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After the reading of the Law and the Prophets the synagogue officials sent to them, saying, "Brethren, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, say it."

"For a period of about forty years He put up with them in the wilderness.

"Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

"For those who live in Jerusalem, and their rulers, recognizing neither Him nor the utterances of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled these by condemning Him.

"And though they found no ground for putting Him to death, they asked Pilate that He be executed.

and for many days He appeared to those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, the very ones who are now His witnesses to the people.

"As for the fact that He raised Him up from the dead, no longer to return to decay, He has spoken in this way: 'I WILL GIVE YOU THE HOLY and SURE blessings OF DAVID.'

"For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep, and was laid among his fathers and underwent decay;

'BEHOLD, YOU SCOFFERS, AND MARVEL, AND PERISH; FOR I AM ACCOMPLISHING A WORK IN YOUR DAYS, A WORK WHICH YOU WILL NEVER BELIEVE, THOUGH SOMEONE SHOULD DESCRIBE IT TO YOU.'"

"For so the Lord has commanded us, 'I HAVE PLACED YOU AS A LIGHT FOR THE GENTILES, THAT YOU MAY BRING SALVATION TO THE END OF THE EARTH.'"

When they had appointed elders for them in every church, having prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

From there they sailed to Antioch, from which they had been commended to the grace of God for the work that they had accomplished.

"Simeon has related how God first concerned Himself about taking from among the Gentiles a people for His name.

"For Moses from ancient generations has in every city those who preach him, since he is read in the synagogues every Sabbath."

men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

"For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay upon you no greater burden than these essentials:

Paul wanted this man to go with him; and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

Now while they were passing through the cities, they were delivering the decrees which had been decided upon by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem, for them to observe.

and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of Macedonia, a Roman colony; and we were staying in this city for some days.

She continued doing this for many days. But Paul was greatly annoyed, and turned and said to the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!" And it came out at that very moment.