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They seized Peter and John and, because it was evening, they put them in jail until the next day.

After further threats they let them go. They could not decide how to punish them, because all the people were praising God for what had happened.

At that, the captain went with his officers and brought the apostles. They did not use force, because they feared that the people would stone them.

The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing because they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.

In those days when the number of disciples was increasing, the Hellenistic Jews among them complained against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.

"Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him

They followed him because he had amazed them for a long time with his sorcery.

because the Holy Spirit had not yet come on any of them; they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

Peter answered: "May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!

You have no part or share in this ministry, because your heart is not right before God.

how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.

He had been quarreling with the people of Tyre and Sidon; they now joined together and sought an audience with him. After securing the support of Blastus, a trusted personal servant of the king, they asked for peace, because they depended on the king's country for their food supply.

Immediately, because Herod did not give praise to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.

who was an attendant of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, an intelligent man, sent for Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God.

Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes because he was the chief speaker.

The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought bulls and wreaths to the city gates because he and the crowd wanted to offer sacrifices to them.

but Paul did not think it wise to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not continued with them in the work.

Paul wanted to take him along on the journey, so he circumcised him because of the Jews who lived in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

The jailer woke up, and when he saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself because he thought the prisoners had escaped.

The jailer brought them into his house and set a meal before them; he was filled with joy because he had come to believe in God—he and his whole household.