Hello, and welcome
to His Words Are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer.
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Today we're going to be
reading from the gospel of John.
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But before we begin to
read let's go to Him in prayer
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and ask Him to be with us,
and open our minds to what we're
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about to hear.
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Dear Heavenly Father, thank
You so much that through all of
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these centuries Your precious
word has been preserved and kept
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by Your children; our brothers
and sisters who came before us,
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And now today we are going to
be blessed as we come into Your
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presence, and we hear
from You the words of life.
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Please be with us now
and give us understanding,
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not just hearing.
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We want to serve you better
every day, and we love you.
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Amen.
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Again, I'm reading from
the gospel of John in the
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King James
Version, in Chapter 20.
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When we were last together John
and Peter had run to the tomb
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and had found it empty after
Mary had gone there and told
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them that they had taken the
body, and she didn't know where
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Jesus was.
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They left again and
Mary is now there alone.
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She's stooped down and looked
into where Jesus used to lay,
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and she sees two angels there.
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And we'll pick up now
in Chapter 20, Verse 13.
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And they say unto her, Woman,
why weepest thou? She saith
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unto them, Because they have
taken away my Lord, and I know
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not where they have laid him.
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And when she had thus
said, she turned herself back,
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and saw Jesus standing,
and knew not that it was Jesus.
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Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why
weepest thou? whom seekest thou?
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She, supposing him to be the
gardener, saith unto him, Sir,
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if thou have borne him hence,
tell me where thou hast laid
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him, and I will take him away.
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Jesus saith unto her, Mary.
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She turned herself, and
saith unto him, Rabboni;
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which is to say, Master.
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Jesus saith unto her, Touch me
not; for I am not yet ascended
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to my Father: but go to my
brethren, and say unto them,
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I ascend unto my Father,
and your Father; and to my God,
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and your God.
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Mary Magdalene came and told the
disciples that she had seen the
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Lord, and that he had
spoken these things unto her.
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Then the same day at evening,
being the first day of the week,
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when the doors were shut where
the disciples were assembled for
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fear of the Jews, came Jesus and
stood in the midst, and saith
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unto them, Peace be unto you.
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And when he had so said,
he showed unto them his hands
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and his side.
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Then were the disciples
glad, when they saw the Lord.
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Then said Jesus to them again,
Peace be unto you: as my Father
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hath sent me,
even so send I you.
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And when he had said this, he
breathed on them, and saith unto
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them, Receive ye the Holy
Ghost: Whosoever sins ye remit,
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they are remitted unto them;
and whosesoever sins ye retain,
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they are retained.
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But Thomas, one of the twelve,
called Didymus, was not with
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them when Jesus came.
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The other disciples therefore
saith unto him, We have
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seen the Lord.
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But he said unto them, Except I
shall see in his hands the print
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of the nails, and put my finger
into the print of the nails,
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and thrust my hand into
his side, I will not believe.
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And after eight days
again his disciples were within,
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and Thomas with them: then came
Jesus, the doors being shut,
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and stood in the midst,
and said, Peace be unto you.
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Then saith he to Thomas, Reach
hither thy finger, and behold my
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hands; and reach hither
thy hand, and thrust it into my
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side: and be not
faithless, but believing.
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And Thomas answered and said
unto him, My Lord and my God.
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Jesus saith unto him, Thomas,
because thou hast seen me,
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thou hast believed: blessed
are they that have not seen,
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and yet have believed.
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And many other signs truly
did Jesus in the presence of his
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disciples, which are not written
in this book: but these are
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written, that ye might believe
that Jesus is the Christ,
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the Son of God; and that
believing ye might have life
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through his name.
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After these things Jesus showed
himself again to the disciples
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at the sea of Tiberias; and
on this wise showed he himself.
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There were together Simon Peter,
and Thomas called Didymus,
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and Nathanael of Cana
in Galilee, and the sons of
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Zebedee, and two
other of his disciples.
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Simon Peter saith
unto them, I go a fishing.
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They say unto him,
We also go with thee.
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They went forth, and
entered into a ship immediately:
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and that night
they caught nothing.
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But when the morning was now
come, Jesus stood on the shore:
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but the disciples
knew not that it was Jesus.
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Then Jesus saith unto them,
Children, have ye any meat?
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They answered him, No.
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And he said unto them, Cast
the net on the right side of the
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ship, and ye shall find.
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They cast therefore, and now
they were not able to draw it
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for the multitude of fishes.
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Therefore that disciple whom
Jesus loved saith unto Peter,
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It is the Lord.
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Now when Simon Peter heard that
it was the Lord, he girt his
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fisher's coat unto
him, and did cast himself
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into the sea.
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And the other disciples came
in a little ship; (for they were
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not far from land, but as
it were two hundred cubits,)
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dragging the net with fishes.
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As soon then as they were
come to land, they saw a fire of
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coals there, and fish
laid thereon, and bread.
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Jesus saith unto them,
Bring of the fish which ye
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have now caught.
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Simon Peter went up, and drew
the net to land full of great
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fishes, an hundred and fifty and
three: and for all there were
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so many, yet was
not the net broken.
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Jesus saith unto
them, Come and dine.
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And none of the disciples durst
as him, Who art thou? knowing
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that it was the Lord.
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Jesus then cometh, and
taketh bread, and giveth them,
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and fish likewise.
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This is now the third time
that Jesus showed himself to his
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disciples, after that
he was risen from the dead.
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So when they had dined, Jesus
saith to Simon Peter, Simon,
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son of Jonas, lovest
thou me more than these?
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He saith unto him, Yea, Lord;
thou knowest that I love thee.
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He saith unto
him, Feed my lambs.
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He saith to him again the second
time, Simon, son of Jonas,
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lovest thou me?
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He saith unto him, Yea, Lord;
thou knowest that I love thee.
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He saith unto
him, Feed my sheep.
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He saith unto him the
third time, Simon, son of Jonas,
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lovest thou me?
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Peter was grieved because he
said unto him the third time,
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Lovest thou me?
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And he said unto him,
Lord, thou knowest all things;
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thou knowest that I love thee.
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Jesus saith unto
him, Feed my sheep.
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Verily, verily, I say unto
thee, When thou wast young,
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thou girdedst thyself, and
walkedst whither thou wouldest:
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but when thou shalt be old,
thou shalt stretch forth thy
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hands, and another shall gird
thee, and carry thee whither
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thou wouldest not.
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This spake he, signifying
by what death he should
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glorify God.
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And When he had spoken this,
he saith unto him, Follow me.
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Then Peter, turning about,
seeth the disciple whom Jesus
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loved following; which also
leaned on his breast at supper,
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and said, Lord, which
is he that betrayeth thee?
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Peter seeing him
saith to Jesus, Lord,
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and what shall this man do?
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Jesus saith unto him, If I
will that he tarry till I come,
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what is that to
thee? follow thou me.
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Then went this saying
abroad among the brethren,
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that that disciple should
not die: yet Jesus said not unto
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him, He shall not die; but, if I
will that he tarry till I come,
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what is that to thee?
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This is the disciple which
testifieth of these things,
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and wrote these things: and we
know that his testimony is true.
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And there are also many
other things which Jesus did,
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the which, if they should
be written every one, I suppose
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that even the world itself
could not contain the books
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that should be written.
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Amen.
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(We're continuing on to read now
from the Acts of the Apostles.
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We will be beginning in
Chapter 1, and reading from the
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King James Version.)
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the former treatise have I made,
O Theophilus, of all that Jesus
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began both to do and teach,
until the day in which he was
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taken up, after that he
through the Holy Ghost had given
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commandments unto the
apostles whom he had chosen:
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to whom also he showed himself
alive after his passion by many
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infallible proofs, being seen of
them forty days, and speaking of
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the things pertaining to
the kingdom of God: and, being
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assembled together with them,
commanded them that they should
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not depart from Jerusalem,
but wait for the promise of the
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Father, which, saith
he, ye have heard of me.
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For John truly baptized with
water, but ye shall be baptized
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with the Holy Ghost
not many days hence.
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When they therefore were come
together, they asked of him,
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saying, Lord, wilt thou at this
time restore again the kingdom
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to Israel?
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And he said unto them, It is not
for you to know the times or the
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seasons, which the Father
hath put in his own power.
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But ye shall receive power,
after that the Holy Ghost is
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come upon you: and ye shall
be witnesses unto me both in
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Jerusalem, and in all Judea,
and in Samaria, and unto the
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uttermost part of the earth.
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And when he had spoken
these things, while they beheld,
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he was taken up; and a cloud
received him out of their sight.
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And while they looked
steadfastly toward heaven as he
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went up, behold, two men
stood by them in white apparel;
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which also said, Ye men of
Galilee, why stand ye gazing up
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into heaven? this same Jesus,
which is taken up from you
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into heaven, shall so come in
like manner as ye have seen him
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go into heaven.
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Then returned they unto
Jerusalem from the mount
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called Olivet,
which is from Jerusalem,
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a Sabbath day's journey.
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And when they were come in
they went into the Upper Room
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where abode both Peter, and
James, and John, and Andrew,
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Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew,
and Matthew, James the son of
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Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes,
and Judas the brother of James.
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These all continued with
one accord, in prayer and
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supplication, with the women,
and Mary the mother of Jesus,
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and with his brethren.
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And in those days Peter stood up
in the midst of the disciples,
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and said, (the number of
names together were about an
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hundred and twenty,) Men
and brethren, this scripture
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must needs have been
fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost
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by the mouth of David
spake before concerning Judas,
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which was guide to
them that took Jesus.
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For he was numbered with
us, and had obtained part of
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this ministry. Now
this man purchased a field
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with the reward of iniquity;
and falling headlong, he burst
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asunder in the midst, and
all his bowels gushed out.
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And it was known unto all
the dwellers at Jerusalem;
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insomuch as that field is
called in their proper tongue,
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Aceldama, that is to
say, The field of blood.
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For it is written in the book
of Psalms, Let his habitation
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be desolate, and let
no man dwell therein:
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and his
bishoprick let another take.
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Wherefore of these men
which have companied with us
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all the time that the Lord
Jesus went in and out among us,
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Beginning from the baptism
of John, unto that same day
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that he was taken up from
us, must one be ordained to be a
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witness with us
of his resurrection.
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And they appointed
two, Joseph called Barsabas,
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who was surnamed
Justus, and Matthias.
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And they prayed, and said, Thou,
Lord, which knowest the hearts
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of all men, shew whether
of these two thou hast chosen,
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That he may take part of
this ministry and apostleship,
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from which Judas
by transgression fell,
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that he might go
to his own place.
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And they gave forth their lots;
and the lot fell upon Matthias;
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and he was numbered
with the eleven apostles.
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We're reading from the
Acts of the Apostles Chapter 2.
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And when the day of
Pentecost was fully come,
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they were all with
one accord in one place.
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And suddenly there came a sound
from heaven as of a rushing
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mighty wind, and it
filled all the house where they
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were sitting. And
there appeared unto them
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cloven tongues like as of fire,
and it sat upon each of them.
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And they were all
filled with the Holy Ghost,
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and began to speak with
other tongues, as the Spirit
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gave them utterance.
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And there were dwelling at
Jerusalem Jews, devout men,
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out of every
nation under heaven.
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Now when this was noised abroad,
the multitude came together,
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and were confounded, because
that every man heard them
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speak in his own language.
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