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The people saw the apostles perform many miracles and do amazing things. The believers had a common faith in Jesus as they met on Solomon's Porch.
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None of the other people dared to join them, although everyone spoke highly of them.
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More men and women than ever began to believe in the Lord.
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As a result, people carried their sick into the streets. They placed them on stretchers and cots so that at least Peter's shadow might fall on some sick people as he went by.
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Crowds from the cities around Jerusalem would gather. They would bring their sick and those who were troubled by evil spirits, and each person was cured.
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The chief priest and the whole party of the Sadducees who were with him were extremely jealous. So they took action
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by arresting the apostles and putting them in the city jail.
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But at night an angel from the Lord opened the doors to their cell and led them out of the prison.
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The angel told them, "Stand in the temple courtyard, and tell the people everything about life [in Christ]."
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Early in the morning, after they had listened to the angel, the apostles went into the temple courtyard and began to teach. The chief priest and those who were with him called together the Jewish council, that is, all the leaders of Israel. They also sent men to the prison to get the apostles.
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When the temple guards arrived at the prison, they didn't find the apostles. The guards came back and reported,