They asked, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up toward heaven? This same Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you saw him go up into heaven."

They made Peter and John stand in front of them and began asking, "By what power or by what name did you do this?"

The kings of the earth take their stand, and rulers meet together against the Lord and against his Messiah.'

"Go, stand in the Temple, and keep on telling the people the whole message about this life they can have."

When they brought them back, they made them stand before the Council, and the high priest began to question them.

They had these men stand before the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.

They had false witnesses stand up and say, "This man never stops saying things against this Holy Place and against the Law.

But Peter made him get up, saying, "Stand up! I, too, am only a man."

he said in a loud voice, "Stand up straight on your feet!" Then the man jumped up and began to walk.

The next day, since the tribune wanted to find out exactly what Paul was being accused of by the Jews, he released him and ordered the high priests and the entire Council to meet. Then he brought Paul down and had him stand before them.

"And now I stand here on trial for the hope of the promise made by God to our ancestors.

"The Lord answered, "I'm Jesus, whom you are persecuting. But get up and stand on your feet, because I've appeared to you for the very purpose of appointing you to be my servant and witness of what you've seen and of what I'll show you.

I've had help from God to this day, and so I stand here to testify to both the powerful and the lowly alike, stating only what the prophets and Moses said would happen

and said, "Stop being afraid, Paul! You must stand before the emperor. Indeed, God has given to you the lives of everyone who is sailing with you.'