With the money paid him for his crime he purchased an estate; but swelling up he burst in two, and all his bowels poured out ??19 a fact which became known to all the residents in Jerusalem, so that the estate got the name, in their language, of Akeldamach or The Ground of Blood.

And everyone who invokes the name of the Lord shall be saved.

"Repent," said Peter, "let each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins; then you will receive the gift of the holy Spirit.

But Peter said, "I have no silver or gold, but I will give you what I do have. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, [get up and] walk!"

(He it is who has given strength to this man whom you see and know, by faith in His name; it is the faith He inspires which has made the man thus hale and whole before you all.)

They made the men stand before them and inquired, "By what authority, in whose name, have you done this?"

you and the people of Israel must all understand that he stands before you strong and well, thanks to the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene whom you crucified and whom God raised from the dead.

There is no salvation by anyone else, nor even a second Name under heaven appointed for us men and our salvation."

However, to keep things from going any further with the people, we had better threaten them that they are not to tell anyone in future about this Name."

So they called the men in and ordered them not to speak or teach a single sentence about the Name of Jesus.

when thy hand is stretched out to heal and to perform miracles and wonders by the name of thy holy Servant Jesus."

"We strictly forbade you to teach about this Name, did we not? And here you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine! You want to make us responsible for this man's death!"

They gave in to him, and after summoning the apostles and giving them a flogging, they released them with instructions that they were not to speak about the name of Jesus.

The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been considered worthy of suffering dishonour for the sake of the Name;

But when they believed Philip, who preached the gospel of the Reign of God and the name of Jesus, they had themselves baptized, both men and women;

(As yet it had not fallen upon any of them; they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)

And in this city too he has authority from the high priests to put anyone in chains who invokes thy Name!"

But the Lord said to him, "Go; I have chosen him to be the means of bringing my Name before the Gentiles and their kings as well as before the sons of Israel.

I will show him all he has to suffer for the sake of my Name."

He lost no time in preaching throughout the synagogues that Jesus was the Son of God ??21 to the amazement of all his hearers, who said, "Is this not the man who in Jerusalem harried those who invoke this Name, the man who came here for the express purpose of carrying them all in chains to the high priests?"

Barnabas, however, got hold of him and brought him to the apostles. To them he related how he had seen the Lord upon the road, how He had spoken to him, and how he had spoken freely in the name of Jesus at Damascus.

He then went in and out among them at Jerusalem, speaking freely in the name of the Lord;

All the prophets testify that everyone who believes in him is to receive remission of sins through his Name."

And he ordered them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they begged him to remain for some days.

But the sorcerer Elymas (for that is the translation of his name) tried to divert the proconsul from the faith.

Symeon has explained how it was God's original concern to secure a People from among the Gentiles to bear his Name.

that the rest of men may seek for the Lord, even all the Gentiles who are called by my name, saith the Lord,

She did this for a number of days. Then Paul turned in annoyance and told the spirit, "In the name of Jesus Christ I order you out of her!" And it left her that very moment.

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

Some strolling Jewish exorcists also undertook to pronounce the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, "I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches!"

This came to the ears of all the inhabitants of Ephesus, Jews as well as Greeks; awe fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.

And now, why do you wait? Get up and be baptized and wash away your sins, invoking his name.'

I once believed it my duty indeed actively to oppose the name of Jesus the Nazarene.