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The Court added further threats and then let them go, being quite unable to find any way of punishing them on account of the people, because all gave God the glory for the thing that had happened.

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After their release the two Apostles went to their friends, and told them all that the High Priests and Elders had said.

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And they, upon hearing the story, all lifted up their voices to God and said, "O Sovereign Lord, it is Thou who didst make Heaven and earth and sea, and all that is in them,

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Among all those who had embraced the faith there was but one heart and soul, so that none of them claimed any of his possessions as his own, but everything they had was common property;

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and gave it to the Apostles, and distribution was made to every one according to his wants.

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In this way Joseph, whom the Apostles gave the name of Bar-nabas--signifying `Son of Encouragement' --a Levite, a native of Cyprus,

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There was a man of the name of Ananias who, with his wife Sapphira, sold some property but,

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"Ananias," said Peter, "why has Satan taken possession of your heart, that you should try to deceive the Holy Spirit and dishonestly keep back part of the price paid you for this land?

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Upon hearing these words Ananias fell down dead, and all who heard the words were awe-struck.

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The younger men, however, rose, and wrapping the body up, carried it out and buried it.

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About three hours had passed, when his wife came in, knowing nothing of what had happened.

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Peter at once questioned her. "Tell me," he said, "whether you sold the land for so much." "Yes," she replied, "for so much."

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"How was it," replied Peter, "that you two agreed to try an experiment upon the Spirit of the Lord? The men who have buried your husband are already at the door, and they will carry you out."

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Instantly she fell down dead at his feet, and the young men came in and found her dead. So they carried her out and buried her by her husband's side.

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Many signs and marvels continued to be done among the people by the Apostles; and by common consent they all met in Solomon's Portico.

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But none of the others dared to attach themselves to them. Yet the people held them in high honour--

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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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The inhabitants, too, of the towns in the neighbourhood of Jerusalem came in crowds, bringing sick persons and some who were harassed by foul spirits, and they were cured, one and all.

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This roused the High Priest. He and all his party--the sect of the Sadducees--were filled with angry jealousy

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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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Having received that command they went into the Temple, just before daybreak, and began to teach: So when the High Priest and his party came, and had called together the Sanhedrin as well as all the Elders of the descendants of Israel, they sent to the

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But the officers went and could not find them in the prison. So they came back and brought word,

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saying, "The jail we found quite safely locked, and the warders were on guard at the doors, but upon going in we found no one there."

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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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And some one came and brought them word, saying, "The men you put in prison are actually in the Temple, standing there, teaching the people."

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