The two were running together, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and reached the tomb first.

When it was already very early morning, Jesus stood on the beach, but the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.

(Now Jesus said this to indicate clearly by what kind of death Peter was going to glorify God.) After he said this, Jesus told Peter, “Follow me.”

When this sound occurred, a crowd gathered and was in confusion, because each one heard them speaking in his own language.

Therefore my heart was glad and my tongue rejoiced; my body also will live in hope,

For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says, ‘The Lord said to my lord, “Sit at my right hand

Now when they heard this, they were acutely distressed and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “What should we do, brothers?”

They were devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

praising God and having the good will of all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number every day those who were being saved.

Then Peter took hold of him by the right hand and raised him up, and at once the man’s feet and ankles were made strong.

While the man was hanging on to Peter and John, all the people, completely astounded, ran together to them in the covered walkway called Solomon’s Portico.

You killed the Originator of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this fact we are witnesses!

While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the commander of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,

But Peter and John replied, “Whether it is right before God to obey you rather than God, you decide,

When they were released, Peter and John went to their fellow believers and reported everything the high priests and the elders had said to them.

So Joseph, a Levite who was a native of Cyprus, called by the apostles Barnabas (which is translated “son of encouragement”),

When Ananias heard these words he collapsed and died, and great fear gripped all who heard about it.

Now many miraculous signs and wonders came about among the people through the hands of the apostles. By common consent they were all meeting together in Solomon’s Portico.

A crowd of people from the towns around Jerusalem also came together, bringing the sick and those troubled by unclean spirits. They were all being healed.

“We found the jail locked securely and the guards standing at the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”