Acts 19:18
Many of those who had believed came forward, confessing and making their deeds known.
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- Matt 3:6 : 6 and he was baptizing them in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.
- Rom 10:10 : 10 For with the heart one believes and thus has righteousness and with the mouth one confesses and thus has salvation.
- 1 John 1:9 : 9 But if we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous, forgiving us our sins and cleansing us from all unrighteousness.
- Jer 3:13 : 13 However, you must confess that you have done wrong, and that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You must confess that you have given yourself to foreign gods under every green tree, and have not obeyed my commands,’ says the LORD.
- Ezek 16:63 : 63 Then you will remember, be ashamed, and remain silent because of your disgrace when I make atonement for all you have done, declares the Sovereign LORD.’”
- Ezek 36:31 : 31 Then you will remember your evil behavior and your deeds which were not good; you will loathe yourselves on account of your sins and your abominable deeds.
- Lev 16:21 : 21 Aaron is to lay his two hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities of the Israelites and all their transgressions in regard to all their sins, and thus he is to put them on the head of the goat and send it away into the desert by the hand of a man standing ready.
- Lev 26:40 : 40 However, when they confess their iniquity and their ancestors’ iniquity which they committed by trespassing against me, by which they also walked in hostility against me
- Job 33:27-28 : 27 That person sings to others, saying:‘I have sinned and falsified what is right, but I was not punished according to what I deserved. 28 He redeemed my life from going down to the place of corruption, and my life sees the light!’
- Ps 32:5 : 5 Then I confessed my sin; I no longer covered up my wrongdoing. I said,“I will confess my rebellious acts to the LORD.” And then you forgave my sins.(Selah)
- Prov 28:13 : 13 The one who covers his transgressions will not prosper, but whoever confesses them and forsakes them will find mercy.
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- Acts 19:19-202 verses82%
19 Large numbers of those who had practiced magic collected their books and burned them up in the presence of everyone. When the value of the books was added up, it was found to total fifty thousand silver coins.
20 In this way the word of the Lord continued to grow in power and to prevail.
- Acts 19:16-172 verses78%
16 Then the man who was possessed by the evil spirit jumped on them and beat them all into submission. He prevailed against them so that they fled from that house naked and wounded.
17 This became known to all who lived in Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks; fear came over them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was praised.
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12 Therefore many of them believed, along with quite a few prominent Greek women and men.
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42 And many believed in Jesus there.
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4 Some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large group of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few prominent women.
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45 The Response of the Jewish Leaders Then many of the people, who had come with Mary and had seen the things Jesus did, believed in him.
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42 This became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.
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21 The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed turned to the Lord.
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30 While he was saying these things, many people believed in him.
- Acts 19:28-292 verses69%
28 When they heard this they became enraged and began to shout,“Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
29 The city was filled with the uproar, and the crowd rushed to the theater together, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, the Macedonians who were Paul’s traveling companions.
- Acts 19:25-262 verses69%
25 He gathered these together, along with the workmen in similar trades, and said,“Men, you know that our prosperity comes from this business.
26 And you see and hear that this Paul has persuaded and turned away a large crowd, not only in Ephesus but in practically all of the province of Asia, by saying that gods made by hands are not gods at all.
- Acts 19:1-22 verses69%
1 Disciples of John the Baptist at Ephesus While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul went through the inland regions and came to Ephesus. He found some disciples there
2 and said to them,“Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” They replied,“No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”
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1 Paul and Barnabas at Iconium The same thing happened in Iconium when Paul and Barnabas went into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a large group of both Jews and Greeks believed.
- Acts 2:43-442 verses68%
43 Reverential awe came over everyone, and many wonders and miraculous signs came about by the apostles.
44 All who believed were together and held everything in common,
- Acts 21:19-202 verses68%
19 When Paul had greeted them, he began to explain in detail what God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
20 When they heard this, they praised God. Then they said to him,“You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who have believed, and they are all ardent observers of the law.
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34 But when they recognized that he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison,“Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!” for about two hours.
- Acts 8:6-72 verses67%
6 The crowds were paying attention with one mind to what Philip said, as they heard and saw the miraculous signs he was performing.
7 For unclean spirits, crying with loud shrieks, were coming out of many who were possessed, and many paralyzed and lame people were healed.
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27 When they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported all the things God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith for the Gentiles.
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25 The secrets of his heart are disclosed, and in this way he will fall down with his face to the ground and worship God, declaring,“God is really among you.”
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18 And in this way, with many other exhortations, John proclaimed good news to the people.
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28 for he refuted the Jews vigorously in public debate, demonstrating from the scriptures that the Christ was Jesus.
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24 Some were convinced by what he said, but others refused to believe.
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21 testifying to both Jews and Greeks about repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus.
- Acts 19:5-73 verses67%
5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus,
6 and when Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they began to speak in tongues and to prophesy.
7 (Now there were about twelve men in all.)
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4 But many of those who had listened to the message believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand.
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32 Conditions Among the Early Believers The group of those who believed were of one heart and mind, and no one said that any of his possessions was his own, but everything was held in common.
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42 Nevertheless, even among the rulers many believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they would not confess Jesus to be the Christ, so that they would not be put out of the synagogue.
- Acts 19:12-132 verses67%
12 so that when even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his body were brought to the sick, their diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them.
13 But some itinerant Jewish exorcists tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who were possessed by evil spirits, saying,“I sternly warn you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.”
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2 Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.
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12 The whole group kept quiet and listened to Barnabas and Paul while they explained all the miraculous signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.
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14 More and more believers in the Lord were added to their number, crowds of both men and women.
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14 But I confess this to you, that I worship the God of our ancestors according to the Way(which they call a sect), believing everything that is according to the law and that is written in the prophets.
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11 for on account of him many of the Jewish people from Jerusalem were going away and believing in Jesus.
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11 And they paid close attention to him because he had amazed them for a long time with his magic.
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23 Jesus at the Passover Feast Now while Jesus was in Jerusalem at the Feast of the Passover, many people believed in his name because they saw the miraculous signs he was doing.
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41 and because of his word many more believed.
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21 But the one who practices the truth comes to the light, so that it may be plainly evident that his deeds have been done in God.
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14 But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard about it, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting,
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30 The Feeding of the Five Thousand Then the apostles gathered around Jesus and told him everything they had done and taught.