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And when they had said more sharp words to them, they let them go, not seeing what punishment they might give them, because of the people; for all men were giving praise to God for what had taken place.

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And when they had been made free, they came back to their friends, and gave an account of all the things which the chief priests and the authorities had said to them.

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And hearing it, they all, with one mind, made prayer to God and said, O Lord, maker of heaven and earth and the sea and all things in them:

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And all those who were of the faith were one in heart and soul: and not one of them said that any of the things which he had was his property only; but they had all things in common.

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And put it at the feet of the Apostles for distribution to everyone as he had need.

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And Joseph, who was given by the Apostles the name of Barnabas (the sense of which is, Son of comfort), a Levite and a man of Cyprus by birth,

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But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, got money for his property,

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But Peter said, Ananias, why has the Evil One put it into your heart to be false to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

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And at these words, Ananias went down on the earth, and his life went from him: and great fear came on all who were present.

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And the young men went and made ready his body, and took it out, and put it in the earth.

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And about three hours after, his wife, having no knowledge of what had taken place, came in.

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And Peter said to her, Give me an answer: was this amount of money the price of the land? And she said, Yes, it was.

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But Peter said to her, Why have you made an agreement together to be false to the Spirit of the Lord? See, the feet of the young men who have put the body of your husband in the earth, are at the door, and they will take you out.

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And straight away she went down at his feet, and her life went from her: and the young men came in and saw her dead, and they took her out and put her in the earth with her husband.

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Now a number of signs and wonders were done among the people by the hands of the Apostles; and they were all together in Solomon's covered way.

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The others, in fear, kept back from joining them: but the people made much of them;

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And a great number of men and women had faith, and were joined to the Lord;

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And numbers of people came together from the towns round about Jerusalem, with those who were ill and those who were troubled with unclean spirits: and they were all made well.

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But the high priest and those who were with him (the Sadducees) were full of envy,

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But in the night an angel of the Lord, opening the doors of the prison, took them out and said,

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And hearing this, they went into the Temple at dawn, and were teaching. But the high priest and those who were with him got together the Sanhedrin and the representatives of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to get them.

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But the men who were sent saw that they were not in the prison, and came back with the news,

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Saying, The doors of the prison were safely shut, and the keepers were at the doors, but when they were open, there was nobody inside.

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Now, at these words, the captain of the Temple and the chief priests were greatly troubled about what might be the end of this business.

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And someone came and said to them, The men, whom you put in prison, are in the Temple teaching the people.

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