Jesus replied,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Are there not twelve hours in a day? If anyone walks around in the daytime, he does not stumble,<n id="2" /> because he sees the light of this world.<n id="3" />

The one who rejects me and does not accept<n id="1" /> my words has a judge;<n id="2" /> the word<n id="3" /> I have spoken will judge him at the last day.

At that time<n id="1" /> you will ask me nothing. I tell you the solemn truth,<n id="2" /> whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.<n id="3" />

Then God<n id="1" /> gave Abraham<n id="2" /> the covenant<n id="3" /> of circumcision, and so he became the father of Isaac and circumcised him when he was eight days old,<n id="4" /> and Isaac became the father of<n id="5" /> Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.<n id="6" />

And Saul agreed completely with killing<n id="1" /> him.p><t /><p class="bodytext">Now on that day a great<n id="2" /> persecution began<n id="3" /> against the church in Jerusalem,<n id="4" /> and all<n id="5" /> except the apostles were forced to scatter throughout the regions<n id="6" /> of Judea and Samaria.

<p class="bodytext">As day was about to dawn,<n id="1" /> Paul urged them all to take some food, saying, &#8220;Today is the fourteenth day you have been in suspense<n id="2" /> and have gone<n id="3" /> without food; you have eaten nothing.<n id="4" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">When day came, they did not recognize the land, but they noticed<n id="1" /> a bay<n id="2" /> with a beach,<n id="3" /> where they decided to run the ship aground if they could.

each builder&#8217;s<n id="1" /> work will be plainly seen, for the Day<n id="2" /> will make it clear, because it will be revealed by fire. And the fire<n id="3" /> will test what kind of work each has done.

when he comes to be glorified among his saints and admired<n id="1" /> on that day among all who have believed &#8211; and you did in fact believe our testimony.<n id="2" />

not to be easily<n id="1" /> shaken from your composure or disturbed by any kind of spirit or message or letter allegedly from us,<n id="2" /> to the effect that the day of the Lord is already here.

Finally the crown of righteousness is reserved for me. The Lord, the righteous Judge, will award it to me in that day &#8211; and not to me only, but also to all who have set their affection on<n id="1" /> his appearing.p>

and maintain good conduct<n id="1" /> among the non-Christians,<n id="2" /> so that though<n id="3" /> they now malign you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God when he appears.<n id="4" />p>

Moreover,<n id="1" /> we<n id="2" /> possess the prophetic word as an altogether reliable thing.<n id="3" /> You do well if you pay attention<n id="4" /> to this<n id="5" /> as you would<n id="6" /> to a light shining in a murky place, until the day dawns and the morning star<n id="7" /> rises in your hearts.<n id="8" />

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; when it comes,<n id="1" /> the heavens will disappear<n id="2" /> with a horrific noise,<n id="3" /> and the celestial bodies<n id="4" /> will melt away<n id="5" /> in a blaze,<n id="6" /> and the earth and every deed done on it<n id="7" /> will be laid bare.<n id="8" />

By this<n id="1" /> love is perfected with<n id="2" /> us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment, because just as Jesus<n id="3" /> is, so also are we in this world.

For this reason, she will experience her plagues<n id="1" /> in a single day: disease,<n id="2" /> mourning,<n id="3" /> and famine, and she will be burned down<n id="4" /> with fire, because the Lord God who judges her is powerful!&#8221;p>

Now the day began to draw to a close,<n id="1" /> so<n id="2" /> the twelve came and said to Jesus,<n id="3" /> &#8220;Send the crowd away, so they can go into the surrounding villages and countryside and find lodging<n id="4" /> and food, because we are in an isolated place.&#8221;<n id="5" />

But the president of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the crowd, &#8220;There are six days on which work<n id="1" /> should be done!<n id="2" /> So come<n id="3" /> and be healed on those days, and not on the Sabbath day.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">Then, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies should not stay on the crosses on the Sabbath<n id="1" /> (for that Sabbath was an especially important one),<n id="2" /> the Jewish leaders<n id="3" /> asked Pilate to have the victims&#8217; legs<n id="4" /> broken<n id="5" /> and the bodies taken down.<n id="6" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the disciples had gathered together<n id="1" /> and locked the doors<n id="2" /> of the place<n id="3" /> because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders.<n id="4" /> Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, &#8220;Peace be with you.&#8221;