Bible Verses About Jerusalem

and the feast of the Jews was nigh--that of tabernacles--

his brethren, therefore, said unto him, `Remove hence, and go away to Judea, that thy disciples also may behold thy works that thou dost;

for no one in secret doth anything, and himself seeketh to be in public; if thou dost these things--manifest thyself to the world;'

for not even were his brethren believing in him.

Jesus, therefore, saith to them, `My time is not yet present, but your time is always ready;

the world is not able to hate you, but me it doth hate, because I testify concerning it that its works are evil.

Ye--go ye up to this feast; I do not yet go up to this feast, because my time hath not yet been fulfilled;'

and saying these things to them, he remained in Galilee.

And when his brethren went up, then also he himself went up to the feast, not manifestly, but as in secret;

the Jews, therefore, were seeking him, in the feast, and said, `Where is that one?'

and there was much murmuring about him among the multitudes, some indeed said--`He is good;' and others said, `No, but he leadeth astray the multitude;'

no one, however, was speaking freely about him, through fear of the Jews.

And it being now the middle of the feast, Jesus went up to the temple, and he was teaching,

And in the day of the Pentecost being fulfilled, they were all with one accord at the same place,

and there came suddenly out of the heaven a sound as of a bearing violent breath, and it filled all the house where they were sitting,

and there appeared to them divided tongues, as it were of fire; it sat also upon each one of them,

and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, according as the Spirit was giving them to declare.

And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation of those under the heaven,

And Stephen, full of faith and power, was doing great wonders and signs among the people,

and there arose certain of those of the synagogue, called of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia, and Asia, disputing with Stephen,

and they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit with which he was speaking;

then they suborned men, saying--`We have heard him speaking evil sayings in regard to Moses and God.'

They did stir up also the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and having come upon him , they caught him, and brought him to the sanhedrim;

they set up also false witnesses, saying, `This one doth not cease to speak evil sayings against this holy place and the law,

for we have heard him saying, That this Jesus the Nazarean shall overthrow this place, and shall change the customs that Moses delivered to us;'