for we have heard him say that Jesus of Nazareth will tear this place down, and change the customs which Moses handed down to us."

Then Peter put them all out of the room, knelt down and prayed, and, turning to the body, said, "Tabitha, get up!" Then she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.

Get up and go down, and without hesitation go on with them, for I have sent them."

So Peter went down and said to the men, "I am the man you are looking for. What is the purpose of your coming?"

But the Jews stirred up the devout women of high rank and the men of first rank in town, and so started a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their district.

They told the good news in that town, and after winning many disciples there, they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,

For Moses from the ancient generations has had his preachers in every town, and on every sabbath has been read aloud in the synagogues."

On the sabbath we went outside the gate, to the bank of the river, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down and began to talk with the women who had met there.

But Paul went down and fell on him and embraced him, and said, "Stop being alarmed, his life is still in him."

The next day, as he wished to learn the exact reason why the Jews accused him, he had him unbound, and ordered the high priest and the whole council to assemble, and took Paul down and brought him before them.

Since the dispute kept growing hotter and hotter, the colonel became alarmed that Paul might be torn in pieces by them, and so ordered the army to march down and take him out of their hands and bring him back to the barracks.

So the next day, Agrippa and Bernice came with splendid pomp and went into the audience-room, attended by the colonels and the leading citizens of the town, and at the command of Festus, Paul was brought in.