Bible Cross References
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Acts 17:4
Some of them were convinced and joined Paul and Silas; so did many of the leading women and a large group of Greeks who worshiped God.
Acts 13:48
When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and praised the Lord's message; and those who had been chosen for eternal life became believers.
Isaiah 55:10-11
10
"My word is like the snow and the rain that come down from the sky to water the earth. They make the crops grow and provide seed for planting and food to eat.
11
So also will be the word that I speak--- it will not fail to do what I plan for it; it will do everything I send it to do.
Matthew 20:16
And Jesus concluded, "So those who are last will be first, and those who are first will be last."
Romans 11:5
It is the same way now: there is a small number left of those whom God has chosen because of his grace.
Romans 11:6
His choice is based on his grace, not on what they have done. For if God's choice were based on what people do, then his grace would not be real grace.
the Areopagite
Acts 17:19
So they took Paul, brought him before the city council, the Areopagus, and said, "We would like to know what this new teaching is that you are talking about.
John 7:48-52
48
"Have you ever known one of the authorities or one Pharisee to believe in him?
49
This crowd does not know the Law of Moses, so they are under God's curse!"
50
One of the Pharisees there was Nicodemus, the man who had gone to see Jesus before. He said to the others,
51
"According to our Law we cannot condemn people before hearing them and finding out what they have done."
52
"Well," they answered, "are you also from Galilee? Study the Scriptures and you will learn that no prophet ever comes from Galilee."
John 19:38-42
38
After this, Joseph, who was from the town of Arimathea, asked Pilate if he could take Jesus' body. (Joseph was a follower of Jesus, but in secret, because he was afraid of the Jewish authorities.) Pilate told him he could have the body, so Joseph went and took it away.
39
Nicodemus, who at first had gone to see Jesus at night, went with Joseph, taking with him about one hundred pounds of spices, a mixture of myrrh and aloes.
40
The two men took Jesus' body and wrapped it in linen cloths with the spices according to the Jewish custom of preparing a body for burial.
41
There was a garden in the place where Jesus had been put to death, and in it there was a new tomb where no one had ever been buried.
42
Since it was the day before the Sabbath and because the tomb was close by, they placed Jesus' body there.
Philippians 4:22
All God's people here send greetings, especially those who belong to the Emperor's palace.