The members of the Council were amazed to see how bold Peter and John were and to learn that they were ordinary men of no education. They realized then that they had been companions of Jesus.

The apostles in Jerusalem heard that the people of Samaria had received the word of God, so they sent Peter and John to them.

Six days later Jesus took with him Peter and the brothers James and John and led them up a high mountain where they were alone.

He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee. Grief and anguish came over him,

One of the disciples, the one whom Jesus loved, was sitting next to Jesus.

So that disciple moved closer to Jesus' side and asked, "Who is it, Lord?"

She went running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and told them, "They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don't know where they have put him!"

The two of them were running, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and reached the tomb first.

Behind him came Simon Peter, and he went straight into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying there

Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in; he saw and believed.

The disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" When Peter heard that it was the Lord, he wrapped his outer garment around him (for he had taken his clothes off ) and jumped into the water.

I am telling you the truth: when you were young, you used to get ready and go anywhere you wanted to; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands and someone else will tie you up and take you where you don't want to go."

Peter turned around and saw behind him that other disciple, whom Jesus loved---the one who had leaned close to Jesus at the meal and had asked, "Lord, who is going to betray you?"

Jesus answered him, "If I want him to live until I come, what is that to you? Follow me!"

James, Peter, and John, who seemed to be the leaders, recognized that God had given me this special task; so they shook hands with Barnabas and me, as a sign that we were all partners. We agreed that Barnabas and I would work among the Gentiles and they among the Jews.

Day after day they met as a group in the Temple, and they had their meals together in their homes, eating with glad and humble hearts,

Then a man came in and said to them, "Listen! The men you put in prison are in the Temple teaching the people!"

and spent all their time in the Temple giving thanks to God.

It was about three o'clock one afternoon when he had a vision, in which he clearly saw an angel of God come in and say to him, "Cornelius!"

Cornelius said, "It was about this time three days ago that I was praying in my house at three o'clock in the afternoon. Suddenly a man dressed in shining clothes stood in front of me

Sacrifice one of the lambs in the morning and the other in the evening.

Offer the first lamb in the morning, and the second in the evening,

At the hour of the afternoon sacrifice the prophet Elijah approached the altar and prayed, "O LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, prove now that you are the God of Israel and that I am your servant and have done all this at your command.

Morning, noon, and night my complaints and groans go up to him, and he will hear my voice.

When Daniel learned that the order had been signed, he went home. In an upstairs room of his house there were windows that faced toward Jerusalem. There, just as he had always done, he knelt down at the open windows and prayed to God three times a day.

While I was praying, Gabriel, whom I had seen in the earlier vision, came flying down to where I was. It was the time for the evening sacrifice to be offered.

while the crowd of people outside prayed during the hour when the incense was burned.

It was about twelve o'clock when the sun stopped shining and darkness covered the whole country until three o'clock; and the curtain hanging in the Temple was torn in two.

Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Father! In your hands I place my spirit!" He said this and died.