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Acts 24:5

New Century Version

We have found this man to be a troublemaker, stirring up his people everywhere in the world. He is a leader of the Nazarene group.

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Then Haman said to King Xerxes, “There is a certain group of people scattered among the other people in all the states of your kingdom. Their customs are different from those of all the other people, and they do not obey the king’s laws. It is not right for you to allow them to continue living in your kingdom.

When Jeremiah got to the Benjamin Gate of Jerusalem, the captain in charge of the guards arrested him. The captain’s name was Irijah son of Shelemiah son of Hananiah. Irijah said, “You are leaving us to join the Babylonians!”

Then the officers said to the king, “Jeremiah must be put to death! He is discouraging the soldiers who are still in the city, and all the people, by what he is saying to them. He does not want good to happen to us; he wants to ruin us.”

Amaziah, a priest at Bethel, sent this message to Jeroboam king of Israel: “Amos is making evil plans against you with the people of Israel. He has been speaking so much that this land can’t hold all his words.

A student should be satisfied to become like his teacher; a servant should be satisfied to become like his master. If the head of the family is called Beelzebul, then the other members of the family will be called worse names!

to a town called Nazareth, and lived there. And so what God had said through the prophets came true: “He will be called a Nazarene.”

“Jesus of Nazareth! What do you want with us? Did you come to destroy us? I know who you are—God’s Holy One!”

(Barabbas was a man who was in prison for his part in a riot in the city and for murder.)

They began to accuse Jesus, saying, “We caught this man telling things that mislead our people. He says that we should not pay taxes to Caesar, and he calls himself the Christ, a king.”

He set free the man who was in jail for rioting and murder, and he handed Jesus over to them to do with him as they wished.

They were insisting, saying, “But Jesus makes trouble with the people, teaching all around Judea. He began in Galilee, and now he is here.”

But some of the believers who belonged to the Pharisee group came forward and said, “The non-Jewish believers must be circumcised. They must be told to obey the law of Moses.”

They shouted, “People of Israel, help us! This is the man who goes everywhere teaching against the law of Moses, against our people, and against this Temple. Now he has brought some Greeks into the Temple and has made this holy place unclean!”

The crowd listened to Paul until he said this. Then they began shouting, “Get rid of him! He doesn’t deserve to live!”

But I will tell you this: I worship the God of our ancestors as a follower of the Way of Jesus. The others say that the Way of Jesus is not the right way. But I believe everything that is taught in the law of Moses and that is written in the books of the Prophets.

But not wanting to take any more of your time, I beg you to be kind and listen to our few words.

when Paul came into the room. The people who had come from Jerusalem stood around him, making serious charges against him, which they could not prove.

They have known me for a long time. If they want to, they can tell you that I was a good Pharisee. And the Pharisees obey the laws of my tradition more carefully than any other group.

But we want to hear your ideas, because we know that people everywhere are speaking against this religious group.”

The high priest and all his friends (a group called the Sadducees) became very jealous.

They brought in some people to tell lies about Stephen, saying, “This man is always speaking against this holy place and the law of Moses.

(It is necessary to have differences among you so that it may be clear which of you really have God’s approval.)

When they tell evil lies about us, we speak nice words about them. Even today, we are treated as though we were the garbage of the world—the filth of the earth.

A person might have to suffer even when it is unfair, but if he thinks of God and can stand the pain, God is pleased.




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