Also, as he ate with them, he charged them not to leave Jerusalem but to wait for what the Father promised ??"for what you have heard me speak of," said he;

So when this sound was heard, the multitude gathered in bewilderment, for each heard them speaking in his own language.

My heart is glad, my tongue exults, my very flesh will rest in hope,

When they heard this, it went straight to their hearts; they said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brothers, what are we to do?"

Day after day they resorted with one accord to the temple and broke bread together in their own homes; they ate with a glad and simple heart,

(A number of those who heard them speak believed, bringing up their numbers to [about] five thousand.)

Certainly we cannot give up speaking of what we have seen and heard."

In this very city they actually mustered against thy holy Servant Jesus, whom thou didst consecrate ??Herod and Pontius Pilate, together with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,

[Relocated to before vs 34] Now there was but one heart and soul among the multitude of the believers; not one of them considered anything his personal property, they shared all they had with one another.

"Ananias," said Peter, "why has Satan filled your heart and made you cheat the holy Spirit by appropriating some of the money paid for the land?

When Ananias heard this, he fell down and expired. (Great awe came over all who heard of it.)

Great awe came over the whole church and over all who heard about this.

When they heard this, they were so furious that they determined to make away with the apostles.

They then instigated people to say, "We have heard him talking blasphemy against Moses and God."

Why, we have heard him say that Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this Place and change the customs handed down to us by Moses!"

I have indeed seen the oppression of my people in Egypt, I have heard their groans, and I have come down to rescue them. Come now, I will send you back to Egypt.'

Stiff-necked, uncircumcised in heart and ear, you are always resisting the holy Spirit! As with your fathers, so with you!

When they heard this, they were furious and gnashed their teeth at him.

When the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they despatched Peter and John,

You come in for no share or lot in this religion. Your heart is all wrong in the sight of God.

So repent of this wickedness of yours, and ask God whether you cannot be forgiven for your heart's purpose.

When Philip ran up, he heard him reading the prophet Isaiah. "Do you really understand what you are reading?"

he dropped to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?"

His fellow-travellers stood speechless, for they heard the voice but they could not see anyone.

When the disciples heard that Peter was at Lydda (for Joppa is not far from Lydda), they sent two men to beg him to "Come on to us without delay."

saying, 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, your alms are remembered by God.

Now the Jewish believers who had accompanied Peter were amazed that the gift of the holy Spirit had actually been poured out on the Gentiles ??46 for they heard them speak with 'tongues' and magnify God. At this Peter asked,

Now the apostles and the brothers in Judaea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.

Also I heard a voice saying to me, 'Rise, Peter, kill and eat.'

It was about that time that king Herod laid hands of violence on some members of the church.

The very night before Herod meant to have him produced, Peter lay asleep between two soldiers; he was fastened by two chains, and sentries in front of the door guarded the prison.

Then Peter came to his senses and said, "Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were anticipating."

Herod made inquiries for him but could not find him; so, after cross-examining the guards, he ordered them off to death. He then went down from Judaea to Caesarea, where he spent some time.

On a stated day Herod arrayed himself in royal robes, took his seat on the dais, and proceeded to harangue them.

Now in the local church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Symeon (called Niger) and Lucius the Cyrenian, besides Manaen (a foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch) and Saul.

After deposing him, he raised up David to be their king, to whom he bore this testimony that 'In David, the son of Jessai, I have found a man after my own heart, who will obey all my will.'

When the Gentiles heard this they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord and believed, that is, all who had been ordained to eternal life;

He heard Paul speaking, and Paul, gazing steadily at him and noticing that he had faith enough to make him better,

But when the apostles, Paul and Barnabas, heard this they rent their clothes and sprang out among the crowd,

though as the bountiful Giver he did not leave himself without a witness, giving you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, giving you food and joy to your heart's content."

Among the listeners there was a woman called Lydia, a dealer in purple who belonged to the town of Thyatira. She reverenced God, and the Lord opened her heart to attend to what Paul said.

Both the crowd and the politarchs were disturbed when they heard this;

But when the Jews of Thessalonica heard that Paul was proclaiming the word of God at Beroea as well, they came to create a disturbance and a riot among the crowds at Beroea too.

whom he asked, "Did you receive the holy Spirit when you believed?" "No," they said, "we never even heard of its existence."

When they heard this, they had themselves baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus,

This went on for two years, so that all the inhabitants of Asia, Jews as well as Greeks, heard the word of the Lord.

When they heard this they were filled with rage and raised the cry, "Great is Artemis of Ephesus!"

I showed you how this was the way to work hard and succour the needy, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, who said, 'To give is happier than to get.'"

Now when we heard this, we and the local disciples besought Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.

They glorified God when they heard it. Then they said to him, "Brother, you see how many thousands of believers there are among the Jews, all of them ardent upholders of the Law.

Now, they have heard that you teach all Jews who live among Gentiles to break away from Moses and not to circumcise their children, nor to follow the old customs.

When they heard him addressing them in Hebrew they were all the more quiet. So he went on.

I dropped to the earth and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?'

For you are to be a witness for him before all men, a witness of what you have seen and heard.

When the officer heard this, he went to the commander and said to him, "What are you going to do? This man is a Roman citizen."

Now Paul's nephew heard about their treacherous ambush; so he got admission to the barracks and told Paul.

he said, "I will go into your case whenever your accusers arrive," giving orders that he was to be kept in the praetorium of Herod.

Some days later Felix arrived with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess. He sent for Paul and heard what he had to say about faith in Christ Jesus;

We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice saying to me in Hebrew, 'Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? You hurt yourself by kicking at the goad.'

As the local brothers had heard about us, they came out to meet us as far as Appii Forum and Tres Tabernae, and when Paul saw them he thanked God and took courage.

For the heart at this people is obtuse, their ears are heavy at hearing, their eyes they have closed, lest they see with their eyes and hear with their ears, lest they understand with their heart and turn again, and I cure them.