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Once safely on shore, we found out that the island was called Malta.
They had Peter and John brought before them and began to question them: "By what power or what name did you do this?"
After further threats they let them go. They could not decide how to punish them, because all the people were praising God for what had happened.
They seized Peter and John and, because it was evening, they put them in jail until the next day.
Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved."
But to stop this thing from spreading any further among the people, we must warn them to speak no longer to anyone in this name."
" 'Prepare chains! For the land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of violence.
The heavens receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.
Like cages full of birds, their houses are full of deceit; they have become rich and powerful
When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus.
But since they could see the man who had been healed standing there with them, there was nothing they could say.
"What are we going to do with these men?" they asked. "Everyone living in Jerusalem knows they have performed a notable sign, and we cannot deny it.
then know this, you and all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed.
Remember those earlier days after you had received the light, when you endured in a great conflict full of suffering.
As we passed to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were hardly able to make the lifeboat secure,
There was an estate nearby that belonged to Publius, the chief official of the island. He welcomed us to his home and showed us generous hospitality for three days.
I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.
They traveled through the whole island until they came to Paphos. There they met a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet named Bar-Jesus,
A copy of the text of the edict was to be issued as law in every province and made known to the people of every nationality so that the Jews would be ready on that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.