angry because they were teaching the people and announcing in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.

So they seized them and put them in jail until the next day (for it was already evening).

On the next day, their rulers, elders, and experts in the law came together in Jerusalem.

After making Peter and John stand in their midst, they began to inquire, “By what power or by what name did you do this?”

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

And they called them in and ordered them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

sold a field that belonged to him and brought the money and placed it at the apostles’ feet.

After an interval of about three hours, his wife came in, but she did not know what had happened.

Now the high priest rose up, and all those with him (that is, the religious party of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy.

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

But the officers who came for them did not find them in the prison, so they returned and reported,

Then he said to the council, “Men of Israel, pay close attention to what you are about to do to these men.

but if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them, or you may even be found fighting against God.” He convinced them,

Then they secretly instigated some men to say, “We have heard this man speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God.”

The patriarchs, because they were jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt. But God was with him,

So Joseph sent a message and invited his father Jacob and all his relatives to come, seventy-five people in all.

So Moses was trained in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in his words and deeds.

But the man who was unfairly hurting his neighbor pushed Moses aside, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and judge over us?

When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight, and when he approached to investigate, there came the voice of the Lord,

(For the Spirit had not yet come upon any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)