(This man bought a piece of land with the money which he took for his treachery, and he fell there face downward and his body broke in two, and all his intestines poured out.

to take a share in this service as an apostle, from which Judas fell away to go to his own place."

They then drew lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was added to the eleven apostles.

"Fellow Israelites, listen to what I say. Jesus of Nazareth, as you yourselves well know, a man accredited to you by God through mighty deeds and wonders and wonder-works which God performed through Him right here among you,

You have made known to me the ways of life, and you will fill me with delight in your presence.'

When Peter saw this, he said to the people, "Fellow Israelites, why are you so surprised at this? Why do you keep staring at us, as though we had by our own power or piety made this man walk?

and, with his wife's full knowledge of it, kept back for themselves a part of the money and brought only a part of it and put it at the disposal of the apostles.

When Ananias heard these words, he fell dead, and a strange awe seized everybody who heard it.

She instantly fell dead at his feet. When the young men came in, they found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.

so that they kept bringing out into the streets their sick ones and putting them on little couches or pallets, that at least the shadow of Peter, as he went by, might fall on some of them.

Even from the towns around Jerusalem crowds continued coming in to bring their sick ones and those troubled with foul spirits, and they were all cured.

then he said to them: "Fellow Israelites, take care as to what you are about to do to these men.

After him, at the time of the enrollment for the Roman tax, Judas the Galilean appeared and influenced people to desert and follow him, but he too perished and all his followers were scattered.

So, brothers, you must select from your number seven men of good standing, full of the Spirit, and of good practical sense, and we will assign them to this business,

This suggestion was approved by the whole body, and so they selected Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, Philip, Procorus, Nikanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicholas of Antioch, who was a convert to Judaism.

Now Stephen, full of grace and power, went on performing great signs and wonders among the people.

Which of the prophets did your forefathers fail to persecute? They killed the prophets who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, and now you have betrayed and murdered Him,

But since he was full of the Holy Spirit, he looked right into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at God's right hand.

Then he fell on his knees and cried out, "Lord, do not charge this sin on the book against them!" On saying this he fell asleep in death.

For many of those under the power of foul spirits cried out and the spirits came out of them, and many paralyzed and crippled people were cured.

His fellow-travelers stood speechless, for they heard the voice but could not see anyone.

And all at once something like scales fell from his eyes, he regained his sight, got up and was baptized,

But he got very hungry and wanted something to eat. While they were getting it ready, he fell into a trance

When Peter went into the house, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet and did homage to him.

While Peter was still speaking these truths, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who were listening to the message.

"I was praying in the town of Joppa, and while I was praying I fell in a trance and had a vision. I saw something like a great sheet coming down out of the sky, lowered by the four comers; and it came right down to me.

When I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them as He did upon us at the beginning,

for he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and faith. So a large number of people were united to the Lord.

And suddenly an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in his cell, and by striking Peter on the side the angel woke him, and said, "Get up quickly!" At once the chains fell off his hands.

Then the angel said to him, "Tighten your belt and put on your shoes? He did so. Then the angel said to him, "Put on your coat and follow me!"

Then Saul, who was also called Paul, because he was full of the Holy Spirit, looked him straight in the eye

Right now the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be so blind that you cannot see the sun for a time." And suddenly a dark mist fell upon him, and he kept groping about begging people to lead him by the hand.

Then Paul got up and motioned with his hand and said: "Fellow Israelites, and you who reverence God, listen!

For David, after having served God's purpose in his own generation, fell asleep and was laid among his forefathers, and so he did experience decay,

and the disciples continued to be full of joy and the Holy Spirit.

though He did not fail to furnish evidences about Himself, in constantly showing His kindness to you, in sending you rain from heaven and fruit-producing seasons, in giving you food and happiness to your heart's content."

suddenly there was an earthquake so great that it shook the very foundations of the jail, the doors all flew open, and every prisoner's chains were unfastened.

Then the jailer called for lights and rushed in and fell trembling at the feet of Paul and Silas.

and said, "This fellow is inducing people to worship God in ways that violate our laws."

This at once became known to everybody living in Ephesus, Greeks as well as Jews, and awe fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus began to be held in high honor.

At last the city recorder quieted the mob and said: "Men of Ephesus, who in the world does not know that the city of Ephesus is the guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of the image that fell down from heaven?

So then, if Demetrius and his fellow-workmen have a charge against anybody, there are the courts and the judges; let them go to law.

and a young man named Eutychus, who was sitting by the window, was gradually overcome by heavy drowsiness, as Paul kept speaking longer and longer, and at last he went fast asleep and fell from the third story to the ground and was picked up dead.

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

After he had finished this speech, he fell on his knees with them all and prayed.

and I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul! Saul! Why are you persecuting me?'

After I had come back to Jerusalem, one day while I was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance,

They listened to him until he said this, and then all at once they shouted, "Away with such a fellow from the earth! He is certainly not fit to live!"

and on the road at noon, your Majesty, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, flash around me and my fellow-travelers.

We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say to me in Hebrew, 'Saul! Saul! Why do you continue to persecute me? It is hurting you to keep on kicking against the goad.'

but the colonel wanted to save Paul, and so he prevented them from carrying out this plan, and ordered all who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land, and the rest to follow,