For David says of him, I saw the Lord before me evermore; lest I be shaken, he is at my right hand.

The God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers has glorified Jesus his servant, whom you delivered up and repudiated before Pilate. Pilate had decided to release him,

(He it is who has given strength to this man whom you see and know, by faith in His name; it is the faith He inspires which has made the man thus hale and whole before you all.)

They made the men stand before them and inquired, "By what authority, in whose name, have you done this?"

you and the people of Israel must all understand that he stands before you strong and well, thanks to the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene whom you crucified and whom God raised from the dead.

But Peter and John replied, "Decide for yourselves whether it is right before God to obey you rather than God.

[Relocated to before vs 34] Now there was but one heart and soul among the multitude of the believers; not one of them considered anything his personal property, they shared all they had with one another.

laying the money before the feet of the apostles; it was then distributed according to each individual's need.

sold a farm belonging to him and brought the money, which he placed before the feet of the apostles.

appropriated some of the purchase-money with the connivance of his wife; he only brought part of it to lay before the feet of the apostles.

They conducted them before the Sanhedrin, and the high priest asked them,

In this way they excited the people, the elders, and the scribes, who rushed on him, dragged him away, and took him before the Sanhedrin.

"Listen, brothers and fathers," said Stephen. "The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was still in Mesopotamia, before ever he stayed in Haran,

It was passed on and borne in by our fathers as with Joshua they took possession of the territory of the nations whom God drove out before our fathers. So it remained down to the days of David.

Now the passage of scripture which he was reading was as follows: ??he was led like a sheep to be slaughtered, and as a lamb is dumb before the shearer, so he opens not his lips.

But the Lord said to him, "Go; I have chosen him to be the means of bringing my Name before the Gentiles and their kings as well as before the sons of Israel.

He stared at the angel in terror, saying, "What is it?" He replied, "Your prayers and your alms have risen before God as a sacrifice to be remembered.

"Three days ago," said Cornelius, "at this very hour I was praying in my house at three o'clock in the afternoon, when a man stood before me in shining dress,

So I sent for you at once, and you have been kind enough to come. Well now, here we are all present before God to listen to what the Lord has commanded you to say."

Then Peter proceeded to put the facts before them.

The very night before Herod meant to have him produced, Peter lay asleep between two soldiers; he was fastened by two chains, and sentries in front of the door guarded the prison.

before whose coming John had already preached a baptism of repentance for all the people of Israel.

But when her owners saw their chance of profit was gone, they caught hold of Paul and Silas and dragged them before the magistrates in the forum.

Bringing them before the praetors they declared, "These fellows are Jews who are making an agitation in our town;

So calling for lights he rushed in, fell in terror before Paul and Silas,

He took them up to his house and put food before them, overjoyed like all his household at having believed in God.

But the Jews were aroused to jealousy; they got hold of some idle rascals to form a mob and set the town in an uproar; they attacked Jason's house in the endeavour to bring them out before the populace,

but as they failed to find Paul and Silas they haled Jason and some of the brothers before the politarchs, yelling, "These upsetters of the whole world have come here too!

But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia the Jews without exception rose against Paul and brought him up before the tribunal,

Some of the mob concluded it must be Alexander, as the Jews pushed him to the front. So Alexander, motioning with his hand, wanted to defend himself before the people;

bearing my testimony, both to Jews and Greeks, of repentance before God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Therefore do I protest before you this day that I am not responsible for the blood of any of you;

"Brothers and fathers, listen to the defence I now make before you."

For you are to be a witness for him before all men, a witness of what you have seen and heard.

With a steady look at the Sanhedrin Paul said, "Brothers, I have lived with a perfectly good conscience before God down to the present day."

I am informed a plot is to be laid against him, so I am sending him to you at once, telling his accusers that they must impeach him before you. Farewell."

Five days later down came the high priest Ananias with some elders and a barrister called Tertullus. They laid information before the governor against Paul.

Hence I too endeavour to have a clear conscience before God and men all the time.

who ought to have been here before you with any charge they may have against me.

Failing them, let these men yonder tell what fault they found with my appearance before the Sanhedrin! ??21 unless it was with the single sentence I uttered, when I stood and said, 'It is for the resurrection of the dead that I am on my trial to-day before you.'"

The high priests and the Jewish leaders laid information before him against Paul, and begged him,

Festus replied that Paul would be kept in custody at Caesarea, but that he himself meant to leave for Caesarea before long ??5 "when," he added, "your competent authorities can come down with me and charge the man with whatever crime he has committed."

After staying not more than eight or ten days with them, he went down to Caesarea. Next day he took his seat on the tribunal and ordered Paul to be brought before him.

Paul said, "I am standing before Caesar's tribunal; that is where I ought to be tried. I have done no wrong whatever to the Jews ??you know that perfectly well.

As they were spending several days there, Festus laid Paul's case before the king. "There is a man," he said, "who was left in prison by Felix.

"King Agrippa and all here present," said Festus, "you see before you a man of whom the entire body of the Jews at Jerusalem and also here have complained to me. They loudly insist he ought not to live any longer.

Only, I have nothing definite to write to the sovereign about him. So I have brought him up before you all, and especially before you, O king Agrippa, in order that I may have something to write as the result of your cross-examination.

"I consider myself fortunate, king Agrippa, in being able to defend myself to-day before you against all that the Jews charge me with;

"At this rate," Agrippa remarked, "it won't be long before you believe you have made a Christian of me!"

For last night an angel of the God I belong to and serve, stood before me,

saying, 'Have no fear, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And God has granted you the lives of all your fellow-voyagers.'

Just before daybreak Paul begged them all to take some food. "For fourteen days," he said, "you have been on the watch all the time, without a proper meal.