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Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.
The Vigil
Today’s scroll, one verse at a time — each linked to the last by the cross-references rather than by any model of you. The same vigil for everyone, and a different one tomorrow.
And immediately he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.
from Acts 17:17
And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
from Acts 9:20
For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.
from Romans 1:4
Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
from II Corinthians 13:4 · a strong link
Since therefore Christ has suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin;
from Romans 6:4
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As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
from I Corinthians 8:4
But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
from I Timothy 2:5 · a strong link
You call me Teacher and Lord: and you say well; for so I am.
from I Corinthians 8:6
And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
from John 13:13 · a strong link
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By this we perceive the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, so that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
from I John 3:16 · a strong link
And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. To him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
from John 3:16 · a strong link
Truly, truly, I say to you, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and you receive not our witness.
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But the anointing which you have received of him remains in you, and you need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teaches you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it has taught you, you shall remain in him.
Being born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, by the word of God, which lives and remains for ever.
from I John 2:27
Whoever is born of God does not commit sin; for his seed remains in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
from I Peter 1:23
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loves is born of God, and knows God.
from I John 3:9 · a strong link
He that loves not knows not God; for God is love.
from I John 4:7 · a strong link
But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,
from I John 4:8
But you, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious, patience, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
from Ephesians 2:4
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And God has set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, varieties of tongues.
Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially they who labor in the word and doctrine.
from I Corinthians 12:28
The farmer that labors must be first to receive a share of the crops.
from I Timothy 5:17
For you have need of patience, that, after you have done the will of God, you might receive the promise.
from II Timothy 2:6
But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
from Hebrews 10:36
I wait for the LORD, my soul does wait, and in his word do I hope.
from Romans 8:25
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I know also, my God, that you try the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy your people, who are present here, to offer willingly to you.
I the LORD search the heart, I try the inmost thoughts, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
from I Chronicles 29:17 · a strong link
And he that searches the hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because he makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
from Jeremiah 17:10 · a strong link
And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us:
from Romans 8:27
Now we know that God hears not sinners: but if any man is a worshipper of God, and does his will, him he hears.
from I John 5:14
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Clean out therefore the old leaven, so that you may be a new lump, as you are unleavened. For even Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us:
For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures;
from I Corinthians 5:7
For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
from I Corinthians 15:3
It is not beneficial for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
from Galatians 1:12
That is the whole thread.
Every verse the cross-references reach from Acts 17:17 along this chain. Today’s own vigil is laid separately.
Each verse follows the one before it along the chain a study Bible draws — a century old, public, and compiled by people arguing about Scripture rather than about how long you stay. Every card says which verse it came from and opens the chapter it belongs to. Today’s vigil is the same for every reader and is worked out from the date alone, so there is no account, no counter, and nothing stored in your browser or ours.
The text is the Lantern Modern Standard. The links are openbible.info’s cross-reference set (CC BY), the same apparatus behind the reader’s Echoes drawer. Read a whole book · Today’s table