Category: New Testament

Mark 7: 1-23

  1: A group of Pharisees, with some Scribes who had come from Jerusalem, met Him, 2: and noticed that some of His disciples were eating their food with defiled hands – in other words without washing them. 3: [For Pharisees and Jews in general never eat without washing their hands, in obedience to ancient…

By Derek Buckthorpe 13th February 2011 Off

Acts 19: 1-20

  1: While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul travelled through the island regions till he came to Ephesus, where he found a number of disciples. 2: When he asked them, ‘Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?’ They replied, ‘No, we were not even told that there is a Holy Spirit.’ 3:…

By Derek Buckthorpe 13th February 2011 Off

Acts 17: 22-31

  22: Paul stood up before the Council of the Areopagus and began: “Men of Athens, I see that in everything that concerns religion you are uncommonly scrupulous. 23: As I was going round looking at the objects of your worship, I noticed among other things an altar bearing the inscription, “To an unknown God.”…

By Derek Buckthorpe 13th February 2011 Off