Discovery Box| (0.25) | Act 6:1 |
| Now in those 1 days, when the disciples were growing in number, 2 a complaint arose on the part of the Greek-speaking Jews 3 against the native Hebraic Jews, 4 because their widows 5 were being overlooked 6 in the daily distribution of food. 7 |
| (0.25) | Act 7:8 |
| Then God 1 gave Abraham 2 the covenant 3 of circumcision, and so he became the father of Isaac and circumcised him when he was eight days old, 4 and Isaac became the father of 5 Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs. 6 |
| (0.25) | Act 7:10 |
| and rescued him from all his troubles, and granted him favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made 1 him ruler over Egypt and over all his household. |
| (0.25) | Act 7:42 |
| But God turned away from them and gave them over 1 to worship the host 2 of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘It was not to me that you offered slain animals and sacrifices 3 forty years in the wilderness, was it, 4 house of Israel? |
| (0.25) | Act 8:1 |
| And Saul agreed completely with killing 1 him.Now on that day a great 2 persecution began 3 against the church in Jerusalem, 4 and all 5 except the apostles were forced to scatter throughout the regions 6 of Judea and Samaria. |
| (0.25) | Act 9:31 |
| Then 1 the church throughout Judea, Galilee, 2 and Samaria experienced 3 peace and thus was strengthened. 4 Living 5 in the fear of the Lord and in the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, the church 6 increased in numbers. |
| (0.25) | Act 10:33 |
| Therefore I sent for you at once, and you were kind enough to come. 1 So now we are all here in the presence of God 2 to listen 3 to everything the Lord has commanded you to say to us.” 4 |
| (0.25) | Act 10:41 |
| not by all the people, but by us, the witnesses God had already chosen, 1 who ate and drank 2 with him after he rose from the dead. |
| (0.25) | Act 11:5 |
| “I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision, 1 an object something like a large sheet descending, 2 being let down from heaven 3 by its four corners, and it came to me. |
| (0.25) | Act 11:12 |
| The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers 1 also went with me, and we entered the man’s house. |
| (0.25) | Act 11:17 |
| Therefore if God 1 gave them the same gift 2 as he also gave us after believing 3 in the Lord Jesus Christ, 4 who was I to hinder 5 God?” |
| (0.25) | Act 11:19 |
| Now those who had been scattered because of the persecution that took place over Stephen 1 went as far as 2 Phoenicia, 3 Cyprus, 4 and Antioch, 5 speaking the message 6 to no one but Jews. |
| (0.25) | Act 11:26 |
| and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. 1 So 2 for a whole year Barnabas and Saul 3 met with the church and taught a significant number of people. 4 Now it was in Antioch 5 that the disciples were first called Christians. 6 |
| (0.25) | Act 12:6 |
| On that very night before Herod was going to bring him out for trial, 1 Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, while 2 guards in front of the door were keeping watch 3 over the prison. |
| (0.25) | Act 12:11 |
| When 1 Peter came to himself, he said, “Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued 2 me from the hand 3 of Herod 4 and from everything the Jewish people 5 were expecting to happen.” |
| (0.25) | Act 12:20 |
| Now Herod 1 was having an angry quarrel 2 with the people of Tyre 3 and Sidon. 4 So they joined together 5 and presented themselves before him. And after convincing 6 Blastus, the king’s personal assistant, 7 to help them, 8 they asked for peace, 9 because their country’s food supply was provided by the king’s country. |
| (0.25) | Act 13:43 |
| When the meeting of the synagogue 1 had broken up, 2 many of the Jews and God-fearing proselytes 3 followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking with them and were persuading 4 them 5 to continue 6 in the grace of God. |
| (0.25) | Act 15:3 |
| So they were sent on their way by the church, and as they passed through both Phoenicia 1 and Samaria, they were relating at length 2 the conversion of the Gentiles and bringing great joy 3 to all the brothers. |
| (0.25) | Act 15:17 |
| so that the rest of humanity 1 may seek the Lord, namely, 2 all the Gentiles 3 I have called to be my own,’ 4 says the Lord, 5 who makes these things |
| (0.25) | Act 15:22 |
| Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided 1 to send men chosen from among them, Judas called Barsabbas and Silas, 2 leaders among the brothers, to Antioch 3 with Paul and Barnabas. |
