Peter heals a lame beggar at the Temple (Acts 3:1 - 3:10) At three o’clock in the afternoon, Peter and John were going to the temple at prayer time. A man, lame from birth, was being carried up. He was placed at the template gate (the “Beautiful Gate”) every day so he could beg for money
After the Pharisees, Herodians, and Sadducees attempted to trap him, Jesus told the crowd, “The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. So of course, you must do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do – for they do not practice what they preach. They tie up heavy,
While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, “What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?” “The son of David,” they replied. Jesus said to them, “Then how is it that David, speaking by the Spirit, calls him ‘Lord’? For he says, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, sit at my right hand
Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees/a>, the Pharisees got together to test Jesus again. One of them, an expert in the Law, tested him with this question, “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus replied, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your
After the Pharisees attempted to trap Jesus with a question about Caesar’s tax, the Sadducees, who do not believe in the body’s resurrection after death, came to him with a question. They asked, “Teacher, Moses says if a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up offspring for him.
Many people devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching. They were filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. The believers owned everything together and shared with one another. They sold their property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. Each day they met together in the temple courts.
The Pharisees laid out a plan to trap Jesus. They sent their disciples and Herodians to him. They said to Jesus, “Teacher, we know that you are a man of integrity and that you teach the way of God in accordance with truth. You aren’t swayed by others no matter who they are. Tell us
When the day of the Pentecost arrived, all the disciples were gathered together in one place. Suddenly, a sound like the blowing of a violent wind filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of
Jesus spoke to the Pharisees again in parables. He told them: “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come.Then he sent more servants and said,
Jesus shared another parable with the Pharisees. “There was a landlord who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved away to another place.When harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to collect his share