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Isaiah 3:3the commander of fifty and the dignitary, the counselor, the cunning magician, and the clever enchanter.Jonah 3:4On the first day of his journey, Jonah set out into the city and proclaimed, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned!”Jonah 3:5And the Ninevites believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least.Jonah 3:6When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.Jonah 3:7Then he issued a proclamation in Nineveh: “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let no man or beast, herd or flock, taste anything at all. They must not eat or drink.Jonah 3:8Furthermore, let both man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and have everyone call out earnestly to God. Let each one turn from his evil ways and from the violence in his hands.Jonah 3:9Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.”Jonah 3:10When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them.Acts 2:1When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.Acts 2:2Suddenly a sound like a mighty rushing wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.Acts 2:3They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.Acts 2:4And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.Acts 2:5Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven.Acts 2:6And when this sound rang out, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard them speaking his own language.Acts 2:7Astounded and amazed, they asked, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans?Acts 2:8How is it then that each of us hears them in his own native language?Acts 2:9Parthians, Medes, and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,Acts 2:10Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome,Acts 2:11both Jews and converts to Judaism; Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!”Acts 2:12Astounded and perplexed, they asked one another, “What does this mean?”Acts 2:13But others mocked them and said, “They are drunk on new wine!”Acts 2:14Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, lifted up his voice, and addressed the crowd: “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen carefully to my words.Acts 2:15These men are not drunk, as you suppose. It is only the third hour of the day!Acts 2:16No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:Acts 2:17‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.Acts 2:18Even on My menservants and maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.Acts 2:19I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke.Acts 2:20The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and glorious Day of the Lord.Acts 2:21And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’Acts 2:22Men of Israel, listen to this message: Jesus of Nazareth was a man certified by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs, which God did among you through Him, as you yourselves know.Acts 2:23He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.Acts 2:24But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep Him in its grip.Acts 2:25David says about Him: ‘I saw the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.Acts 2:26Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell in hope,Acts 2:27because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.Acts 2:28You have made known to me the paths of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence.’Acts 2:29Brothers, I can tell you with confidence that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.Acts 2:30But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that He would place one of his descendants on his throne.Acts 2:31Foreseeing this, David spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did His body see decay.Acts 2:32God has raised this Jesus to life, to which we are all witnesses.Acts 2:33Exalted, then, 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.Acts 2:34For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right handActs 2:35until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”’Acts 2:36Therefore let all Israel know with certainty that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ!”Acts 2:37When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and asked Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”Acts 2:38Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.Acts 2:39This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”Acts 2:40With many other words he testified, and he urged them, “Be saved from this corrupt generation.”Acts 2:41Those who embraced his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to the believers that day.Acts 18:24Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, well versed in the Scriptures.Acts 18:25He had been instructed in the way of the Lord and was fervent in spirit. He spoke and taught accurately about Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John.Acts 18:26And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately.Acts 18:27When Apollos resolved to cross over to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples there to welcome him. On his arrival, he was a great help to those who by grace had believed.Acts 18:28For he powerfully refuted the Jews in public debate, proving from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.Acts 24:1Five days later the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus, who presented to the governor their case against Paul.
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