Quotes About History

But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.

And our fathers who received it brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations God drove out before them. It remained until the time of David,

But it was Solomon who built the house for Him.

You yourselves know what has happened throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee with the baptism that John proclaimed:

He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword.

And from Perga, they traveled inland to Pisidian Antioch, where they entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and sat down.

The God of the people of Israel chose our fathers. He made them into a great people during their stay in Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He led them out of that land.

All this took about 450 years. After this, God gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet.

Then the people asked for a king, and God gave them forty years under Saul son of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin.

and for many days He was seen by those who had accompanied Him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now His witnesses to our people.

In past generations, He let all nations go their own way.

that have been known for ages.í

For Moses has been proclaimed in every city from ancient times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.”

From there we went to the Roman colony of Philippi, the leading city of that district of Macedonia. And we stayed there several days.

When they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.

“Arenít you the Egyptian who incited a rebellion some time ago and led four thousand members of the ëAssassinsí into the wilderness?”

But Paul answered, “I am a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no ordinary city. Now I beg you to allow me to speak to the people.”

The commander went to Paul and asked, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” “Yes,” he answered.

And he wrote the following letter:

Claudius Lysias, To His Excellency, Governor Felix: Greetings.

The governor read the letter and asked what province Paul was from. Learning that he was from Cilicia,

You can verify for yourself that no more than twelve days ago I went up to Jerusalem to worship.

Three days after his arrival in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem,

Surely all the Jews know how I have lived from the earliest days of my youth, among my own people and in Jerusalem.