ACTS 3 1-26

Luke wrote “of the things fulfilled among us” paraphrased  [ ] ref  { } thots

     Book of the Acts of the First Believers

(Review: When the day of Pentecost had arrived, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind.. and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit.. they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and prayers. And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done.. On a day when) 1 - Peter and John were going up to the temple at the ninth hour, an hour of prayer, 2 there was a man there who had been lame from birth and was carried daily and laid at one of the gates of the temple - the one called the Beautiful Gate. And he would ask alms of those entering the temple. 3 Seeing that day Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked alms of them. 4 And so they stopped, and Peter said, “Listen.” 5 And so the man fixed his attention on them, hoping to receive something.

     6 But Peter said, “I have no silver or gold. But what I do have I give to you. In the name of Jesus of Nazareth, rise up and walk.” 7 And he took him by the right [dexios - from dechomai - to receive] hand and raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong.

     8 And leaping up! The man stood and began to walk. And he entered the temple with them, walking, and leaping, and praising God!

     9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God. 10 And they recognized him as the one who sat at the Beautiful Gate asking for alms every day. And they were filled with wonder and amazement.

     11 While the man stayed near Peter and John, all the people, utterly astounded, ran together to them in the portico called Solomon's Porch.

     12 And when Peter saw the crowd that had gathered, there at the temple, he addressed the people saying, “People of Israel, why do you wonder at this?! Or why do you stare at us? As though by our own power, or goodness, we have made this man walk? 13 No! The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified his servant Jesus, whom you delivered over and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release him.

     14 But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you! 15 And you killed the Author of life! Whom God raised from the dead! And to this we’re witnesses! 16 And his name, faith in his name, has made this man strong, which you can see for yourself. And so the faith that is through Jesus has given to him this perfect health in the presence of you all.

     17 And now, brethren, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also the leaders. 18 But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that Christ would suffer, has been fulfilled.

     19 Repent therefore, and turn, that your sins may be blotted out 20 and times of refreshing may come from the Presence of the LORD, that he may send the appointed one, Jesus 21 whom indeed it is necessary for heaven to receive, untiL, the time of the restoration of all, which God spoke of, by the mouth of His holy prophets long ago. {Until the ‘Day’ of the LORD, which is also Jesus’ long second advent.}

     22 Moses said, ‘The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brothers. And you shall listen to him! In whatever he tells you. 23 And it shall be that every soul who doesn’t listen to that prophet shall be separated from the people.’ 24 And all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and those who came after him, also proclaimed these days. 25 You are the children of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘In your seed shall - all - the families of the earth be blessed.’”

     [Galatians 3:16 - “scripture doesn’t say seeds, meaning many, but seed, meaning one - Christ”. In Christ “all” families of earth shall be blessed.]

     26 “God, having raised up his servant, sent him to you first - blessing you, by turning each of you {us} from your (our) bad” [ponéria - wicked, evil, malice, from pónos - pain, laborious trouble] {bringing?} “ways”.

Next Week - 4:1-22

02-25 - Ro-13 Jn-6

N.T.Testament & Prophecy Advanced CU Study, verses paraphrased [ ] references { } thots

 • Romans 13:1-8  John 6:41-51

           ☀️ Romans 13:1-8

{Dear (Roman) brothers and sisters, although pagan concepts, we all renounce, are woven into the civil order} 1 - Let every person be subject to the authorities, not being disorderly and rebellious. For order is from God. 2 So whoever resists order resists what God decrees, and the disorderly bring troubles upon theirselves. 3 Civil authority isn’t meant to be a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of authority? Then do what is good, and you’ll receive approval, 4 for the authority is a servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he doesn’t police in vain but is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer.

     5 Therefore we must subject ourself, not only to avoid God's wrath {suffer consequences} but also for the sake of conscience. 6 We pay taxes for the same reason, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing. 7 {What I mean is} Pay to all what is owed to them, taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.

     8 Fulfill so as to owe no one anything! Except to love one aother, for those who love their fellow person has fulfilled the law.

            🌙 John 6:41-51

41 - Jesus’ townspeople were grumbling to one another about him, because he said, “I’m the bread come down from heaven.” 42 They said, “Isn’t this Jesus! The son of Joseph? Whose father and mother we know? How does he now say, ‘I’ve come down from heaven’?!” 43 Jesus said, “Don’t murmur [gogguzó - grumble, murmur, mutter, whisper, complain] among yourselves. 44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them. And I will raise them up on the last day.

     45 As it says in the Prophets, ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ And everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me. 46 Not that anyone has seen the Father except he who is from Him. He has seen the Father. 47 Truly, I tell you whoever believes has enduring [aionios, aionion - agelasting, of an age] life. {Life of the age.. in the case of the “putting on immortality” of 1 Cor.15:53, and later Rev.21:5, it’s Life of/pertaining to, the age of forever?}

     48 I am the bread of life. 49 Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. 50 But this is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it [be nourished by it] and not die [apothnéskó - die, perish].

     51 I am the living bread come down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, they will live into [eis - into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among] the aion. And the bread and sacrifice I give is for the life of the world [kosmos - world, universe, order, display].

           

Tomorrows verses, 02/26

Romans 13:9-14  John 6:52-7:1 and  ACTS 17:15-34

Start the day with a Psalm (jan 1-20, feb-20’s, mar-30’s, apr-40’s, etc. dec-120-150)

have a great day! ☀️🕊️

1st Peter 1 8-12

 a paraphrased ‘enter the story’

 🍃🕊️  reading & study  🕊️🍃

05/08 ~ From New Testament Letters

   (In the Order Believed Written)

8 - Though you’ve not seen him, you love him. Not seeing him, you believe in him, and rejoice with a joy unimaginable and filled with glory! 9 Receiving the fruit and result of your faith, the salvation of your soul. 10 And concerning this salvation, the prophets of long ago, prophesied about the grace that is now yours. For which they diligently searched 11 looking for what person or time the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating, when he predicted his sufferings and the subsequent glory. 12 It was revealed to them that they were prophesying not about theirselves or time, but were prophesying the things that have now happened to you, which happened because the good news was told to you by those who proclaimed it by the Holy Spirit having been sent from heaven. Things into which angels long to look into.

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🗝️ [  ] - word/language insights, usually from biblehub dot com - peering through translator partial unbelief; cross references, etc.

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Tomorrows verses - 1 Peter 1:13-25

My own studies, had to paraphrase to post..

Start the day with a Psalm (jan 1-20, feb-20’s, mar-30’s, apr-40’s, etc. dec-120-150).

W𝕖𝕖𝕜𝕝𝕪 B𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕠𝕗 R𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 10 1-7

1 - Then I (John) saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire. 2 He was holding a little scroll, which lay open in his hand. He planted his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land, 3 and gave a great shout like the roar of a lion! And when he shouted, the seven thunders answered. 4 When the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write. But I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Seal up what the seven thunders said, and do not write it down.” 5 Then the angel I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand toward heaven. 6 He swore an oath in the name of the one who lives forever and ever, who created the heavens and everything in them, the earth and everything in it, and the sea and everything in it, and said, “There will be no more delay! 7 When the seventh angel is about to blow his trumpet, God’s mysterious plan will be fulfilled just as proclaimed by his servants the prophets.”

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🌽💫𝒲𝒽𝑜𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓈.. 𝒽𝑒𝒶𝓇 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒮𝓅𝒾𝓇𝒾𝓉/𝒫𝓇𝑒𝓈𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝒢𝑜𝒹 𝒾𝓈 𝓈𝒶𝓎𝒾𝓃𝑔..

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