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So when they were released, they went to their own companions and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.

to such an extent that they even carried the sick out into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, so that when Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on any one of them.

And we are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God gave to those who obey Him."

So in the present case, I also say to you, stay away from these men and let them alone, for if this plan or action is of men, it will be overthrown;

So they followed his advice. And after calling the apostles in and beating them, they commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and then released them.

So they went on their way from the presence of the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been considered worthy to suffer shame for the Name.

So the twelve summoned the congregation of the disciples and said, "It is not pleasing to God for us to neglect the word of God in order to serve tables.

And the high priest said, "Are these things so?"

And He gave him the covenant of circumcision; and so Abraham was the father of Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac was the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.

It was he who deceitfully took advantage of our family and mistreated our fathers to set their infants outside so that they would not survive.

"You men—stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears—are always resisting the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you.

So there was great joy in that city.

saying, "Give this authority to me as well, so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit."

But Simon answered and said, "Pray earnestly to the Lord for me yourselves, so that nothing of what you have said may come upon me."

So, when they had solemnly borne witness and spoken the word of the Lord, they started back to Jerusalem, and were proclaiming the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans.

So he rose up and went; and behold, there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure; and he had come to Jerusalem to worship,

Now the passage of Scripture which he was reading was this:"As a sheep is led to slaughter;And as a lamb before its shearer is silent,So He does not open His mouth.

and asked for letters from him to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, both men and women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

and he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias come in and lay his hands on him, so that he might regain his sight."

So Ananias departed and entered the house. And he laid his hands on him and said, "Brother Saul, the Lord sent me—that is Jesus who appeared to you on the road by which you were coming—so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit."