Book of Common Prayer
The Apostles Continue To Speak And Do Miracles. Multitudes Believe. Many Are Healed
12 Now many signs and wonders were taking place through the hands of the apostles among the people. And they were all with-one-accord in the portico[a] of Solomon. 13 But none of the rest[b] was daring to join[c] them, yet the people were magnifying them. 14 And more people believing in the Lord[d] were being added— multitudes of both men and women, 15 so that they were even bringing-out the sick into the wide-roads and putting them on little-beds and cots, in order that while Peter was coming, if-even[e] his shadow might overshadow one of them. 16 And the multitude from the cities around Jerusalem was also coming-together, bringing sick ones and ones being troubled by unclean spirits, who all were being cured.
The Jewish Leaders Jail The Apostles Again, But an Angel Lets Them Out
17 And having arisen, the high priest and all the ones with him— the sect[f] of the Sadducees existing there— were filled with jealousy. 18 And they put their hands on the apostles and put them in the public jail. 19 But an angel of the Lord— having opened the doors of the prison during the night, and having led them out— said, 20 “Go! And having stood, be speaking in the temple to the people all the words of this life”. 21 And having heard, they entered into the temple at dawn[g] and were teaching.
The Apostles Are Found In The Temple, And Are Brought Before The Sanhedrin
And having arrived, the high priest and the ones with him called together the Sanhedrin— even the whole council-of-elders of the sons of Israel. And they sent-out officers to the jailhouse that they might be brought. 22 But having arrived, the officers did not find them in the prison. And having returned, they reported, 23 saying that “We found the jailhouse having been locked with all security, and the guards standing at the doors. But having opened, we found no one inside”. 24 And when both the captain of the temple [guard] and the chief priests heard these words, they were greatly-perplexed about them as to what this would become. 25 But having arrived, someone reported to them that “Behold— the men whom you put in the prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people”. 26 Then the captain, having gone away with the officers, was bringing them— not with violence (for they were fearing the people, that they might be stoned).
Nicodemus, a Ruler of The Jews, Comes To Jesus, And Is Told He Must Be Born Again
3 Now there was a man from the Pharisees— the name for him was Nicodemus— a ruler of the Jews. 2 This one came to Him by night and said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher. For no one is able to be doing these signs which You are doing unless God is with him”. 3 Jesus responded and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you— unless one is born again[a], he is not able to see the kingdom of God”. 4 Nicodemus says to Him, “How is a person able to be born while being an old-man? He is not able to enter a second time into the womb of his mother and be born, is he?” 5 Jesus responded, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water[b] and the Spirit, he is not able to enter into the kingdom of God. 6 The thing having been born of the flesh is flesh, and the thing having been born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You[c] all must be born again’— 8 the wind blows where it wants, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know from where it comes, and where it is going. So[d] is everyone having been born of the Spirit”. 9 Nicodemus responded and said to Him, “How are these[e] things able to happen?” 10 Jesus responded and said to him, “Are you the teacher of Israel and you do not understand these things? 11 Truly, truly, I say to you that we are speaking what we know, and we are testifying what we have seen, and you[f] people are not receiving our testimony. 12 If I told you people earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 13 And no one has gone up into heaven except the One having come down from heaven— the Son of Man. 14 And just as Moses lifted-up the serpent in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up 15 in order that everyone putting-faith in Him may have[g] eternal life.
God Sent His Son Into The World That All Believing In Him May Have Eternal Life
16 “For[h] God so[i] loved the world that He gave His only-born Son, in order that everyone believing in Him may not perish, but may have eternal life. 17 For God did not send-forth the Son into the world in order that He might judge[j] the world, but in order that the world might be saved through Him. 18 The one believing in Him is not judged. But the one not believing has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only-born Son of God. 19 And this is the judgment[k]: that the Light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their works were evil. 20 For everyone practicing bad things hates the Light, and does not come to the Light in order that his works may not be exposed. 21 But the one doing the truth comes to the Light in order that his works may become-visible— that[l] they have been worked in[m] God”.
Disciples' Literal New Testament: Serving Modern Disciples by More Fully Reflecting the Writing Style of the Ancient Disciples, Copyright © 2011 Michael J. Magill. All Rights Reserved. Published by Reyma Publishing