I have a baptism ¹  to undergo, ²  and how distressed I am until it is finished!

Now ¹  the men who were holding Jesus ²  under guard began to mock him and beat him.

But they covered their ears, ¹  shouting out with a loud voice, and rushed at him with one intent.

For the days will come upon you when your enemies will build ¹  an embankment ²  against you and surround you and close in on you from every side.

For the love of Christ ¹  controls us, since we have concluded this, that Christ ²  died for all; therefore all have died.

I feel torn between the two, ¹  because I have a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far,

So a report about him spread throughout Syria. People ¹  brought to him all who suffered with various illnesses and afflictions, those who had seizures, ²  paralytics, and those possessed by demons, ³  and he healed them.

After Jesus left ¹  the synagogue, he entered Simon’s house. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever, and they asked Jesus ²  to help her. ³ 

Then ¹  all the people of the Gerasenes ²  and the surrounding region ³  asked Jesus ⁴  to leave them alone, ⁵  for they were seized with great fear. ⁶  So ⁷  he got into the boat and left. ⁸ 

Then ¹  Jesus asked, ²  “Who was it who touched me?” When they all denied it, Peter ³  said, “Master, the crowds are surrounding you and pressing ⁴  against you!”

Now when Silas and Timothy arrived ¹  from Macedonia, ²  Paul became wholly absorbed with proclaiming ³  the word, testifying ⁴  to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ. ⁵ 

The father ¹  of Publius lay sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him ²  and after praying, placed ³  his hands on him and healed ⁴  him.