Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven.
Devout men buried Stephen and made great lamentation over him.
Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.
“And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well spoken of by all the Jews who lived there,
But the Jews incited the devout women of high standing and the leading men of the city, stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their district.
When the angel who spoke to him had departed, he called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among those who attended him,
a devout man who feared God with all his household, gave alms generously to the people, and prayed continually to God.
And he rose and went. And there was an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure. He had come to Jerusalem to worship
When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place.
Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks.
Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered him, “Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?”
For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day.
And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
And the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying,
“For I know their works and their thoughts, and the time is coming to gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and shall see my glory,
This day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you on the peoples who are under the whole heaven, who shall hear the report of you and shall tremble and be in anguish because of you.’
You shall keep the Feast of Harvest, of the firstfruits of your labor, of what you sow in the field. You shall keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in from the field the fruit of your labor.
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