Lexicon :: Strong's G1511 - einai

They were all astounded and perplexed, saying to one another, “What does this mean? ”

Now the entire group of those who believed were of one heart and mind, and no one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but instead they held everything in common.

“Some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and a group of about four hundred men rallied to him. He was killed, and all his followers were dispersed and came to nothing.

A man named Simon had previously practiced sorcery in that city and amazed the Samaritan people, while claiming to be somebody great.

“Now as John was completing his mission, he said, ‘Who do you think I am? I am not the one. But one is coming after me, and I am not worthy to untie the sandals on his feet.’

“For this is what the Lord has commanded us:

I have made you

a light for the Gentiles

to bring salvation

to the ends of the earth.”

On the Sabbath day we went outside the city gate by the river, where we expected to find a place of prayer. We sat down and spoke to the women gathered there.

After she and her household were baptized, she urged us, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.

“and Jason has welcomed them. They are all acting contrary to Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king ​— ​Jesus.”

Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also debated with him. Some said, “What is this ignorant show-off[fn] trying to say? ”

Others replied, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign deities” ​— ​because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.

“Because what you say sounds strange to us, and we want to know what these things mean.”

“Since, then, we are God’s offspring, we shouldn’t think that the divine nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image fashioned by human art and imagination.

and since they were of the same occupation, tentmakers by trade, he stayed with them and worked.

“But if these are questions about words, names, and your own law, see to it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of such things.”

For he vigorously refuted the Jews in public, demonstrating through the Scriptures that Jesus is the Messiah.

While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the interior regions and came to Ephesus. He found some disciples

For the Sadducees say there is no resurrection, and neither angel nor spirit, but the Pharisees affirm them all.

When we had put out to sea from there, we sailed along the northern coast[fn] of Cyprus because the winds were against us.

They expected that he would begin to swell up or suddenly drop dead. After they waited a long time and saw nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.