Quotes from Acts

Quotations follow the King James Version translation (Oxford University Press, 1611) — our recommended edition.

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   And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

2. 3

   But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

3. 4

   Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.

4. 5

   These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also.

5. 6

   We ought to obey God rather than men.

6. 7

   And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.

7. 8

   And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.

8. 9

   For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

9. 10

   Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

10. 11

    And your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.

11. 12

    And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

12. 13

    Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

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    For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, To The Unknown God. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.