When they entered the city they went to the upstairs room where they were staying. There were Peter, John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James, the son of Alpheus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas, the son of James.

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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.

When they heard this, they were stung to the heart, and they said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brothers, what shall we do?"

Peter said to them, "You must repent, and every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, in order to have your sins forgiven; then you will receive the gift of the holy Spirit,

Peter and John were on their way up to the Temple for the three o'clock hour of prayer,

and when he saw Peter and John on the point of going into the Temple he asked them to give him something.

Peter fixed his eyes on him, as John did also, and said to him, "Look at us!"

But Peter said, "I have no silver or gold, but I will give you what I have. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk!"

And as he still clung to Peter and John, all the people crowded about them in the utmost astonishment in what was known as Solomon's Colonnade.

When Peter saw this, he said to the people. "Men of Israel, why are you so surprised at this? Why do you stare so at us, as though it were some power or some piety of ours that had made him able to walk?

Then Peter, filled with the holy Spirit, said to them, "Leaders of the people and members of the council,

They were amazed to see how outspoken Peter and John were, and to find that they were uneducated men with no advantages. They recognized them as companions of Jesus,

But Peter and John answered them, "You must decide whether it is right in the sight of God to obey you instead of him,

And Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan taken such possession of your heart that you should lie to the holy Spirit, by appropriating part of the price of your land?

Peter said to her, "Tell me, did you sell the land for such and such a sum?" "Yes," she said, "that was it."

Peter said to her, "How could you two agree to test the Spirit of the Lord? There at the door are the footsteps of the men who buried your husband, and they will carry you out also."

so that people would carry their sick out into the streets, and lay them down on beds and mats, to have at least Peter's shadow fall on some of them as he went by.

Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men.

When the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted God's message, they sent Peter and John there.

But Peter said to him, "Go to destruction with your money, for thinking you could buy God's gift with it!

For I see that you are a bitter poison and a bundle of iniquity!"

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

Peter said to him, "Aeneas, Jesus Christ cures you! Get up, and make your bed!" And he got up immediately.

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.

Peter went with them at once. When he arrived, they took him up to the room and all the widows stood around him crying and showing him the shirts and coats that Dorcas had made when she was still with them.

But Peter put them all out of the room. Then he knelt down and prayed, and then turning to the body he said, "Tabitha, stand up!" She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up.

So it came about that Peter stayed for some time in Joppa, at the house of a tanner named Simon.

Now send men to Joppa, for a man named Simon, who is also called Peter.

The next day, while they were still on their way, and were just getting near the town, Peter went up on the housetop about noon to pray.

And a voice came to him, "Get up, Peter! Kill something and eat it!"

But Peter said, "Never, sir! For I have never eaten anything that was not ceremonially cleansed."

While Peter was still wondering what the vision he had had could mean, the men whom Cornelius had sent had asked the way to Simon's house and reached the door,

and they called out to ask if Simon who was called Peter was staying there.

As Peter was pondering over his vision, the Spirit said to him, "There are two men looking for you.

Then Peter went down to see the men, and said to them, "I am the man you are asking for. What is the reason for your coming?"

So Peter invited them in and entertained them. The next day he started off with them, accompanied by some of the brothers from Joppa,

When Peter actually came in, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet and made obeisance to him.

But Peter lifted him to his feet, and said, "Get up! I am only human myself."

So they went in talking together, and Peter found that many people had gathered,

So send to Joppa and invite Simon who is called Peter to come here. He is staying at the house of a tanner named Simon, close to the sea.'

Then Peter began and said, "Now I really understand that God shows no partiality,

Before Peter had finished saying these words, the holy Spirit fell on all who were listening to his message.

The Jewish believers who had come with Peter were amazed because the gift of the holy Spirit had been showered upon the heathen too,

for they heard them speaking in foreign languages and declaring the greatness of God. Then Peter said,

and when Peter returned to Jerusalem, the advocates of circumcision took him to task,

Then Peter explained the matter to them from beginning to end. He said,

And I heard a voice say to me, 'Get up, Peter! Kill something and eat it!'

Then he told us how he had seen the angel stand in his house and say, 'Send to Joppa for a man named Simon who is also called Peter,

and when he saw that this gratified the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter too, at the time of the festival of Unleavened Bread.

So Peter was kept in the jail, but the church was praying earnestly to God for him.

The night before Herod was going to bring him out, Peter was asleep between two soldiers, and fastened with two chains, and watchmen were at the door, guarding the jail,

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,

Then Peter came to himself, and he said, "Now I am certain that the Lord sent his angel and rescued me from the power of Herod and all that the Jewish people were expecting."

and when she recognized Peter's voice, in her joy she did not stop to open the door, but ran in and told them that Peter was standing outside.

But Peter kept on knocking. And when they opened the door and saw him they were amazed.

But when morning came, there was no little commotion among the soldiers as to what could have become of Peter.

After a long discussion, Peter got up and said to them, "Brothers, you know that in the early days God chose that of you all I should be the one from whose lips the heathen should hear the message of the good news and believe it.

When the parting was over and we had sailed, we made a straight run to Cos and the next day to Rhodes and from there to Patara.