Discovery Box| (0.35841824561404) | Act 22:5 |
| as both the high priest and the whole council of elders<n id="1" /> can testify about me. From them<n id="2" /> I also received<n id="3" /> letters to the brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way<n id="4" /> to make arrests there and bring<n id="5" /> the prisoners<n id="6" /> to Jerusalem<n id="7" /> to be punished. |
| (0.35841824561404) | Act 22:20 |
| And when the blood of your witness<n id="1" /> Stephen was shed,<n id="2" /> I myself was standing nearby, approving,<n id="3" /> and guarding the cloaks<n id="4" /> of those who were killing him.’<n id="5" /> |
| (0.35841824561404) | Act 23:15 |
| So now you and the council<n id="1" /> request the commanding officer<n id="2" /> to bring him down to you, as if you were going to determine<n id="3" /> his case<n id="4" /> by conducting a more thorough inquiry.<n id="5" /> We are ready to kill him<n id="6" /> before he comes near this place.”<n id="7" />p> |
| (0.35841824561404) | Act 24:10 |
| <t /><p class="bodytext">When the governor gestured for him to speak, Paul replied, “Because I know<n id="1" /> that you have been a judge over this nation for many years, I confidently make my defense.<n id="2" /> |
| (0.35841824561404) | Act 24:24 |
| <t /><p class="bodytext">Some days later, when Felix<n id="1" /> arrived with his wife Drusilla,<n id="2" /> who was Jewish, he sent for Paul and heard him speak<n id="3" /> about faith in Christ Jesus.<n id="4" /> |
| (0.35841824561404) | Act 25:10 |
| Paul replied,<n id="1" /> “I am standing before Caesar’s<n id="2" /> judgment seat,<n id="3" /> where I should be tried.<n id="4" /> I have done nothing wrong<n id="5" /> to the Jews, as you also know very well.<n id="6" /> |
| (0.35841824561404) | Act 25:11 |
| If then I am in the wrong<n id="1" /> and have done anything that deserves death, I am not trying to escape dying,<n id="2" /> but if not one of their charges against me is true,<n id="3" /> no one can hand me over to them.<n id="4" /> I appeal to Caesar!”<n id="5" /> |
| (0.35841824561404) | Act 25:14 |
| While<n id="1" /> they were staying there many days, Festus<n id="2" /> explained Paul’s case to the king to get his opinion,<n id="3" /> saying, “There is a man left here as a prisoner by Felix. |
| (0.35841824561404) | Act 25:16 |
| I answered them<n id="1" /> that it was not the custom of the Romans to hand over anyone<n id="2" /> before the accused had met his accusers face to face<n id="3" /> and had been given<n id="4" /> an opportunity to make a defense against the accusation.<n id="5" /> |
| (0.35841824561404) | Act 26:26 |
| For the king knows about these things, and I am speaking freely<n id="1" /> to him,<n id="2" /> because I cannot believe<n id="3" /> that any of these things has escaped his notice,<n id="4" /> for this was not done in a corner.<n id="5" /> |
| (0.35841824561404) | Act 26:29 |
| Paul replied, “I pray to God that whether in a short or a long time<n id="1" /> not only you but also all those who are listening to me today could become such as I am, except for these chains.”<n id="2" />p> |
| (0.35841824561404) | Act 27:10 |
| “Men, I can see the voyage is going to end<n id="1" /> in disaster<n id="2" /> and great loss not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.”<n id="3" /> |
| (0.35841824561404) | Act 28:4 |
| When the local people<n id="1" /> saw the creature hanging from Paul’s<n id="2" /> hand, they said to one another, “No doubt this man is a murderer! Although he has escaped from the sea, Justice herself<n id="3" /> has not allowed him to live!”<n id="4" /> |
| (0.35841824561404) | Act 28:6 |
| But they were expecting that he was going to swell up<n id="1" /> or suddenly drop dead. So after they had waited<n id="2" /> a long time and had seen<n id="3" /> nothing unusual happen<n id="4" /> to him, they changed their minds<n id="5" /> and said he was a god.<n id="6" />p> |
| (0.35841824561404) | Act 28:25 |
| So they began to leave,<n id="1" /> unable to agree among themselves, after Paul made one last statement: “The Holy Spirit spoke rightly to your ancestors<n id="2" /> through the prophet Isaiah |
| (0.35841824561404) | Rom 1:9 |
| For God, whom I serve in my spirit by preaching the gospel<n id="1" /> of his Son, is my witness that<n id="2" /> I continually remember you |
| (0.35841824561404) | Rom 1:25 |
| They<n id="1" /> exchanged the truth of God for a lie<n id="2" /> and worshiped and served the creation<n id="3" /> rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.p> |
| (0.35841824561404) | Rom 1:32 |
| Although they fully know<n id="1" /> God’s righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die,<n id="2" /> they not only do them but also approve of those who practice them.<n id="3" />p> |
| (0.35841824561404) | Rom 2:1 |
| <t /><n id="1" /><p class="bodytext">Therefore<n id="2" /> you are without excuse,<n id="3" /> whoever you are,<n id="4" /> when you judge someone else.<n id="5" /> For on whatever grounds<n id="6" /> you judge another, you condemn yourself, because you who judge practice the same things. |
| (0.35841824561404) | Rom 3:8 |
| And why not say, “Let us do evil so that good may come of it”? – as some who slander us allege that we say.<n id="1" /> (Their<n id="2" /> condemnation is deserved!)p> |
