Bible Verses About Jerusalem

Now the Jewish festival, the Feast of Sukkot, was at hand.

His brothers therefore said to him, “Depart from here, and go into Judea, that your disciples also may see your works which you do.

For no one does anything in secret, and himself seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, reveal yourself to the world.”

For even his brothers didn’t believe in him.

Yeshua therefore said to them, “My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready.

The world can’t hate you, but it hates me, because I testify about it, that its works are evil.

You go up to the feast. I am not yet going up to this feast, because my time is not yet fulfilled.”

Having said these things to them, he stayed in Galilee.

But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly, but as it were in secret.

The Judeans therefore sought him at the feast, and said, “Where is he?”

There was much murmuring among the multitudes concerning him. Some said, “He is a good man.” Others said, “Not so, but he leads the multitude astray.”

Yet no one spoke openly of him for fear of the Judeans.

But when it was now the midst of the feast, Yeshua went up into the temple and taught.

Now when the day of Shavu`ot had come, they were all with one accord in one place.

Suddenly there came from the sky a sound like the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

Tongues like fire appeared and were distributed to them, and one sat on each of them.

They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak.

Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under the sky.

Stephen, full of faith and power, performed great wonders and signs among the people.

But some of those who were of the synagogue called “The Libertines”, and of the Cyrenians, of the Alexandrians, and of those of Cilicia and Asia arose, disputing with Stephen.

They weren’t able to withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke.

Then they secretly induced men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.”

They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, and came against him and seized him, and brought him in to the council,

and set up false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the Torah.

For we have heard him say that this Yeshua of Nazareth will destroy this place, and will change the customs which Moses delivered to us.”