And when this sound occurred, the crowd came together, and were bewildered because each one of them was hearing them speak in his own language.

Because You will not abandon my soul to Hades,
Nor allow Your Holy One to undergo decay.

And so, because he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one of his descendants on his throne,

being greatly disturbed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

When they had threatened them further, they let them go (finding no basis on which to punish them) on account of the people, because they were all glorifying God for what had happened;

Now at this time while the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint arose on the part of the Hellenistic Jews against the native Hebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily serving of food.

And they were giving him attention because he had for a long time astonished them with his magic arts.

But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!

All the circumcised believers who came with Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles also.

So then those who were scattered because of the persecution that occurred in connection with Stephen made their way to Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except to Jews alone.

When she recognized Peter’s voice, because of her joy she did not open the gate, but ran in and announced that Peter was standing in front of the gate.

Now he was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; and with one accord they came to him, and having won over Blastus the king’s chamberlain, they were asking for peace, because their country was fed by the king’s country.

And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and died.

And they began calling Barnabas, Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.

When they had read it, they rejoiced because of its encouragement.

Paul wanted this man to go with him; and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

And also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him. Some were saying, “What would this idle babbler wish to say?” Others, “He seems to be a proclaimer of strange deities,”—because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection.

because He has fixed a day in which He will judge the world in righteousness through a Man whom He has appointed, having furnished proof to all men by raising Him from the dead.”

And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, having recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. He came to them,

and because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them and they were working, for by trade they were tent-makers.

But among the crowd some were shouting one thing and some another, and when he could not find out the facts because of the uproar, he ordered him to be brought into the barracks.

When he got to the stairs, he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob;

But since I could not see because of the brightness of that light, I was led by the hand by those who were with me and came into Damascus.

and I saw Him saying to me, ‘Make haste, and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about Me.’

Therefore those who were about to examine him immediately let go of him; and the commander also was afraid when he found out that he was a Roman, and because he had put him in chains.

especially because you are an expert in all customs and questions among the Jews; therefore I beg you to listen to me patiently.

From there we put out to sea and sailed under the shelter of Cyprus because the winds were contrary.

Because the harbor was not suitable for wintering, the majority reached a decision to put out to sea from there, if somehow they could reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete, facing southwest and northwest, and spend the winter there.

The natives showed us extraordinary kindness; for because of the rain that had set in and because of the cold, they kindled a fire and received us all.

But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened itself on his hand.

And when they had examined me, they were willing to release me because there was no ground for putting me to death.