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For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day.
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And when Peter saw it he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why do you wonder at this, or why do you stare at us, as though by our own power or piety we have made him walk?
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Peter and John Before the Council
And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,
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Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders,
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let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead—by him this man is standing before you well.
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And when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people, for all were praising God for what had happened.
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who through the mouth of our father David, your servant, said by the Holy Spirit, “‘Why did the Gentiles rage, and the peoples plot in vain?
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for truly in this city there were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,
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Many Signs and Wonders Done
Now many signs and wonders were regularly done among the people by the hands of the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon's Portico.
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None of the rest dared join them, but the people held them in high esteem.
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“Go and stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this Life.”
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And when they heard this, they entered the temple at daybreak and began to teach. Now when the high priest came, and those who were with him, they called together the council, all the senate of the people of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.
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Then the captain with the officers went and brought them, but not by force, for they were afraid of being stoned by the people.
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But a Pharisee in the council named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law held in honor by all the people, stood up and gave orders to put the men outside for a little while.
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After him Judas the Galilean rose up in the days of the census and drew away some of the people after him. He too perished, and all who followed him were scattered.
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Stephen Is Seized
And Stephen, full of grace and power, was doing great wonders and signs among the people.
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“But as the time of the promise drew near, which God had granted to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt
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I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their groaning, and I have come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send you to Egypt.’
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Simon the Magician Believes
But there was a man named Simon, who had previously practiced magic in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, saying that he himself was somebody great.
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And he commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one appointed by God to be judge of the living and the dead.
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for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a great many people were added to the Lord.
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And when he had seized him, he put him in prison, delivering him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him, intending after the Passover to bring him out to the people.
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When Peter came to himself, he said, “Now I am sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.”
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The Death of Herod
Now Herod was angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they came to him with one accord, and having persuaded Blastus, the king's chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their country depended on the king's country for food.
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And the people were shouting, “The voice of a god, and not of a man!”
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And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind and unable to see the sun for a time.” Immediately mist and darkness fell upon him, and he went about seeking people to lead him by the hand.
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After the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent a message to them, saying, “Brothers, if you have any word of encouragement for the people, say it.”
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The God of this people Israel chose our fathers and made the people great during their stay in the land of Egypt, and with uplifted arm he led them out of it.
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Before his coming, John had proclaimed a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
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But the people of the city were divided; some sided with the Jews and some with the apostles.
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Even with these words they scarcely restrained the people from offering sacrifice to them.
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The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent,
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And Paul said, “John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, Jesus.”
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And you see and hear that not only in Ephesus but in almost all of Asia this Paul has persuaded and turned away a great many people, saying that gods made with hands are not gods.
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crying out, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man who is teaching everyone everywhere against the people and the law and this place. Moreover, he even brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place.”
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Then all the city was stirred up, and the people ran together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.
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for the mob of the people followed, crying out, “Away with him!”
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Paul replied, “I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no obscure city. I beg you, permit me to speak to the people.”
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And Paul said, “I did not know, brothers, that he was the high priest, for it is written, ‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’”
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And when this had taken place, the rest of the people on the island who had diseases also came and were cured.
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Paul in Rome
After three days he called together the local leaders of the Jews, and when they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, though I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, yet I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.