For it is written in the book of Psalms, "Let his habitation be made desolate, and let no one dwell therein;" and, "Let another take his office."

But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said to them, Men of Judea, and all that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known to you, and hearken to my words.

Therefore my heart rejoiced, and my tongue exulted; moreover also, my flesh shall dwell in hope;

saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a remarkable sign hath been wrought by them is manifest to all that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it.

Peter said to her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much. And she said, Yes, for so much.

Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Haran; and from thence, after his father was dead, he caused him to remove into this land wherein ye now dwell;

But Philip was found at Azotus; and passing through, he published the glad tidings in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.

And as Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, having heard that Peter was there, sent to him two men with the entreaty, Do not delay to come to us.

And Cornelius said, Four days ago, I was fasting till this hour; and at the ninth hour was praying in my house; and lo! a man stood before me in bright clothing,

But beckoning to them with his hand to be silent, he related how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go and tell these things to James, and to the brethren. And he departed, and went to another place.

For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, not knowing him, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath, fulfilled them in condemning him.

We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who will themselves tell you the same things by word of mouth.

Now all the Athenians, and the strangers residing among them, spent their leisure for nothing else but to tell or to hear something new.

And he made of one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having fixed appointed times, and the bounds of their habitation;

And having gone up again, and broken the bread and eaten, he talked a long while even till break of day, and so departed.

And when we had completed the days, we departed, and went our way, they all accompanying us, with wives and children, till we were out of the city; and having kneeled down on the shore and prayed,

And now why dost thou delay? Arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on his name.

Then the chief captain came and said to him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yes.

And when it was day, the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.

Then Paul called one of the centurions to him, and said, Take this young man to the chief captain; for he hath something to tell him.

Then the chief captain took him by the hand and went aside privately, and asked him, What is it that thou hast to tell me?

But do not thou yield to them; for there lie in wait for him more than forty men of them, who have bound themselves with an oath neither to eat nor drink till they have killed him; and they are now ready, looking for the promise from thee.

The chief captain then dismissed the young man with the charge, Tell no one that thou hast disclosed these things to me.

When therefore they had come together here, without any delay I sat on the judgmentseat on the day after, and ordered the man to be brought forward.

But Paul having appealed to be kept in custody for the judgment of Augustus, I ordered him to be kept till I should send him up to Caesar.

And when we had come to Rome, Paul was permitted to dwell by himself, with the soldier that guarded him.

And when they had appointed him a day, many came to him at his lodging; to whom he expounded, and earnestly testified, the kingdom of God, endeavoring to persuade them concerning Jesus both from the Law of Moses, and from the Prophets, from morning till evening.

For the heart of this people hath become gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart and turn from their ways, and I should heal them."