Now as Peter went here and there among them all, he came down also to the saints who lived at Lydda. There he found a man named Aeneas, bedridden for eight years, who was paralyzed. And Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you; rise and make your bed.” And immediately he rose. AndContinue reading “Acts 9: 32-43…. Peter’s healing ministry.”
Category Archives: Acts
Acts 9:26-31…..Back to meet the church leaders.
And when he had come to Jerusalem, he attempted to join the disciples. And they were all afraid of him, for they did not believe that he was a disciple. But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles and declared to them how on the road he had seen the Lord, who spokeContinue reading “Acts 9:26-31…..Back to meet the church leaders.”
Acts 9: 19-25…..Bucketed out!
(Saul)……and taking food, he was strengthened.For some days he was with the disciples at Damascus. And immediately he proclaimed Jesus in the synagogues, saying, “He is the Son of God.” And all who heard him were amazed and said, “Is not this the man who made havoc in Jerusalem of those who called upon thisContinue reading “Acts 9: 19-25…..Bucketed out!”
Acts 9: 15-19…..Saul saw with his eyes and his understanding.
But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel. For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.” So Ananias departed and entered the house. And laying hisContinue reading “Acts 9: 15-19…..Saul saw with his eyes and his understanding.”
Acts 9: 8-15a…..This time Jesus speaks in a Vision.
Saul rose from the ground, and although his eyes were opened, he saw nothing. So they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus. And for three days he was without sight, and neither ate nor drank.Now there was a disciple at Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision,Continue reading “Acts 9: 8-15a…..This time Jesus speaks in a Vision.”
Acts 9: 1-7…..A Voice from Heaven.
But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. Now as he went on his way,Continue reading “Acts 9: 1-7…..A Voice from Heaven.”
Acts 8: 36-40…..An Ethiopian Baptism.
And as they were going along the road they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “See, here is water! What prevents me from being baptized?” And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him. And when they came upContinue reading “Acts 8: 36-40…..An Ethiopian Baptism.”
Acts 8: 32-34…..Reading with understanding.
Now the passage of the Scripture that he was reading was this:“Like a sheep he was led to the slaughterand like a lamb before its shearer is silent,so he opens not his mouth.In his humiliation justice was denied him.Who can describe his generation?For his life is taken away from the earth.”And the eunuch said toContinue reading “Acts 8: 32-34…..Reading with understanding.”
Acts 8: 25-31……The good news spreads.
Now when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans.Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Rise and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is a desert place. AndContinue reading “Acts 8: 25-31……The good news spreads.”
Acts 8: 14-24……Simon’s folly.
Now when the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent to them Peter and John, who came down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit, for he had not yet fallen on any of them, but they had only been baptized in the nameContinue reading “Acts 8: 14-24……Simon’s folly.”
As I read it! 