but<n id="1" /> God raised him up on the third day and caused him to be seen,<n id="2" />

So he gave orders to have them baptized<n id="1" /> in the name of Jesus Christ.<n id="2" /> Then they asked him to stay for several days.p>

<p class="bodytext">At daybreak<n id="1" /> there was great consternation<n id="2" /> among the soldiers over what had become of Peter.

On a day determined in advance, Herod<n id="1" /> put on his royal robes,<n id="2" /> sat down on the judgment seat,<n id="3" /> and made a speech<n id="4" /> to them.

At daybreak<n id="1" /> the magistrates<n id="2" /> sent their police officers,<n id="3" /> saying, &#8220;Release those men.&#8221;

Therefore I declare<n id="1" /> to you today that I am innocent<n id="2" /> of the blood of you all.<n id="3" />

Therefore be alert,<n id="1" /> remembering that night and day for three years I did not stop warning<n id="2" /> each one of you with tears.

<t /><p class="bodytext">After several days had passed, King Agrippa<n id="1" /> and Bernice arrived at Caesarea<n id="2" /> to pay their respects<n id="3" /> to Festus.<n id="4" />

Because they were afraid<n id="1" /> that we would run aground on the rocky coast,<n id="2" /> they threw out<n id="3" /> four anchors from the stern and wished<n id="4" /> for day to appear.<n id="5" />

From there we cast off<n id="1" /> and arrived at Rhegium,<n id="2" /> and after one day a south wind sprang up<n id="3" /> and on the second day we came to Puteoli.<n id="4" />

There<n id="1" /> we found<n id="2" /> some brothers<n id="3" /> and were invited to stay with them seven days. And in this way we came to Rome.<n id="4" />

In those days<n id="1" /> Peter stood up among the believers<n id="2" /> (a gathering of about one hundred and twenty people) and said,

beginning from his baptism by John until the day he<n id="1" /> was taken up from us &#8211; one of these must become a witness of his resurrection together with us.&#8221;

<p class="otpoetry"><b><i>Even on my servants,i>b><n id="1" /> <b><i>both men and women,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><i><b>I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesyb>.i><n id="2" />p>

<p class="otpoetry"><b><i>The sun will be changed to darknessi>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>and the moon to bloodi>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>before the great and gloriousi>b><n id="1" /> <i><b>day of the Lord comesb>.i>p>

Every day<n id="1" /> they continued to gather together by common consent in the temple courts,<n id="2" /> breaking bread from<n id="3" /> house to house, sharing their food with glad<n id="4" /> and humble hearts,<n id="5" />

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>

The next day Moses<n id="1" /> saw two men<n id="2" /> fighting, and tried to make peace between<n id="3" /> them, saying, &#8216;Men, you are brothers; why are you hurting one another?&#8217;

At<n id="1" /> that time<n id="2" /> they made an idol in the form of a calf,<n id="3" /> brought<n id="4" /> a sacrifice to the idol, and began rejoicing<n id="5" /> in the works of their hands.<n id="6" />

but Saul learned of their plot against him.<n id="1" /> They were also watching<n id="2" /> the city gates<n id="3" /> day and night so that they could kill him.