However, he kept back part of the proceeds with his wife’s knowledge, and brought a portion of it and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

You received the law under the direction of angels and yet have not kept it.”

But Saul grew more capable and kept confounding the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that this One is the Messiah.

So Peter was kept in prison, but prayer was being made earnestly to God for him by the church.

“You’re crazy!” they told her. But she kept insisting that it was true. Then they said, “It’s his angel!”

Peter, however, kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astounded.

And there they kept evangelizing.

and a young man named Eutychus was sitting on a window sill and sank into a deep sleep as Paul kept on speaking. When he was overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third story and was picked up dead.

he said, “I will give you a hearing whenever your accusers get here too.” And he ordered that he be kept under guard in Herod’s palace.

However, Festus answered that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself was about to go there shortly.

But when Paul appealed to be held for trial by the Emperor, I ordered him to be kept in custody until I could send him to Caesar.”

For many days neither sun nor stars appeared, and the severe storm kept raging. Finally all hope that we would be saved was disappearing.

But the centurion kept them from carrying out their plan because he wanted to save Paul, so he ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land.