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The young men got up, wrapped his body, carried him out, and buried him.

About three hours later, his wife came in, not knowing what had happened.

Instantly she dropped dead at his feet. When the young men came in, they found her dead, carried her out, and buried her beside her husband.

As a result, they would carry the sick out into the streets and lay them on cots and mats so that when Peter came by, at least his shadow might fall on some of them.

God exalted this man to his right hand as ruler and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.

Some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and a group of about four hundred men rallied to him. He was killed, and all his followers were dispersed and came to nothing.

After this man, Judas the Galilean rose up in the days of the census and attracted a following. He also perished, and all his followers were scattered.

But they were unable to stand up against his wisdom and the Spirit by whom he was speaking.

And all who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at him and saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

“Then he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. From there, after his father died, God had him move to this land in which you are now living.

He didn’t give him an inheritance in it—not even a foot of ground—but he promised to give it to him as a possession, and to his descendants after him, even though he was childless.

God spoke in this way: His descendants would be strangers in a foreign country, and they would enslave and oppress them for four hundred years.

and rescued him out of all his troubles. He gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt and over his whole household.

The second time, Joseph revealed himself to his brothers, and Joseph’s family became known to Pharaoh.

Joseph invited his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five people in all,

At this time Moses was born, and he was beautiful in God’s sight. He was cared for in his father’s home for three months.

So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in his speech and actions.

“When he was forty years old, he decided to visit his own people, the Israelites.

When he saw one of them being mistreated, he came to his rescue and avenged the oppressed man by striking down the Egyptian.

He assumed his people would understand that God would give them deliverance through him, but they did not understand.