Bible Cross References
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Acts 2:14-42
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Then Peter stood up with the other eleven apostles and in a loud voice began to speak to the crowd: "Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, listen to me and let me tell you what this means.
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These people are not drunk, as you suppose; it is only nine o'clock in the morning.
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Instead, this is what the prophet Joel spoke about:
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'This is what I will do in the last days, God says: I will pour out my Spirit on everyone. Your sons and daughters will proclaim my message; your young men will see visions, and your old men will have dreams.
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Yes, even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will proclaim my message.
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I will perform miracles in the sky above and wonders on the earth below. There will be blood, fire, and thick smoke;
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the sun will be darkened, and the moon will turn red as blood, before the great and glorious Day of the Lord comes.
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And then, whoever calls out to the Lord for help will be saved.'
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"Listen to these words, fellow Israelites! Jesus of Nazareth was a man whose divine authority was clearly proven to you by all the miracles and wonders which God performed through him. You yourselves know this, for it happened here among you.
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In accordance with his own plan God had already decided that Jesus would be handed over to you; and you killed him by letting sinful men crucify him.
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But God raised him from death, setting him free from its power, because it was impossible that death should hold him prisoner.
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For David said about him, 'I saw the Lord before me at all times; he is near me, and I will not be troubled.
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And so I am filled with gladness, and my words are full of joy. And I, mortal though I am, will rest assured in hope,
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because you will not abandon me in the world of the dead; you will not allow your faithful servant to rot in the grave.
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You have shown me the paths that lead to life, and your presence will fill me with joy.'
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"My friends, I must speak to you plainly about our famous ancestor King David. He died and was buried, and his grave is here with us to this very day.
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He was a prophet, and he knew what God had promised him: God had made a vow that he would make one of David's descendants a king, just as David was.
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David saw what God was going to do in the future, and so he spoke about the resurrection of the Messiah when he said, 'He was not abandoned in the world of the dead; his body did not rot in the grave.'
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God has raised this very Jesus from death, and we are all witnesses to this fact.
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He has been raised to the right side of God, his Father, and has received from him the Holy Spirit, as he had promised. What you now see and hear is his gift that he has poured out on us.
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For it was not David who went up into heaven; rather he said, 'The Lord said to my Lord: Sit here at my right side
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until I put your enemies as a footstool under your feet.'
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"All the people of Israel, then, are to know for sure that this Jesus, whom you crucified, is the one that God has made Lord and Messiah!"
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When the people heard this, they were deeply troubled and said to Peter and the other apostles, "What shall we do, brothers?"
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Peter said to them, "Each one of you must turn away from your sins and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, so that your sins will be forgiven; and you will receive God's gift, the Holy Spirit.
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For God's promise was made to you and your children, and to all who are far away---all whom the Lord our God calls to himself."
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Peter made his appeal to them and with many other words he urged them, saying, "Save yourselves from the punishment coming on this wicked people!"
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Many of them believed his message and were baptized, and about three thousand people were added to the group that day.
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They spent their time in learning from the apostles, taking part in the fellowship, and sharing in the fellowship meals and the prayers.
Acts 10:34-43
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Peter began to speak: "I now realize that it is true that God treats everyone on the same basis.
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Those who fear him and do what is right are acceptable to him, no matter what race they belong to.
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You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, proclaiming the Good News of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.
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You know of the great event that took place throughout the land of Israel, beginning in Galilee after John preached his message of baptism.
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You know about Jesus of Nazareth and how God poured out on him the Holy Spirit and power. He went everywhere, doing good and healing all who were under the power of the Devil, for God was with him.
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We are witnesses of everything that he did in the land of Israel and in Jerusalem. Then they put him to death by nailing him to a cross.
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But God raised him from death three days later and caused him to appear,
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not to everyone, but only to the witnesses that God had already chosen, that is, to us who ate and drank with him after he rose from death.
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And he commanded us to preach the gospel to the people and to testify that he is the one whom God has appointed judge of the living and the dead.
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All the prophets spoke about him, saying that all who believe in him will have their sins forgiven through the power of his name."
Acts 15:7
After a long debate Peter stood up and said, "My friends, you know that a long time ago God chose me from among you to preach the Good News to the Gentiles, so that they could hear and believe.
the keys
Isaiah 22:22
I will give him complete authority under the king, the descendant of David. He will have the keys of office; what he opens, no one will shut, and what he shuts, no one will open.
Revelation 1:18
I am the living one! I was dead, but now I am alive forever and ever. I have authority over death and the world of the dead.
Revelation 3:7
"To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: "This is the message from the one who is holy and true. He has the key that belonged to David, and when he opens a door, no one can close it, and when he closes it, no one can open it.
Revelation 9:1
Then the fifth angel blew his trumpet. I saw a star which had fallen down to the earth, and it was given the key to the abyss.
Revelation 20:1-3
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Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key of the abyss and a heavy chain.
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He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent---that is, the Devil, or Satan---and chained him up for a thousand years.
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The angel threw him into the abyss, locked it, and sealed it, so that he could not deceive the nations any more until the thousand years were over. After that he must be set loose for a little while.
and whatsoever
Matthew 18:18
"And so I tell all of you: what you prohibit on earth will be prohibited in heaven, and what you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven.
John 20:23
If you forgive people's sins, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven."
1 Corinthians 5:4
(SEE 5:3)
1 Corinthians 5:5
you are to hand this man over to Satan for his body to be destroyed, so that his spirit may be saved in the Day of the Lord.
2 Corinthians 2:10
When you forgive people for what they have done, I forgive them too. For when I forgive---if, indeed, I need to forgive anything---I do it in Christ's presence because of you,
1 Thessalonians 4:8
So then, whoever rejects this teaching is not rejecting a human being, but God, who gives you his Holy Spirit.
Revelation 11:6
They have authority to shut up the sky so that there will be no rain during the time they proclaim God's message. They have authority also over the springs of water, to turn them into blood; they have authority also to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish.