Acts 4:20 Cross References - NSB

²⁰ »We cannot stop speaking the things we have seen and heard.«

³⁸ Balaam answered: »I am here now. But now, what power do I have? I can say only what God tells me to say.«

²⁰ »I have been instructed to bless. And when God blesses, I cannot call it back.

² »The Spirit of Jehovah spoke through me. His word was on my tongue.

¹⁸ »For I am full of words but the spirit within me constrains me. ¹⁹ »My heart is indeed like wine that has no vent. It is like new wineskins and is ready to burst. ²⁰ »I must speak so that I may find relief. I must open my lips and answer.

⁷ Jehovah said to me: »‘Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ You must go wherever I send you. You must say whatever I command you to say.

¹⁷ »Strengthen yourself, Jeremiah! Stand up, and say to them whatever I tell you to say. Do not be terrified in their presence, or I will make you even more terrified in their presence. ¹⁸ »Today I have made you like a fortified city, an iron pillar, and a copper wall. You will be able to stand up to the whole land. You will be able to stand up to Judah's kings, its officials, its priests, and all the common people. ¹⁹ »They will fight you but they will not defeat you. I am with you, and I will rescue you,« declares Jehovah.

¹⁹ O my anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain. My heart pounds in side of me. My heart is pounding! I cannot keep quiet because I hear a ram's horn sounding the alarm for war.

¹¹ I am full of the wrath of Jehovah. I am weary with holding it in. Pour it out on the children in the street and on the gathering of young men together. For both husband and wife will be taken, the aged and the very old.

⁹ But if I say: »I will not remember him or speak anymore in his name,« then in my heart it becomes like a burning fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in. I cannot endure it.

¹¹ »Go to the exiles, to your people. Whether they listen or not, tell them: This is what the Lord Jehovah says.«

¹⁴ The Spirit lifted me and took me away. I went away feeling bitter and angry. The strong power of Jehovah came over me. ¹⁵ I went to Tel Abib, to the exiles that lived by the Chebar River. I sat there among them for seven days. I was stunned among them. ¹⁶ After seven days Jehovah spoke his word to me: ¹⁷ »Son of man, I have made you a watchman over the people of Israel. Listen to what I say, and warn them for me. ¹⁸ »When I tell a wicked man that he will surely die, but you do not warn him or speak out so that he can change his wicked way in order to save his life; that wicked man will die because of his sin. I will hold you responsible for his death. ¹⁹ »When you warn the wicked man, and he does not turn from his wicked way; he will die because of his sin, but you will save yourself. ²⁰ »If righteous people turn from living the right way and do wrong, I will make them stumble and they will die. If you do not warn them, they will die because of their sin. The right things they did will not be remembered. I will hold you responsible for their deaths. ²¹ »If you warn righteous people not to sin, and they do not sin, they will certainly live because they listened to the warning and you will save yourself.«

⁸ Jehovah’s Spirit fills me with power! I have judgment and mightiness to declare to Jacob, his evil behavior, to tell Israel about his sin!

² They received testimony from those who were eyewitnesses from the beginning. Ministers of God’s word delivered it to us.

⁸ »You will receive power, when the Holy Spirit comes on you and you will be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.«

²² »One who was with us from the baptism of John, to the day that he was received up from us must become a witness with us of his resurrection.«

⁴ They were all filled with the Holy Spirit. They began to speak with different tongues, as the Spirit moved them to speak.

³² »God resurrected Jesus and we all witnessed this!

¹⁵ »You killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead. We witnessed this!

³² »We are witnesses of these things. The Holy Spirit, which God gave to those who obey him, also witnessed.«

³⁹ »We are witnesses of all things that he did both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a stake. ⁴⁰ »God raised him up the third day and made him visible. ⁴¹ »However, all the people did not see him. Witnesses who were previously chosen by God saw him. We who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead saw him.

¹⁶ Paul waited for them at Athens. His spirit was irritated within him when he saw the city full of idols. ¹⁷ So he reasoned in the synagogue with Jews and devout persons. He went to the marketplace every day with those who would meet with him.

⁵ Paul devoted himself exclusively to preaching when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia. He witnessed to the Jews that Jesus was the Messiah.

¹⁵ ‘You will be a witness for him to tell everyone what you have seen and heard.

¹⁶ Though I preach the good news I do not brag about it. Preaching the good news is my duty (obligation) and I must do it! It would be terrible if I did not preach the good news! ¹⁷ For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward. But if I do it against my will, I am just performing the trust of the good news committed to me.

³ How shall we escape, if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first presented by the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard him. ⁴ God also testified about it with signs, wonders, and various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit given according to his will.

¹ We have heard that which was from the beginning. We have also seen it with our own eyes. We looked at it and touched it with our hands. It is the Word of life. ² The life was made known and we have seen and testify about it. We declare the life to you. It is the eternal life, which was with the Father and was shown to us. ³ We declare to you what we have seen and heard. This way you may have fellowship with us. Yes, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ!