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The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he would have justified him and set him free.

And, by the faith in his name, he hath strengthened and cured this man, whom ye see and know; and faith in him hath given the man this soundness before you all.

whom the heavens must retain, until the completion of the times of those things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of his holy prophets of old.

And it will be, that every soul who will not hearken to that prophet, that soul shall perish from his people.

he hath first established to you: and God hath sent his Son to bless you, if ye will be converted, and repent of your wickedness.

The kings of the earth and the potentates stood up, and they consulted together, against the Lord, and against his anointed.

And in the assembly of the persons that believed, there was one soul, and one mind: and no one of them said, of the property he possessed, that it was his own; but whatever was theirs, it was the community's.

And a certain man whose name was Ananias, with his wife whose name was Sapphira, sold his field,

and carried away [fn] of the price and concealed it, his wife consenting; and he brought [fn] of the money, and laid [fn] before the feet of the legates.

And when three hours had passed, his wife also came in, without knowing what had occurred.

So that they brought out into the streets the sick, laid on beds, that when Simon should pass, at least his shadow might cover them.

Him hath God established as a head and vivifier; and hath exalted him to his own right hand, so that he might give repentance and remission of sins to Israel.

And all they who were sitting in the council looked upon him, and they beheld his face, as the face of an angel.

And then Abraham departed from the land of the Chaldeans, and came and dwelt in Charran. And from there, after his father had died, God removed him to this land, in which ye this day dwell.

And he did not give him an inheritance in it, not even a foot-track: but he promised that he would give it him, as an inheritance to him and to his seed, when as yet he had no son.

and delivered: him from all his afflictions; and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he made him chief over Egypt, and over all his house.

And when they went the second time, Joseph made himself known to his brethren; and the kindred of Joseph was known to Pharaoh.

And Joseph sent and brought is father Jacob, and all his family; and they were in number seventy and five souls.

At that time was Moses born; and he was lovely to God: and he was nursed three months in his father's house.

And when he was cast out, by his people, the daughter of Pharaoh found him, and brought him up for her own son.