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But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and that he himself has appealed to Augustus, I have determined to send 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.
For if I am an offender, or have committed anything worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there is none of these things of which these accuse me, no man may deliver me to them. I appeal to Caesar.
from Acts 25:25
But when the Jews spoke against it, I was constrained to appeal to Caesar; not that I had anything to accuse my nation of.
from Acts 25:11 · a strong link
But when Paul had appealed to be reserved to the hearing of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar.
from Acts 28:19
At my first defense no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.
from Acts 25:21
And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
from II Timothy 4:16 · a strong link
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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.
Thus says the LORD, your redeemer, and he that formed you from the womb, I am the LORD that makes all things; that stretches forth the heavens alone; that spreads abroad the earth by myself;
from I Corinthians 8:4
Doubtless you are our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: you, O LORD, are our father, our redeemer; your name is from everlasting.
from Isaiah 44:24
Do not fear, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel; I will help you, says the LORD, and your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
from Isaiah 63:16
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in your sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
from Isaiah 41:14
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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.
Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ;
from I John 3:16
Looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, in which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
from Titus 2:13
Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.
from II Peter 3:12
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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.
But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things.
from I John 2:27 · a strong link
But he that is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
from I John 2:20
Test everything; hold fast that which is good.
from I Corinthians 2:15
Yes, and why even of yourselves judge you not what is right?
from I Thessalonians 5:21
When they now shoot forth, you see and know of your own selves that summer is now near at hand.
from Luke 12:57
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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
Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
from I Timothy 5:17
These all continued together in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.
from I Corinthians 9:5
But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
from Acts 1:14 · a strong link
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
from Acts 6:4
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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 I am coming soon; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
from Jeremiah 17:10
So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.
For every man shall bear his own burden.
from Romans 14:12
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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:
But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
from I Corinthians 5:7
The place of the Scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb mute before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:
from I Peter 1:19
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats.
from Acts 8:32 · a strong link
That is the whole thread.
Every verse the cross-references reach from Acts 25:25 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.
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