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So they called for them and ordered them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

After they were released, they went to their own people and reported everything the chief priests and the elders had said to them.

When they heard this, they raised their voices together to God and said, “Master, you are the one who made the heaven, the earth, and the sea, and everything in them.

When they had prayed, the place where they were assembled was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God boldly.

Now the entire group of those who believed were of one heart and mind, and no one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but instead they held everything in common.

Then Peter said to her, “Why did you agree to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.”

Instantly she dropped dead at his feet. When the young men came in, they found her dead, carried her out, and buried her beside her husband.

Many signs and wonders were being done among the people through the hands of the apostles. They were all together in Solomon’s Colonnade.

As a result, they would carry the sick out into the streets and lay them on cots and mats so that when Peter came by, at least his shadow might fall on some of them.

In addition, a multitude came together from the towns surrounding Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those who were tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all healed.

So they arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.

Hearing this, they entered the temple at daybreak and began to teach.

But when the servants got there, they did not find them in the jail, so they returned and reported,

As the captain of the temple police and the chief priests heard these things, they were baffled about them, wondering what would come of this.

Then the commander went with the servants and brought them in without force, because they were afraid the people might stone them.

After they brought them in, they had them stand before the Sanhedrin, and the high priest asked,

When they heard this, they were enraged and wanted to kill them.

After they called in the apostles and had them flogged, they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus and released them.

Every day in the temple, and in various homes, they continued teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Messiah.

This proposal pleased the whole company. So they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a convert from Antioch.