From his baptism by John down to that day on which he was taken from us--some one must be found to join us as a witness of his resurrection."

When the Council saw how boldly Peter and John spoke, and found that they were uneducated men of humble station, they were surprised, and realized that they had been companions of Jesus.

Instantly Sapphira fell down at Peter's feet and expired. On coming in, the young men found her dead; so they carried her out and buried her by her husband's side.

But, when the officers got there, they did not find them in the prison; so they returned and reported that,

While they had found the goal barred securely and the guards posted at the doors, yet, on opening them, they had not found any one inside.

But, if they are of divine origin, you will be powerless to put an end to them--or else you may find yourselves fighting against God!"

Then a famine spread over the whole of Egypt and Canaan, causing great distress, and our ancestors could find no food.

And, when he was abandoned, the daughter of Pharaoh found him and brought him up as her own son.

David found favor with God, and prayed that he might find a dwelling for the God of Jacob.

But Philip was found at Ashdod, and, as he went on his way, he told the Good News in all the towns through which he passed, till he came to Caesarea.

And asked him to give him letters to the Jewish congregations at Damascus, authorizing him, if he found there any supporters of the Cause, whether men or women, to have them put in chains and brought to Jerusalem.

But, when the Brethren found this out, they took him down to Caesarea, and sent him on his way to Tarsus.

There he found a man named Aeneas, who had been bed-ridden for eight years with paralysis.

Talking with him as he went, Peter entered the house, where he found a large gathering of people, to whom he said:

And, when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. And so it came about that, for a whole year, they attended the meetings of the Church there, and taught a large number of people; and it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called 'Christians.'

And, when Herod had made further search for him and failed to find him, he closely questioned the Guard, and ordered them away to execution. Then he went down from Judea to stay at Caesarea.

After passing through the whole island, they reached Paphos, where they found an astrologer who pretended to be a Prophet--a Jew by birth, whose name was Barjoshua.

After removing him, he raised David to the throne, and bore this testimony to him--'In David, the son of Jesse, I have found a man after my own heart, who will carry out all my purposes.'

They found no ground at all for putting him to death, and yet demanded his execution from Pilate;

Among other places Paul went to Derbe and Lystra. At the latter place they found a disciple, named Timothy, whose mother was a Jewess who had become a believer in Christ, while his father was a Greek,

But, when the Jews of Thessalonica found out that God's Message had been delivered by Paul at Beroea, they came there too, exciting and disturbing the minds of the people.

(All Athenians and the foreigners staying in the city found no time for anything else but telling, or listening to, the last new thing.)

That they might search for God, if by any means they might feel their way to him and find him. And yet he is not really far from any one of us;

While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the inland districts of Roman Asia, and went to Ephesus. There he found some disciples, of whom he asked:

While a number of people, who had practiced magic, collected their books and burnt them publicly; and on reckoning up the price of these, they found it amounted to five thousand pounds.

Where we found a ship crossing to Phoenicia, and went on board and set sail.

There we found the disciples and stayed a week with them. Speaking under the influence of the Spirit, they warned Paul not to set foot in Jerusalem.

And to that the High Priest himself and all the Council can testify. For I had letters of introduction from them to our fellow Jews at Damascus, and I was on my way to that place, to bring those whom I might find there prisoners to Jerusalem for punishment.

The Commanding Officer ordered Paul to be taken into the Fort, and directed that he should be examined under the lash, that he might find out the reason for their outcry against him.

On the next day the Commanding Officer, wishing to find out the real reason why Paul was denounced by the Jews, had his chains taken off, and directed the Chief Priests and the whole of the High Council to assemble, and then took Paul down and brought him before them.

So a great uproar ensued, and some of the Teaches of the Law belonging to the Pharisees' party stood up and hotly protested: "We find nothing whatever wrong in this man. Suppose a spirit did speak to him, or an angel--"

When I found that their charges were connected with questions of their own Law, and that there was nothing alleged involving either death or imprisonment.

We have found this man a public pest; he is one who stirs up disputes among the Jews all the world over, and is a ringleader of the Nazarene heretics.

Where my prosecutors never found me holding discussions with any one, or causing a crowd to collect--either in the Temple, or in the Synagogues, or about the city;

And it was while engaged in this that they found me in the Temple, after completing a period of purification, but not with any crowd or disorder.

Or else let my opponents here say what they found wrong in me when I was before the Council,

But, while Paul was speaking at length about righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became terrified, and interrupted him--"Go for the present, but, when I find an opportunity, I will send for you again."

But I found that there were certain questions in dispute between them about their own religion, and about some dead man called Jesus, whom Paul declared to be alive.

I found, however, that he had not done anything deserving death; so, as he had himself appealed to his August Majesty, I decided to send him.

There the Roman Officer found an Alexandrian ship on her way to Italy, and put us on board of her.

So, when a light wind sprang up from the south, thinking that they had found their opportunity, they weighed anchor and kept along the coast of Crete, close in shore.

So they took soundings, and found twenty fathoms of water. After waiting a little, they took soundings again, and found fifteen fathoms.

When we were all safe, we found that the island was called Malta.

There we found some of the Brethren, and were urged to stay a week with them; after which we went on to Rome.