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.

and placing them at the apostles’ feet. The proceeds were distributed to each, as anyone had need.

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

Great fear gripped the whole church and all who heard about these things.

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,

The God of our forefathers raised up Jesus, whom you seized and killed by hanging him on a tree.

And every day both in the temple courts and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus was the Christ.

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

When he saw one of them being hurt unfairly, Moses came to his defense and avenged the person who was mistreated by striking down the Egyptian.

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,

He found favor with God and asked that he could find a dwelling place for the house of Jacob.

When they heard these things, they became furious and ground their teeth at him.

They continued to stone Stephen while he prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”

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

and was returning home, sitting in his chariot, reading the prophet Isaiah.

But his disciples took him at night and let him down through an opening in the wall by lowering him in a basket.

So he was staying with them, associating openly with them in Jerusalem, speaking out boldly in the name of the Lord.