Saved by undeserved grace
The circumcision question is resolved in a meeting in Jerusalem; Barnabas goes to Cyprus, and Paul goes to Syria and …
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Stoned for a vision
Administration needs grow with the number of believers; Stephen is arrested, gives the High Council a history lesson before telling …
It won’t last if it’s not God
Judas is replaced; the believers wait in Jerusalem, get filled with the Holy Spirit, start preaching and healing people, which …
Jesus ascends without a restored Israel
The resurrected Jesus goes to heaven (the Ascension): Mark 16:19–20; Luke 24:50–53; Acts 1:1-11 So Jesus was alive. Did that …
Thomas who wasn’t there
The resurrected Jesus appears to His disciples and other people, and has some trouble convincing them who He is, then …
He’s alive!
Nicodemus and Joseph put Jesus’ body in a tomb and then it’s sealed, but two days later, the women find it …
The Son of God dies
Simon of Cyrene carries the cross for Jesus to where He is crucified with two criminals, one of which asks Jesus for redemption; …
No show for Herod Antipas
Pilate questions Jesus, sends him to Herod (who sends Him back), still finds nothing wrong with him, but sends him …
Condemned by the Truth
The High Priest and Sanhedrin condemn Jesus (meanwhile Peter denies Him), hand Him over for abuse and then to Pilate; …
Jesus the I AM
Jesus is arrested in the olive grove called Gethsemane: John 18:1–2; Mark 14:32–42; Matthew 26:36-46; Luke 22:39–46; Mark 14:43–52; Matthew …
Jesus predicts: grief to joy to just ask
Jesus tells the disciples they are going to be hated, and that He is about to go away and what …
Two betrayals
Jesus tells Peter he will deny he even knows Him, then He explains He is the way, the truth and …
Who’s the betrayer?
Jesus eats His last meal (at the start of the official Passover celebrations), knowing He will soon die, so He tells His disciples this, and that …
When you least expect it …
Jesus tells His disciples to be ready for the final judgement, and illustrates his point with the parable of the …
Simple: love God, love your neighbour
Jesus quotes Deuteronomy and Leviticus to summarise the Law, confounds the religious leaders with a question about whose son the …
A clever argument fails to entrap
Jesus continues his criticism of the religious leaders, telling the parables to show their disobedience and rejection of God—the two …
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