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And, day by day, attending constantly in the Temple with one accord, and breaking bread in private houses, they took their meals with great happiness and single-heartedness,

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As they looked on Peter and John so fearlessly outspoken--and also discovered that they were illiterate persons, untrained in the schools--they were surprised; and now they recognized them as having been with Jesus.

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And seeing the man standing with them--the man who had been cured--they had no reply to make.

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"They did indeed assemble in this city in hostility to Thy holy Servant Jesus whom Thou hadst anointed--Herod and Pontius Pilate with the Gentiles and also the tribes of Israel--

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while the Apostles with great force of conviction delivered their testimony as to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus; and great grace was upon them all.

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and more and more believers in the Lord joined them, including great numbers both of men and women--

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But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said,

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When the Commander of the Temple Guards and the High Priests heard this statement, they were utterly at a loss with regard to it, wondering what would happen next.

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"Israelites," he said, "be careful what you are about to do in dealing with these men.

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But they did not desist from teaching every day, in the Temple or in private houses, and telling the Good News about Jesus, the Christ.

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Meanwhile God's Message continued to spread, and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem very greatly increased, and very many priests obeyed the faith.

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In this way they excited the people, the Elders, and the Scribes. At length they came upon him, seized him with violence, and took him before the Sanhedrin.

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Here they brought forward false witnesses who declared, "This fellow is incessantly speaking against the Holy Place and the Law.

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The next day, also, he came and found two of them fighting, and he endeavoured to make peace between them. "`Sirs,' he said, `you are brothers. Why are you wronging one another?'

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But Saul cruelly harassed the Church. He went into house after house, and, dragging off both men and women, threw them into prison.

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But when Philip began to tell the Good News about the Kingdom of God and about the Name of Jesus Christ, and they embraced the faith, they were baptized, men and women alike.

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Simon himself also believed, and after being baptized remained in close attendance on Philip, and was full of amazement at seeing such signs and such great miracles performed.

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So the Apostles, after giving a solemn charge and delivering the Lord's Message, travelled back to Jerusalem, making known the Good News also in many of the Samaritan villages.

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and was now on his way home; and as he sat in his chariot he was reading the Prophet Isaiah.

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"Why, how can I," replied the eunuch, "unless some one explains it to me?" And he earnestly invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

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So he stopped the chariot; and both of them--Philip and the eunuch--went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.

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went to the High Priest and begged from him letters addressed to the synagogues in Damascus, in order that if he found any believers there, either men or women, he might bring them in chains to Jerusalem.

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But on the journey, as he was getting near Damascus, suddenly there flashed round him a light from Heaven;

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"But rise and go to the city, and you will be told what you are to do.

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"Go," replied the Lord; "he is a chosen instrument of Mine to carry My name to the Gentiles and to kings and to the descendants of Israel.

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