Bible Language Cross References for the verse Acts 4:0 in WEB
- 1 Now about that time, Herod the king stretched out his hands to oppress some of the assembly.
- 2 He killed James, the brother of John, with the sword.
- 3 When he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. This was during the days of unleavened bread.
- 4 When he had arrested him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four squads of four soldiers each to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover.
- 5 Peter therefore was kept in the prison, but constant prayer was made by the assembly to God for him.
- 6 The same night when Herod was about to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains. Guards in front of the door kept the prison.
- 7 And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side, and woke him up, saying, "Stand up quickly!" His chains fell off from his hands.
- 8 The angel said to him, "Get dressed and put on your sandals." He did so. He said to him, "Put on your cloak, and follow me."
- 9 And he went out and followed him. He didn't know that what was being done by the angel was real, but thought he saw a vision.
- 10 When they were past the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which opened to them by itself. They went out, and went down one street, and immediately the angel departed from him.
- 11 When Peter had come to himself, he said, "Now I truly know that the Lord has sent out his angel and delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from everything the Jewish people were expecting."
- 12 Thinking about that, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John whose surname was Mark, where many were gathered together and were praying.
- 13 When Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a maid named Rhoda came to answer.
- 14 When she recognized Peter's voice, she didn't open the gate for joy, but ran in, and reported that Peter was standing in front of the gate.
- 15 They said to her, "You are crazy!" But she insisted that it was so. They said, "It is his angel."
- 16 But Peter continued knocking. When they had opened, they saw him, and were amazed.
- 17 But he, beckoning to them with his hand to be silent, declared to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. He said, "Tell these things to James, and to the brothers." Then he departed, and went to another place.
- 18 Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers about what had become of Peter.
- 19 When Herod had sought for him, and didn't find him, he examined the guards, and commanded that they should be put to death. He went down from Judea to Caesarea, and stayed there.
- 20 Now Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. They came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus, the king's chamberlain, their friend, they asked for peace, because their country depended on the king's country for food.
- 21 On an appointed day, Herod dressed himself in royal clothing, sat on the throne, and gave a speech to them.
- 22 The people shouted, "The voice of a god, and not of a man!"
- 23 Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he didn't give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and died.
- 24 But the word of God grew and multiplied.
- 25 Barnabas and Saul returned to Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their service, also taking with them John whose surname was Mark.
- 1 Agrippa said to Paul, "You may speak for yourself." Then Paul stretched out his hand, and made his defense.
- 2 "I think myself happy, King Agrippa, that I am to make my defense before you this day concerning all the things whereof I am accused by the Jews,
- 3 especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.
- 4 "Indeed, all the Jews know my way of life from my youth up, which was from the beginning among my own nation and at Jerusalem;
- 5 having known me from the first, if they are willing to testify, that after the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
- 6 Now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,
- 7 which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa!
- 8 Why is it judged incredible with you, if God does raise the dead?
- 9 "I myself most assuredly thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
- 10 This I also did in Jerusalem. I both shut up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests, and when they were put to death I gave my vote against them.
- 11 Punishing them often in all the synagogues, I tried to make them blaspheme. Being exceedingly enraged against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.
- 12 "Whereupon as I traveled to Damascus with the authority and commission from the chief priests,
- 13 at noon, O King, I saw on the way a light from the sky, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who traveled with me.
- 14 When we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.'
- 15 "I said, 'Who are you, Lord?' "He said, 'I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
- 16 But arise, and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose: to appoint you a servant and a witness both of the things which you have seen, and of the things which I will reveal to you;
- 17 delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,
- 18 to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
- 19 "Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
- 20 but declared first to them of Damascus, at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.
- 21 For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple, and tried to kill me.
- 22 Having therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand to this day testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would happen,
- 23 how the Christ must suffer, and how, by the resurrection of the dead, he would be first to proclaim light both to these people and to the Gentiles."
- 24 As he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, "Paul, you are crazy! Your great learning is driving you insane!"
- 25 But he said, "I am not crazy, most excellent Festus, but boldly declare words of truth and reasonableness.
- 26 For the king knows of these things, to whom also I speak freely. For I am persuaded that none of these things is hidden from him, for this has not been done in a corner.
- 27 King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe."
- 28 Agrippa said to Paul, "With a little persuasion are you trying to make me a Christian?"
- 29 Paul said, "I pray to God, that whether with little or with much, not only you, but also all that hear me this day, might become such as I am, except for these bonds."
- 30 The king rose up with the governor, and Bernice, and those who sat with them.
- 31 When they had withdrawn, they spoke one to another, saying, "This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds."
- 32 Agrippa said to Festus, "This man might have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar."
- 1 If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion,
- 2 make my joy full, by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;
- 3 doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;
- 4 each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.
- 5 Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus,
- 6 who, existing in the form of God, didn't consider it robbery to be equal with God,
- 7 but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men.
- 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross.
- 9 Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name;
- 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth,
- 11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
- 12 So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
- 13 For it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.
- 14 Do all things without murmurings and disputes,
- 15 that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,
- 16 holding up the word of life; that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn't run in vain nor labor in vain.
- 17 Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all.
- 18 In the same way, you also rejoice, and rejoice with me.
- 19 But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered up when I know how you are doing.
- 20 For I have no one else like-minded, who will truly care about you.
- 21 For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.
- 22 But you know the proof of him, that, as a child serves a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the gospel.
- 23 Therefore I hope to send him at once, as soon as I see how it will go with me.
- 24 But I trust in the Lord that I myself also will come shortly.
- 25 But I counted it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, fellow soldier, and your apostle and minister to my need;
- 26 since he longed for you all, and was very troubled, because you had heard that he was sick.
- 27 For indeed he was sick, nearly to death, but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow on sorrow.
- 28 I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that, when you see him again, you may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.
- 29 Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and hold such in honor,
- 30 because for the work of Christ he came near to death, risking his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.