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They seized Peter and John, and because it was already evening, they put them in custody until the next day.

So the Council members threatened them further and let them go. They could not find a way to punish them, because all the people were glorifying God for what had happened.

There were no needy ones among them, because those who owned lands or houses would sell their property, bring the proceeds from the sales,

In those days when the disciples were increasing in number, the Grecian Jews began to grumble against the Hebraic Jews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.

Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him

They paid close attention to him because he had astounded them for a long time with his sorcery.

But Peter replied, "May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!

You have no part or share in our ministry, because your heart is not right before God.

Get up! Go downstairs and accompany them without hesitation, because I have sent them."

how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.

Now Herod was in a furious dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they convened before him. Having secured the support of Blastus, the king's chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their region depended on the king's country for food.

Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.

an attendant of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, a man of intelligence, summoned Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God.

Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.

But Paul thought it best not to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not accompanied them in the work.

Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also began to debate with him. Some of them asked, "What is this babbler trying to say?" while others said, "He seems to be advocating foreign gods." They said this because Paul was proclaiming the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.

Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives all men life and breath and everything else.

There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to visit them,

and he stayed and worked with them because they were tentmakers by trade, just as he was.

For I am with you and no one will lay a hand on you, because I have many people in this city."