Brothers, I can speak to you the more confidently about the Patriarch David, because he is dead and buried, and his tomb is here among us to this very day.

When the people heard this, they were conscience-smitten, and said to Peter and the rest of the Apostles: "Brothers, what can we do?"

"A curse upon you and upon your money," Peter exclaimed, "for thinking that God's free gift can be bought with gold!

"How can I," the other answered, "unless some one will explain it to me?" and he invited Philip to get up and sit by his side.

"Can any one refuse the water for the baptism of these people, now that they have received the Holy Spirit as we did ourselves?"

Reassuring the minds of the disciples, urging them to remain true to the Faith, and showing that it is only through many troubles that we can enter the Kingdom of God.

And to that the High Priest himself and all the Council can testify. For I had letters of introduction from them to our fellow Jews at Damascus, and I was on my way to that place, to bring those whom I might find there prisoners to Jerusalem for punishment.

For you can easily ascertain that it is not more than twelve days ago that I went up to worship at Jerusalem,