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Acts 5:42

First Nations Version

Day by day, in the sacred lodge and from house to house, they kept telling the good story about Creator Sets Free (Jesus) and showing the truth that he is the Chosen One.

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Each day they gathered at the sacred lodge. With good and pure hearts they feasted together in their homes and shared the ceremonial meal of frybread and wine given to them by Creator Sets Free (Jesus).


You also know that I held back nothing that would help you, as I taught openly and from house to house.


of making his message known! Be ready whether the time seems right or not. Patiently instruct others. Give strong counsel, warnings, and firm words to strengthen their hearts.


Then Lover of Horses (Philip) took a deep breath, opened his mouth, and began from that prophecy to tell him the good story about Creator Sets Free (Jesus).


During the day Creator Sets Free (Jesus) would teach and tell his stories at the sacred lodge. Then at night he would go to where he was lodging on Olive Mountain.


explaining and proving to them that the Chosen One had to suffer and then rise again from the dead. Then he said to them, “Creator Sets Free (Jesus), the one I have been telling you about, is the Chosen One!”


Right away he went to the local gathering houses and began to tell them that Creator Sets Free (Jesus) is the Son of the Great Spirit,


“So we ask, O Great One, look down and see their threats against us. Help us to be brave and tell your story well


May I never brag except in what our Honored Chief, Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One, has done by dying on the cross. For I was nailed to the cross with the Chosen One. That is how I died to the ways of this world and how the ways of this world died to me.


For I decided not to know anything while I was with you except about Creator Sets Free (Jesus), the Chosen One—and his death on the cross.


Some traditional wisdom seekers also argued with him. Others wondered, “What is this talking head saying?” while others said, “He seems to be talking about strange and powerful spirits.” They said this because he was telling them the good story about Creator Sets Free (Jesus) and his rising from the dead.


But there were others, men from Island of Flowers (Cyprus) and Land of Power (Cyrene), who came to Stands Against (Antioch) and began to tell the Wisdom Seekers (Greeks) from Outside Nations about Creator Sets Free (Jesus), our Honored Chief.


Lover of Horses (Philip) went to a village in High Place (Samaria) and began to tell them about the Chosen One.


“But we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen with our own eyes and heard with our own ears!” The council could not believe their ears! How could these backward people from Circle of Nations (Galilee) stand up to them?


“Did I not sit with you every day in the sacred lodge? Why did you not take me then? This is your time, and you have given the powers of darkness their day.”


“Today, we are here to tell you this good story that completes the promise that was made to our ancestors.


It made his heart glad to show me the truth about his Son, so I would tell his good story to all the Outside Nations. After this happened, I did not look for guidance from flesh-and-blood human beings.





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