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"We found the prison securely locked and the guards standing at the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside."

Then the captain went with the temple police and brought them, but without violence, for they were afraid of being stoned by the people.

But Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than any human authority.

But a Pharisee in the council named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, respected by all the people, stood up and ordered the men to be put outside for a short time.

For some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and a number of men, about four hundred, joined him; but he was killed, and all who followed him were dispersed and disappeared.

but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them—in that case you may even be found fighting against God!" They were convinced by him,

But they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.

He did not give him any of it as a heritage, not even a foot's length, but promised to give it to him as his possession and to his descendants after him, even though he had no child.

‘But I will judge the nation that they serve,' said God, ‘and after that they shall come out and worship me in this place.'

"The patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt; but God was with him,

But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our ancestors there on their first visit.

"But as the time drew near for the fulfillment of the promise that God had made to Abraham, our people in Egypt increased and multiplied

He supposed that his kinsfolk would understand that God through him was rescuing them, but they did not understand.

But the man who was wronging his neighbor pushed Moses aside, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?

But God turned away from them and handed them over to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you offer to me slain victims and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

But it was Solomon who built a house for him.

But filled with the Holy Spirit, he gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.

But they covered their ears, and with a loud shout all rushed together against him.

But Saul was ravaging the church by entering house after house; dragging off both men and women, he committed them to prison.

But when they believed Philip, who was proclaiming the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.