With many other words he testified<n id="1" /> and exhorted them saying, &#8220;Save yourselves from this perverse<n id="2" /> generation!&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">When they were released, Peter and John<n id="1" /> went to their fellow believers<n id="2" /> and reported everything the high priests and the elders had said to them.

who said by the Holy Spirit through<n id="1" /> your servant David our forefather,<n id="2" />p> <p class="otpoetry">&#8216;<b><i>Why do the nationsi>b><n id="3" /> <b><i>rage,i>b><n id="4" />p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>and the peoples plot foolishi>b><n id="5" /> <b><i>things?i>b>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 the twelve<n id="1" /> called<n id="2" /> the whole group<n id="3" /> of the disciples together and said, &#8220;It is not right for us to neglect the word of God to wait on tables.<n id="4" />

But some men from the Synagogue<n id="1" /> of the Freedmen (as it was called),<n id="2" /> both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, as well as some from Cilicia and the province of Asia,<n id="3" /> stood up and argued with Stephen.

They brought forward false witnesses who said, &#8220;This man does not stop saying things against this holy place<n id="1" /> and the law.<n id="2" />

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;

This is the Moses who said to the Israelites,<n id="1" /> &#8216;<b><i>God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothersi>b>.&#8217;<n id="2" />

The crowds were paying attention with one mind to what Philip said,<n id="1" /> as they heard and saw the miraculous signs<n id="2" /> he was performing.

<p class="bodytext">Now in that city was a man named Simon, who had been practicing magic<n id="1" /> and amazing the people of Samaria, claiming to be someone great.

All the people,<n id="1" /> from the least to the greatest, paid close attention to him, saying, &#8220;This man is the power of God that is called &#8216;Great.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="2" />

saying, &#8220;Give me this power<n id="1" /> too, so that everyone I place my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">Then the eunuch said<n id="1" /> to Philip, &#8220;Please tell me,<n id="2" /> who is the prophet saying this about &#8211; himself or someone else?&#8221;<n id="3" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now in Joppa<n id="1" /> there was a disciple named Tabitha (which in translation means<n id="2" /> Dorcas).<n id="3" /> She was continually doing good deeds and acts of charity.<n id="4" />

And I remembered the word of the Lord,<n id="1" /> as he used to say,<n id="2" /> &#8216;John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.&#8217;<n id="3" />

When they heard this,<n id="1" /> they ceased their objections<n id="2" /> and praised<n id="3" /> God, saying, &#8220;So then, God has granted the repentance<n id="4" /> that leads to life even to the Gentiles.&#8221;<n id="5" />p>

So when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they shouted<n id="1" /> in the Lycaonian language,<n id="2" /> &#8220;The gods have come down to us in human form!&#8221;<n id="3" />

But some from the religious party of the Pharisees<n id="1" /> who had believed stood up and said, &#8220;It is necessary<n id="2" /> to circumcise the Gentiles<n id="3" /> and to order them to observe<n id="4" /> the law of Moses.&#8221;p>

When<n id="1" /> they had brought them<n id="2" /> before the magistrates, they said, &#8220;These men are throwing our city into confusion.<n id="3" /> They are<n id="4" /> Jews