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So the other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord!" But he said to them, "Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe it."

"I'm going out to fish," Simon Peter told them, and they said, "We'll go with you." So they went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.

Simon Peter climbed aboard and dragged the net ashore. It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many the net was not torn.

So when they met together, they asked him, "Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?"

Everyone in Jerusalem heard about this, so they called that field in their language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)

So they proposed two men: Joseph called Barsabbas (also known as Justus) and Matthias.

Then they cast lots, and the lot fell to Matthias; so he was added to the eleven apostles.

So the man gave them his attention, expecting to get something from them.

Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord,

Annas the high priest was there, and so were Caiaphas, John, Alexander and the other men of the high priest's family.

So they ordered them to withdraw from the Sanhedrin and then conferred together.

Then Peter said, "Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land?

As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on beds and mats so that at least Peter's shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.

When the high priest and his associates arrived, they called together the Sanhedrin—the full assembly of the elders of Israel—and sent to the jail for the apostles. But on arriving at the jail, the officers did not find them there. So they went back and reported,

We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him."

So the Twelve gathered all the disciples together and said, "It would not be right for us to neglect the ministry of the word of God in order to wait on tables.

So the word of God spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly, and a large number of priests became obedient to the faith.

So they stirred up the people and the elders and the teachers of the law. They seized Stephen and brought him before the Sanhedrin.

"So he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After the death of his father, God sent him to this land where you are now living.

and rescued him from all his troubles. He gave Joseph wisdom and enabled him to gain the goodwill of Pharaoh king of Egypt; so he made him ruler over Egypt and all his palace.