Acts 18:5
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5 When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul was occupied with proclaiming the word,[a] testifying to the Jews that the Messiah[b] was Jesus.(A)
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2 Corinthians 5:14
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14 For the love of Christ urges us on, because we are convinced that one has died for all; therefore all have died.(A)
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Acts 20:21
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21 as I testified to both Jews and Greeks about repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus.[a](A)
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- 20.21 Other ancient authorities add Christ
Acts 18:28
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28 for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, showing by the scriptures that the Messiah[a] is Jesus.(A)
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- 18.28 Or the Christ
Acts 17:3
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3 explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Messiah[a] to suffer and to rise from the dead and saying, “This is the Messiah,[b] Jesus whom I am proclaiming to you.”(A)
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Acts 17:14-16
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14 Then the brothers and sisters immediately sent Paul away to the coast, but Silas and Timothy remained behind. 15 Those who conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens, and, after receiving instructions to have Silas and Timothy join him as soon as possible, they left him.(A)
Paul in Athens
16 While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply distressed to see that the city was full of idols.(B)
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Acts 9:22
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22 Saul became increasingly more powerful and confounded the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that Jesus[a] was the Messiah.[b](A)
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Ezekiel 3:14
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14 The spirit lifted me up and bore me away; I went in bitterness in the heat of my spirit, the hand of the Lord being strong upon me.(A)
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Jeremiah 20:9
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9 If I say, “I will not mention him
or speak any more in his name,”
then within me there is something like a burning fire
shut up in my bones;
I am weary with holding it in,
and I cannot.(A)
Jeremiah 6:11
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11 But I am full of the wrath of the Lord;
I am weary of holding it in.
Pour it out on the children in the street
and on the gatherings of young men as well;
both husband and wife shall be taken,
the elderly and those full of days.(A)
Philippians 1:23
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23 I am hard pressed between the two: my desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better,(A)
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Acts 2:36
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36 “Therefore let the entire house of Israel know with certainty that God has made him both Lord and Messiah,[a] this Jesus whom you crucified.”
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- 2.36 Or Christ
Job 32:18-20
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18 For I am full of words;
the spirit within me constrains me.(A)
19 My belly is indeed like wine that has no vent;
like new wineskins, it is ready to burst.(B)
20 I must speak, so that I may find relief;
I must open my lips and answer.
1 Peter 5:12
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Final Greetings and Benediction
12 Through Silvanus, whom I consider a faithful brother, I have written this short letter to encourage you and to testify that this is the true grace of God. Stand fast in it.(A)
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1 Thessalonians 3:2
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2 and sent Timothy, our brother and God’s coworker[a] in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you for the sake of your faith,(A)
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- 3.2 Other ancient authorities read minister or God’s minister and our coworker
Acts 16:9
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9 During the night Paul had a vision: there stood a man of Macedonia pleading with him and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”(A)
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Acts 16:1
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Timothy Joins Paul and Silas
16 Paul[a] went on also to Derbe and to Lystra, where there was a disciple named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek.(A)
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- 16.1 Gk He
Acts 15:22
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The Council’s Letter to Gentile Believers
22 Then the apostles and the elders, with the consent of the whole church, decided to choose men from among them and to send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They sent Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, leaders among the brothers,
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Acts 10:42
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42 He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one ordained by God as judge of the living and the dead.(A)
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Acts 4:20
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20 for we cannot keep from speaking about what we have seen and heard.”(A)
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John 15:27
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27 You also are to testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.(A)
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John 10:24
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24 So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah,[a] tell us plainly.”
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- 10.24 Or the Christ
John 3:28
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28 You yourselves are my witnesses that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah,[a] but I have been sent ahead of him.’(A)
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- 3.28 Or the Christ
John 1:41
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41 He first found his brother Simon and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated Anointed[a]).(A)
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- 1.41 Or Christ
Luke 12:50
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50 I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and what constraint I am under until it is completed!(A)
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