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And he related to us how he had seen an angel in his house, who stood and said to him, Send to the city of Joppa, and bring Simon who is called Peter;

Then the disciples, each one according to his ability, determined to set aside for relief to the brethren who dwelt in Ju-d''a.

The angel of the LORD stood over him, and a light shone in all the prison: and the angel touched him on the side and awoke him, and said to him, Rise up quickly. And the chains fell off from his hands.

And when Simon Peter came to himself he said, Now I surely know, that the LORD has sent his angel and has delivered me out of the hand of Herod, the king, and from all that the Jews were conspiring against me.

They said to her, You are confused. But she argued that it was so. Then said they, Perhaps it is his angel.

But he motioned to them with his hand to keep quiet; then he entered and related to them how the LORD had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Tell these things to James, and to our brethren. And he went out, and departed for another place.

So Paul stood up, and lifting his hands said, O men of Israel, and those of you who fear God, hear my words:

Of this man''s seed God has, according to his promise, raised to Israel a Saviour, Jesus:

And as John fulfilled his ministry, he said, Whom do you think I am? I am not he. But behold there comes one after me the strings of whose shoes I am not worthy to untie.

And though they found no cause for his death, they asked Pilate that they might kill him.

And for many days he was seen by them who had come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, and they are now his witnesses to the people.

For David, after he had served his own generation with the will of God, passed away; though he was a greater man than his fathers, yet he saw corruption.

So they remained there for a long time, and spoke boldly concerning the LORD, and he gave them testimony to the word of his grace, by means of signs and wonders which he performed by their hands.

And there dwelt in the city of Ly''stra a cripple who had been lame from his mother''s womb, who never had walked.

Simon Peter has told you how God from the beginning chose a people from the Gentiles for his name.

For Moses, from the very early centuries, had preachers in the synagogues in every city to read his books on every sabbath day.

Paul wanted to take this man with him, so he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in that region; for they all knew that his father was a Syr''i-an.

And they spoke to him the word of the LORD, and to all who were of his household.

And he took them at that hour of the night and washed their wounds; and then was baptized in that very hour, he and all his household.

And when he had brought them up into his house, he set food before them; and he and all the members of his household rejoiced, believing in God.