¹³ Yet ^(A)none of the rest dared join them, ^(B)but the people esteemed them highly.

⁴⁷ praising God and having favor with all the people. And ^(A)the Lord added ^[a]to the church daily those who were being saved.

²¹ So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way of punishing them, ^(A)because of the people, since they all ^(B)glorified God for ^(C)what had been done.

²⁰ For if, after they ^(A)have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are ^(B)again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning. ²¹ For ^(C)it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them. ²² But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: ^(D)“A dog returns to his own vomit,” and, “a sow, having washed, to her wallowing in the mire.”

¹⁷ This became known both to all Jews and Greeks dwelling in Ephesus; and ^(A)fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.

⁵ Then Ananias, hearing these words, ^(A)fell down and breathed his last. So great fear came upon all those who heard these things.

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^38 (B)After this, Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly, ^(C)for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took the body of Jesus.

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⁴² Nevertheless even among the rulers many believed in Him, but ^(A)because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue;

²² His parents said these things because ^(A)they feared the Jews, for the Jews had agreed already that if anyone confessed that He was Christ, he ^(B)would be put out of the synagogue.

⁴⁸ and were unable to do anything; for all the people were very attentive to ^(A)hear Him.