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At that moment Sapphira fell down by his feet and died. When the young men came in and saw that she was dead, they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.

The people placed their sick on beds and mats in the streets, hoping that when Peter passed by at least his shadow might fall on them.

The high priest and all his friends (a group called the Sadducees) became very jealous.

When the apostles heard this, they obeyed and went into the Temple early in the morning and continued teaching. When the high priest and his friends arrived, they called a meeting of the leaders and all the important elders. They sent some men to the jail to bring the apostles to them.

Then the captain and his men went out and brought the apostles back. But the soldiers did not use force, because they were afraid the people would stone them to death.

Jesus is the One whom God raised to be on his right side, as Leader and Savior. Through him, all people could change their hearts and lives and have their sins forgiven.

Remember when Theudas appeared? He said he was a great man, and about four hundred men joined him. But he was killed, and all his followers were scattered; they were able to do nothing.

Later, a man named Judas came from Galilee at the time of the registration. He also led a group of followers and was killed, and all his followers were scattered.

But the Spirit was helping him to speak with wisdom, and his words were so strong that they could not argue with him.

All the people in the meeting were watching Stephen closely and saw that his face looked like the face of an angel.

God did not give Abraham any of this land, not even a foot of it. But God promised that he would give this land to him and his descendants, even before Abraham had a child.

God made an agreement with Abraham, the sign of which was circumcision. And so when Abraham had his son Isaac, Abraham circumcised him when he was eight days old. Isaac also circumcised his son Jacob, and Jacob did the same for his sons, the twelve ancestors of our people.

and saved him from all his troubles. The king of Egypt liked Joseph and respected him because of the wisdom God gave him. The king made him governor of Egypt and put him in charge of all the people in his palace.

But when Jacob heard there was grain in Egypt, he sent his sons there. This was their first trip to Egypt.

When they went there a second time, Joseph told his brothers who he was, and the king learned about Joseph's family.

Then Joseph sent messengers to invite Jacob, his father, to come to Egypt along with all his relatives (seventy-five persons altogether).

So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and his sons died.

At this time Moses was born, and he was very beautiful. For three months Moses was cared for in his father's house.

"When Moses was about forty years old, he thought it would be good to visit his own people, the people of Israel.

Moses saw an Egyptian mistreating one of his people, so he defended the Israelite and punished the Egyptian by killing him.