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But so that it spreads no further among the people, let us severely threaten them, that from now on they speak to no man in this name."

So they called them and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.

So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way of punishing them, because of the people, since they all glorified God for what had been done.

So when they heard that, they raised their voice to God with one accord and said: "Lord, You are God, who made heaven and earth and the sea, and all that is in them,

Then Ananias, hearing these words, fell down and breathed his last. So great fear came upon all those who heard these things.

And Peter answered her, "Tell me whether you sold the land for so much?" She said, "Yes, for so much."

So great fear came upon all the church and upon all who heard these things.

so that they brought the sick out into the streets and laid them on beds and couches, that at least the shadow of Peter passing by might fall on some of them.

So one came and told them, saying, [fn] "Look, the men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people!"

And we are His witnesses to these things, and so also is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey Him."

So they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for His [fn] name.

Then the high priest said, "Are these things so?"

Then He gave him the covenant of circumcision; and so Abraham begot Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot the twelve patriarchs.

So Jacob went down to Egypt; and he died, he and our fathers.

This man dealt treacherously with our people, and oppressed our forefathers, making them expose their babies, so that they might not live.

"You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you.

So when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.

So he arose and went. And behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace the queen of the Ethiopians, who had charge of all her treasury, and had come to Jerusalem to worship,

So Philip ran to him, and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, "Do you understand what you are reading?"

The place in the Scripture which he read was this: "He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; And as a lamb before its shearer is silent, So He opened not His mouth.