Bible Cross References
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Acts 21:28-36
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"People of Israel!" they shouted. "Help! This is the man who goes everywhere teaching everyone against the people of Israel, the Law of Moses, and this Temple. And now he has even brought some Gentiles into the Temple and defiled this holy place!"
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(They said this because they had seen Trophimus from Ephesus with Paul in the city, and they thought that Paul had taken him into the Temple.)
30
Confusion spread through the whole city, and the people all ran together, grabbed Paul, and dragged him out of the Temple. At once the Temple doors were closed.
31
The mob was trying to kill Paul, when a report was sent up to the commander of the Roman troops that all of Jerusalem was rioting.
32
At once the commander took some officers and soldiers and rushed down to the crowd. When the people saw him with the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
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The commander went over to Paul, arrested him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains. Then he asked, "Who is this man, and what has he done?"
34
Some in the crowd shouted one thing, others something else. There was such confusion that the commander could not find out exactly what had happened, so he ordered his men to take Paul up into the fort.
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They got as far as the steps with him, and then the soldiers had to carry him because the mob was so wild.
36
They were all coming after him and screaming, "Kill him!"
Acts 22:1-30
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"My fellow Jews, listen to me as I make my defense before you!"
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When they heard him speaking to them in Hebrew, they became even quieter; and Paul went on:
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"I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up here in Jerusalem as a student of Gamaliel. I received strict instruction in the Law of our ancestors and was just as dedicated to God as are all of you who are here today.
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I persecuted to the death the people who followed this Way. I arrested men and women and threw them into prison.
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The High Priest and the whole Council can prove that I am telling the truth. I received from them letters written to fellow Jews in Damascus, so I went there to arrest these people and bring them back in chains to Jerusalem to be punished.
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"As I was traveling and coming near Damascus, about midday a bright light from the sky flashed suddenly around me.
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I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul! Why do you persecute me?'
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'Who are you, Lord?' I asked. 'I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute,' he said to me.
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The men with me saw the light, but did not hear the voice of the one who was speaking to me.
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I asked, 'What shall I do, Lord?' and the Lord said to me, 'Get up and go into Damascus, and there you will be told everything that God has determined for you to do.'
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I was blind because of the bright light, and so my companions took me by the hand and led me into Damascus.
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"In that city was a man named Ananias, a religious man who obeyed our Law and was highly respected by all the Jews living there.
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He came to me, stood by me, and said, 'Brother Saul, see again!' At that very moment I saw again and looked at him.
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He said, 'The God of our ancestors has chosen you to know his will, to see his righteous Servant, and to hear him speaking with his own voice.
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For you will be a witness for him to tell everyone what you have seen and heard.
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And now, why wait any longer? Get up and be baptized and have your sins washed away by praying to him.'
17
"I went back to Jerusalem, and while I was praying in the Temple, I had a vision,
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in which I saw the Lord, as he said to me, 'Hurry and leave Jerusalem quickly, because the people here will not accept your witness about me.'
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'Lord,' I answered, 'they know very well that I went to the synagogues and arrested and beat those who believe in you.
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And when your witness Stephen was put to death, I myself was there, approving of his murder and taking care of the cloaks of his murderers.'
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'Go,' the Lord said to me, 'for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.' "
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The people listened to Paul until he said this; but then they started shouting at the top of their voices, "Away with him! Kill him! He's not fit to live!"
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They were screaming, waving their clothes, and throwing dust up in the air.
24
The Roman commander ordered his men to take Paul into the fort, and he told them to whip him in order to find out why the Jews were screaming like this against him.
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But when they had tied him up to be whipped, Paul said to the officer standing there, "Is it lawful for you to whip a Roman citizen who hasn't even been tried for any crime?"
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When the officer heard this, he went to the commander and asked him, "What are you doing? That man is a Roman citizen!"
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So the commander went to Paul and asked him, "Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?" "Yes," answered Paul.
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The commander said, "I became one by paying a large amount of money." "But I am one by birth," Paul answered.
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At once the men who were going to question Paul drew back from him; and the commander was frightened when he realized that Paul was a Roman citizen and that he had put him in chains.
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The commander wanted to find out for sure what the Jews were accusing Paul of; so the next day he had Paul's chains taken off and ordered the chief priests and the whole Council to meet. Then he took Paul and made him stand before them.
Acts 28:1-31
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When we were safely ashore, we learned that the island was called Malta.
2
The natives there were very friendly to us. It had started to rain and was cold, so they built a fire and made us all welcome.
3
Paul gathered up a bundle of sticks and was putting them on the fire when a snake came out on account of the heat and fastened itself to his hand.
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The natives saw the snake hanging on Paul's hand and said to one another, "This man must be a murderer, but Fate will not let him live, even though he escaped from the sea."
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But Paul shook the snake off into the fire without being harmed at all.
6
They were waiting for him to swell up or suddenly fall down dead. But after waiting for a long time and not seeing anything unusual happening to him, they changed their minds and said, "He is a god!"
7
Not far from that place were some fields that belonged to Publius, the chief of the island. He welcomed us kindly and for three days we were his guests.
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Publius' father was in bed, sick with fever and dysentery. Paul went into his room, prayed, placed his hands on him, and healed him.
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When this happened, all the other sick people on the island came and were healed.
10
They gave us many gifts, and when we sailed, they put on board what we needed for the voyage.
11
After three months we sailed away on a ship from Alexandria, called "The Twin Gods," which had spent the winter in the island.
12
We arrived in the city of Syracuse and stayed there for three days.
13
From there we sailed on and arrived in the city of Rhegium. The next day a wind began to blow from the south, and in two days we came to the town of Puteoli.
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We found some believers there who asked us to stay with them a week. And so we came to Rome.
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The believers in Rome heard about us and came as far as the towns of Market of Appius and Three Inns to meet us. When Paul saw them, he thanked God and was greatly encouraged.
16
When we arrived in Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself with a soldier guarding him.
17
After three days Paul called the local Jewish leaders to a meeting. When they had gathered, he said to them, "My fellow Israelites, even though I did nothing against our people or the customs that we received from our ancestors, I was made a prisoner in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.
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After questioning me, the Romans wanted to release me, because they found that I had done nothing for which I deserved to die.
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But when the Jews opposed this, I was forced to appeal to the Emperor, even though I had no accusation to make against my own people.
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That is why I asked to see you and talk with you. As a matter of fact, I am bound in chains like this for the sake of him for whom the people of Israel hope."
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They said to him, "We have not received any letters from Judea about you, nor have any of our people come from there with any news or anything bad to say about you.
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But we would like to hear your ideas, because we know that everywhere people speak against this party to which you belong."
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So they set a date with Paul, and a large number of them came that day to the place where Paul was staying. From morning till night he explained to them his message about the Kingdom of God, and he tried to convince them about Jesus by quoting from the Law of Moses and the writings of the prophets.
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Some of them were convinced by his words, but others would not believe.
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So they left, disagreeing among themselves, after Paul had said this one thing: "How well the Holy Spirit spoke through the prophet Isaiah to your ancestors!
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For he said, 'Go and say to this people: You will listen and listen, but not understand; you will look and look, but not see,
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because this people's minds are dull, and they have stopped up their ears and closed their eyes. Otherwise, their eyes would see, their ears would hear, their minds would understand, and they would turn to me, says God, and I would heal them.' "
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And Paul concluded: "You are to know, then, that God's message of salvation has been sent to the Gentiles. They will listen!"
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OMITTED TEXT
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For two years Paul lived in a place he rented for himself, and there he welcomed all who came to see him.
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He preached about the Kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ, speaking with all boldness and freedom.
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Exodus 18:11
Now I know that the LORD is greater than all the gods, because he did this when the Egyptians treated the Israelites with such contempt."
Esther 9:1
The thirteenth day of Adar came, the day on which the royal proclamation was to take effect, the day when the enemies of the Jews were hoping to get them in their power. But instead, the Jews triumphed over them.
Psalm 76:10
Human anger only results in more praise for you; those who survive the wars will keep your festivals.
Acts 8:4
The believers who were scattered went everywhere, preaching the message.
Acts 11:19-21
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Some of the believers who were scattered by the persecution which took place when Stephen was killed went as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, telling the message to Jews only.
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But other believers, who were from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and proclaimed the message to Gentiles also, telling them the Good News about the Lord Jesus.
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The Lord's power was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.
Romans 8:28
We know that in all things God works for good with those who love him, those whom he has called according to his purpose.
Romans 8:37
No, in all these things we have complete victory through him who loved us!
2 Timothy 2:9
Because I preach the Good News, I suffer and I am even chained like a criminal. But the word of God is not in chains,