In The Word Read: Acts 9:43-10:33 43 And Peter stayed in Joppa many days with a tanner named Simon. Cornelius’ Vision 10 Now there was a man in Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian cohort, 2 a devout man and one who feared God with all his household, and made many charitable contributions […]
Authority In His Name
In The Word Read: Acts 9:32-42 Peter’s Ministry 32 Now as Peter was traveling through all those regions, he also came down to the saints who lived at Lydda. 33 There he found a man named Aeneas who had been bedridden for eight years, because he was paralyzed. 34 Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you; […]
Naysayers
In The Word Read: Acts 9:19b-31 19 and he took food and was strengthened. Saul Begins to Preach Christ Now for several days he was with the disciples who were in Damascus, 20 and immediately he began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, saying, “He is the Son of God.” 21 All those hearing him continued to be […]
Saul’s Conversion
In The Word Read: Acts 9:1-19a The Conversion of Saul 9 Now Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest, 2 and asked for letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, whether men or women, he might […]
The Ethiopian Eunuch
In The Word Read: Acts 8:26-40 26 But an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, “Get ready and go south to the road that descends from Jerusalem to Gaza.” (This is a desert road.) 27 So he got ready and went; and there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the […]
Pure Motives
In The Word Read: Acts 8:5-25 5 Philip went down to the city of Samaria and began proclaiming the Christ to them. 6 The crowds were paying attention with one mind to what was being said by Philip, as they heard and saw the signs which he was performing. 7 For in the case of many who had […]
Suffering For His Namesake
In The Word Read: Acts 7:44-8:4 44 “Our fathers had the tabernacle of testimony in the wilderness, just as He who spoke to Moses directed him to make it according to the pattern which he had seen. 45 Our fathers in turn received it, and they also brought it in with Joshua upon dispossessing the nations that […]
Stephen The Preacher
In The Word Read: Acts 7:1-43 Stephen’s Defense 7 Now the high priest said, “Are these things so?” 2 And Stephen said, “Listen to me, brothers and fathers! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran, 3 and He said to him, ‘Go from your country and […]
Servant And Missionary
In The Word Read: Acts 6 Choosing of the Seven 6 Now at this time, as the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint developed on the part of the Hellenistic Jews against the native Hebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily serving of food. 2 So the twelve summoned the congregation of the […]
Jealousy
In The Word Read: Acts 5:17-42 Imprisonment and Release 17 But the high priest stood up, along with all his associates (that is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy. 18 They laid hands on the apostles and put them in a public prison. 19 But during the night an angel of the Lord […]