for David says concerning him, "I had the Lord always present before me, he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved.

therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the father the promise of the holy spirit, he has diffused that spirit, the effects of which ye now see and hear.

for David is not ascended to heaven: yet he saith himself, "the Lord said to my Lord, sit thou on my right hand,

and taking him by the right hand, he lift him up; and immediately his feet and ancle-bones received strength.

by displaying thine hand in miraculous cures, and prodigies, which by the name of thy holy child Jesus shall be done.

hath not my hand made all these things?"

but he, full of the holy spirit, fix'd his eyes towards heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.

and he said, there I see the heavens open, and the son of man standing on the right hand of God.

at length Saul rose from the ground; and when he opened his eyes, he could not see: so that they led him by the hand, and brought him to Damascus,

(at that very instant Saul saw in a vision the said Ananias come in, and put his hand on him, to restore his sight.)

Peter lent her his hand, and lift her up; and having called the saints and widows, he presented her alive.

but he made a sign to them with his hand, to be silent: and related to them, how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. go, said he, and acquaint James and the other brethren with this affair. after which he departed and went to another place.

his hand is falling upon thee, thou shalt be blind, and not see the sun for some time." immediately his eyes were covered with obscurity and darkness; so that he grop'd about for somebody to lead him by the hand.

thereupon Paul stood up, and having made sign with his hand for their attention, he said, men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.

(since I am with thee, and no man shall lift up his hand so as to hurt thee:) for my people in this city are numerous."

at last Alexander was disengag'd from the croud, and accus'd by the Jews. then he waved his hand, desiring to make his defence before them all.

Paul then standing upon the stairs made a sign with his hand to the people, who being very silent, he rais'd his voice, and thus address'd them in the Hebrew tongue:

but as I had lost the use of my eyes by the splendor of that light, I was led by the hand to Damascus, by those who were with me.

then the tribune taking him by the hand, retir'd with him in private, and ask'd, what he had to say.

Then Agrippa said to Paul, you are at liberty to make your defence. upon which Paul disengaging his hand from his cloak, thus made his plea.

when Paul having taken up some brush-wood and laid it upon the fire, a viper started out from the heat, and seiz'd upon his hand.

the barbarians seeing the venomous creature hang fast to his hand, said to one another, this man is a murderer, no doubt; for, escaped from the wreck, the divine justice still pursues him to death.