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Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.
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.
Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
from Acts 3:1 · a strong link
And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.
from Psalms 55:17
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
from Mark 1:35 · a strong link
But it shall not be so among you: but whoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
from Philippians 2:5 · a strong link
But so shall it not be among you: but whoever will be great among you, shall be your minister:
from Matthew 20:26 · 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.
One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
from I Corinthians 8:4
And there are varieties of workings, but it is the same God which works all in all.
from Ephesians 4:6
And when all things shall be subdued to him, then shall the Son also himself be subject to him that put all things under him, so that God may be all in all.
from I Corinthians 12:6
And you are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s.
from I Corinthians 15:28 · 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.
A new commandment I give to you, That you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
from I John 3:16 · a strong link
We must thank God always for you, brothers, as is fitting, because that your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all toward each other abounds;
from John 13:34
For this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
from II Thessalonians 1:3
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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.
Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it remain in the vine; no more can you, except you remain in me.
from I John 2:27
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
from John 15:4 · a strong link
Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
from Galatians 2:20 · a strong link
Yet a little while, and the world sees me no more; but you see me: because I live, you shall live also.
from Romans 6:8
And you now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man takes from you.
from John 14:19
And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Spirit.
from John 16:22
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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.
And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone;
from I Corinthians 12:28
The stone which the builders refused has become the head stone of the corner.
from Ephesians 2:20
This is the stone which was set at nothing of you builders, which has become the cornerstone.
from Psalms 118:22 · a strong link
The wicked flee when no man pursues: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
from Acts 4:11
Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
from Proverbs 28:1
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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.
For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and discerns the thoughts and intents of the heart.
from I Chronicles 29:17
(For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds;)
from Hebrews 4:12 · a strong link
See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
from II Corinthians 10:4 · a strong link
Again I will build you, and you shall be built, O virgin of Israel: you shall again be adorned with your tabrets, and shall go forth in the dances of them that celebrate.
from Jeremiah 1:10
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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:
The next day John saw Jesus coming to him, and said, Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.
from I Corinthians 5:7
And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four living creatures saying, Come and see.
from John 1:29 · a strong link
And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
That is the whole thread.
Every verse the cross-references reach from Acts 3:1 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