But during the night an angel of the Lord<n id="1" /> opened<n id="2" /> the doors of the prison,<n id="3" /> led them out,<n id="4" /> and said,

<p class="bodytext">Then Peter started speaking:<n id="1" /> &#8220;I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism in dealing with people,<n id="2" />

<p class="otpoetry">&#8220;<i><b>Their throats are open gravesb>,i><n id="1" />p> <p class="otpoetry"><i><b>they deceive with their tonguesb>,i>p> <p class="otpoetry"><i><b>the poison of asps is under their lipsb>.i>&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

Now when I arrived in Troas<n id="1" /> to proclaim the gospel of Christ, even though the Lord had opened<n id="2" /> a door of opportunity<n id="3" /> for me,

So<n id="1" /> I began weeping bitterly<n id="2" /> because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or to look into it.

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> when the Lamb<n id="2" /> opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, &#8220;Come!&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> when the Lamb opened the fourth seal I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, &#8220;Come!&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now<n id="1" /> when the Lamb<n id="2" /> opened the seventh seal there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

<p class="bodytext">After<n id="1" /> these things I looked, and the temple (the tent<n id="2" /> of the testimony)<n id="3" /> was opened in heaven,

This fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet:<n id="1" />p> <p class="otpoetry">&#8220;<b><i>I will open my mouth in parables,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><i><b>I will announce what has been hidden from the foundation of the worldb>.i>&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He<n id="1" /> unrolled<n id="2" /> the scroll and found the place where it was written,p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;So<n id="1" /> I tell you: Ask,<n id="2" /> and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door<n id="3" /> will be opened for you.

be like people<n id="1" /> waiting for their master to come back from the wedding celebration,<n id="2" /> so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him.

So again they asked the man who used to be blind,<n id="1" /> &#8220;What do you say about him, since he caused you to see?&#8221;<n id="2" /> &#8220;He is a prophet,&#8221; the man replied.<n id="3" />p>

The doorkeeper<n id="1" /> opens the door<n id="2" /> for him,<n id="3" /> and the sheep hear his voice. He<n id="4" /> calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.<n id="5" />

But some of them said, &#8220;This is the man who caused the blind man to see!<n id="1" /> Couldn&#8217;t he have done something to keep Lazarus<n id="2" /> from dying?&#8221;p>

&#8220;We found the jail locked securely and the guards standing at the doors, but when we opened them,<n id="1" /> we found no one inside.&#8221;

So Philip started speaking,<n id="1" /> and beginning with this scripture<n id="2" /> proclaimed the good news about Jesus to him.

So Saul got up from the ground, but although his eyes were open,<n id="1" /> he could see nothing.<n id="2" /> Leading him by the hand, his companions<n id="3" /> brought him into Damascus.

He<n id="1" /> saw heaven<n id="2" /> opened<n id="3" /> and an object something like a large sheet<n id="4" /> descending,<n id="5" /> being let down to earth<n id="6" /> by its four corners.