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Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
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Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts,
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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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But since they could see the man who had been healed standing there with them, there was nothing they could say.
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God exalted him to his own right hand as Prince and Savior that he might bring Israel to repentance and forgive their sins.
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“After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.
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He was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors; and he received living words to pass on to us.
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Then he fell on his knees and cried out, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” When he had said this, he fell asleep.
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For I see that you are full of bitterness and captive to sin.”
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All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”
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“Therefore, my friends, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.
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Through him everyone who believes is set free from every sin, a justification you were not able to obtain under the law of Moses.
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Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “We had to speak the word of God to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.
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About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
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“Therefore since we are God’s offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone—an image made by human design and skill.
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But since it involves questions about words and names and your own law—settle the matter yourselves. I will not be a judge of such things.”
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Therefore, since these facts are undeniable, you ought to calm down and not do anything rash.
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As it is, we are in danger of being charged with rioting because of what happened today. In that case we would not be able to account for this commotion, since there is no reason for it.”
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Seated in a window was a young man named Eutychus, who was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound asleep, he fell to the ground from the third story and was picked up dead.
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Some in the crowd shouted one thing and some another, and since the commander could not get at the truth because of the uproar, he ordered that Paul be taken into the barracks.
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And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized and wash your sins away, calling on his name.’
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Since they were spending many days there, Festus discussed Paul’s case with the king. He said: “There is a man here whom Felix left as a prisoner.
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“The Jewish people all know the way I have lived ever since I was a child, from the beginning of my life in my own country, and also in Jerusalem.
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to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
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Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided that we should sail on, hoping to reach Phoenix and winter there. This was a harbor in Crete, facing both southwest and northwest.
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Now I urge you to take some food. You need it to survive. Not one of you will lose a single hair from his head.”
