"Brothers, the prediction of the Scriptures had to come true that the holy Spirit uttered by the lips of David, about Judas, who acted as guide for the men that arrested Jesus??17 for he was one of our number and a share in this ministry of ours fell to his lot."

Then they drew lots between them, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was added to the eleven apostles.

You have made the ways of life known to me, And you will fill me with joy in your presence.'

When Ananias heard these words he fell down and expired, and everyone who heard them spoken was appalled.

She instantly fell down at his feet and expired. When the young men came in they found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.

so that people would carry their sick out into the streets, and lay them down on beds and mats, to have at least Peter's shadow fall on some of them as he went by.

Even from the towns around Jerusalem crowds would come in bringing sick people and those who were troubled with foul spirits, and they were all cured.

You, brothers, must pick out from your number seven men of good standing, who are wise and full of the Spirit, and we will put them in charge of this matter,

This plan met the approval of the whole body, and they selected Stephen, a man full of faith and of the holy Spirit, with Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicholas of Antioch, who had been a convert to Judaism.

But he, full of the holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw God's glory and Jesus standing at God's right hand.

Then falling on his knees, he cried out, "Lord, do not lay this sin up against them!" With these words he fell asleep.

for with loud cries foul spirits came out of many who had been possessed by them, and many paralytics and lame people were cured.

When they came out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord hurried Philip away, and the eunuch saw nothing more of him. Full of joy, he went on with his journey,

and he fell to the ground. Then he heard a voice saying to him, "Saul! Saul! Why do you persecute me?"

Saul's fellow-travelers stood speechless, for they heard the voice but could not see anyone.

He got very hungry, and wanted something to eat. While they were getting it ready, he fell into a trance,

When Peter actually came in, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet and made obeisance to him.

Before Peter had finished saying these words, the holy Spirit fell on all who were listening to his message.

When I began to speak to them, the holy Spirit fell upon them just as it did upon us at the beginning,

for he was an excellent man, full of the holy Spirit and faith. So a considerable number of people came over to the Lord.

and the angel said to him, "Put on your belt and your sandals!" And he did so. Then he said to him, "Put on your coat and follow me!"

The Lord's hand is right upon you, and you will be blind and unable even to see the sun for a time." Instantly a mist of darkness fell upon him, and he groped about for someone to lead him by the hand.

Now David, after serving God's purposes in his own generation, fell asleep and was laid among his forefathers and did undergo decay,

But the disciples continued to be full of joy and of the holy Spirit.

In ages past he let all the heathen follow their own ways;

though he did not fail to give some evidence about himself, through his kindnesses to you, in sending you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, giving you food and happiness to your heart's content."

This girl would follow Paul and the rest of us, crying out, "These men are slaves of the Most High God, and they are making known to you a way of salvation."

suddenly there was such an earthquake that the jail shook to its foundations; all the doors flew open, and everybody's chains were unfastened.

Then he called for lights and rushed in, and fell trembling at the feet of Paul and Silas.

"This fellow," they said, "is trying to induce people to worship God in ways that are against the law."

"John's baptism was a baptism in token of repentance," said Paul, "and he told the people to believe in him who was to follow him, that is, in Jesus."

At last the recorder quieted the mob and said, "Men of Ephesus, who in the world does not know that the city of Ephesus is the guardian of the temple of the great Artemis, and of the image that fell down from the sky?

If Demetrius and his fellow-craftsmen have a charge to bring against anyone, there are the courts and the governors; let them take legal action.

and a young man named Eutychus, who was sitting at the window, became very drowsy as Paul's address grew longer and longer, and finally went fast asleep and fell from the third story to the ground, and was picked up for dead.

and I fell upon the ground and heard a voice say to me, 'Saul! Saul! Why do you persecute me?'

After I had returned to Jerusalem, one day when I was praying in the Temple, I fell into a trance,

I admit that in worshiping the God of my forefathers I follow the way of life that they call a sect, but I believe everything that is taught in the Law or written in the prophets,

when on the road at noon, your Majesty, I saw a light from heaven brighter than the sun flash around me and my fellow-travelers.

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!'

and the rest to follow on planks or other pieces of wreckage. So they all got safely to land.

They expected to see him swell up or suddenly fall dead, but after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said that he was a god.

So he stayed for two full years in rented lodgings of his own, and welcomed everybody who came to see him,