Acts 5:6-22

⁶And the young men rising up, removed him, and carrying him out, buried him.

⁷And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what had happened, came in.

⁸And Peter said to her: Tell me, woman, whether you sold the land for so much? And she said: Yea, for so much.

⁹And Peter said unto her: Why have you agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Behold the feet of them who have buried thy husband are at the door, and they shall carry thee out.

¹⁰Immediately she fell down before his feet, and gave up the ghost. And the young men coming in, found her dead: and carried her out, and buried her by her husband.

¹¹And there came great fear upon the whole church, and upon all that heard these things.

¹²And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people. And they were all with one accord in Solomon’s porch.

¹³But of the rest no man durst join himself unto them; but the people magnified them.

¹⁴And the multitude of men and women who believed in the Lord, was more increased:

¹⁵Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that when Peter came, his shadow at the least, might overshadow any of them, and they might be delivered from their infirmities.

¹⁶And there came also together to Jerusalem a multitude out of the neighboring cities, bringing sick persons, and such as were troubled with unclean spirits; who were all healed.

¹⁷Then the high priest rising up, and all they that were with him, (which is the heresy of the Sadducees,) were filled with envy.

¹⁸And they laid hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.

¹⁹But an angel of the Lord by night opening the doors of the prison, and leading them out, said:

²⁰Go, and standing speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.

²¹Who having heard this, early in the morning, entered into the temple, and taught. And the high priest coming, and they that were with him, called together the council, and all the ancients of the children of Israel; and they sent to the prison to have them brought.

²²But when the ministers came, and opening the prison, found them not there, they returned and told,