Lexicon :: Strong's G5037 - te

I wrote the first narrative, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

When they arrived, they went to the room upstairs where they were staying: Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.

In those days Peter stood up among the brothers and sisters[fn] ​— ​the number of people who were together was about a hundred twenty ​— ​and said,

They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and rested on each one of them.

“Parthians, Medes, Elamites; those who live in Mesopotamia, in Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,

“Therefore, since he has been exalted to the right hand of God and has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit, he has poured out what you both see and hear.

When they heard this, they were pierced to the heart and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what should we do? ”

With many other words he testified and strongly urged them, saying, “Be saved from this corrupt[fn] generation! ”

Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and signs were being performed through the apostles.

Every day they devoted themselves to meeting together in the temple, and broke bread from house to house. They ate their food with joyful and sincere hearts,

and they recognized that he was the one who used to sit and beg at the Beautiful Gate of the temple. So they were filled with awe and astonishment at what had happened to him.

When they observed the boldness of Peter and John and realized that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were amazed and recognized that they had been with Jesus.

“For, in fact, in this city both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, assembled together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed,

With great power the apostles were giving testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was on all of them.

Believers were added to the Lord in increasing numbers ​— ​multitudes of both men and women.

But an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail during the night, brought them out, and said,

As[fn] the captain of the temple police and the chief priests heard these things, they were baffled about them, wondering what would come of this.

He said to them, “Men of Israel, be careful about what you’re about to do to these men.

Every day in the temple, and in various homes, they continued teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Messiah.

So the word of God spread, the disciples in Jerusalem increased greatly in number, and a large group of priests became obedient to the faith.

They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes; so they came, seized him, and took him to the Sanhedrin.

“The next day he showed up while they were fighting and tried to reconcile them peacefully, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why are you mistreating each other? ’

Saul agreed with putting him to death.

On that day a severe persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout the land of Judea and Samaria.

Saul, however, was ravaging the church. He would enter house after house, drag off men and women, and put them in prison.

The crowds were all paying attention to what Philip said, as they listened and saw the signs he was performing.

But when they believed Philip, as he proclaimed the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, both men and women were baptized.

So, after they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they traveled back to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.

and was sitting in his chariot on his way home, reading the prophet Isaiah aloud.

“How can I,” he said, “unless someone guides me? ” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

So he ordered the chariot to stop, and both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and he baptized him.

and requested letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women who belonged to the Way, he might bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

“But get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”

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

At once something like scales fell from his eyes, and he regained his sight. Then he got up and was baptized.

but Saul learned of their plot. So they were watching the gates day and night intending to kill him,

He conversed and debated with the Hellenistic Jews, but they tried to kill him.

He was a devout man and feared God along with his whole household. He did many charitable deeds for the Jewish people and always prayed to God.

They said, “Cornelius, a centurion, an upright and God-fearing man, who has a good reputation with the whole Jewish nation, was divinely directed by a holy angel to call you to his house and to hear a message from you.”

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.

“So I immediately sent for you, and it was good of you to come. So now we are all in the presence of God to hear everything you have been commanded by the Lord.”

“We ourselves are witnesses of everything he did in both the Judean country and in Jerusalem, and yet they killed him by hanging him on a tree.

He commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay for a few days.

“He reported to us how he had seen the angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa, and call for Simon, who is also named Peter.

The Lord’s hand was with them, and a large number who believed turned to the Lord.

and when he found him he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught large numbers. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.

When Herod was about to bring him out for trial, that very night Peter, bound with two chains, was sleeping between two soldiers, while the sentries in front of the door guarded the prison.