Lexicon :: Strong's G2076 - esti

He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority.

Then they returned to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, which is near Jerusalem ​— ​a Sabbath day’s journey away.

This became known to all the residents of Jerusalem, so that in their own language that field is called Hakeldama (that is, “Field of Blood”).

“For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, since it’s only nine in the morning.[fn]

“For David says of him:

I saw the Lord ever before me;

because he is at my right hand,

I will not be shaken.

“Brothers and sisters, I can confidently speak to you about the patriarch David: He is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

“For the promise is for you and for your children, and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call.”

“This Jesus is

the stone rejected by you builders,

which has become the cornerstone.

Peter and John answered them, “Whether it’s right in the sight of God for us to listen to you rather than to God, you decide;

Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus by birth, the one the apostles called Barnabas (which is translated Son of Encouragement),

“but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them. You may even be found fighting against God.” They were persuaded by him.

The Twelve summoned the whole company of the disciples and said, “It would not be right for us to give up preaching the word of God to wait on tables.

“The Lord said to him: Take off the sandals from your feet, because the place where you are standing is holy ground.

“This is the Moses who said to the Israelites: God[fn] will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.

They all paid attention to him, from the least of them to the greatest, and they said, “This man is called the Great Power of God.”[fn]

“You have no part or share in this matter, because your heart is not right before God.

An angel of the Lord spoke to Philip: “Get up and go south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” (This is the desert road.[fn])

But the Lord said to him, “Go, for this man is my chosen instrument to take my name to Gentiles, kings, and Israelites.

Immediately he began proclaiming Jesus in the synagogues: “He is the Son of God.”

When he arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, since they did not believe he was a disciple.

Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples heard that Peter was there and sent two men to him who urged him, “Don’t delay in coming with us.”

Staring at him in awe, he said, “What is it, Lord? ”

The angel told him, “Your prayers and your acts of charity have ascended as a memorial offering before God.

“He is lodging with Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the sea.”

Peter said to them, “You know it’s forbidden for a Jewish man to associate with or visit a foreigner, but God has shown me that I must not call any person impure or unclean.

Peter began to speak: “Now I truly understand that God doesn’t show favoritism,

“He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one appointed by God to be the judge of the living and the dead.

When he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter too, during the Festival of Unleavened Bread.

So he went out and followed, and he did not know that what the angel did was really happening, but he thought he was seeing a vision.

“You’re out of your mind! ” they told her. But she kept insisting that it was true, and they said, “It’s his angel.”

After the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the leaders of the synagogue sent word to them, saying, “Brothers, if you have any word of encouragement for the people, you can speak.”

“known from long ago.[fn]

and from there to Philippi, a Roman colony and a leading city of the district of Macedonia. We stayed in that city for several days.

explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Messiah to suffer and rise from the dead: “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Messiah.”

“For I am with you, and no one will lay a hand on you to hurt you, because I have many people in this city.”

“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.”

and asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed? ”

“No,” they told him, “we haven’t even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”

Paul said, “John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people that they should believe in the one who would come after him, that is, in Jesus.”

When he had assembled them, as well as the workers engaged in this type of business, he said, “Men, you know that our prosperity is derived from this business.

But when they recognized that he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison for about two hours, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians! ”

But Paul went down, bent over him, embraced him, and said, “Don’t be alarmed, because he’s alive.”

“In every way I’ve shown you that it is necessary to help the weak by laboring like this and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, because he said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”