diff --git a/45-ACT.usfm b/45-ACT.usfm index 1facb33d..9f6d083c 100644 --- a/45-ACT.usfm +++ b/45-ACT.usfm @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ \s5 \v 16 Instead, what has happened to us is the miraculous thing that the prophet Joel wrote about long ago. He wrote: \p -\v 17 'During the last days, God says, I will give my Holy Spirit to all people, and your sons and daughters will tell people my messages, and I will give visions to the young men and I will give dreams to the old men. +\v 17 "'During the last days, God says, I will give my Holy Spirit to all people, and your sons and daughters will tell people my messages, and I will give visions to the young men and I will give dreams to the old men. \s5 \v 18 During those days I will give my Holy Spirit to my servants, so they can tell people my messages. @@ -109,12 +109,12 @@ \p \v 22 Peter continued speaking: "Men of Israel, listen to me! When Jesus from Nazareth lived among you, God proved to you that he had sent him by making him able to do many amazing miracles that showed that he was from God. You yourselves know that this is true. \v 23 Even though you knew that, you handed this man Jesus over into the hands of his enemies. However, God had already planned for that, and he knew all about it. Then you urged men who do not have God's law to kill Jesus. They did that by nailing him to a cross. -\v 24 He died, but God raised him up again, because it was not possible for him to remain dead. God caused Jesus to become alive again." +\v 24 He died, but God raised him up again, because it was not possible for him to remain dead. God caused Jesus to become alive again. \s5 \p \v 25 "Long ago King David wrote about Jesus, -\p 'I saw the Lord always there in front of me. He was right beside me, so I will not be afraid of those who want to harm me. +\p "'I saw the Lord always there in front of me. He was right beside me, so I will not be afraid of those who want to harm me. \v 26 Because of that, my heart was glad and I rejoiced; even though I will die one day, I know that he will always help me. \s5 @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 32 After this man Jesus had died, God caused him to become alive again. All of us, his followers, know this because we saw him. +\v 32 "After this man Jesus had died, God caused him to become alive again. All of us, his followers, know this because we saw him. \v 33 God has greatly honored Jesus by placing him at his right hand to rule with him, his Father. He has given us the Holy Spirit, and that is what you are seeing and hearing here today. \s5 @@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ \s5 \v 15 God considers that you killed Jesus, the one who gives people eternal life. But God has caused him to become alive again. We saw Jesus many times after he became alive again. -\v 16 It is because of faith in the name of Jesus that this man was made strong again and able to walk in front of you all, and as you see, he is in perfect health." +\v 16 It is because of faith in the name of Jesus that this man was made strong again and able to walk in front of you all, and as you see, he is in perfect health. \s5 \p @@ -238,8 +238,8 @@ \s5 \p -\v 11 Jesus Christ of Nazareth is the one of whom the scriptures speak: -\q "The stone that the builders threw away has become the most important stone in the building." +\v 11 "Jesus Christ of Nazareth is the one of whom the scriptures speak: +\q 'The stone that the builders threw away has become the most important stone in the building.' \v 12 Only Jesus can save us, for God has given no other man in the world to us who can save us from the guilt of our sins!" \s5 @@ -280,12 +280,12 @@ \s5 \p -\v 27 It is true! Both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, came together in this city to turn against Jesus, the one you chose to serve you, O Lord. +\v 27 "It is true! Both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, came together in this city to turn against Jesus, the one you chose to serve you, O Lord. \v 28 You allowed them to do this because it was what you decided long ago would happen. \s5 \p -\v 29 So now, Lord, listen to what they are saying about how they will punish us! Help us who serve you to speak about Jesus to everyone! +\v 29 "So now, Lord, listen to what they are saying about how they will punish us! Help us who serve you to speak about Jesus to everyone! \v 30 Use your power to do great miracles of healing, signs, and wonders in the name of your holy servant Jesus!" \p \v 31 When the believers had finished praying, the place where they were meeting shook. The Holy Spirit gave them all power to boldly speak the words that God told them to speak, and this is what they did. @@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 4 So Abraham left that land, which was also called Chaldea, and he arrived in Haran and lived there. After his father died, God told him to move to this land in which you and I are now living. +\v 4 "So Abraham left that land, which was also called Chaldea, and he arrived in Haran and lived there. After his father died, God told him to move to this land in which you and I are now living. \v 5 At that time God did not give Abraham any land to own here, not even a small plot of this land. But God promised that he would later give this land to him and his descendants, and that it would always belong to them. However, at that time Abraham did not have any children who would inherit it. \s5 @@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ \s5 \v 36 You know the message that God sent to Israel. He proclaimed to us the good news that brings peace because of Jesus Christ, and he is Lord over all! \v 37 You know what he did throughout the land of Judea, beginning in Galilee. He began to do those things after John had been proclaiming to people that they should turn away from their sinful behavior before he baptized them. -\v 38 You know that God gave his Holy Spirit to Jesus, the man from the town of Nazareth, and gave him the power to do miracles. You also know how Jesus went to many places, always doing good deeds and healing people. He was healing all the people whom the devil was causing to suffer. Jesus was able to do those things because God was always helping him." +\v 38 You know that God gave his Holy Spirit to Jesus, the man from the town of Nazareth, and gave him the power to do miracles. You also know how Jesus went to many places, always doing good deeds and healing people. He was healing all the people whom the devil was causing to suffer. Jesus was able to do those things because God was always helping him. \s5 \p @@ -850,14 +850,14 @@ \s5 \v 7 Then I heard God commanding me, 'Peter, get up, kill and eat them!' \p -\v 8 But I replied, 'Lord, you surely do not really want me to do that, because I have never eaten anything that our laws say we must not eat!' +\v 8 "But I replied, 'Lord, you surely do not really want me to do that, because I have never eaten anything that our laws say we must not eat!' \p -\v 9 God spoke from heaven to me a second time: 'I am God, so if I have made something acceptable to eat, do not say it is unacceptable.' +\v 9 "God spoke from heaven to me a second time: 'I am God, so if I have made something acceptable to eat, do not say it is unacceptable.' \v 10 This same thing happened three times, and then the sheet with all those animals and birds was pulled up into heaven again. \s5 \p -\v 11 At that exact moment, three men who had been sent from Caesarea arrived at the house where I was staying. +\v 11 "At that exact moment, three men who had been sent from Caesarea arrived at the house where I was staying. \v 12 God's Spirit told me that I should not hesitate to go with them. Six brothers also went with me to Caesarea, and then we went into that man's house. \v 13 He told us that he had seen an angel standing in his house. The angel told him, 'Tell some men to go to Joppa and bring back Simon, whose other name is Peter. \v 14 He will tell you how you and everyone else in your house will be saved.' @@ -994,7 +994,7 @@ \s5 \v 19 After God destroyed the seven peoples who were then living in the region of Canaan, he gave that land to the people of Israel to possess it and live in it. -\v 20 All of these things happened about 450 years after their ancestors had gone to Egypt." +\v 20 All of these things happened about 450 years after their ancestors had gone to Egypt. \s5 \p "After that, God chose people to serve as judges and as leaders to rule the people of Israel. Those leaders continued to rule our people, and the prophet Samuel was the last judge to rule them. @@ -1026,7 +1026,7 @@ \q 'You are my Son, \q today I have become your Father.' \p -\v 34 God has raised him from the dead and will never let him die again. God said to our Jewish ancestors, 'I will surely help you, as I promised David that I would do.' +\v 34 "God has raised him from the dead and will never let him die again. God said to our Jewish ancestors, 'I will surely help you, as I promised David that I would do.' \s5 \v 35 In another Psalm of David, he also says about the Christ: 'You will never let the body of your Holy One decay in the grave.' @@ -1195,7 +1195,7 @@ \v 29 You should not eat food that people have sacrificed to idols. \q1 You should not eat blood from animals, and you should not eat meat from animals that people have killed by strangling them. \q1 Also, you should not sleep with someone to whom you are not married. -\p If you avoid doing these things, you will be doing what is right. Farewell." +\p "If you avoid doing these things, you will be doing what is right. Farewell." \s5 \p @@ -1605,7 +1605,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 33 As for myself, I never wanted anyone's money or fine clothing. +\v 33 "As for myself, I never wanted anyone's money or fine clothing. \v 34 You yourselves know that I have worked with my hands to earn the money that my friends and I needed. \v 35 In everything that I did, I showed you that we should work hard in order to have enough money to give some to those who are needy. We should remember that our Lord Jesus himself said, 'A person is happier when he gives to others than when he receives from them.'" @@ -1721,14 +1721,14 @@ \v 6 "So I went to Damascus. About noon, as I got near to Damascus, suddenly a bright light from the sky flashed all around me. \v 7 The light was so bright that I fell to the ground. Then I heard the voice of someone speaking to me from up in the sky, saying, 'Saul! Saul! Why do you do things to hurt me?' \p -\v 8 I answered, 'Who are you, Lord?' -\p He replied, 'I am Jesus of Nazareth the one whom you are hurting.' +\v 8 "I answered, 'Who are you, Lord?' +\p "He replied, 'I am Jesus of Nazareth the one whom you are hurting.' \p \s5 -\v 9 The men who were traveling with me saw the bright light, but they did not understand what the voice said. +\v 9 "The men who were traveling with me saw the bright light, but they did not understand what the voice said. \v 10 Then I asked, 'Lord, what do you want me to do?' -\p The Lord told me, 'Get up and go into Damascus. A man there will tell you all that I have planned for you to do.' +\p "The Lord told me, 'Get up and go into Damascus. A man there will tell you all that I have planned for you to do.' \v 11 After that, I could not see, because the bright light had caused me to become blind. So the men who were with me took me by the hand and led me to Damascus. \s5 @@ -1993,12 +1993,12 @@ \v 12 "The chief priests gave me power to arrest believers in Damascus, and that is where I went. But while I was on my way, \v 13 at about noon, I saw on the road a bright light in the sky. It was even brighter than the sun! It shone all around me, and also around those who were traveling with me. \v 14 We all fell to the ground. Then I heard the voice of someone speaking to me in the Hebrew language. -\p He said, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.' +\p "He said, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.' \s5 \p \v 15 "Then I said, 'Who are you, Lord?' -\p He said, 'I am Jesus! I am the one you are fighting against. +\p "He said, 'I am Jesus! I am the one you are fighting against. \v 16 But get up and stand on your feet! I have appeared to you in order to make you into a servant and a witness both of what you have seen of what you know about me now and what I will show you later. \v 17 I will protect you from your own people and from the Gentiles, to whom I will send you, \v 18 in order to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of the enemy to God. In this way God will forgive their sins and give to them the things that all my people will have forever, the people who belong to me by faith.'