Apostolic Signs and Wonders
12 Many signs and wonders were being done among the people through the hands of the apostles. By common consent they would all meet in Solomon's Colonnade.
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None of the rest dared to join them, but the people praised them highly.
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Believers were added to the Lord in increasing numbers-crowds of both men and women.
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As a result, they would carry the sick out into the streets and lay them on beds and pallets so that when Peter came by, at least his shadow might fall on some of them.
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In addition, a multitude came together from the towns surrounding Jerusalem, bringing sick people and those who were tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all healed.
In and Out of Prison
17 Then the high priest took action. He and all his colleagues, those who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy.
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So they arrested the apostles and put them in the city jail.
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But an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail during the night, brought them out, and said,
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"Go and stand in the temple complex, and tell the people all about this life."
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In obedience to this, they entered the temple complex at daybreak and began to teach. When the high priest and those who were with him arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin-the full Senate of the sons of Israel-and sent [orders] to the jail to have them brought.
The Apostles on Trial Again
22 But when the temple police got there, they did not find them in the jail, so they returned and reported,