When the members of the Council heard this, they were so furious that they wanted to have the apostles put to death.

As the members of the Council listened to Stephen, they became furious and ground their teeth at him in anger.

Some will escape to the mountains like doves frightened from the valleys. All of them will moan over their sins.

"I will fill the descendants of David and the other people of Jerusalem with the spirit of mercy and the spirit of prayer. They will look at the one whom they stabbed to death, and they will mourn for him like those who mourn for an only child. They will mourn bitterly, like those who have lost their first-born son.

The people asked him, "What are we to do, then?"

When they heard this, they all left, one by one, the older ones first. Jesus was left alone, with the woman still standing there.

And when he comes, he will prove to the people of the world that they are wrong about sin and about what is right and about God's judgment.

they are wrong about what is right, because I am going to the Father and you will not see me any more;

I myself was once alive apart from law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life,

But if everyone is proclaiming God's message when some unbelievers or ordinary people come in, they will be convinced of their sin by what they hear. They will be judged by all they hear,

their secret thoughts will be brought into the open, and they will bow down and worship God, confessing, "Truly God is here among you!"

The word of God is alive and active, sharper than any double-edged sword. It cuts all the way through, to where soul and spirit meet, to where joints and marrow come together. It judges the desires and thoughts of the heart.

There is nothing that can be hid from God; everything in all creation is exposed and lies open before his eyes. And it is to him that we must all give an account of ourselves.

"My friends," he said, "the scripture had to come true in which the Holy Spirit, speaking through David, made a prediction about Judas, who was the guide for those who arrested Jesus.

"Who are you, Lord?" he asked. "I am Jesus, whom you persecute," the voice said.

"But get up and go into the city, where you will be told what you must do."

The jailer called for a light, rushed in, and fell trembling at the feet of Paul and Silas.

They answered, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved---you and your family."

I asked, 'What shall I do, Lord?' and the Lord said to me, 'Get up and go into Damascus, and there you will be told everything that God has determined for you to do.'

But as Paul went on discussing about goodness, self-control, and the coming Day of Judgment, Felix was afraid and said, "You may leave now. I will call you again when I get the chance."

At the same time he was hoping that Paul would give him some money; and for this reason he would call for him often and talk with him.