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At once she collapsed at his feet and died. So when the young men came in, they found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.

Thus they even carried the sick out into the streets, and put them on cots and pallets, so that when Peter came by at least his shadow would fall on some of them.

But the officers who came for them did not find them in the prison, so they returned and reported,

And we are witnesses of these events, and so is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him."

So in this case I say to you, stay away from these men and leave them alone, because if this plan or this undertaking originates with people, it will come to nothing,

So they left the council rejoicing because they had been considered worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of the name.

So the twelve called the whole group of the disciples together and said, "It is not right for us to neglect the word of God to wait on tables.

The proposal pleased the entire group, so they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, with Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a Gentile convert to Judaism from Antioch.

So he replied, "Brothers and fathers, listen to me. The God of glory appeared to our forefather Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran,

Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and so he became the father of Isaac and circumcised him when he was eight days old, and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.

So when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our ancestors there the first time.

So Joseph sent a message and invited his father Jacob and all his relatives to come, seventy-five people in all.

So Jacob went down to Egypt and died there, along with our ancestors,

This was the one who exploited our people and was cruel to our ancestors, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.

So Moses was trained in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in his words and deeds.

So there was great joy in that city.

These two went down and prayed for them so that they would receive the Holy Spirit.

saying, "Give me this power too, so that everyone I place my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit."

But Simon replied, "You pray to the Lord for me so that nothing of what you have said may happen to me."

So after Peter and John had solemnly testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they started back to Jerusalem, proclaiming the good news to many Samaritan villages as they went.