Study Desk

"So repent [change your inner self—your old way of thinking, regret past sins] and return [to God—seek His purpose for your life], so that your sins may be wiped away [blotted out, completely erased], so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord [restoring you like a cool wind on a hot day];

So they arrested them and put them in jail until the next day, because it was evening.

So they sent for them, and commanded them not to speak [as His representatives] or teach at all in the name of Jesus [using Him as their authority].

to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose predestined [before the creation of the world] to occur [and so without knowing it, they served Your own purpose].

Peter asked her, "Tell me whether you sold your land for so much?" And she said, "Yes, for so much."

to such an extent that they even carried their sick out into the streets and put them on cots and sleeping pads, so that when Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on one of them [with healing power].

So they brought them and presented them before the Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court). The high priest questioned them,

"And we are witnesses of these things; and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has bestowed on those who obey Him."

"So in the present case, I say to you, stay away from these men and let them alone, for if this plan or action is of men [merely human in origin], it will fail and be destroyed;

So they left the Council, rejoicing that they had been considered worthy [dignified by indignity] to suffer shame for [the sake of] His name.

So the Twelve called the disciples together and said, "It is not appropriate for us to neglect [teaching] the word of God in order to serve tables and manage the distribution of food.

"And God gave Abraham a covenant [a formal agreement to be strictly observed] of [which] circumcision [was the sign]; and so [under these circumstances] Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac [became the father] of Jacob, and Jacob [became the father] of the twelve patriarchs.

"He shrewdly exploited our race and mistreated our fathers, forcing them to expose their [male] babies so that they would die.

"So Moses was educated in all the wisdom and culture of the Egyptians, and he was a man of power in words and deeds.

"Our fathers also brought it in [with them into the land] with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations whom God drove out before our fathers, [and so it remained here] until the time of David,

So there was great rejoicing in that city.

saying, "Give me this authority and power too, so that anyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit."

"So repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, this thought of your heart may be forgiven you.

But Simon answered, "Pray to the Lord for me both of you, so that nothing of what you have said will come upon me."

So, when Peter and John had given their testimony and preached the word of the Lord, they started back to Jerusalem, preaching the good news [about salvation] in many Samaritan villages [along the way].