A reading from the Acts of the Apostles 25:13b-21
King Agrippa and Bernice arrived in Caesarea on a visit to Festus.
King Agrippa and Bernice arrived in Caesarea on a visit to Festus.
Lifting up his eyes to heaven, Jesus prayed saying: “I pray not only for these, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, so that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that you sent me.
Wishing to determine the truth about why Paul was being accused by the Jews, the commander freed him and ordered the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin to convene.
Lifting up his eyes to heaven, Jesus prayed, saying: “Holy Father, keep them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are one.
At Miletus, Paul spoke to the presbyters of the Church of Ephesus: “Keep watch over yourselves and over the whole flock of which the Holy Spirit has appointed you overseers, in which you tend the Church of God that he acquired with his own Blood.
From Miletus Paul had the presbyters of the Church at Ephesus summoned.
Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come.
The disciples said to Jesus, “Now you are talking plainly, and not in any figure of speech.
While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the interior of the country and down to Ephesus where he found some disciples.
Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come.