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Then they gathered around him and asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?”
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He said to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority.
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Therefore it is necessary to choose one of the men who have been with us the whole time the Lord Jesus was living among us,
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beginning from John’s baptism to the time when Jesus was taken up from us. For one of these must become a witness with us of his resurrection.”
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Peter Heals a Lame Beggar
One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer—at three in the afternoon.
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Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord,
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Heaven must receive him until the time comes for God to restore everything, as he promised long ago through his holy prophets.
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that there were no needy persons among them. For from time to time those who owned land or houses sold them, brought the money from the sales
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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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He gave him no inheritance here, not even enough ground to set his foot on. But God promised him that he and his descendants after him would possess the land, even though at that time Abraham had no child.
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“As the time drew near for God to fulfill his promise to Abraham, the number of our people in Egypt had greatly increased.
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“At that time Moses was born, and he was no ordinary child. For three months he was cared for by his family.
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That was the time they made an idol in the form of a calf. They brought sacrifices to it and reveled in what their own hands had made.
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After receiving the tabernacle, our ancestors under Joshua brought it with them when they took the land from the nations God drove out before them. It remained in the land until the time of David,
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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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They followed him because he had amazed them for a long time with his sorcery.
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Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee and Samaria enjoyed a time of peace and was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and encouraged by the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.
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About that time she became sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in an upstairs room.
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Peter stayed in Joppa for some time with a tanner named Simon.
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The voice spoke to him a second time, “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”
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This happened three times, and immediately the sheet was taken back to heaven.
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“The voice spoke from heaven a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’
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This happened three times, and then it was all pulled up to heaven again.
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During this time some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
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Peter’s Miraculous Escape From Prison
It was about this time that King Herod arrested some who belonged to the church, intending to persecute them.
