But to keep this matter from spreading any further among the people, let us warn them to speak no more to anyone in this name."

The group of those who believed were of one heart and mind, and no one said that any of his possessions was his own, but everything was held in common.

He did not give any of it to him for an inheritance, not even a foot of ground, yet God promised to give it to him as his possession, and to his descendants after him, even though Abraham as yet had no child.

(For the Spirit had not yet come upon any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)

Now when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him any more, but went on his way rejoicing.

and requested letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way, either men or women, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

Therefore when you sent for me, I came without any objection. Now may I ask why you sent for me?"

After the reading from the law and the prophets, the leaders of the synagogue sent them a message, saying, "Brothers, if you have any message of exhortation for the people, speak it."

For it seemed best to the Holy Spirit and to us not to place any greater burden on you than these necessary rules:

So they all seized Sosthenes, the president of the synagogue, and began to beat him in front of the judgment seat. Yet none of these things were of any concern to Gallio.

But so that I may not delay you any further, I beg you to hear us briefly with your customary graciousness.

He ordered the centurion to guard Paul, but to let him have some freedom, and not to prevent any of his friends from meeting his needs.

When his accusers stood up, they did not charge him with any of the evil deeds I had suspected.

Then Festus said, "King Agrippa, and all you who are present here with us, you see this man about whom the entire Jewish populace petitioned me both in Jerusalem and here, shouting loudly that he ought not to live any longer.

For the king knows about these things, and I am speaking freely to him, because I cannot believe that any of these things has escaped his notice, for this was not done in a corner.

We sailed slowly for many days and arrived with difficulty off Cnidus. Because the wind prevented us from going any farther, we sailed under the lee of Crete off Salmone.

They replied, "We have received no letters from Judea about you, nor have any of the brothers come from there and reported or said anything bad about you.