Then<n id="1" /> Peter<n id="2" /> took hold<n id="3" /> of him by the right hand and raised him up, and at once the man&#8217;s<n id="4" /> feet and ankles were made strong.<n id="5" />

You killed<n id="1" /> the Originator<n id="2" /> of life, whom God raised<n id="3" /> from the dead. To this fact we are witnesses!<n id="4" />

<p class="otpoetry"><b><i>The kings of the earth stood together,i>b><n id="1" />p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>and the rulers assembled together,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>against the Lord and against hisi>b><n id="2" /> <i><b>Christb>.i>&#8217;<n id="3" />p>

With<n id="1" /> great power the apostles were giving testimony<n id="2" /> to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was on them all.

But carefully select from among you, brothers,<n id="1" /> seven<n id="2" /> men who are well-attested,<n id="3" /> full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may put in charge<n id="4" /> of this necessary task.<n id="5" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;But as the time drew near for God to fulfill the promise he had declared to Abraham,<n id="1" /> the people increased greatly in number<n id="2" /> in Egypt,

When<n id="1" /> they had driven him out of the city, they began to stone him,<n id="2" /> and the witnesses laid their cloaks<n id="3" /> at the feet of a young man named Saul.

<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.

But when they believed Philip as he was proclaiming the good news about the kingdom of God<n id="1" /> and the name of Jesus Christ,<n id="2" /> they began to be baptized,<n id="3" /> both men and women.

<p class="bodytext">Now Simon, when he saw that the Spirit<n id="1" /> was given through the laying on of the apostles&#8217; hands, offered them money,

<p class="otpoetry"><b><i>In humiliationi>b><n id="1" /> <i><b>justice was taken from himb>.i><n id="2" />p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>Who can describe his posterity?i>b><n id="3" />p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>For his life was taken awayi>b><n id="4" /> <i><b>from the earthb>.i>&#8221;<n id="5" />p>

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.

About three o&#8217;clock one afternoon<n id="1" /> he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God<n id="2" /> who came in<n id="3" /> and said to him, &#8220;Cornelius.&#8221;

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.

As I stared<n id="1" /> I looked into it and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, reptiles,<n id="2" /> and wild birds.<n id="3" />

When<n id="1" /> he came and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to remain true<n id="2" /> to the Lord with devoted hearts,<n id="3" />

So Peter was kept in prison, but those in the church were earnestly<n id="1" /> praying to God for him.<n id="2" />

When Herod<n id="1" /> had searched<n id="2" /> for him and did not find him, he questioned<n id="3" /> the guards and commanded that they be led away to execution.<n id="4" /> Then<n id="5" /> Herod<n id="6" /> went down from Judea to Caesarea<n id="7" /> and stayed there.p>

But the magician Elymas<n id="1" /> (for that is the way his name is translated)<n id="2" /> opposed them, trying to turn the proconsul<n id="3" /> away from the faith.