" /> me.”p> |
| (0.94031664371773) | Act 8:25 |
| <p class="bodytext">So after Peter and John<n id="1" /> had solemnly testified<n id="2" /> and spoken the word of the Lord,<n id="3" /> they started back to Jerusalem, proclaiming<n id="4" /> the good news to many Samaritan villages<n id="5" /> as they went.<n id="6" />p> |
| (0.94031664371773) | Act 8:30 |
| So Philip ran up<n id="1" /> to it<n id="2" /> and heard the man<n id="3" /> reading Isaiah the prophet. He<n id="4" /> asked him,<n id="5" /> “Do you understand what you’re reading?” |
| (0.94031664371773) | Act 8:34 |
| <p class="bodytext">Then the eunuch said<n id="1" /> to Philip, “Please tell me,<n id="2" /> who is the prophet saying this about – himself or someone else?”<n id="3" /> |
| (0.94031664371773) | Act 8:38 |
| So he ordered the chariot to stop, and both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water,<n id="1" /> and Philip baptized<n id="2" /> him. |
| (0.94031664371773) | Act 8:40 |
| Philip, however, found himself<n id="1" /> at Azotus,<n id="2" /> and as he passed through the area,<n id="3" /> he proclaimed the good news<n id="4" /> to all the towns<n id="5" /> until he came to Caesarea.<n id="6" />p> |
