Acts 9:13 Cross References

Acts 9:13

13: "But Lord," exclaimed Ananias, "I've heard about the terrible things this man has done to the believers in Jerusalem!

Saul was going everywhere to devastate the church. He went from house to house, dragging out both men and women to throw them into jail.

Meanwhile, Saul was uttering threats with every breath. He was eager to destroy the Lord's followers, so he went to the high priest.

"'But Lord,' I argued, 'they certainly know that I imprisoned and beat those in every synagogue who believed on you.
And when your witness Stephen was killed, I was standing there agreeing. I kept the coats they laid aside as they stoned him.'

But before I come, I must go down to Jerusalem to take a gift to the Christians there.
For you see, the believers in Greece have eagerly taken up an offering for the Christians in Jerusalem, who are going through such hard times.

"Look, I am sending you out as sheep among wolves. Be as wary as snakes and harmless as doves.

Pray that I will be rescued from those in Judea who refuse to obey God. Pray also that the Christians there will be willing to accept the donation I am bringing them.

even though I used to scoff at the name of Christ. I hunted down his people, harming them in every way I could. But God had mercy on me because I did it in ignorance and unbelief.
Oh, how kind and gracious the Lord was! He filled me completely with faith and the love of Christ Jesus.
This is a true saying, and everyone should believe it: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners--and I was the worst of them all.

Authorized by the leading priests, I caused many of the believers in Jerusalem to be sent to prison. And I cast my vote against them when they were condemned to death.
Many times I had them whipped in the synagogues to try to get them to curse Christ. I was so violently opposed to them that I even hounded them in distant cities of foreign lands.

And I persecuted the followers of the Way, hounding some to death, binding and delivering both men and women to prison.

"Get up and go to the great city of Nineveh! Announce my judgment against it because I have seen how wicked its people are."
But Jonah got up and went in the opposite direction in order to get away from the LORD. He went down to the seacoast, to the port of Joppa, where he found a ship leaving for Tarshish. He bought a ticket and went on board, hoping that by going away to the west he could escape from the LORD.

But Moses again pleaded, "Lord, please! Send someone else."
Then the LORD became angry with Moses. "All right," he said. "What about your brother, Aaron the Levite? He is a good speaker. And look! He is on his way to meet you now. And when he sees you, he will be very glad.
You will talk to him, giving him the words to say. I will help both of you to speak clearly, and I will tell you what to do.
Aaron will be your spokesman to the people, and you will be as God to him, telling him what to say.
And be sure to take your shepherd's staff along so you can perform the miraculous signs I have shown you."

Peter traveled from place to place to visit the believers, and in his travels he came to the Lord's people in the town of Lydda.

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!
I have heard the many rumors about me. They call me "The Man Who Lives in Terror." And they say, "If you say anything, we will report it." Even my old friends are watching me, waiting for a fatal slip. "He will trap himself," they say, "and then we will get our revenge on him."

dear friends in Rome. God loves you dearly, and he has called you to be his very own people. May grace and peace be yours from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

But Samuel asked, "How can I do that? If Saul hears about it, he will kill me.Take a heifer with you," the LORD replied, "and say that you have come to make a sacrifice to the LORD.

Receive her in the Lord, as one who is worthy of high honor. Help her in every way you can, for she has helped many in their needs, including me.

"Oh, sir," Obadiah protested, "what harm have I done to you that you are sending me to my death at the hands of Ahab?
For I swear by the LORD your God that the king has searched every nation and kingdom on earth from end to end to find you. And each time when he was told, `Elijah isn't here,' King Ahab forced the king of that nation to swear to the truth of his claim.
And now you say, `Go and tell your master that Elijah is here'!
But as soon as I leave you, the Spirit of the LORD will carry you away to who knows where. When Ahab comes and cannot find you, he will kill me. Yet I have been a true servant of the LORD all my life.
Has no one told you, my lord, about the time when Jezebel was trying to kill the LORD's prophets? I hid a hundred of them in two caves and supplied them with food and water.

Give my greetings to Philologus, Julia, Nereus and his sister, and to Olympas and all the other believers who are with them.

The Spirit lifted me up and took me away. I went in bitterness and turmoil, but the LORD's hold on me was strong.

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