Biblia Todo Logo
Cross References
- Advertisements -




Acts 19:19

The Passion Translation

Large numbers of those who had been practicing magic took all of their books and scrolls of spells and incantations and publicly burned them. When the value of all the books and scrolls was calculated, it all came to several million dollars.

See the chapter Copy

23 Cross References  

Then they surrendered all the foreign gods they had as well as their earrings. Jacob buried them under the oak tree near Shechem.

Then you will see your idols as they are—unclean! Your silver-overlaid idols and gold-plated images are defiled. You will discard them like a filthy menstrual cloth, saying to them, “Good riddance!”

Now, suppose someone says, “Consult mediums and spiritists who moan and mutter their incantations in their ritual pits; after all, isn’t it right for people to seek oracles from their gods by asking the dead about the destiny of the living?”

So the king called for his magicians, enchanters, wizards, and wise men to tell him what he had dreamed. And they all came and stood before the unsettled king.

Likewise, unless you surrender all to me, giving up all you possess, you cannot be one of my disciples.

Jesus gave them another parable: “There once was a woman who had ten valuable silver coins. When she lost one of them, she swept her entire house, diligently searching every nook and cranny for that one lost coin.

From there they crossed the island as far as Paphos, where they encountered a Jewish false prophet, a sorcerer named Elymas, who also went by the name of “son of Jesus.”

But Elymas, whose name means “sorcerer,” stood up against them and tried to prevent the governor from believing their message.

Many believers publicly confessed their sins and disclosed their secrets.

You sympathized with those in prison and when all your belongings were confiscated you accepted that violation with joy; convinced that you possess a treasure growing in heaven that could never be taken from you.




Follow us:

Advertisements


Advertisements