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the kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against His Christ;

and of the multitude of those who did believe the heart and the soul was one, and not one was saying that anything of the things he had was his own, but all things were to them in common.

a field being his, having sold [it], brought the money and laid [it] at the feet of the apostles.

And a certain man, Ananias by name, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,

and did keep back of the price -- his wife also knowing -- and having brought a certain part, at the feet of the apostles he laid [it].

And it came to pass, about three hours after, that his wife, not knowing what hath happened, came in,

and she fell down presently at his feet, and expired, and the young men having come in, found her dead, and having carried forth, they buried [her] by her husband;

so as into the broad places to bring forth the ailing, and to lay [them] upon couches and mats, that at the coming of Peter, even [his] shadow might overshadow some one of them;

this one God, a Prince and a Saviour, hath exalted with His right hand, to give reformation to Israel, and forgiveness of sins;

and we are His witnesses of these sayings, and the Holy Spirit also, whom God gave to those obeying him.'

they, indeed, then, departed from the presence of the sanhedrim, rejoicing that for his name they were counted worthy to suffer dishonour,

and gazing at him, all those sitting in the sanhedrim saw his face as it were the face of a messenger.

and he said, `Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken: The God of the glory did appear to our father Abraham, being in Mesopotamia, before his dwelling in Haran,

`Then having come forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, he dwelt in Haran, and from thence, after the death of his father, He did remove him to this land wherein ye now dwell,

and He gave him no inheritance in it, not even a footstep, and did promise to give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him -- he having no child.

`And God spake thus, That his seed shall be sojourning in a strange land, and they shall cause it to serve, and shall do it evil four hundred years,

and did deliver him out of all his tribulations, and gave him favour and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he did set him -- governor over Egypt and all his house.

and at the second time was Joseph made known to his brethren, and Joseph's kindred became manifest to Pharaoh,

and Joseph having sent, did call for his father Jacob, and all his kindred -- with seventy and five souls --

in which time Moses was born, and he was fair to God, and he was brought up three months in the house of his father;