since David says about him, "I always keep my eyes on the Lord, for he is at my right hand so that I cannot be shaken.

because Thou wilt not leave my soul to hades, nor wilt Thou give Thy Kind One to see corruption;

When they had put the men in front of them, they repeatedly asked, “By what sort of power, or in what name [that is, by what kind of authority], did you do this [healing]?”

Since we are on our trial to-day for a kind act done to a helpless man, and are asked in what way the man here before you has been cured,

Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it.

For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.

And when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing for which they could punish them, because of the people; for they all glorified God on ac count of that which had been done;

But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.

‘Heaven is My throne,
And the earth is the footstool for My feet;
What kind of house will you build for Me?’ says the Lord,
‘Or what place is there for My rest?

So repent of this wickedness of yours, and ask God whether you cannot be forgiven for your heart's purpose.

And in Joppa there was a certain female disciple, by name Tabitha, (which interpreted, is called Dorcas,) this woman was full of good works and kind acts that she was doing;

pious, and fearing God with all his house, doing also many kind acts to the people, and beseeching God always,

and he having looked earnestly on him, and becoming afraid, said, 'What is it, Lord?' And he said to him, 'Thy prayers and thy kind acts came up for a memorial before God,

And he beholdeth heaven opened, and, corning down, a kind of vessel, like a large linen cloth, by its four corners, being let down upon the earth,

But Peter answered, "No, Lord, I cannot. I have never eaten any such ordinary or [ceremonially] unfit creatures."

And the voice again the second time came to him, Whatsoever things God has cleansed, do not count unclean;

and he said, Cornelius, thy prayer was heard, and thy kind acts were remembered before God;

So I sent for you at once, and you have been kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here present before God to listen to everything that you have been instructed by the Lord [to say].”

The Message which He sent to the descendants of Israel, when He announced the Good News of peace through Jesus Christ--He is Lord of all--that Message you cannot but know;

'No, Lord, I cannot,' I answered, 'for nothing 'defiled' or 'unclean' has ever passed my lips.'

But the voice answered me again from heaven, 'Count not thou those things common, which God hath cleansed.'

said, "You who are full of every kind of craftiness and unscrupulous cunning--you son of the Devil and foe to all that is right--will you never cease to misrepresent the straight paths of the Lord?

Right now the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be so blind that you cannot see the sun for a time." And suddenly a dark mist fell upon him, and he kept groping about begging people to lead him by the hand.

wherefore also in another place he saith, Thou shalt not give Thy kind One to see corruption,

"Gentlemen, why are you doing these things? [Do you not know that] we are also human beings with the same kind of feelings that you have? And we are just bringing you the good news that you should turn away from these useless things [i.e., idol worship] and [turn] to the living God, who created the heavens, the earth, the sea, and everything in them.

And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.

After some stay, they were dismissed with kind farewells from the Brethren, and returned to those who had sent them.

God did miracles of no ordinary kind by Paul's hands;

Not only is there danger that this trade of ours will be discredited, but also that the [magnificent] temple of the great goddess Artemis will be discredited, and that she whom all Asia and the world worship will even be dethroned and lose her glorious magnificence.”

Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.

Upon their arrival he said to them, "You Elders well know, from the first day of my setting foot in the province of Asia, the kind of life I lived among you the whole time,

But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"

He wrote a letter of this kind:

But??ot to detain you too long?? beg you to be kind enough to give us a brief hearing.

and they cannot prove to you the charges they are now bringing against me.

'And after many years I came, about to do kind acts to my nation, and offerings,

And, as I was at a loss how to enquire into questions of this kind, I asked Paul if he were willing to go up to Jerusalem, and there be put upon his trial.

I count myself happy, king Agrippa, in having to answer to-day before thee concerning all of which I am accused by the Jews,

"The kind of life I have lived from my youth upwards, as exemplified in my early days among my nation and in Jerusalem, is known to all the Jews.

It was while I was traveling to Damascus on an errand of this kind, entrusted with full powers by the Chief Priests,

We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say to me in Hebrew, 'Saul! Saul! Why do you persecute me? You cannot kick against the goad!'

For the king knows about these things, and I am speaking freely to him, because I cannot believe that any of these things has escaped his notice, for this was not done in a corner.

And Paul said, I would pray to God also in little, and in much, not only thee, but also all hearing me this day to become such, of what kind I also am, besides these bonds.

And on the day after, we came to Sidon; and Julius was kind to Paul, and let him go to see his friends and take a rest.

Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.

They got, however, into a kind of channel, and there ran the ship aground. The bows stuck fast and could not be moved, while the stern began breaking up under the strain.

And the simple people living there were uncommonly kind to us, for they made a fire for us, and took us in, because it was raining and cold.