7. After an interval of about three hours, his wife came in, unaware of what had happened.
8. Peter said to her, “Tell me, did you sell the land for this amount?” She answered, “Yes, for that amount.”
9. Then Peter said to her, “Why did you agree to test the Spirit of the Lord? Listen, the footsteps of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.”
10. At once, she fell down at his feet and breathed her last. When the young men entered they found her dead, so they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.
11. And great fear came upon the whole church and upon all who heard of these things.
12. Many signs and wonders were done among the people at the hands of the apostles. They were all together in Solomon’s portico.
13. None of the others dared to join them, but the people esteemed them.
14. Yet more than ever, believers in the Lord, great numbers of men and women, were added to them.
15. Thus they even carried the sick out into the streets and laid them on cots and mats so that when Peter came by, at least his shadow might fall on one or another of them.
16. A large number of people from the towns in the vicinity of Jerusalem also gathered, bringing the sick and those disturbed by unclean spirits, and they were all cured.
17. Then the high priest rose up and all his companions, that is, the party of the Sadducees, and, filled with jealousy,
18. laid hands upon the apostles and put them in the public jail.
19. But during the night, the angel of the Lord opened the doors of the prison, led them out, and said,
20. “Go and take your place in the temple area, and tell the people everything about this life.”
21. When they heard this, they went to the temple early in the morning and taught. When the high priest and his companions arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin, the full senate of the Israelites, and sent to the jail to have them brought in.
22. But the court officers who went did not find them in the prison, so they came back and reported,