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

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.

At that instant she fell down at his feet and died. Then the young men came in and found her dead. So they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.

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

But on arriving at the jail, the officers did not find them there. So they returned with the report:

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

So in the present case I advise you: Leave these men alone. Let them go! For if their purpose or endeavor is of human origin, it will fail.

So the Twelve summoned all the disciples and said, "It is unacceptable for us to neglect the word of God in order to wait on tables.

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

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

So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God brought him out of that place, into this land where you are now living.

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

He exploited our people and oppressed our fathers, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.

So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action.

So there was great joy in that city.

"Give me this power as well," he said, "so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit."

Then Simon answered, "Pray to the Lord for me, so that nothing you have said may happen to me."

So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official in charge of the entire treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. He had gone to Jerusalem to worship,

So Philip ran up and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. "Do you understand what you are reading?" Philip asked.

The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture: "He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is silent, so He did not open His mouth.