Acts 4:20 Cross References
Acts 4:20
20: We cannot stop telling about the wonderful things we have seen and heard."
Acts 22:15
- You are to take his message everywhere, telling the whole world what you have seen and heard.
Jeremiah 20:9
- And I can't stop! If I say I'll never mention the LORD or speak in his name, his word burns in my heart like a fire. It's like a fire in my bones! I am weary of holding it in!
1 Corinthians 9:16
- For preaching the Good News is not something I can boast about. I am compelled by God to do it. How terrible for me if I didn't do it!
- If I were doing this of my own free will, then I would deserve payment. But God has chosen me and given me this sacred trust, and I have no choice.
Acts 5:32
- We are witnesses of these things and so is the Holy Spirit, who is given by God to those who obey him."
1 John 1:1
- The one who existed from the beginning is the one we have heard and seen. We saw him with our own eyes and touched him with our own hands. He is Jesus Christ, the Word of life.
- This one who is life from God was shown to us, and we have seen him. And now we testify and announce to you that he is the one who is eternal life. He was with the Father, and then he was shown to us.
- We are telling you about what we ourselves have actually seen and heard, so that you may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.
Jeremiah 1:17
- "Get up and get dressed. Go out, and tell them whatever I tell you to say. Do not be afraid of them, or I will make you look foolish in front of them.
- For see, today I have made you immune to their attacks. You are strong like a fortified city that cannot be captured, like an iron pillar or a bronze wall. None of the kings, officials, priests, or people of Judah will be able to stand against you.
- They will try, but they will fail. For I am with you, and I will take care of you. I, the LORD, have spoken!"
Ezekiel 3:11
- Then go to your people in exile and say to them, `This is what the Sovereign LORD says!' Do this whether they listen to you or not."
Acts 18:5
- And after Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul spent his full time preaching and testifying to the Jews, telling them, "The Messiah you are looking for is Jesus."
Micah 3:8
- But as for me, I am filled with power and the Spirit of the LORD. I am filled with justice and might, fearlessly pointing out Israel's sin and rebellion.
Jeremiah 4:19
- My heart, my heart--I writhe in pain! My heart pounds within me! I cannot be still. For I have heard the blast of enemy trumpets and the roar of their battle cries.
Numbers 23:20
- I received a command to bless; he has blessed, and I cannot reverse it!
Numbers 22:38
- Balaam replied, "I have come, but I have no power to say just anything. I will speak only the messages that God gives me."
Acts 10:39
- "And we apostles are witnesses of all he did throughout Israel and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by crucifying him,
- but God raised him to life three days later. Then God allowed him to appear,
- not to the general public, but to us whom God had chosen beforehand to be his witnesses. We were those who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.
Job 32:18
- For I am pent up and full of words, and the spirit within me urges me on.
- I am like a wine cask without a vent. My words are ready to burst out!
- I must speak to find relief, so let me give my answers.
Luke 1:2
- They used as their source material the reports circulating among us from the early disciples and other eyewitnesses of what God has done in fulfillment of his promises.
2 Samuel 23:2
- "The Spirit of the LORD speaks through me; his words are upon my tongue.
Hebrews 2:3
- What makes us think that we can escape if we are indifferent to this great salvation that was announced by the Lord Jesus himself? It was passed on to us by those who heard him speak,
- and God verified the message by signs and wonders and various miracles and by giving gifts of the Holy Spirit whenever he chose to do so.
Acts 2:32
- "This prophecy was speaking of Jesus, whom God raised from the dead, and we all are witnesses of this.
Ezekiel 3:14
- The Spirit lifted me up and took me away. I went in bitterness and turmoil, but the LORD's hold on me was strong.
- Then I came to the colony of Judean exiles in Tel-abib, beside the Kebar River. I sat there among them for seven days, overwhelmed.
- At the end of the seven days, the LORD gave me a message. He said,
- "Son of man, I have appointed you as a watchman for Israel. Whenever you receive a message from me, pass it on to the people immediately.
- If I warn the wicked, saying, `You are under the penalty of death,' but you fail to deliver the warning, they will die in their sins. And I will hold you responsible, demanding your blood for theirs.
Acts 3:15
- You killed the author of life, but God raised him to life. And we are witnesses of this fact!
Jeremiah 6:11
- So now I am filled with the LORD's fury. Yes, I am weary of holding it in! "I will pour out my fury over Jerusalem, even on children playing in the streets, on gatherings of young men, and on husbands and wives and grandparents.
Acts 2:4
- And everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in other languages, as the Holy Spirit gave them this ability.
Acts 17:16
- While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply troubled by all the idols he saw everywhere in the city.
- He went to the synagogue to debate with the Jews and the God-fearing Gentiles, and he spoke daily in the public square to all who happened to be there.
Jeremiah 1:7
- "Don't say that," the LORD replied, "for you must go wherever I send you and say whatever I tell you.
Acts 1:22
- from the time he was baptized by John until the day he was taken from us into heaven. Whoever is chosen will join us as a witness of Jesus' resurrection."
Acts 1:8
- But when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, you will receive power and will tell people about me everywhere--in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."