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But I said, ‘Certainly not, Lord, for nothing defiled or ritually unclean has ever entered my mouth!'

But the voice replied a second time from heaven, ‘What God has made clean, you must not consider ritually unclean!'

And I remembered the word of the Lord, as he used to say, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.'

Now those who had been scattered because of the persecution that took place over Stephen went as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message to no one but Jews.

But there were some men from Cyprus and Cyrene among them who came to Antioch and began to speak to the Greeks too, proclaiming the good news of the Lord Jesus.

So Peter was kept in prison, but those in the church were earnestly praying to God for him.

Peter went out and followed him; he did not realize that what was happening through the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision.

When she recognized Peter's voice, she was so overjoyed she did not open the gate, but ran back in and told them that Peter was standing at the gate.

But they said to her, "You've lost your mind!" But she kept insisting that it was Peter, and they kept saying, "It is his angel!"

But the crowd began to shout, "The voice of a god, and not of a man!"

But the word of God kept on increasing and multiplying.

But the magician Elymas (for that is the way his name is translated) opposed them, trying to turn the proconsul away from the faith.

But Saul (also known as Paul), filled with the Holy Spirit, stared straight at him

Then Paul and his companions put out to sea from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia, but John left them and returned to Jerusalem.

But while John was completing his mission, he said repeatedly, ‘What do you think I am? I am not he. But look, one is coming after me. I am not worthy to untie the sandals on his feet!'

But God raised him from the dead,

But regarding the fact that he has raised Jesus from the dead, never again to be in a state of decay, God has spoken in this way: ‘ I will give you the holy and trustworthy promises made to David .'

but the one whom God raised up did not experience decay.

But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they began to contradict what Paul was saying by reviling him.

But the Jews incited the God-fearing women of high social standing and the prominent men of the city, stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out of their region.