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The Believers Share Their Possessions
All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had.
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With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And God’s grace was so powerfully at work in them all
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When Ananias heard this, he fell down and died. And great fear seized all who heard what had happened.
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Great fear seized the whole church and all who heard about these events.
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The Apostles Heal Many
The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people. And all the believers used to meet together in Solomon’s Colonnade.
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Crowds gathered also from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing their sick and those tormented by impure spirits, and all of them were healed.
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The Apostles Persecuted
Then the high priest and all his associates, who were members of the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy.
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“Go, stand in the temple courts,” he said, “and tell the people all about this new life.”
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But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, who was honored by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered that the men be put outside for a little while.
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Some time ago Theudas appeared, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men rallied to him. He was killed, all his followers were dispersed, and it all came to nothing.
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After him, Judas the Galilean appeared in the days of the census and led a band of people in revolt. He too was killed, and all his followers were scattered.
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So the Twelve gathered all the disciples together and said, “It would not be right for us to neglect the ministry of the word of God in order to wait on tables.
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All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.
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and rescued him from all his troubles. He gave Joseph wisdom and enabled him to gain the goodwill of Pharaoh king of Egypt. So Pharaoh made him ruler over Egypt and all his palace.
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“Then a famine struck all Egypt and Canaan, bringing great suffering, and our ancestors could not find food.
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After this, Joseph sent for his father Jacob and his whole family, seventy-five in all.
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Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action.
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Has not my hand made all these things?’
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At this they covered their ears and, yelling at the top of their voices, they all rushed at him,
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And Saul approved of their killing him.
The Church Persecuted and Scattered
On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.
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When the crowds heard Philip and saw the signs he performed, they all paid close attention to what he said.
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Simon the Sorcerer
Now for some time a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and amazed all the people of Samaria. He boasted that he was someone great,
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and all the people, both high and low, gave him their attention and exclaimed, “This man is rightly called the Great Power of God.”
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So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, an important official in charge of all the treasury of the Kandake (which means “queen of the Ethiopians”). This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship,
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Philip, however, appeared at Azotus and traveled about, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he reached Caesarea.
