Category Archives: Life

The Explanation

When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to … Continue reading

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Choosing a Leader

In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he’d chosen. After his … Continue reading

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Joy and Amazement

On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they’d prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they didn’t find … Continue reading

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The Death of Jesus

As the soldiers led him away, they seized Simon from Cyrene, who was on his way in from the country, and put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus. A large number of people followed him, … Continue reading

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The Wrong Decision

The men who were guarding Jesus began mocking and beating him. They blindfolded him and demanded, “Prophesy! Who hit you?” And they said many other insulting things to him. At daybreak the council of the elders of the people, both … Continue reading

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Betrayed and Arrested

Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and his disciples followed him. On reaching the place, he said to them, “Pray that you won’t fall into temptation.” He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, knelt down … Continue reading

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A New Promise

Now the Festival of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching, and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were looking for some way to get rid of Jesus, for they were afraid of the people. Then Satan … Continue reading

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Stand Firm

As Jesus looked up, he saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. “Truly I tell you,” he said, “this poor widow’s put in more … Continue reading

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About the Future

Keeping a close watch on Jesus, the teachers of the law and the chief priests sent spies, who pretended to be sincere. They hoped to catch him in something he said, so that they might hand him over to the … Continue reading

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Just One Question

One day as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and proclaiming the good news, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, together with the elders, came up to him. “Tell us by what authority you’re … Continue reading

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