Matthew 3:16
16When Jesus had been baptized, he immediately came up out of the water. Suddenly the heavens opened up for him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him.Isa 11:2; 42:1; Mark 1:10; Luke 3:22; John 1:32-33Matthew 28:2
2Suddenly there was a powerful earthquake. For an angel of the Lord had come down from heaven, stepped forward, rolled the stone away, and was sitting on it.Mark 16:5; Luke 24:4; John 20:12Mark 16:5
5As they went into the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were utterly astonished.Luke 24:3; John 20:11-12Luke 2:13
13Suddenly a multitude of the Heavenly Army appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,Gen 28:12; 32:1-2; Ps 103:20-21; 148:2; Dan 7:10; Heb 1:14; Rev 5:11John 1:14
14The Word Becomes HumanThe Word became flesh and tabernacled ▼▼Or pitched his tent
among us. We gazed on his glory, the kind of glory that belongs to the Father's unique Son, ▼▼The Gk. lacks Son
full of grace and truth.Isa 40:5; Matt 1:16, 20; 17:2; Luke 1:31, 35; 2:7; John 2:11; 11:40; Rom 1:3; Gal 4:4; Col 1:19; 1Tim 3:16; Heb 2:11, 14, 16-17; 2Pet 1:17 John 1:32-33
32John also testified, “I saw the Spirit coming down from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him.Matt 3:16; Mark 1:10; Luke 3:22; John 5:32 33I didn't recognize him, but the one who sent me to baptize with ▼▼Or in
water told me, ‘The person on whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining is the one who baptizes with ▼▼Or in
the Holy Spirit.’Matt 3:11; Acts 1:5; 2:4; 10:44; 19:6 John 15:26
26“When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of Truth who comes from the Father, he will testify on my behalf.Luke 24:49; John 14:17, 26; Acts 2:33; 1John 5:6John 16:8-9
8When he comes, he will convict the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment— 9of sin, because they do not believe in me;Acts 2:22-37John 20:12
12She saw two angels in white clothes who were sitting down, one at the head and the other at the foot of the place where Jesus’ body had been lying.Acts 1:19
19This became known to all the residents of Jerusalem, so that this field is called in their language Hakeldama, that is, “The Field of Blood”.)Acts 10:34
34Then Peter opened his mouth and said, “Now I understand that God shows no partiality.Deut 10:17; 2Chr 19:7; Job 34:19; Rom 2:11; Gal 2:6; Eph 6:9; Col 3:25; 1Pet 1:17Romans 1:4
4and who according to the spirit ▼▼Or Spirit
of holiness was declared to be the Son of God with power by the resurrection from the dead—Jesus Christ our Lord.Acts 13:33; Heb 9:14 Romans 10:18
18But I ask, “Didn't they hear?” Certainly they did! In fact,1Kings 18:10; Ps 19:4; Matt 4:8; 24:14; 28:19; Mark 16:15; Col 1:6, 23 “Their voice has gone out into the whole world,and their words to the ends of the earth.” ▼▼Ps 19:4
Galatians 2:8
8For the one who worked through Peter by making him an apostle to the circumcised also worked through me by sending me to the Gentiles.Acts 9:15; 13:2; 22:21; 26:17-18; 1Cor 15:10; Gal 1:16; 3:5; Col 1:29Ephesians 3:5-6
5which in previous generations was not made known to human beings ▼▼Lit. the sons of men
as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God's ▼▼Lit. his
holy apostles and prophets:Acts 10:28; Rom 16:25; Eph 2:20; 3:9 6The Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow sharers of what was promised ▼▼Lit. of the promise
in Christ Jesus through the gospel.Gal 3:14, 28-29; Eph 2:14-16 Ephesians 3:8
8To me, the very least of all the saints, this grace was given so that I might proclaim to the Gentiles the immeasurable wealth of Christ1Cor 15:9; Gal 1:16; 2:8; Eph 1:7; Col 1:27; 1Tim 1:13, 15; 2:7; 2Tim 1:11Ephesians 3:10
10He did this ▼▼The Gk. lacks He did this
so that now, through the church, the wisdom of God in all its variety might be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realmRom 8:38; 1Cor 2:7; Eph 1:21; Col 1:16; 1Tim 3:16; 1Pet 1:12; 3:22 Colossians 1:6
6that has come to you. Just as it is bearing fruit and spreading all over the world, so it has been doing ▼▼The Gk. lacks it has been doing
among you from the day you heard it and came to know the grace of God in truth. Colossians 1:23
23However, you must remain firmly established and steadfast in the faith, without being moved from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven and of which I, Paul, have become a servant. ▼▼Or minister
John 15:6; Acts 1:17; Rom 10:18; 2Cor 3:6; 4:1; 5:18; Eph 3:7, 17; Col 2:7; 3:25; 1:6; 1Tim 2:7 Colossians 1:27-28
27to whom God wanted to make known the glorious riches of this secret among the Gentiles—which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.Rom 9:23; 2Cor 2:14; Eph 1:7; 3:8; 1Tim 1:1 28It is he whom we proclaim as we admonish everyone and teach everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone mature ▼▼Or complete
in Christ.Acts 20:20, 27, 31; 2Cor 11:2; Eph 5:27; Col 1:22 1 Timothy 2:7
7For this reason I was appointed to be a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth. (I am telling you the truth. ▼▼Other mss. read the truth in Christ
I am not lying.)Rom 9:1; 11:13; 15:16; Gal 1:16; Eph 3:7-8; 2Tim 1:11 1 Peter 1:12
12It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you in regard to the things that have now been announced to you by those who brought you the good news through the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. These are things that even the angels desire to look into.Exod 25:20; Dan 8:13; 9:24; Acts 2:4; Eph 3:10; Heb 11:13, 39-401 John 1:2
2This life was revealed to us, and we have seen it and testify about it. We declare to you this eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us.John 1:1-2, 4; 11:25; 14:6; 21:24; Acts 2:32; Rom 16:26; 1Tim 3:16; 1John 3:5; 5:201 John 5:6
6This man, Jesus Christ, is the one who came by water and blood—not with water only, but with water and with blood. The Spirit is the one who verifies this, because the Spirit is the truth.John 14:17; 15:26; 16:13; 19:34; 1Tim 3:16
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