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1. 5:29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
2. 5:31 Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
3. 5:32 And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
4. 5:33 When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.
5. 5:34 Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space;
6. 5:35 And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these men.
7. 5:36 For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to nought.
8. 5:38 And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought:
9. 5:39 But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
10. 5:40 And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
11. 5:41 And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
12. 5:42 And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.
13. 6:4 But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
14. 6:7 And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
15. 6:10 And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.
16. 6:12 And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,
17. 6:13 And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:
18. 7:5 And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.
19. 7:7 And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.
20. 7:13 And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.
21. 7:14 Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
22. 7:17 But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
23. 7:19 The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.
24. 7:23 And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.
25. 7:26 And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?
26. 7:30 And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
27. 7:31 When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the Lord came unto him,
28. 7:33 Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.
29. 7:34 I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.
30. 7:35 This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.
31. 7:38 This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
32. 7:39 To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,
33. 7:40 Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
34. 7:42 Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?
35. 7:43 Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
36. 7:44 Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.
37. 7:46 Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
38. 7:54 When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
39. 7:60 And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
40. 8:2 And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.
41. 8:3 As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.
42. 8:5 Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.
43. 8:10 To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.
44. 8:11 And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.
45. 8:24 Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.
46. 8:25 And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.
47. 8:27 And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,
48. 8:29 Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.
49. 8:30 And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
50. 8:32 The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth: