Bible Cross References
what shall
Romans 3:5
But what if our doing wrong serves to show up more clearly God's doing right? Can we say that God does wrong when he punishes us? (This would be the natural question to ask.)
Romans 4:1
What shall we say, then, of Abraham, the father of our race? What was his experience?
Romans 6:1
What shall we say, then? Should we continue to live in sin so that God's grace will increase?
Romans 7:7
Shall we say, then, that the Law itself is sinful? Of course not! But it was the Law that made me know what sin is. If the Law had not said, "Do not desire what belongs to someone else," I would not have known such a desire.
the time
John 21:25
Now, there are many other things that Jesus did. If they were all written down one by one, I suppose that the whole world could not hold the books that would be written.
Gedeon
Judges 6:1-8
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Once again the people of Israel sinned against the LORD, so he let the people of Midian rule them for seven years.
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The Midianites were stronger than Israel, and the people of Israel hid from them in caves and other safe places in the hills.
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Whenever the Israelites would plant their crops, the Midianites would come with the Amalekites and the desert tribes and attack them.
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They would camp on the land and destroy the crops as far south as the area around Gaza. They would take all the sheep, cattle, and donkeys, and leave nothing for the Israelites to live on.
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They would come with their livestock and tents, as thick as locusts. They and their camels were too many to count. They came and devastated the land,
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and Israel was helpless against them.
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Then the people of Israel cried out to the LORD for help against the Midianites,
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and he sent them a prophet who brought them this message from the LORD, the God of Israel: "I brought you out of slavery in Egypt.
Gideon
1 Samuel 12:11
And the LORD sent Gideon, Barak, Jephthah, and finally me. Each of us rescued you from your enemies, and you lived in safety.
Barak
Judges 4:1-5
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After Ehud died, the people of Israel sinned against the LORD again.
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So the LORD let them be conquered by Jabin, a Canaanite king who ruled in the city of Hazor. The commander of his army was Sisera, who lived at Harosheth-of-the-Gentiles.
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Jabin had nine hundred iron chariots, and he ruled the people of Israel with cruelty and violence for twenty years. Then the people of Israel cried out to the LORD for help.
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Now Deborah, the wife of Lappidoth, was a prophet, and she was serving as a judge for the Israelites at that time.
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She would sit under a certain palm tree between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the people of Israel would go there for her decisions.
Samson
Judges 13:1-16
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The Israelites sinned against the LORD again, and he let the Philistines rule them for forty years.
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At that time there was a man named Manoah from the town of Zorah. He was a member of the tribe of Dan. His wife had never been able to have children.
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The LORD's angel appeared to her and said, "You have never been able to have children, but you will soon be pregnant and have a son.
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Be sure not to drink any wine or beer, or eat any forbidden food;
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and after your son is born, you must never cut his hair, because from the day of his birth he will be dedicated to God as a nazirite. He will begin the work of rescuing Israel from the Philistines."
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Then the woman went and told her husband, "A man of God has come to me, and he looked as frightening as the angel of God. I didn't ask him where he came from, and he didn't tell me his name.
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But he did tell me that I would become pregnant and have a son. He told me not to drink any wine or beer, or eat any forbidden food, because the boy is to be dedicated to God as a nazirite as long as he lives."
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Then Manoah prayed to the LORD, "Please, LORD, let the man of God that you sent come back to us and tell us what we must do with the boy when he is born."
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God did what Manoah asked, and his angel came back to the woman while she was sitting in the field. Her husband Manoah was not with her,
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so she ran at once and told him, "Look! The man who came to me the other day has appeared to me again."
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Manoah got up and followed his wife. He went to the man and asked, "Are you the man who talked to my wife?" "Yes," he answered.
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Then Manoah said, "Now then, when your words come true, what must the boy do? What kind of a life must he lead?"
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The LORD's angel answered, "Your wife must be sure to do everything that I have told her.
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She must not eat anything that comes from the grapevine; she must not drink any wine or beer, or eat any forbidden food. She must do everything that I have told her."
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Not knowing that it was the LORD's angel, Manoah said to him, "Please do not go yet. Let us cook a young goat for you." But the angel said, "If I do stay, I will not eat your food. But if you want to prepare it, burn it as an offering to the LORD."
Jephthae
Judges 11:1-12
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Jephthah, a brave soldier from Gilead, was the son of a prostitute. His father Gilead
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had other sons by his wife, and when they grew up, they forced Jephthah to leave home. They told him, "You will not inherit anything from our father; you are the son of another woman."
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Jephthah fled from his brothers and lived in the land of Tob. There he attracted a group of worthless men, and they went around with him.
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It was some time later that the Ammonites went to war against Israel.
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When this happened, the leaders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah back from the land of Tob.
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They told him, "Come and lead us, so that we can fight the Ammonites."
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But Jephthah answered, "You hated me so much that you forced me to leave my father's house. Why come to me now that you're in trouble?"
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They said to Jephthah, "We are turning to you now because we want you to go with us and fight the Ammonites and lead all the people of Gilead."
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Jephthah said to them, "If you take me back home to fight the Ammonites and the LORD gives me victory, I will be your ruler."
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They replied, "We agree. The LORD is our witness."
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So Jephthah went with the leaders of Gilead, and the people made him their ruler and leader. Jephthah stated his terms at Mizpah in the presence of the LORD.
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Then Jephthah sent messengers to the king of Ammon to say, "What is your quarrel with us? Why have you invaded our country?"
David
1 Samuel 16:1
The LORD said to Samuel, "How long will you go on grieving over Saul? I have rejected him as king of Israel. But now get some olive oil and go to Bethlehem, to a man named Jesse, because I have chosen one of his sons to be king."
1 Samuel 16:13
Samuel took the olive oil and anointed David in front of his brothers. Immediately the spirit of the LORD took control of David and was with him from that day on. Then Samuel returned to Ramah.
1 Samuel 17:1-18
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The Philistines gathered for battle in Socoh, a town in Judah; they camped at a place called Ephes Dammim, between Socoh and Azekah.
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Saul and the Israelites assembled and camped in Elah Valley, where they got ready to fight the Philistines.
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The Philistines lined up on one hill and the Israelites on another, with a valley between them.
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A man named Goliath, from the city of Gath, came out from the Philistine camp to challenge the Israelites. He was over nine feet tall
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and wore bronze armor that weighed about 125 pounds and a bronze helmet.
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His legs were also protected by bronze armor, and he carried a bronze javelin slung over his shoulder.
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His spear was as thick as the bar on a weaver's loom, and its iron head weighed about fifteen pounds. A soldier walked in front of him carrying his shield.
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Goliath stood and shouted at the Israelites, "What are you doing there, lined up for battle? I am a Philistine, you slaves of Saul! Choose one of your men to fight me.
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If he wins and kills me, we will be your slaves; but if I win and kill him, you will be our slaves.
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Here and now I challenge the Israelite army. I dare you to pick someone to fight me!"
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When Saul and his men heard this, they were terrified.
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David was the son of Jesse, who was an Ephrathite from Bethlehem in Judah. Jesse had eight sons, and at the time Saul was king, he was already a very old man.
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His three oldest sons had gone with Saul to war. The oldest was Eliab, the next was Abinadab, and the third was Shammah.
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David was the youngest son, and while the three oldest brothers stayed with Saul,
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David would go back to Bethlehem from time to time, to take care of his father's sheep.
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Goliath challenged the Israelites every morning and evening for forty days.
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One day Jesse said to David, "Take a half-bushel of this roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread, and hurry with them to your brothers in the camp.
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And take these ten cheeses to the commanding officer. Find out how your brothers are getting along and bring back something to show that you saw them and that they are well.
Acts 2:29-31
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"My friends, I must speak to you plainly about our famous ancestor King David. He died and was buried, and his grave is here with us to this very day.
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He was a prophet, and he knew what God had promised him: God had made a vow that he would make one of David's descendants a king, just as David was.
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David saw what God was going to do in the future, and so he spoke about the resurrection of the Messiah when he said, 'He was not abandoned in the world of the dead; his body did not rot in the grave.'
Acts 13:22-36
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After removing him, God made David their king. This is what God said about him: 'I have found that David son of Jesse is the kind of man I like, a man who will do all I want him to do.'
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It was Jesus, a descendant of David, whom God made the Savior of the people of Israel, as he had promised.
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Before Jesus began his work, John preached to all the people of Israel that they should turn from their sins and be baptized.
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And as John was about to finish his mission, he said to the people, 'Who do you think I am? I am not the one you are waiting for. But listen! He is coming after me, and I am not good enough to take his sandals off his feet.'
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"My fellow Israelites, descendants of Abraham, and all Gentiles here who worship God: it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent!
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For the people who live in Jerusalem and their leaders did not know that he is the Savior, nor did they understand the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath. Yet they made the prophets' words come true by condemning Jesus.
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And even though they could find no reason to pass the death sentence on him, they asked Pilate to have him put to death.
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And after they had done everything that the Scriptures say about him, they took him down from the cross and placed him in a tomb.
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But God raised him from death,
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and for many days he appeared to those who had traveled with him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now witnesses for him to the people of Israel.
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And we are here to bring the Good News to you: what God promised our ancestors he would do, he has now done for us, who are their descendants, by raising Jesus to life. As it is written in the second Psalm, 'You are my Son; today I have become your Father.'
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And this is what God said about raising him from death, never to rot away in the grave: 'I will give you the sacred and sure blessings that I promised to David.'
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As indeed he says in another passage, 'You will not allow your faithful servant to rot in the grave.'
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For David served God's purposes in his own time, and then he died, was buried with his ancestors, and his body rotted in the grave.
Samuel
1 Samuel 1:20
So it was that she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, and explained, "I asked the LORD for him."
1 Samuel 2:11
Then Elkanah went back home to Ramah, but the boy Samuel stayed in Shiloh and served the LORD under the priest Eli.
1 Samuel 2:18
In the meantime the boy Samuel continued to serve the LORD, wearing a sacred linen apron.
1 Samuel 3:1-12
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In those days, when the boy Samuel was serving the LORD under the direction of Eli, there were very few messages from the LORD, and visions from him were quite rare.
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One night Eli, who was now almost blind, was sleeping in his own room;
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Samuel was sleeping in the sanctuary, where the sacred Covenant Box was. Before dawn, while the lamp was still burning,
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the LORD called Samuel. He answered, "Yes, sir!"
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and ran to Eli and said, "You called me, and here I am." But Eli answered, "I didn't call you; go back to bed." So Samuel went back to bed.
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The LORD called Samuel again. The boy did not know that it was the LORD, because the LORD had never spoken to him before. So he got up, went to Eli, and said, "You called me, and here I am." But Eli answered, "My son, I didn't call you; go back to bed."
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The LORD called Samuel a third time; he got up, went to Eli, and said, "You called me, and here I am." Then Eli realized that it was the LORD who was calling the boy,
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so he said to him, "Go back to bed; and if he calls you again, say, 'Speak, LORD, your servant is listening.' " So Samuel went back to bed.
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The LORD came and stood there, and called as he had before, "Samuel! Samuel!" Samuel answered, "Speak; your servant is listening."
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The LORD said to him, "Some day I am going to do something to the people of Israel that is so terrible that everyone who hears about it will be stunned.
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On that day I will carry out all my threats against Eli's family, from beginning to end.
1 Samuel 28:3-25
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Now Samuel had died, and all the Israelites had mourned for him and had buried him in his hometown of Ramah. Saul had forced all the fortunetellers and mediums to leave Israel.
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The Philistine troops assembled and camped near the town of Shunem; Saul gathered the Israelites and camped at Mount Gilboa.
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When Saul saw the Philistine army, he was terrified,
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and so he asked the LORD what to do. But the LORD did not answer him at all, either by dreams or by the use of Urim and Thummim or by prophets.
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Then Saul ordered his officials, "Find me a woman who is a medium, and I will go and consult her." "There is one in Endor," they answered.
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So Saul disguised himself; he put on different clothes, and after dark he went with two of his men to see the woman. "Consult the spirits for me and tell me what is going to happen," he said to her. "Call up the spirit of the man I name."
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The woman answered, "Surely you know what King Saul has done, how he forced the fortunetellers and mediums to leave Israel. Why, then, are you trying to trap me and get me killed?"
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Then Saul made a sacred vow. "By the living LORD I promise that you will not be punished for doing this," he told her.
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"Whom shall I call up for you?" the woman asked. "Samuel," he answered.
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When the woman saw Samuel, she screamed and said to Saul, "Why have you tricked me? You are King Saul!"
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"Don't be afraid!" the king said to her. "What do you see?" "I see a spirit coming up from the earth," she answered.
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"What does it look like?" he asked. "It's an old man coming up," she answered. "He is wearing a cloak." Then Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed to the ground in respect.
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Samuel said to Saul, "Why have you disturbed me? Why did you make me come back?" Saul answered, "I am in great trouble! The Philistines are at war with me, and God has abandoned me. He doesn't answer me any more, either by prophets or by dreams. And so I have called you, for you to tell me what I must do."
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Samuel said, "Why do you call me when the LORD has abandoned you and become your enemy?
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The LORD has done to you what he told you through me: he has taken the kingdom away from you and given it to David instead.
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You disobeyed the LORD's command and did not completely destroy the Amalekites and all they had. That is why the LORD is doing this to you now.
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He will give you and Israel over to the Philistines. Tomorrow you and your sons will join me, and the LORD will also give the army of Israel over to the Philistines."
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At once Saul fell down and lay stretched out on the ground, terrified by what Samuel had said. He was weak, because he had not eaten anything all day and all night.
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The woman went over to him and saw that he was terrified, so she said to him, "Please, sir, I risked my life by doing what you asked.
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Now please do what I ask. Let me fix you some food. You must eat so that you will be strong enough to travel."
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Saul refused and said he would not eat anything. But his officers also urged him to eat. He finally gave in, got up from the ground, and sat on the bed.
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The woman quickly killed a calf which she had been fattening. Then she took some flour, prepared it, and baked some bread without yeast.
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She set the food before Saul and his officers, and they ate it. And they left that same night.
Psalm 99:6
Moses and Aaron were his priests, and Samuel was one who prayed to him; they called to the LORD, and he answered them.
Jeremiah 15:1
Then the LORD said to me, "Even if Moses and Samuel were standing here pleading with me, I would not show these people any mercy. Make them go away; make them get out of my sight.
Acts 3:24
And all the prophets who had a message, including Samuel and those who came after him, also announced what has been happening these days.
Acts 13:20
All of this took about 450 years. "After this he gave them judges until the time of the prophet Samuel.
the prophets
Matthew 5:12
Be happy and glad, for a great reward is kept for you in heaven. This is how the prophets who lived before you were persecuted.
Luke 13:28
How you will cry and gnash your teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets in the Kingdom of God, while you are thrown out!
Luke 16:31
But Abraham said, 'If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone were to rise from death.' "
Acts 10:43
All the prophets spoke about him, saying that all who believe in him will have their sins forgiven through the power of his name."
James 5:10
My friends, remember the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. Take them as examples of patient endurance under suffering.
1 Peter 1:10-12
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It was concerning this salvation that the prophets made careful search and investigation, and they prophesied about this gift which God would give you.
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They tried to find out when the time would be and how it would come. This was the time to which Christ's Spirit in them was pointing, in predicting the sufferings that Christ would have to endure and the glory that would follow.
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God revealed to these prophets that their work was not for their own benefit, but for yours, as they spoke about those things which you have now heard from the messengers who announced the Good News by the power of the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. These are things which even the angels would like to understand.
2 Peter 1:21
For no prophetic message ever came just from the human will, but people were under the control of the Holy Spirit as they spoke the message that came from God.
2 Peter 3:2
I want you to remember the words that were spoken long ago by the holy prophets, and the command from the Lord and Savior which was given you by your apostles.