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The Ascension of Jesus
So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, is this the time when you will restore the kingdom to Israel?”
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He replied, “It is not for you to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority.
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“So one of the men who have accompanied us during all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
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Day by day, as they spent much time together in the temple, they broke bread at home and ate their food with glad and generous hearts,
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so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord and that he may send the Messiah appointed for you, that is, Jesus,
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who must remain in heaven until the time of universal restoration that God announced long ago through his holy prophets.
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But a Pharisee in the council named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, respected by all the people, stood up and ordered the men to be put outside for a short time.
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For some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and a number of men, about four hundred, joined him, but he was killed, and all who followed him were dispersed and disappeared.
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After him Judas the Galilean rose up at the time of the census and got people to follow him; he also perished, and all who followed him were scattered.
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“But as the time drew near for the fulfillment of the promise that God had made to Abraham, our people in Egypt increased and multiplied
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At this time Moses was born, and he was beautiful before God. For three months he was brought up in his father’s house,
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At that time they made a calf, offered a sacrifice to the idol, and reveled in the works of their hands.
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Our ancestors in turn brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the peoples whom God drove out before our ancestors. And it was there until the time of David,
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And they listened eagerly to him because for a long time he had amazed them with his magic.
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Saul Escapes from the Jews
After some time had passed, the Jews plotted to kill him,
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At that time she became ill and died. When they had washed her, they laid her in a room upstairs.
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Meanwhile, he stayed in Joppa for some time with a certain Simon, a tanner.
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The voice said to him again, a second time, “What God has made clean, you must not call profane.”
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This happened three times, and the thing was suddenly taken up to heaven.
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But a second time the voice answered from heaven, ‘What God has made clean, you must not call profane.’
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This happened three times; then everything was pulled up again to heaven.
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At that time prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
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James Killed and Peter Imprisoned
About that time King Herod laid violent hands upon some who belonged to the church.
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for about four hundred fifty years. After that he gave them judges until the time of the prophet Samuel.
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So they remained for a long time speaking boldly for the Lord, who testified to the word of his grace by granting signs and wonders to be done through them.