came to me and stood beside me and said to me, ‘Brother Saul, regain your sight!’ And at that very moment I looked up and saw him.

At once she collapsed at his feet and died. So when the young men came in, they found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.

So Peter got up and went with them, and when he arrived they brought him to the upper room. All the widows stood beside him, crying and showing him the tunics and other clothing Dorcas used to make while she was with them.

As they were still staring into the sky while he was going, suddenly two men in white clothing stood near them

And because they saw the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say against this.

Completely baffled, they said, “Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans?

For last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve came to me

Then the Spirit said to Philip, “Go over and join this chariot.”

The man replied, “How in the world can I, unless someone guides me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

As Paul was saying these things in his defense, Festus exclaimed loudly, “You have lost your mind, Paul! Your great learning is driving you insane!”

shouting, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this sanctuary! Furthermore he has brought Greeks into the inner courts of the temple and made this holy place ritually unclean!”

All were astounded and greatly confused, saying to one another, “What does this mean?”

At that the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.

For David says about him, ‘I saw the Lord always in front of me, for he is at my right hand so that I will not be shaken.

The word of God continued to spread, the number of disciples in Jerusalem increased greatly, and a large group of priests became obedient to the faith.

But they said to her, “You’ve lost your mind!” But she kept insisting that it was Peter, and they kept saying, “It is his angel!”

For David, after he had served God’s purpose in his own generation, died, was buried with his ancestors, and experienced decay,

And a man lame from birth was being carried up, who was placed at the temple gate called “the Beautiful Gate” every day so he could beg for money from those going into the temple courts.

Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared, and a light shone in the prison cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly!” And the chains fell off Peter’s wrists.

The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Have courage, for just as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome.”