Peter began to explain to them step by step,

彼得就开口把这事挨次给他们讲解说：

彼得就开始把这事逐一向他们解释，说：

彼得就开始把这事逐一向他们解释，说：

彼得就把事情的经过一一向他们解释，说：

彼得就按着次序向他们讲解，说：

彼得就开始按着次序向他们讲解，说：

彼得就開口把這事挨次給他們講解說：

彼得就開始把這事逐一向他們解釋，說：

彼得就開始把這事逐一向他們解釋，說：

彼得就把事情的經過一一向他們解釋，說：

彼得就按著次序向他們講解，說：

彼得開始按着次序對他們敘陳說：

彼得就開始按著次序向他們講解，說：

彼得乃依次述其事、曰、

彼得述其事、曰、

彼得遂以此事、自始至終、按次第述之曰、

伯鐸祿即縷述其事之原委曰：

Starting from the beginning, Peter told them the whole story:

Starting from the beginning, Peter told them the whole story.

But Peter began and explained it to them in order:

Then Peter told them exactly what had happened.

But Peter began and explained at length to them in an orderly sequence, saying,

But Peter explained it to them in order from the beginning, saying:

But Peter began, and expounded the matter unto them in order, saying,

Peter began to explain to them in an orderly sequence, saying:

But Peter rehearsed[ the matter] from the beginning, and expounded[ it] by order unto them, saying,

But Peter began and explained it to them point by point, saying,

But Peter began, and explained to them in order, saying,

So it also seemed good to me, since I have carefully investigated everything from the very first, to write to you in an orderly sequence, most honorable Theophilus,

After they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported everything God had done with them and that he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

The Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh answered the heads of the Israelite clans,“ The Mighty One, God, the LORD! The Mighty One, God, the LORD! He knows, and may Israel also know. Do not spare us today, if it was in rebellion or treachery against the LORDthat we have built for ourselves an altar to turn away from him. May the LORD himself hold us accountable if we intended to offer burnt offerings and grain offerings on it, or to sacrifice fellowship offerings on it.We actually did this from a specific concern that in the future your descendants might say to our descendants,‘ What relationship do you have with the LORD, the God of Israel?For the LORD has made the Jordan a border between us and you descendants of Reuben and Gad. You have no share in the LORD!’ So your descendants may cause our descendants to stop fearing the LORD.“ Therefore we said: Let’s take action and build an altar for ourselves, but not for burnt offering or sacrifice.Instead, it is to be a witness between us and you, and between the generations after us, so that we may carry out the worship of the LORD in his presence with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and fellowship offerings. Then in the future, your descendants will not be able to say to our descendants,‘ You have no share in the LORD!’We thought that if they said this to us or to our generations in the future, we would reply: Look at the replica of the LORD’s altar that our ancestors made, not for burnt offering or sacrifice, but as a witness between us and you.We would never ever rebel against the LORD or turn away from him today by building an altar for burnt offering, grain offering, or sacrifice, other than the altar of the LORD our God, which is in front of his tabernacle.”When the priest Phinehas and the community leaders, the heads of Israel’s clans who were with him, heard what the descendants of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh had to say, they were pleased.Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest said to the descendants of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh,“ Today we know that the LORD is among us, because you have not committed this treachery against him. As a result, you have rescued the Israelites from the LORD’s power.”

A gentle answer turns away anger, but a harsh word stirs up wrath.