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And on the day which had been fixed, Herod, dressed in his robes and seated in his place, made a public statement to them.

And straight away the angel of the Lord sent a disease on him, because he did not give the glory to God: and his flesh was wasted away by worms, and so he came to his end.

But Elymas, the wonder-worker (for that is the sense of his name), put himself against them, with the purpose of turning the ruler from the faith.

And Paul, getting up and making a sign with his hand, said, Men of Israel, and you who have the fear of God, give ear.

From this man's seed has God given to Israel a Saviour, even Jesus, as he gave his word;

And when John was completing his work, he said, What do I seem to you to be? I am not he; but one is coming after me, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo.

And for a number of days he was seen by those who came with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses before the people.

And about his coming back from the dead, never again to go to destruction, he has said these words, I will give you the holy and certain mercies of David.

Now David, having done God's work for his generation, went to sleep, and was put with his fathers, and his body came to destruction:

So they kept there for a long time, taking heart in the Lord, who gave witness to the word of his grace by causing signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

And at Lystra there was a certain man, who from birth had been without the use of his feet, never having had the power of walking.

For Moses, from times long past, has his preachers in every town, reading his law in the Synagogues every Sabbath.

And he came to Derbe and Lystra: and there was a certain disciple there named Timothy, whose mother was one of the Jews of the faith, but his father was a Greek;

Paul had a desire for him to go with him, and he gave him circumcision because of the Jews who were in those parts: for they all had knowledge that his father was a Greek.

And the keeper, coming out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, took his sword and was about to put himself to death, fearing that the prisoners had got away.

And he sent for lights and came rushing in and, shaking with fear, went down on his face before Paul and Silas,

And they gave the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house.

And that same hour of the night, he took them, and when he had given attention to their wounds, he and all his family had baptism straight away.

And he took them into his house and gave them food, and he was full of joy, having faith in God with all his family.

Whom Jason has taken into his house: and they are acting against the orders of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.