angry<n id="1" /> because they were teaching the people and announcing<n id="2" /> in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.

Simeon<n id="1" /> has explained<n id="2" /> how God first concerned himself<n id="3" /> to select<n id="4" /> from among the Gentiles<n id="5" /> a people for his name.

praising God and having the good will<n id="1" /> of all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number every day<n id="2" /> those who were being saved.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">While Peter and John<n id="1" /> were speaking to the people, the priests and the commander<n id="2" /> of the temple guard<n id="3" /> and the Sadducees<n id="4" /> came up<n id="5" /> to them,

But to keep this matter from spreading any further among the people, let us warn them to speak no more<n id="1" /> to anyone in this name.&#8221;

Then the commander<n id="1" /> of the temple guard<n id="2" /> went with the officers<n id="3" /> and brought the apostles<n id="4" /> without the use of force<n id="5" /> (for they were afraid of being stoned by the people).<n id="6" />p>

They incited the people, the<n id="1" /> elders, and the experts in the law;<n id="2" /> then they approached Stephen,<n id="3" /> seized him, and brought him before the council.<n id="4" />

and<n id="1" /> for many days he appeared to those who had accompanied<n id="2" /> him from Galilee to Jerusalem. These<n id="3" /> are now his witnesses to the people.

When Peter saw this, he declared to the people, &#8220;Men of Israel,<n id="1" /> why are you amazed at this? Why<n id="2" /> do you stare at us as if we had made this man<n id="3" /> walk by our own power or piety?

After threatening them further, they released them, for they could not find how to punish them on account of the people, because they were all praising<n id="1" /> God for what had happened.

But someone came and reported to them, &#8220;Look! The men you put in prison are standing in the temple courts<n id="1" /> and teaching<n id="2" /> the people!&#8221;

After him Judas the Galilean arose in the days of the census,<n id="1" /> and incited people to follow him in revolt.<n id="2" /> He too was killed, and all who followed him were scattered.

After the reading from the law and the prophets,<n id="1" /> the leaders of the synagogue<n id="2" /> sent them a message,<n id="3" /> saying, &#8220;Brothers,<n id="4" /> if you have any message<n id="5" /> of exhortation<n id="6" /> for the people, speak it.&#8221;<n id="7" />

The God of this people Israel<n id="1" /> chose our ancestors<n id="2" /> and made the people great<n id="3" /> during their stay as foreigners<n id="4" /> in the country<n id="5" /> of Egypt, and with uplifted arm<n id="6" /> he led them out of it.

Paul answered,<n id="1" /> &#8220;I am a Jew<n id="2" /> from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of an important city.<n id="3" /> Please<n id="4" /> allow me to speak to the people.&#8221;

when he said,p> <p class="otpoetry">&#8216;<b><i>Go to this people and say,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry">&#8220;<b><i>You will keep on hearing,i>b><n id="1" /> <b><i>but will never understand,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>and you will keep on looking,i>b><n id="2" /> <i><b>but will never perceiveb>.i>p>