Moses Strikes the Rock

¹⁰ Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said to them, ^(A)“Hear now, you rebels: shall we bring water for you out of this rock?”

² For ^(A)we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, ^(B)he is a perfect man, ^(C)able also to bridle his whole body.

^26 (A)Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,

¹⁷ In Christ Jesus, then, I have ^(A)reason to be proud of ^(B)my work for God. ¹⁸ For I will not venture to speak of anything except ^(C)what Christ has accomplished through me ^(D)to bring the Gentiles to obedience—by word and deed, ^19 (E)by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God—so that ^(F)from Jerusalem and all the way around ^(G)to Illyricum I have fulfilled the ministry of the gospel of Christ;

³ Then Paul said to him, “God is going to strike you, you ^(A)whitewashed ^(B)wall! Are you sitting to judge me according to the law, and yet ^(C)contrary to the law you ^(D)order me to be struck?” ⁴ Those who stood by said, “Would you revile ^(E)God's high priest?” ⁵ And Paul said, ^(F)“I did not know, brothers, that he was the high priest, for it is written, ^(G)‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’”

⁹ He listened to Paul speaking. And Paul, looking intently at him and ^(A)seeing that he had faith to be made well,^{[a] 10} said in a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet.” And he ^(B)sprang up and began walking. ¹¹ And when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in Lycaonian, ^(C)“The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!” ¹² Barnabas they called ^(D)Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the chief speaker. ¹³ And the priest of ^(E)Zeus, whose temple was at the entrance to the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates and ^(F)wanted to offer sacrifice with the crowds. ¹⁴ But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they ^(G)tore their garments and rushed out into the crowd, crying out, ¹⁵ “Men, ^(H)why are you doing these things? We also are men, ^(I)of like nature with you, and we bring you good news, that ^(J)you should turn from these ^(K)vain things to ^(L)a living God, ^(M)who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.

¹² And when Peter saw it he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why do you wonder at this, or why do you stare at us, as though by our own power or piety we have made him walk? ^13 (A)The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, ^(B)the God of our fathers, ^(C)glorified his servant^[a] Jesus, whom ^(D)you delivered over and ^(E)denied in the presence of Pilate, ^(F)when he had decided to release him. ¹⁴ But you denied ^(G)the Holy and ^(H)Righteous One, and ^(I)asked for a murderer to be granted to you, ¹⁵ and you killed ^(J)the Author of life, ^(K)whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses. ¹⁶ And ^(L)his name—by ^(M)faith in his name—has made this man strong whom you see and know, and the faith that is ^(N)through Jesus^[b] has given the man this perfect health in the presence of you all.

⁵⁴ And when his disciples James and John saw it, they said, “Lord, do you want us to tell ^(A)fire to come down from heaven and consume them?”^{[a] 55} But he turned and rebuked them.^[b]