Hi, and welcome to
His Words Are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer, and today
we'll be reading from the book,
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Acts of the Apostles,
from the King James version.
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But before we read, let's go to
God and ask Him to be with us,
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to bless us, and
to guide our hearts.
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Dear Heavenly Father, thank
You for the Bible that we have;
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that we have the freedom to read
it still, and that we can take
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these words into our lives.
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We ask You to make them bear
fruit to Your honor and to Your
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glory, for we love You so much.
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Thank You again for
these precious, precious words.
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Amen.
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I'll be reading today from
the Acts of the Apostles in the
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King James Version.
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And when we were last together
the disciples had been gathered
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in the upper
room and were praying.
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And as they prayed the Holy
Spirit descended on them and
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each of them began to
speak in a different language.
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At that time in Jerusalem there
were visitors from every nation
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in the world, and they all
heard the gospel being preached
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in their own tongue.
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I'm picking up in
verse 7, and it says:
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And they were all amazed and
marveled, saying one to another,
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Behold, are not all
these which speak Galileans?
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And how hear we every
man in our own tongue,
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wherein we were born?
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Parthians, and Medes, and
Elamites, and the dwellers in
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Mesopotamia, and in Judea, and
Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,
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Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in
Egypt, and in the parts of Libya
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about Cyrene, and strangers
of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
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Cretes and Arabians, we do
hear them speak in our tongues
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the wonderful works of God.
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And they were all amazed,
and were in doubt, saying one
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to another, What meaneth this?
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Others mocking said,
These men are full of new wine.
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But Peter, standing up with
the eleven, lifted up his voice,
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and said unto them, Ye men of
Judea, and all ye that dwell at
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Jerusalem, be this known unto
you, and harken to my words:
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for these are not drunken, as
ye suppose, seeing it is but the
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third hour of the day.
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But this is that which was
spoken by the prophet Joel;
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And it shall come to pass
in the last days, saith God,
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I will pour out of my Spirit
upon all flesh: and your sons
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and your daughters shall
prophesy, and your young men
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shall see visions, and
your old men shall dream dreams:
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and on my servants and on
my handmaidens I will pour out
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in those days of my
Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
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and I will show wonders in
heaven above, and signs in the
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earth beneath; blood,
and fire, and vapor of smoke:
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the sun shall be turned
into darkness, and the moon into
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blood, before that great and
notable day of the Lord come:
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and it shall come to pass, that
whosoever shall call on the name
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of the Lord shall be saved.
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Ye men of Israel, hear these
words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man
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approved of God among you by
miracles and wonders and signs,
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which God did by him in the
midst of you, as ye yourselves
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also know: him being delivered
by the determinate counsel and
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foreknowledge of God, ye have
taken, and by wicked hands have
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crucified and slain: whom God
hath raised up, having loosed
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the pains of death: because it
was not possible that he should
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behold of it.
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For David speaketh concerning
him, I forsaw the Lord always
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before my face; for he is on my
right hand, that I should not be
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moved: therefore did my heart
rejoice, and my tongue was glad;
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moreover also my flesh shall
rest in hope: because thou wilt
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not leave my soul in hell,
neither wilt thou suffer thine
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Holy One to see corruption.
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Thou hast made known to me the
ways of life; thou shalt make me
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full of joy
with thy countenance.
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Men and brethren, let me freely
speak unto you of the patriarch
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David, that he is both dead
and buried, and his sepulcher is
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with us unto this day.
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Therefore being a prophet,
and knowing that God had sworn
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with an oath to him, that of the
fruit of his loins, according to
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the flesh, he would raise
up Christ to sit on his throne;
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he, seeing this before, spake
of the resurrection of Christ,
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that his soul was not left
in hell, neither his flesh did
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see corruption.
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This Jesus hath God raised up,
whereof we all are witnesses.
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Therefore being by the right
hand of God exalted, and having
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received of the Father
the promise of the Holy Ghost,
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he hath shed forth this,
which ye now see and hear.
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For David is not ascended
into the heavens: but he saith
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himself, The Lord said unto my
Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
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until I make thy
foes thy footstool.
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Therefore let all the house of
Israel know assuredly, that God
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hath made that same
Jesus, whom ye have crucified,
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both Lord and Christ.
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Now when they heard this, they
were pricked in their heart,
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and said unto Peter and
to the rest of the apostles,
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Men and
brethren, what shall we do?
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Then Peter said unto
them, Repent, and be baptized
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every one of you in the name of
Jesus Christ for the remission
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of sins, and ye shall receive
the gift of the Holy Ghost.
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For the promise is unto you,
and to your children, and to all
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that are afar off, even as many
as the Lord our God shall call.
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And with many other words did
he testify and exhort, saying,
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Save yourselves from
this untoward generation.
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Then they that gladly
received his word were baptized:
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and the same day there
were added unto them about
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three thousand souls.
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And they continued steadfastly
in the apostles' doctrine and
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fellowship, and in breaking
of bread, and in prayers.
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And fear came upon every soul:
and many wonders and signs were
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done by the apostles.
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And all that believed were
together, and had all things
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common; and sold
their possessions and goods,
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and parted them to all
men, as every man had need.
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And they, continuing daily
with one accord in the temple,
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and breaking bread from house to
house, did eat their meat with
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gladness and singleness of
heart, praising God, and having
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favor with all the people.
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And the Lord added to the church
daily such as should be saved.
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(We're reading from the
King James Version in the
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Acts of the
Apostles, Chapter 3.)
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Now Peter and John went up
together into the temple at the
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hour of prayer,
being the ninth hour.
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And a certain man lame from
his mother's womb was carried,
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whom they laid daily at the gate
of the temple which is called
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Beautiful, to ask alms of them
that entered into the temple;
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who, seeing Peter and John
about to go into the temple,
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asked an alms.
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And Peter, fastening his
eyes upon him with John, said,
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Look on us.
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And he gave heed unto
them, expecting to receive
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something of them.
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Then Peter said, Silver and gold
have I none; but such as I have
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give I thee: in the name
of Jesus Christ of Nazareth
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rise up and walk.
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And he took him by the
right hand, and lifted him up:
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and immediately his feet and
ankle bones received strength.
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And he leaping up stood, and
walked, and entered with them
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into the temple, walking,
and leaping, and praising God.
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And all the people saw
him walking and praising God:
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and they knew that it was
he which sat for alms at the
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Beautiful gate of the temple:
and they were filled with wonder
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and amazement at that
which had happened unto him.
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And as the lame man which
was healed held Peter and John,
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all the people ran together unto
them in the porch that is called
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Solomon's, greatly wondering.
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And when Peter saw it,
he answered unto the people,
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Ye men of Israel, why marvel
ye at this? or why look ye so
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earnestly on us, as though by
our own power or holiness we had
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made this man to walk?
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The God of Abraham, and of
Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of
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our fathers, hath glorified his
Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up,
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and denied him in the
presence of Pilate, when he was
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determined to let him go.
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But ye denied the Holy One and
the Just, and desired a murderer
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to be granted unto you;
and killed the Prince of life,
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whom God hath raised from the
dead; whereof we are witnesses.
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And his name, through faith
in his name, hath made this man
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strong, whom ye see and know:
yea, the faith which is by him
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hath given him this perfect
soundness in the presence
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of you all.
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And now, brethren, I wot that
through ignorance ye did it,
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as did also your rulers.
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But those things, which God
before had showed by the mouth
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of all his prophets,
that Christ should suffer,
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he hath so fulfilled.
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Repent ye therefore, and be
converted, that your sins may be
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blotted out, when the times of
refreshing shall come from the
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presence of the Lord; and
he shall send Jesus Christ,
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which before was preached
unto you: whom the heaven must
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receive until the times
of restitution of all things,
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which God hath spoken by the
mouth of all his holy prophets
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since the world began.
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For Moses truly said unto
the fathers, A Prophet shall the
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Lord your God raise up unto you
of your brethren, like unto me;
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him shall ye hear in all
things whatsoever he shall
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say unto you.
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And it shall come to pass, that
every soul, which will not hear
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that Prophet, shall be
destroyed from among the people.
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Yea, and all the prophets from
Samuel and those that follow
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after, as many as have
spoken, have likewise foretold
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of these days.
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Ye are the children of the
prophets, and of the covenant
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which God made with our fathers,
saying unto Abraham, And in thy
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seed shall all the kindreds
of the earth be blessed.
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Unto you first God,
having raised up his Son Jesus,
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sent him to bless you, in
turning away every one of you
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from his iniquities.
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(Continuing with
Chapter 4 of the book, the Acts
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of the Apostles.)
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And as they spake unto the
people, the priests, and the
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captain of the temple, and
the Sadducees, came upon them,
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Being grieved that they taught
the people, and preached through
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Jesus the
resurrection from the dead.
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And they laid hands on them, and
put them in hold unto the next
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day: for it was now eventide.
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Howbeit many of them
which heard the word believed;
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and the number of the
men was about five thousand.
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And it came to pass on
the morrow, that their rulers,
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and elders, and scribes,
and Annas the high priest,
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and Caiaphas, and John, and
Alexander, and as many as were
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of the kindred of the high
priest, were gathered together
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at Jerusalem.
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And when they had set them in
the midst, they asked, By what
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power, or by what
name, have ye done this?
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Then Peter, filled with the Holy
Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers
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of the people, and elders
of Israel, if we this day be
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examined of the good deed done
to the impotent man, by what
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means he is made whole; be it
known unto you all, and to all
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the people of Israel, that
by the name of Jesus Christ of
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Nazareth, whom ye crucified,
whom God raised from the dead,
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even by him doth this man
stand here before you whole.
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This is the stone which was
set at nought of you builders,
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which is become
the head of the corner.
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Neither is there salvation
in any other: for there is none
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other name under heaven
given among men, whereby we
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must be saved.
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Now when they saw the boldness
of Peter and John, and perceived
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that they were unlearned
and ignorant men, they marveled;
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and they took knowledge of them,
that they had been with Jesus.
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And beholding the man which
was healed standing with them,
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they could say
nothing against it.
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But when they had commanded
them to go aside out of the
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council, they conferred among
themselves, saying, What shall
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we do to these men? for that
indeed a notable miracle hath
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been done by them is manifest
to all them that dwell in
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Jerusalem; and
we cannot deny it.
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But that it spread no
further among the people, let us
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straitly threaten them, that
they speak henceforth to no man
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in this name.
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And they called them, and
commanded them not to speak
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at all nor teach
in the name of Jesus.
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But Peter and John answered and
said unto them, Whether it be
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right in the sight of God to
hearken unto you more than unto
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God, judge ye.
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For we cannot but speak
the things which we have
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seen and heard.
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So when they had further
threatened them, they let them
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go, finding nothing how they
might punish them, because of
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the people: for all
men glorified God for that
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which was done.
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For the man was above forty
years old, on whom this miracle
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of healing was showed.
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And being let go, they went to
their own company, and reported
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all that the chief priests
and elders had said unto them.
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And when they heard that, they
lifted up their voice to God
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with one accord, and said, Lord,
thou art God, which hast made
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heaven, and earth, and the sea,
and all that in them is: who by
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the mouth of thy servant David
hast said, Why did the heathen
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rage, and the
people imagine vain things?
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The kings of the earth stood
up, and the rulers were gathered
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together against the
Lord, and against his Christ.
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