Then he took him by the right hand and lifted him, and his feet and ankles instantly grew strong,

But many of those who heard their message believed, and the number of the men grew to about five thousand.

for the man on whom the wonderful cure had been performed was more than forty years old.

by stretching out your hand to cure people and to perform signs and wonders by the authority of your holy Servant Jesus."

then he said to them: "Fellow Israelites, take care as to what you are about to do to these men.

So God's message continued to spread, and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem continued to grow rapidly; a large number, even of priests, continued to surrender to the faith.

But Saul grew stronger and stronger and continued to put to utter confusion the Jews who lived in Damascus, by proving that Jesus is the Christ.

But the message of the Lord continued to grow and spread.

So take care that what is said in the prophets does not come upon you:

So the churches through faith continued to grow in strength and to increase in numbers from day to day.

But as some of them grew harder and harder and refused to believe, actually criticizing The Way before the people, he left them, withdrew his disciples, and continued his discussions in the lecture-hall of Tyrannus.

Take care of yourselves and of the whole flock, of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, so as to continue to be shepherds of the church of God, which He bought with His own blood.

Because this cure was performed, the rest of the sick people on the island kept coming to him and by degrees were cured.

For this people's soul has grown dull, and they scarcely hear with their ears, and they have shut tight their eyes, so that they may never see with their eyes, and understand with their souls, and turn to me, that I may cure them."'