Luke 21:15 Cross References

Luke 21:15

15: for I will give you the right words and such wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to reply!

Then the LORD touched my mouth and said, "See, I have put my words in your mouth!

And pray for me, too. Ask God to give me the right words as I boldly explain God's secret plan that the Good News is for the Gentiles, too.

for the Holy Spirit will teach you what needs to be said even as you are standing there."

None of them was able to stand against the wisdom and Spirit by which Stephen spoke.

Don't forget to pray for us, too, that God will give us many opportunities to preach about his secret plan--that Christ is also for you Gentiles. That is why I am here in chains.
Pray that I will proclaim this message as clearly as I should.

The first time I was brought before the judge, no one was with me. Everyone had abandoned me. I hope it will not be counted against them.
But the Lord stood with me and gave me strength, that I might preach the Good News in all its fullness for all the Gentiles to hear. And he saved me from certain death.

If you need wisdom--if you want to know what God wants you to do--ask him, and he will gladly tell you. He will not resent your asking.

"Who makes mouths?" the LORD asked him. "Who makes people so they can speak or not speak, hear or not hear, see or not see? Is it not I, the LORD?
Now go, and do as I have told you. I will help you speak well, and I will tell you what to say."

Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "Leaders and elders of our nation,
are we being questioned because we've done a good deed for a crippled man? Do you want to know how he was healed?
Let me clearly state to you and to all the people of Israel that he was healed in the name and power of Jesus Christ from Nazareth, the man you crucified, but whom God raised from the dead.
For Jesus is the one referred to in the Scriptures, where it says, 'The stone that you builders rejected has now become the cornerstone.'
There is salvation in no one else! There is no other name in all of heaven for people to call on to save them."

After this prayer, the building where they were meeting shook, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit. And they preached God's message with boldness.
All the believers were of one heart and mind, and they felt that what they owned was not their own; they shared everything they had.
And the apostles gave powerful witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and God's great favor was upon them all.

And everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in other languages, as the Holy Spirit gave them this ability.

As he reasoned with them about righteousness and self-control and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified. "Go away for now," he replied. "When it is more convenient, I'll call for you again."

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