So then,thosewho had receivedhis wordwere baptized;and that daythere were addedaboutthree thousandsouls.
Your peoplewill volunteerfreelyin the dayof Your power;In holyarray,from the wombof the dawn,Your youthare to You [as] the dew.
"Truly,truly,I sayto you, he who believesin Me, the worksthat I do,he will doalso;and greater[works] than thesehe will do;becauseI goto the Father.
SimonPeterwentup and drewthe netto land,fullof largefish,a hundredand fifty-three;and although there were so many,the netwas not torn.
At thistimePeterstoodup in the midstof the brethren(a gatheringof aboutone hundredand twentypersonswas there together),and said,
When the Gentilesheardthis, they [began] rejoicingand glorifyingthe wordof the Lord;and as manyas had beenappointedto eternallifebelieved.
Nowwhen they heard[this], they were piercedto the heart,and saidto Peterand the restof the apostles,"Brethren,whatshall we do?"
praisingGodand havingfavorwith allthe people.And the Lordwas addingto their numberday by daythosewho were being saved.
Allof us in the shipwere two hundredand seventy-sixpersons.
And it will be that everysoulthat does not heedthat prophetshall be utterly destroyedfrom amongthe people.'
But manyof thosewho had heardthe messagebelieved;and the numberof the mencameto be aboutfivethousand.
"ThenJosephsent[word] and invitedJacobhis fatherand allhis relativesto come to him, seventy-fivepersons[in all].
Everypersonis to be in subjectionto the governingauthorities.For there is noauthorityexceptfrom God,and thosewhich existare establishedby God.
You alsobecameimitatorsof us and of the Lord,having receivedthe wordin muchtribulationwith the joyof the HolySpirit,
who oncewere disobedient,whenthe patienceof Godkept waitingin the daysof Noah,during the constructionof the ark,in whicha few,that is, eightpersons,were brought safelythrough[the] water.
The second[angel] pouredout his bowlinto the sea,and it becamebloodlike[that] of a dead man;and everylivingthingin the seadied.
