and, with his wife's full knowledge of it, kept back for themselves a part of the money and brought only a part of it and put it at the disposal of the apostles.

Because Paul knew that part of them were Sadducees and part of them Pharisees, he began to cry out in the council chamber, "Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a Pharisee's son, and now I am on trial for the hope of the resurrection of the dead."

Now there were devout Jews from every part of the world living in Jerusalem.

And Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan so completely possessed your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and kept back for yourselves a part of the money received for the land?

You have no share or part in this matter, for your heart is not sincere in the sight of God.

And so when there was a movement on the part of both the heathen and the Jews, along with their authorities, to insult and stone them,

From there we went on to Philippi, a Roman colony, the leading town in that part of Macedonia. In this town we stayed some days.