Quotes About Sacrifice

And because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus there.

The cloth that had been around Jesusí head was rolled up, lying separate from the linen cloths.

After He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.

When they had finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love Me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus replied, “Feed My lambs.”

Jesus said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. And after He had said this, He told him, “Follow Me.”

(Now with the reward for his wickedness Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong and burst open in the middle, and all his intestines spilled out.

to take up this ministry and apostleship, which Judas abandoned to go to his rightful place.”

He was delivered up by Godís set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.

You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.

You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of the fact.

But in this way God has fulfilled what He foretold through all the prophets, saying that His Christ would suffer.

They seized Peter and John, and because it was evening, they put them in custody until the next day.

In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.

The multitude of believers was one in heart and soul. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they owned.

There were no needy ones among them, because those who owned lands or houses would sell their property, bring the proceeds from the sales,

sold a field he owned, brought the money, and laid it at the apostlesí feet.

Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property.

With his wifeís full knowledge, he kept back some of the proceeds for himself, but brought a portion and laid it at the apostlesí feet.

On hearing these words, Ananias fell down and died. And great fear came over all who heard what had happened.

“Tell me,” said Peter, “is this the price you and your husband got for the land?” “Yes,” she answered, “that is the price.”

At that instant she fell down at his feet and died. Then the young men came in and, finding her dead, carried her out and buried her beside her husband.

But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.

At this, they yielded to Gamaliel. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them.

The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.