then he called two of the centurions and said, “get ready two hundred soldiers, with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen to go as far as caesarea at the third hour of the night. also provide mounts for paul to ride and bring him safely to felix the governor.”...

they went to the chief priests and elders and said, “we have strictly bound ourselves by an oath to taste no food till we have killed paul. now therefore you, along with the council, give notice to the tribune to bring him down to you, as though you were going to...

the Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? [psalm 27:1]   psalm 27 starts with the powerful statement that the Lord is our light and our salvation, and that he is the stronghold of...

when it was day, the jews made a plot and bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they had killed paul. there were more than forty who made this conspiracy. [acts 23:12] "bummer of a birthmark - hal."   gary larson, in my humble and small...

and when he had said this, a dissension arose between the pharisees and the sadducees, and the assembly was divided. for the sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit, but the pharisees acknowledge them all. then a great clamor arose, and some...

martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. but even now i know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you.” Jesus said to her, “your brother will rise again.” martha said to him, “i know that he will rise again in the...

now when paul perceived that one part were sadducees and the other pharisees, he cried out in the council, “brothers, i am a pharisee, a son of pharisees. it is with respect to the hope and the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.” [acts 23:6]   the power of...

then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, 2 “the scribes and the pharisees sit on moses' seat, 3 so do and observe whatever they tell you, but not the works they do. for they preach, but do not practice. 4 they tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay...

2 and the high priest ananias commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth. 3 then paul said to him, “God is going to strike you, you whitewashed wall! are you sitting to judge me according to the law, and yet contrary to the law you order me to be...

and looking intently at the council, paul said, “brothers, i have lived my life before God in all good conscience up to this day.” [acts 23:1]   a clear conscience.   what does this mean, and why could paul claim to have lived his life in all good...