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- Acts 5:10
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At that instant she fell down at his feet and died. Then the young men came in and, finding her dead, carried her out and buried her beside her husband.
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- Acts 5:12
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The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people, and with one accord the believers gathered together in Solomon’s Colonnade.
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- Acts 5:13
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Although the people regarded them highly, no one else dared to join them.
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- Acts 5:14
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Yet more and more believers were brought to the Lord—large numbers of both men and women.
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- Acts 5:16
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Crowds also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those tormented by unclean spirits, and all of them were healed.
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- Acts 5:17
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Then the high priest and all his associates, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They went out
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- Acts 5:19
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But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out, saying,
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- Acts 5:21
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At daybreak the apostles entered the temple courts as they had been told and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin—the full assembly of the elders of Israel—and sent to the jail for the apostles.
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- Acts 5:22
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But on arriving at the jail, the officers did not find them there. So they returned with the report:
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- Acts 5:23
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“We found the jail securely locked, with the guards posted at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”
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- Acts 5:24
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When the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this account, they were perplexed as to what was happening.
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- Acts 5:25
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Then someone came in and announced, “Look, the men you put in jail are standing in the temple courts teaching the people!”
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- Acts 5:27
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They brought them in and made them stand before the Sanhedrin, where the high priest interrogated them.
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- Acts 5:29
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But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.
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- Acts 5:33
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When the Council members heard this, they were enraged, and they resolved to put the apostles to death.
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- Acts 5:34
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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 short time.
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- Acts 5:39
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But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them. You may even find yourselves fighting against God.”
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- Acts 6:1
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In those days when the disciples were increasing in number, the Grecian Jews among them began to grumble against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.
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- Acts 6:2
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So the Twelve summoned all the disciples and said, “It is unacceptable for us to neglect the word of God in order to wait on tables.
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- Acts 6:3
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Therefore, brothers, select from among you seven men confirmed to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will assign this responsibility to them
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- Acts 6:4
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and will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”
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- Acts 6:8
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Now Stephen, who was full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people.
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- Acts 6:9
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But resistance arose from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, including Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and men from the provinces of Cilicia and Asia. They disputed with Stephen,
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- Acts 7:1
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Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are these charges true?”
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- Acts 7:2
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And Stephen declared: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
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- Acts 7:6
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God told him that his descendants would be foreigners in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
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- Acts 7:11
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Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.
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- Acts 7:12
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When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers on their first visit.
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- Acts 7:14
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Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all.
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- Acts 7:17
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As the time drew near for God to fulfill His promise to Abraham, our people in Egypt increased greatly in number.
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- Acts 7:21
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When he was set outside, Pharaoh’s daughter took him and brought him up as her own son.
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- Acts 7:22
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So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action.
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- Acts 7:23
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When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
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- Acts 7:25
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He assumed his brothers would understand that God was using him to deliver them, but they did not.
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- Acts 7:27
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But the man who was abusing his neighbor pushed Moses aside and said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us?
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- Acts 7:29
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At this remark, Moses fled to the land of Midian, where he lived as a foreigner and had two sons.
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- Acts 7:31
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When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight. As he approached to look more closely, the voice of the Lord came to him:
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- Acts 7:32
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‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’ Moses trembled with fear and did not dare to look.
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- Acts 7:33
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Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.
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- Acts 7:42
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But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
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- Acts 7:47
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But it was Solomon who built the house for Him.
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- Acts 7:49
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‘Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me, says the Lord, or where will My place of repose be?
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- Acts 7:54
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On hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin were enraged, and they gnashed their teeth at him.
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- Acts 7:55
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But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.
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- Acts 7:57
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At this they covered their ears, cried out in a loud voice, and rushed together at him.
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- Acts 7:60
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Falling on his knees, he cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
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- Acts 8:1
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And Saul was there, giving approval to Stephen’s death. 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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- Acts 8:2
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God-fearing men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him.
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- Acts 8:3
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But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.
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- Acts 8:5
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Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Christ to them.
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