Moreover, it says in another place, "They shall look at the man whom they pierced."

So they took Jesus' body, and wrapped it with the spices in bandages, in the Jewish way of preparing bodies for burial.

So because it was the Jewish Preparation day, and the tomb was close by, they put Jesus there.

So she ran away and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple who was dear to Jesus, and said to them, "They have taken the Master out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have put him."

And they both ran, and the other disciple ran faster than Peter and got to the tomb first.

For they did not yet understand the statement of Scripture that he must rise from the dead.

And they said to her, "Why are you weeping?" She said to them, "They have taken my Master away, and I do not know where they have put him."

"Receive the holy Spirit! If you forgive any men's sins, they are forgiven them, and if you fix any men's sins upon them, they will remain fixed."

Simon Peter said to them, "I am going fishing." They said to him, "We will go with you." They went out and got into the boat, and that night they caught nothing.

So Jesus said to them, "Children, have you any fish?" They answered, "No."

"Throw your net in on the right of the boat," he said to them, "and you will find them." They did so, and they could not haul it in for the quantity of fish in it.

The rest of the disciples followed in the boat, for they were not far from land, only about a hundred yards, dragging in the net full of fish.

When they landed they saw a charcoal fire burning, with a fish on it, and some bread.

Jesus said to them, "Come and have breakfast." None of the disciples dared to ask him who he was, for they knew it was the Master.

When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, are you more devoted to me than these others are?" Peter said to him, "Yes, Master, you know that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Then feed my lambs!"

There are many other things that Jesus did, so many in fact that if they were all written out, I do not suppose that the world itself would hold the books that would have to be written.

And while they were gazing after him into the sky, two men dressed in white suddenly stood beside them,

Then they went back to Jerusalem from the hill called the Olive-orchard, which is near Jerusalem, half a mile away.

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.

They were all devoting themselves with one mind to prayer, with the women and Mary, Jesus' mother, and his brothers.

Then they proposed two men, Joseph called Barsabbas, who was known as Justus, and Matthias.

And they prayed, saying, "Lord, you who know all hearts, show us which one of these two you have chosen

Then they drew lots between them, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was added to the eleven apostles.

On the day of the Harvest Festival, they were all meeting together,

when suddenly there came from the sky a sound like a violent blast of wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.

And they saw tongues like flames separating and settling one on the head of each of them,

and they were all filled with the holy Spirit and began to say in foreign languages whatever the Spirit prompted them to utter.

They were perfectly amazed and said in their astonishment, "Are not all these men who are speaking Galileans?

And they were all amazed and bewildered and said to one another, "What can this mean?"

But others said derisively, "They have had too much new wine!"

Even on my slaves, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, And they will become prophets.

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?"

So they welcomed his message and were baptized, and about three thousand people joined them that day.

And they devoted themselves to the teaching and the society of the apostles, the breaking of bread, and prayer.

The believers all shared everything they had with one another,

Day after day they all went regularly to the Temple, they broke their bread together in their homes, and they ate their food with glad and simple hearts,

He looked at them, supposing that they were going to give him something.

and recognized him as the man who used to sit and beg at the Beautiful Gate of the Temple, they were perfectly astonished and amazed at what had happened to him.

As they were talking in this way to the people, the high priests, the commander of the Temple, and the Sadducees came up to them,

greatly disturbed because they were teaching the people and declaring that in the case of Jesus there had been a resurrection from the dead.

They arrested them, and as it was already evening, they shut them up until next morning.

But many of those who had heard what they said believed it, and their number grew to be about five thousand.

They had the apostles brought before them and demanded of them, "By what power or authority have men like you done this?"

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,

and seeing the man who had been cured standing beside them, they had nothing to say.

But they ordered them out of the presence of the council and conferred together.

They said, "What are we to do with these men? For it is plain to everyone in Jerusalem that an extraordinary wonder has been done by them. We cannot deny that.

So they called them in and ordered them not to speak or teach at all about the name of Jesus.

But after further threats they let them go, as they could find no way to punish them, on account of the people, who were all giving honor to God for what had happened,

When they heard it, with one impulse they all raised their voices to God and said, "Master, it was you who made heaven, earth, and sea, and everything that is in them,

For they have assembled here in this city against your holy servant Jesus, whom you had consecrated??erod and Pontius Pilate, with the heathen and the peoples of Israel,

When they had prayed, the place where they were meeting shook, and they were all filled with the holy Spirit, and fearlessly uttered God's message.

There was but one heart and soul in the multitude who had become believers, and not one of them claimed anything that belonged to him as his own, but they shared everything they had with one another.

and put them at the disposal of the apostles; then they were shared with everyone in proportion to his need.

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."

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

They would all meet together in Solomon's Colonnade.

Even from the towns around Jerusalem crowds would come in bringing sick people and those who were troubled with foul spirits, and they were all cured.

and they had the apostles arrested and put in the common jail.

And they obeyed, and about daybreak went into the Temple and began to teach. The high priest and his party came over and called together the council and indeed the whole senate of the Israelites, and sent to the prison to have the apostles brought in.

But the attendants who went for them could not find them in the jail, and they came back and reported,

When the commander of the Temple and the high priests heard this report, they were very much at a loss as to what would come of it.

Then the commander and his men went and brought them back, but without using violence, for they were afraid of being stoned by the people.

So they brought them before the council. The high priest called on them for an explanation.

When they heard this, they were furious, and wanted to kill them.

They were convinced by him, and they called the apostles in and had them flogged, and warned them not to speak about the name of Jesus, and then let them go.

So they went out from before the council, glad that they had been thought worthy to bear disgrace for the sake of Jesus,

and they did not for a single day stop teaching and preaching in the Temple and in private houses the good news of Jesus, the Christ.

This plan met the approval of the whole body, and they selected Stephen, a man full of faith and of the holy Spirit, with Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicholas of Antioch, who had been a convert to Judaism.

They brought these men before the apostles, and they prayed and laid their hands upon them.

but they could not meet his wisdom and the inspiration with which he spoke.

So they instigated people to say, "We have heard him use abusive language about Moses and about God."

They aroused the people, the elders, and the scribes, and they set upon him and seized him, and brought him before the council.

Then they brought forward false witnesses, who said, "This man is constantly saying things against this holy place and against the Law,

Everyone who sat in the council fixed his eyes on him, and they saw that his face was like that of an angel.

This was what God said: 'His descendants will be strangers, living in a foreign land, and they will be enslaved and misused for four hundred years,

and I will sentence the nation that has enslaved them,' God said, 'and afterward they will leave that country and worship me on this spot.'

and they were carried back to Shechem, and laid in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

He took advantage of our people and oppressed our forefathers, making them abandon their infant children, so that they should not live.

He supposed that his brothers would understand that God was using him as the means of delivering them, but they did not.

The Moses whom they had refused, saying to him, 'Who made you our ruler and judge?' God sent both to rule and to deliver them, with the help of the angel who had appeared to him in the bush.

for they said to Aaron, 'Make us gods to march in front of us, for as for this Moses, who brought us out of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him!'

They even made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice to their idol, and held a celebration over what their own hands had made.

This tent was handed down to our forefathers and they brought it here with them when under Joshua they dispossessed the nations that God drove out before them, and it existed until the time of David.

Which of the prophets did your forefathers not persecute? They killed the men who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, whom you have now betrayed and killed??53 you who had the Law given to you by angels, and did not obey it!"

When they heard that, they were enraged and ground their teeth at him.

But they uttered a great shout and stopped their ears, and they rushed upon him all together,

As they stoned Stephen, he prayed, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!"

And Saul entirely approved of his being put to death. A great persecution of the church in Jerusalem broke out that day, and they were all scattered over Judea and Samaria except the apostles.

When the people heard Philip and saw the signs that he showed they were all interested in what he had to say,

They made much of him because for a long time he had amazed them with his magic.

But when they believed Philip's message of the good news of the Kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, men and women alike accepted baptism.

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

When they came, they prayed that the Samaritans might receive the holy Spirit,

for it had not yet come upon any of them; they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the holy Spirit.

After they had given their testimony and delivered the Lord's message, they went back to Jerusalem, telling the good news in many Samaritan villages on the way.

As they went on along the road, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, "Here is some water! What is there to prevent my being baptized?"

When they came out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord hurried Philip away, and the eunuch saw nothing more of him. Full of joy, he went on with his journey,

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