Now in these days when the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint by the Hellenists arose against the Hebrews because their widows...
33 Exalted to the right hand of God, he has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear. 34 For David did not ascend to heaven, and yet he said, “‘The Lord said t...
There were in that wilderness all diversities of character — masters and disciples, owners of flocks and keepers of flocks; rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, and rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens: yet to all was to be given the same portion, "an omer to every man, ...
Verses 1-4We cannot forget how often, while their Master was with them there were strifes among the disciples which should be the greatest; but now all these strifes were at an end. They had prayed more together of late. Would we have the Spirit poured out upon us from on high, let ...
The Coming of the Holy Spirit - When the day of Pentecost was being celebrated, all of them were together in one place. Suddenly, a sound like the
42 The disciples were devoted to the teachings of the apostles, to fellowship, to the breaking of bread, and to prayer. 使徒行传 2:37–42 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) 37 When they heard this, they came under deep conviction and said to Peter and the rest of the apo...
I chose instead to settle in on how it felt for the disciples and Mary, each in their own tomb. I could feel their pain, disappointment, and disbelief. Now what? I let those emotions run through me. He is dead.Good and dead, as a friend said to me in an early morning text today...
'I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.'--JOHN xvi. 28. These majestic and strange words are the proper close of our Lord's discourse, what follows being rather a reply to the disciples' exclamation. There is noth...
life. He went out into the hills to pray, a solitary, seeking figure – a restless night, a wakeful night, a night of anxiety and conflict and spiritual struggle. He prayed the entire night, and when it was day he immediately called the twelve disciples, whom he called apostles, and ...
We cannot forget how often, while their Master was with them there were strifes among the disciples which should be the greatest; but now all these strifes were at an end. They had prayed more together of late. Would we have the Spirit poured out upon us from on high, let us be all...