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and Peter said to them, "You know that we Jews are not allowed to have anything to do with other people. But God has shown me that he doesn't think anyone is unclean or unfit.

I agreed to come here, but I want to know why you sent for me."

But three days later, God raised him to life and let him be seen.

But I said, "Lord, I can't do that! I've never taken a bite of anything that is unclean and not fit to eat."

I remembered that the Lord had said, "John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit."

Some of the Lord's followers had been scattered because of the terrible trouble that started when Stephen was killed. They went as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, but they told the message only to the Jews.

Peter left with the angel, but he thought everything was only a dream.

"You are crazy!" everyone told her. But she kept saying that it was Peter. Then they said, "It must be his angel."

But Peter kept on knocking, until finally they opened the gate. They saw him and were completely amazed.

Herod ordered his own soldiers to search for him, but they could not find him. Then he questioned the guards and had them put to death. After this, Herod left Judea to stay in Caesarea for a while.

Herod and the people of Tyre and Sidon were very angry with each other. But their country got its food supply from the region that he ruled. So a group of them went to see Blastus, who was one of Herod's high officials. They convinced Blastus that they wanted to make peace between their cities and Herod,

But Bar-Jesus, whose other name was Elymas, was against them. He even tried to keep the governor from having faith in the Lord.

Paul and the others left Paphos and sailed to Perga in Pamphylia. But John left them and went back to Jerusalem.

but the people demanded a king. So for forty years God gave them King Saul, the son of Kish from the tribe of Benjamin.

But before Jesus came, John was telling everyone in Israel to turn back to God and be baptized.

But God raised him from death!

But God raised Jesus from death, and his body did not decay.

But everyone who has faith in Jesus is set free.

But Paul and Barnabas bravely said: We had to tell God's message to you before we told it to anyone else. But you rejected the message! This proves that you don't deserve eternal life. Now we are going to the Gentiles.

But the Jewish leaders went to some of the important men in the town and to some respected women who were religious. They turned them against Paul and Barnabas and started making trouble for them. They even chased them out of that part of the country.