"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."

"For in the Book of Psalms it is written, 'Let his estate be desolate, with no one to live on it,' and 'Let someone else take his position.'

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

Then Peter stood up with the eleven around him, and raising his voice addressed them. "Men of Judea," he said, "and all you residents of Jerusalem, let me explain this to you, and pay attention to what I say.

For you will not desert my soul in death, You will not let your Holy One be destroyed.

The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our forefathers, has done this honor to his servant Jesus, whom you betrayed and disowned before Pilate, when he had decided to let him go.

But to keep it from spreading farther among the people, let us warn them to say nothing to anyone else at all about this person."

But after further threats they let them go, as they could find no way to punish them, on account of the people, who were all giving honor to God for what had happened,

But an angel of the Lord opened the jail doors in the night and let them out, and said to them,

So in the present case, I tell you, keep away from these men and let them alone, for if this idea or movement is of human origin, it will come to naught,

They were convinced by him, and they called the apostles in and had them flogged, and warned them not to speak about the name of Jesus, and then let them go.

They brought these men before the apostles, and they prayed and laid their hands upon them.

and they were carried back to Shechem, and laid in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

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

Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the holy Spirit.

This was the passage of Scripture that he was reading: "Like a sheep he was led away to be slaughtered, And just as a lamb is dumb before its shearer, He does not open his mouth.

But on his journey, as he was approaching Damascus, a sudden light flashed around him from heaven,

When he got up from the ground and opened his eyes he could see nothing. They had to take him by the hand and lead him into Damascus,

Ananias set out and went to the house, and there he laid his hands upon Saul, and said to him, "Saul, my brother, I have been sent by the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on your journey, so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the holy Spirit."

but his disciples took him one night and let him down over the wall, lowering him in a basket.

As Peter was traveling about among them all, he happened to visit God's people at Lydda.

And everybody who lived in Lydda or in Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.

Just at that time it happened that she had been taken ill and had died, and they had washed her body and laid her out in a room upstairs.

As Joppa was near Lydda, the disciples heard that Peter was there, and they sent two men to him, urging him to come over without delay.

About that time King Herod laid violent hands upon some who belonged to the church.

when an angel of the Lord stood at his side, and a light shone in the room, and striking Peter on the side, he woke him, and said to him, "Get up quickly!" The chains dropped from his hands,

They passed the first guard and then the second, and came to the iron gate that led into the city. It opened to them of itself, and they passed out and went along one street, when suddenly the angel left him.

So after fasting and prayer, they laid their hands upon them and let them go.

He was attached to the governor, Sergius Paulus, who was an intelligent man. He sent for Barnabas and Saul and asked them to let him hear God's message.

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.

The God of this people of Israel chose our forefathers, and made the people great during their stay in Egypt, and then with uplifted hand led them out of Egypt.

When they had carried out everything that had been said about him in the Scriptures, they took him down from the cross and laid him in a tomb.

For in another psalm he says, 'You will not let your Holy One undergo decay.'

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

For these are the orders the Lord has given us: " 'I have made you a light for the heathen, To be the means of salvation to the very ends of the earth!' "

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

After they had stayed some time, the brothers let them go, with a greeting to those who had sent them.

Some time after, Paul said to Barnabas, "Come, let us go back and revisit the brothers in each of the towns where we made the Lord's message known, to see how they are doing."

One of our hearers was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple goods, from the town of Thyatira. She was a believer in God, and the Lord touched her heart, and led her to accept Paul's teaching.

He led them out of the jail and said to them, "Gentlemen, what must I do to be saved?"

In the morning the magistrates sent policemen with instructions to let the men go.

After leaving the jail they went to Lydia's house, and saw the brothers and encouraged them. Then they left the town.

and they put Jason and the others under bonds before they let them go.

and when Paul laid his hands on them, the holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in foreign tongues and with prophetic inspiration.

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.

"Are you not the Egyptian who some time ago raised the four thousand cut-throats and led them out into the desert?"

"I am a Jew," Paul answered, "from Tarsus, in Cilicia, a citizen of no insignificant city. I beg you to let me speak to the people."

But on my way, as I was approaching Damascus, suddenly about noon, a blaze of light flashed around me from heaven,

The men who were with me saw the light, but they did not hear the voice of the one who was speaking to me.

As I could not see, because of the dazzling light, my companions had to lead me by the hand, and so I reached Damascus.

But do not let them persuade you, for more than forty of them are lying in wait for him, and they have taken an oath not to eat or drink till they have killed him. They are all ready now, and are only waiting to get your promise."

Or let these men themselves tell what they found wrong in me when I appeared before the council??21 unless it was the one thing I shouted out as I stood among them??It is on the question of the resurrection of the dead that I am here on trial before you today!' "

and as they stayed there several days, Festus laid Paul's case before the king. "There is a man here," he said, "who was left in prison by Felix,

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.

to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light and from Satan's control to God, so that they may have their sins forgiven and have a place among those who are consecrated through faith in me.'

if the Christ was to suffer and by being the first to rise from the dead was to proclaim the light to our people and to the heathen."

The ship was caught by it and could not face the wind, so we gave way and let her run before it.

After hoisting it on board, they used ropes to brace the ship, and as they were afraid of being cast on the Syrtis banks, they lowered the sail, and let the ship drift.

Then the soldiers cut the ropes that held the boat and let it drift away.

When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, "This man is undoubtedly a murderer, for though he has been saved from the sea, justice will not let him live."

Publius' father happened to be sick in bed with fever and dysentery, and Paul went to see him and after praying laid his hands on him and cured him.

They examined me and were ready to let me go, as I was innocent of any crime that deserved death.

For this nation's mind has grown dull, And they hear faintly with their ears, And they have shut their eyes, So as never to see with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their minds, and turn back, And let me cure them!" '