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But Peter gave them an account of it all in order, saying to them,

But I said, No, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever come into my mouth.

But the voice, coming a second time from heaven, said, What God has made clean, do not you make common.

And the words of the Lord came into my mind, how he said, The baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit.

And hearing these things they said nothing more, but gave glory to God, saying, Then to the Gentiles as to us has God given a change of heart, so that they may have life.

But some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, when they came to Antioch, gave the good news about the Lord Jesus to the Greeks.

So Peter was kept in prison: but the church made strong prayer to God for him.

And they said to her, You are off your head. But still she said, with decision, that it was so. And they said, It is his angel.

But Peter went on giving blows on the door: and when it was open and they saw him, they were full of wonder.

But he made a sign to them with his hand to be quiet, and gave them an account of how the Lord had taken him out of prison. And he said, Give the news to James and the brothers. And then he went away.

But the word of the Lord went on increasing.

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.

But Saul, whose other name is Paul, being full of the Holy Spirit, looking hard at him, said,

But they, going through from Perga, came to Antioch in Pisidia; and they went into the Synagogue on the Sabbath and were seated.

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.

But God gave him back from the dead:

But he, who was lifted up by God, did not see destruction.

But when the Jews saw such a great number of people, they were full of envy and said evil words against Paul's preaching.

Then Paul and Barnabas without fear said, It was necessary for the word of God to be given to you first; but because you will have nothing to do with it, and have no desire for eternal life, it will now be offered to the Gentiles.

But the Jews, working up the feelings of the God-fearing women of high position and of the chief men of the town, got an attack started against Paul and Barnabas, driving them out of those parts.