But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thy heart, to lie to the Holy Ghost?

Did not we strictly command you, Not to teach in this name? And lo, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and would bring the blood of this man upon us.

But a certain Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in honour by all the people, rising up in the council, ordered, to put the apostles out a little space:

And set up false witnesses who said, This man ceaseth not to speak words against the holy place and the law.

Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? And they have slain them that shewed before of the coming of the Just One, of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers: Who have received the law by the administration of angels,

And kneeling down, he cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And having said this, he fell asleep: And Saul was consenting to his death.

offered them money, Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.

And he arose and went. And lo an Ethiopian, an eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure,

And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the chief of the synagogue sent to them, saying, Brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation to the people, speak.

And by him every one that believeth is justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.

But there rose up, said they, certain of the sect of the Pharisees who believed, saying, That we ought to circumcise them, and command them to keep the law of Moses.

Forasmuch as we have heard, that some who came from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your minds, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law, whom we commanded not.

This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.

But if it be a question of words and names, and of your law, look ye to it; for I will be no judge of these matters.

And having heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said to him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of believing Jews there are, and they are all zealous for the law.

Take them and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all will know, that there is nothing of those things which they have heard of thee; but that thou thyself walkest orderly, keeping the law.

stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him, Crying out, Men of Israel, help! This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: yea, and hath even brought Greeks into the temple, and polluted this holy place.

and he saith) I am verily a Jew, born at Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and accurately instructed in the law of our fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.

And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law,

Then said Paul to him, God is about to smite thee, thou whited wall. For sittest thou to judge me according to the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?

But do not yield to them; for there are more than forty of them lie in wait, who have bound themselves with a curse, neither to eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, expecting a promise from thee.

And desiring to know the crime of which they accused him, I brought him before their council: Whom I found to be accused concerning questions of their law,

Who hath also attempted to profane the temple; whom we seized and would have judged according to our law.

that after the way, which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:

While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Cesar have I offended at all.

And as neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope of our being saved was then taken away.

thou must be presented before Cesar: and lo God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.

Now the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and bloody flux; to whom Paul went in, and having prayed, laid his hands on him and healed him.

And having appointed him a day, many came to him at his lodging, to whom he expounded the kingdom of God, testifying and persuading them concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses and the prophets, from morning till evening.