<t /><p class="bodytext">Now the high priest rose up, and all those with him (that is, the religious party of the Sadducees<n id="1" />),<n id="2" /> and they were filled with jealousy.<n id="3" />

But Peter and the apostles replied,<n id="1" /> &#8220;We must obey<n id="2" /> God rather than people.<n id="3" />

and when he had been abandoned,<n id="1" /> Pharaoh&#8217;s daughter adopted<n id="2" /> him and brought him up<n id="3" /> as her own son.

and said, &#8216;Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your acts of charity<n id="1" /> have been remembered before God.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">On the next Sabbath almost the whole city assembled together to hear the word of the Lord.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">When<n id="1" /> they heard<n id="2" /> this they became enraged<n id="3" /> and began to shout,<n id="4" /> &#8220;Great is Artemis<n id="5" /> of the Ephesians!&#8221;

I found he<n id="1" /> was accused with reference to controversial questions<n id="2" /> about their law, but no charge against him deserved death or imprisonment.<n id="3" />

Or these men here<n id="1" /> should tell what crime<n id="2" /> they found me guilty of<n id="3" /> when I stood before the council,<n id="4" />

<p class="bodytext">So the king got up, and with him the governor and Bernice and those sitting with them,

and as they were leaving they said to one another,<n id="1" /> &#8220;This man is not doing anything deserving<n id="2" /> death or imprisonment.&#8221;

But the centurion<n id="1" /> was more convinced<n id="2" /> by the captain<n id="3" /> and the ship&#8217;s owner than by what Paul said.<n id="4" />

He told them, &#8220;You are not permitted to know<n id="1" /> the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority.

<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>

David by foreseeing this<n id="1" /> spoke about the resurrection of the Christ,<n id="2" /> that <i>he was neither abandoned to Hadesi>,<n id="3" /> nor did his body<n id="4" /> <i>experiencei><n id="5" /> <i>decayi>.<n id="6" />

For the promise<n id="1" /> is for you and your children, and for all who are far away, as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.&#8221;

But Peter and John replied,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Whether it is right before God to obey<n id="2" /> you rather than God, you decide,

For there was no one needy<n id="1" /> among them, because those who were owners of land or houses were selling<n id="2" /> them<n id="3" /> and bringing the proceeds from the sales

Peter said to her, &#8220;Tell me, were the two of you<n id="1" /> paid this amount<n id="2" /> for the land?&#8221; Sapphira<n id="3" /> said, &#8220;Yes, that much.&#8221;

Thus<n id="1" /> they even carried the sick out into the streets, and put them on cots and pallets, so that when Peter came by at least his shadow would fall on some of them.

<p class="bodytext">Now when the apostles in Jerusalem<n id="1" /> heard that Samaria had accepted the word<n id="2" /> of God, they sent<n id="3" /> Peter and John to them.