When they persecute you in one town, flee to another. For truly I tell you, you will not have gone through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
Acts 12:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he described to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. ‘Tell these things to James and the brothers,’ he said, and he left and went to another place. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go shew these things unto James, and to the brethren. And he departed, and went into another place. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But motioning to them with his hand to keep quiet and listen, he related to them how the Lord had delivered him out of the prison. And he said, Report all this to James [the Less] and to the brethren. Then he left and went to some other place. American Standard Version (1901) But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him forth out of the prison. And he said, Tell these things unto James, and to the brethren. And he departed, and went to another place. Common English Bible He gestured with his hand to quiet them down, then recounted how the Lord led him out of prison. He said, “Tell this to James and the brothers and sisters.” Then he left for another place. Catholic Public Domain Version But motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he explained how the Lord had led him away from prison. And he said, "Inform James and those brothers." And going out, he went away to another place. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But he beckoning to them with his hand to hold their peace, told how the Lord had brought him out of prison, and he said: Tell these things to James, and to the brethren. And going out, he went into another place. |
When they persecute you in one town, flee to another. For truly I tell you, you will not have gone through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And aren’t his sisters here with us? ’ So they were offended by him.
When he did come out, he could not speak to them. Then they realised that he had seen a vision in the sanctuary. He was making signs to them and remained speechless.
So he departed again across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptising earlier, and he remained there.
Jesus therefore no longer walked openly among the Jews but departed from there to the countryside near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, and he stayed there with the disciples.
Simon Peter motioned to him to find out who it was he was talking about.
After this, Jesus travelled in Galilee, since he did not want to travel in Judea because the Jews were trying to kill him.
So they picked up stones to throw at him. But Jesus was hidden , and went out of the temple. ,
In those days Peter stood up among the brothers and sisters #– #the number of people who were together was about a hundred twenty #– #and said,
Peter, however, kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were amazed.
At daylight, there was a great commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter.
Paul stood up and motioned with his hand and said, ‘Fellow Israelites, and you who fear God, listen!
After they stopped speaking, James responded, ‘Brothers, listen to me.
After leaving the jail, they came to Lydia’s house, where they saw and encouraged the brothers and sisters, and departed.
Some Jews in the crowd gave instructions to Alexander after they pushed him to the front. Motioning with his hand, Alexander wanted to make his defence to the people.
The following day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present.
After he had given permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned with his hand to the people. When there was a great hush, he addressed them in Aramaic: ,
Now the brothers and sisters from there had heard the news about us and had come to meet us as far as the Forum of Appius and the Three Taverns. When Paul saw them, he thanked God and took courage.
But I didn’t see any of the other apostles except James, the Lord’s brother.
For he usually ate with the Gentiles before certain men came from James. However, when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, because he feared those from the circumcision party.
When James, Cephas, , and John #– #those recognised as pillars #– #acknowledged the grace that had been given to me, they gave the right hand of fellowship to me and Barnabas, agreeing that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ: To the twelve tribes dispersed abroad. , Greetings.