blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! according to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, [1 peter 1:3]   do you have hope? what do you put your hope in? are...

now i would remind you, brothers, of the gospel i preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word i preached to you—unless you believed in vain. for i delivered to you as of first importance what...

but mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb. and she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet. they said to her, “woman, why are you weeping?” she said to...

now after the sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, mary magdalene and the other mary went to see the tomb. and behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. his...

but felix, having a rather accurate knowledge of the way, put them off, saying, “when lysias the tribune comes down, i will decide your case.” then he gave orders to the centurion that he should be kept in custody but have some liberty, and that none of his friends...

and when the governor had nodded to him to speak, paul replied: “knowing that for many years you have been a judge over this nation, i cheerfully make my defense. you can verify that it is not more than twelve days since i went up to worship in jerusalem, and they did...

and after five days the high priest ananias came down with some elders and a spokesman, one tertullus. they laid before the governor their case against paul. and when he had been summoned, tertullus began to accuse him, saying: “since through you we enjoy much peace,...

4 one thing have I asked of the Lord,     that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord     all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord     and to inquire in his temple. 5 for he will hide me in his shelter     in the day of...

so the soldiers, according to their instructions, took paul and brought him by night to antipatris. and on the next day they returned to the barracks, letting the horsemen go on with him. when they had come to caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they...

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.”...