<i>knowni><n id="1" /> <i>from long ago.i><n id="2" />p>

(All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there used to spend their time<n id="1" /> in nothing else than telling<n id="2" /> or listening to something new.)<n id="3" />p>

But when they recognized<n id="1" /> that he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Great is Artemis<n id="3" /> of the Ephesians!&#8221; for about two hours.<n id="4" />

(Now there were about twelve men in all.)<n id="1" />p>

because he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith, and a significant number of people<n id="1" /> were brought to the Lord.

But Paul called out loudly,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Do not harm yourself,<n id="2" /> for we are all here!&#8221;

All who believed were together and held<n id="1" /> everything in common,

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

But Peter said, &#8220;Certainly not, Lord, for I have never eaten anything defiled and ritually unclean!&#8221;<n id="1" />

(We were in all two hundred seventy-six<n id="1" /> persons on the ship.)<n id="2" />

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.

and said, &#8220;You who are full of all deceit and all wrongdoing,<n id="1" /> you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness &#8211; will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?<n id="2" />

He said to them, &#8220;You know that<n id="1" /> it is unlawful<n id="2" /> for a Jew<n id="3" /> to associate with or visit a Gentile,<n id="4" /> yet God has shown me that I should call no person<n id="5" /> defiled or ritually unclean.<n id="6" />

Then they prayed,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Lord, you know the hearts of all. Show us which one of these two you have chosen

<p class="bodytext">Now there were devout Jews<n id="1" /> from every nation under heaven residing in Jerusalem.<n id="2" />

All were astounded and greatly confused, saying to one another, &#8220;What does this mean?&#8221;

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>

Great<n id="1" /> fear gripped<n id="2" /> the whole church<n id="3" /> and all who heard about these things.p>

So Joseph sent a message<n id="1" /> and invited<n id="2" /> his father Jacob and all his relatives to come, seventy-five people<n id="3" /> in all.

So Moses was trained<n id="1" /> in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful<n id="2" /> in his words and deeds.