So there was<n id="1" /> great joy<n id="2" /> in that city.p>

For unclean spirits,<n id="1" /> crying with loud shrieks, were coming out of many who were possessed,<n id="2" /> and many paralyzed and lame people were healed.

This became known throughout all<n id="1" /> Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.<n id="2" />

Peter<n id="1" /> continued talking with him as he went in, and he found many people gathered together.<n id="2" />

Many of those who had believed came forward,<n id="1" /> confessing and making their deeds known.<n id="2" />

Not long after this, a hurricane-force<n id="1" /> wind called the northeaster<n id="2" /> blew down from the island.<n id="3" />

For<n id="1" /> John baptized with water, but you<n id="2" /> will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.&#8221;p>

Reverential awe<n id="1" /> came over everyone,<n id="2" /> and many wonders and miraculous signs<n id="3" /> came about by the apostles.

But many of those who had listened to<n id="1" /> the message<n id="2" /> believed, and the number of the men<n id="3" /> came to about five thousand.p>

The<n id="1" /> hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed<n id="2" /> turned<n id="3" /> to the Lord.

Both Judas and Silas, who were prophets themselves, encouraged and strengthened the brothers with a long speech.<n id="1" />

After they had beaten them severely,<n id="1" /> they threw them into prison and commanded<n id="2" /> the jailer to guard them securely.

Therefore many of them believed, along with quite a few<n id="1" /> prominent<n id="2" /> Greek women and men.

After he had gone through those regions<n id="1" /> and spoken many words of encouragement<n id="2" /> to the believers there,<n id="3" /> he came to Greece,<n id="4" />

Of course,<n id="1" /> I myself was convinced<n id="2" /> that it was necessary to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.

They also bestowed many honors,<n id="1" /> and when we were preparing to sail,<n id="2" /> they gave<n id="3" /> us all the supplies we needed.<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now many miraculous signs<n id="1" /> and wonders came about among the people through the hands of the apostles. By<n id="2" /> common consent<n id="3" /> they were all meeting together in Solomon&#8217;s Portico.<n id="4" />

<p class="bodytext">So after Peter and John<n id="1" /> had solemnly testified<n id="2" /> and spoken the word of the Lord,<n id="3" /> they started back to Jerusalem, proclaiming<n id="4" /> the good news to many Samaritan villages<n id="5" /> as they went.<n id="6" />p>

But Ananias replied,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Lord, I have heard from many people<n id="2" /> about this man, how much harm he has done to your saints in Jerusalem,

He<n id="1" /> was a devout, God-fearing man,<n id="2" /> as was all his household; he did many acts of charity for the people<n id="3" /> and prayed to God regularly.