But when some of them stubbornly refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way, Paul took his disciples and left the synagogue to conduct daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.
About that time there arose a great disturbance about the Way.
and requested letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he could
But when they opposed and insulted him, he shook out his garments and told them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am
The people of the city were divided. Some sided with the Jews, and others with the apostles.
These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matte
But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.
You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of
Therefore God has mercy on whom He wants to have mercy, and He hardens whom He wants to harden.
I persecuted this Way even to the death, detaining both men and women and throwing them into prison,
What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,
Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed.
But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was sayi
These men, however, slander what they do not understand, and like irrational animals, they will be destroyed by the thin
Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but division.
Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient inst
Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway.
Therefore be alert and remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.
But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD aga
Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their father
A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.” Then He left the
You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned agains
But they and our fathers became arrogant and stiff-necked and did not obey Your commandments.
But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God.
Now do not stiffen your necks as your fathers did. Submit to the LORD and come to His sanctuary, which He has consecrate
Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I am about to bring on this city and on all the villa
Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a f
You know that everyone in the Province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.
do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah in the wilderness,
having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!
Paul wanted to go before the assembly, but the disciples would not allow him.
At that time Jesus said to the crowd, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would an outlaw? Ever
But we consider your views worth hearing, because we know that people everywhere are speaking against this sect.”
And He will be a sanctuary—but to both houses of Israel a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, to the dwellers of J
and when he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. So for a full year they met together with the church and taught l
unless it was this one thing I called out as I stood in their presence: ‘It is concerning the resurrection of the dead t
“He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they cannot see with their eyes, and understand with their