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

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:

But Peter began and explained it to them in order:

Then Peter told them exactly what had happened.

Peter began to explain to them step by step,

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,

With this in mind, I myself have carefully looked into everything from the beginning. So I also decided to write down an orderly report of exactly what happened. I am doing this for you, most excellent Theophilus.

When they arrived at Antioch, they gathered the church together. They reported all that God had done through them. They told how he had opened a way for the Gentiles to believe.

Then the tribes of Reuben and Gad and half of the tribe of Manasseh replied. They answered the leaders of the family groups of Israel.They said,“ The Mighty One, God, the Lord! The Mighty One, God, the Lord! He knows! And we want Israel to know! Have we opposed the Lord? Have we refused to obey him? If we have, don’t spare us today.Have we built our own altar so we can turn away from the Lord? Have we built it to offer burnt offerings and grain offerings on it? Have we built it to sacrifice friendship offerings on it? If we have, may the Lord himself hold us accountable.“ No! We built it because we were afraid. Someday your children might speak to our children. We were afraid they might say,‘ What do you have to do with the Lord? What do you have to do with the God of Israel?The Lord has made the Jordan River a border between us and you. You people of Reuben! You people of Gad! You don’t have anything to do with the Lord.’ If your children say that, they might cause our children to stop worshiping the Lord.“ That’s why we said to ourselves,‘ Let’s get ready and build an altar. But let’s not build it to offer burnt offerings or sacrifices on it.’So just the opposite is true. The altar will be a witness between us and you. It will be a witness between our children and yours after us. It will also be a witness that we will worship the Lord at his sacred tent. We’ll worship him there with our burnt offerings, sacrifices and friendship offerings. Then in days to come your children won’t be able to say to ours,‘ You don’t have anything to do with the Lord.’“ So we said to ourselves,‘ Suppose they say that to us sometime. Or suppose they say it to our children after us. Then we’ll answer,“ Look at this altar. It’s exactly like the Lord’ s altar. Our people built it. They didn’t build it to offer burnt offerings and sacrifices on it. Instead, they built it to be a witness between us and you.” ’“ We would never refuse to obey the Lord. We would never turn away from him now. We wouldn’t build an altar to offer burnt offerings, grain offerings and sacrifices on it. We wouldn’t use any altar other than the altar of the Lord our God. That altar stands in front of his holy tent.”Phinehas the priest heard what the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Manasseh had to say. The leaders of the family groups of the community of Israel heard it too. All of them were pleased with what they heard.Phinehas the priest spoke to the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Manasseh. Phinehas was the son of Eleazar. He said,“ Today we know that the Lord is with us. That’s because you have been faithful to him in this matter. Now you have saved the Israelites from the Lord’ s anger against them.”

A gentle answer turns anger away. But mean words stir up anger.