After he had suffered, he had shown himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them during a period of 40 days and telling them about the kingdom of God.

Using many different expressions, Peter continued to testify and to plead: "Be saved," he urged them, "from this corrupt generation!"

A sense of fear came over everyone, and many wonders and signs were being done by the apostles.

But many of those who heard their message believed, and the men grew to number about 5,000.

Now many signs and wonders were being performed by the apostles among the people, who were gathered together in Solomon's Colonnade.

Unclean spirits screamed with a loud voice as they came out of the many people they had possessed, and many paralyzed and lame people were healed.

After they had given their testimony and spoken the word of the Lord, they started back to Jerusalem, continuing to proclaim the good news in many Samaritan villages.

But Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard many people tell how much evil this man has done to your saints in Jerusalem.

What happened became known throughout Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.

He was a devout man who feared God, as did everyone in his home. He gave many gifts to the poor among the people and always prayed to God.

As Peter talked with him, he went in and found that many people had gathered.

When he found him, he brought him to Antioch, and for a whole year they were guests of the church and taught many people. It was in Antioch that the disciples were first called Christians.

and for many days he appeared to those who had come with him to Jerusalem from Galilee. These are now his witnesses to the people.

When the meeting of the synagogue broke up, many Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who kept talking to them and urging them to continue in the grace of God.

strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. "We must endure many hardships," they said, "to get into the kingdom of God."

Both Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch to teach and proclaim the word of the Lord, as did many others.

She kept doing this for many days until Paul became annoyed, turned to her and told the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus the Messiah to come out of her!" And it came out that very moment.

Some of them were persuaded and began to be associated with Paul and Silas, especially a large crowd of devout Greeks and the wives of many prominent men.

Many of them believed, including a large number of prominent Greek women and men.

Now Crispus, the leader of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, along with his whole family. Many Corinthians who heard Paul also believed and were baptized.

For I am with you, and no one will lay a hand on you or harm you, because I have many people in this city."

Many who became believers kept coming to confess and talk about what they had been doing.

Moreover, many people who had practiced occult arts gathered their books and burned them in front of everybody. They estimated their value and found them to have been worth 50,000 silver coins.

Now there were many lamps in the upstairs room where we were meeting.

When they heard about it, they praised God and told him, "You see, brother, how many tens of thousands of believers there are among the Jews, and all of them are zealous for the Law.

"Since I know that you have been a judge over this nation for many years, I am pleased to present my defense. You can verify for yourself that I went up to worship in Jerusalem no more than twelve days ago.

After many years, I have come back to my people to bring gifts for the poor and to offer sacrifices.

That is what I did in Jerusalem. I received authority from the high priests and locked many of the saints in prison. And when I cast my vote against them, they were put to death.

The islanders honored us in many ways, and when we were about to sail again, they supplied us with everything we needed.