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They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes. Then they rushed at him, grabbed him, and brought him before the Council.Sanhedrin">[fn]

They had false witnesses stand up and say, "This man never stops saying things against this Holy Place and against the law.

'But I will punish the nation they serve,' said God, 'and afterwards they will leave and worship me in this place.'Genesis 15:13-14; Exodus 3:12">[fn]Exodus 3:12;">[xr]

They were brought back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.Genesis 23:16; 35:19; Exodus 13:19; Joshua 24:32;">[xr]

By shrewdly scheming against our people, he oppressed our ancestors and forced them to expose their infants so that they wouldn't live.Exodus 1:22;">[xr]

The next day he showed himself to some of them while they were fighting and tried to reconcile them, saying, 'Men, you are brothers. Why should you harm each other?'Exodus 2:13;">[xr]

"This same Moses, whom they rejected by saying 'Who made you ruler and judge?', was the man whom God sent to be both their ruler and deliverer with the help of the angel who had appeared to him in the bush.Exodus 14:19; Numbers 20:16;">[xr]

but our ancestors refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.

In those days they even made a calf, offered a sacrifice to their idol, and delighted in the works of their hands.Deuteronomy 9:16; Psalm 106:19;">[xr]

Our ancestors brought it here with Joshua when they replaced the nations that God drove out before our ancestors, and it was here until the time of David.Joshua 3:14; Nehemiah 9:24; Psalm 44:2; 78:55; Acts 13:19;">[xr]

Which of the prophets did your ancestors fail to persecute? They killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One, and now you have become his betrayers and murderers.2 Chronicles 36:16; Matthew 21:35; Acts 3:14; 1 Thessalonians 2:15;">[xr]

While they were listening to these things, they became more and more furious and began to grind their teeth at him.Acts 5:33;">[xr]

But they raised a loud shout, held their ears shut, and together they all rushed at him.

They threw him out of the city and began to stone him to death. Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul.Leviticus 24:16; Deuteronomy 13:9-10; 17:7; 1 Kings 21:13; Luke 4:29; Acts 8:1; 22:20; Hebrews 13:12;">[xr]

Unclean spirits screamed with a loud voice as they came out of the many people they had possessed, and many paralyzed and lame people were healed.Mark 16:17;">[xr]

Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.

They went down and prayed for them to receive the Holy Spirit.Acts 2:38;">[xr]

Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.Acts 6:6; 19:6; Hebrews 6:2;">[xr]

After they had given their testimony and spoken the word of the Lord, they started back to Jerusalem, continuing to proclaim the good news in many Samaritan villages.

When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away. The eunuch went on his way rejoicing and did not see Philiphim">[fn] again.1 Kings 18:12; 2 Kings 2:16; Ezekiel 3:12,14;">[xr]