because John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit a few days from now."

But you'll receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you, and you'll be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."

But others kept saying in derision, "They're drunk on sweet wine!"

But God raised him up and put an end to suffering of death, since it was impossible for him to be held by it,

After all, David did not go up to heaven, but he said, "The Lord told my Lord, "Sit at my right hand,

However, Peter said, "I don't have any silver or gold, but I'll give you what I do have. In the name of Jesus the Messiah from Nazareth, walk!"

But many of those who heard their message believed, and the men grew to number about 5,000.

you and all the people of Israel must understand that this man stands healthy before you because of the name of Jesus from Nazareth, whom you crucified, but whom God raised from the dead.

But to keep it from spreading any further among the people, let us warn them never again to speak to anyone in this name."

But Peter and John answered them, "You must decide whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than God,

But then a man named Ananias, with the consent of his wife Sapphira, sold some property.

As long as it remained unsold, wasn't it your own? And after it was sold, wasn't the money at your disposal? So how could you have thought of doing what you did? You didn't lie only to men, but also to God!"

But at night the angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and led them out. The angel told them,

"We found the prison securely locked and the guards standing at the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside."

But Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men!

But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the Law who was respected by all the people, stood up in the Council and ordered the men to be taken outside for a little while.

But some men who belonged to the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), as well as some Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and men from Cilicia and Asia, stood up and began to debate with Stephen.

But they could neither refute the wisdom nor withstand the Spirit by which he kept speaking.

"But I will punish the nation they serve,' said God, "and afterwards they will leave and worship me in this place.'

"But a famine spread throughout Egypt and Canaan, and with it great suffering, and our ancestors couldn't find any food.

But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our ancestors on their first trip.

He supposed that his brothers would understand that God was using him to rescue them, but they didn't understand.

"But the man who was harming his neighbor pushed Moses away and said, "Who made you ruler and judge over us?

but our ancestors refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and wished to return to Egypt.

but it was Solomon who built a house for him.

But Stephen, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked straight into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.

But they shouted out loud, stopped listening, and together they all rushed at him,

But Saul kept trying to destroy the church. Going into one house after another, he began dragging off men and women and throwing them in prison.

But when Philip proclaimed the good news about the kingdom of God and about the name of Jesus the Messiah, men and women believed and were baptized.

But Peter told him, "May your money perish with you, because you thought you could obtain God's free gift with money!

But Philip found himself at Azotus. As he was passing through that region, he kept proclaiming the good news in all the towns until he came to Caesarea.

Meanwhile, the men who were traveling with Saul were standing speechless, for they heard the voice but didn't see anyone.

But Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard many people tell how much evil this man has done to your saints in Jerusalem.

But the Lord told him, "Go, because he's my chosen instrument to carry my name to unbelievers, to their kings, and to the descendants of Israel.

But Saul grew more and more persuasive, and continued to confound the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that this man was the Messiah.

but their plot became known to him. They were even watching the gates day and night to murder him,

but his disciples took him one night and let him down through the city wall by lowering him in a basket.

When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples, but they all were afraid of him because they wouldn't believe he was a disciple.

He kept talking and arguing with the Hellenistic Jews, but they were bent on murdering him.

But Peter said, "Absolutely not, Lord, for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean!"

But Peter made him get up, saying, "Stand up! I, too, am only a man."

He told them, "You understand how wrong it is for a Jew to associate or visit with unbelievers. But God has shown me that I should stop calling anyone common or unclean,

"They hung him on a tree and killed him, but God raised him on the third day and allowed him to appear

not to all the people, but to us who were chosen by God to be witnesses and who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.

But when Peter went up to Jerusalem, those who emphasized circumcision disagreed with him.

But I replied, "Absolutely not, Lord, for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth!'

Then I remembered what the Lord had said: "John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.'

But among them were some men from Cyprus and Cyrene, who came to Antioch and began proclaiming the Lord Jesus even to the Hellenistic Jews.

So Peter was kept in prison, but earnest prayer to God for him was being offered by the assembly.

On recognizing Peter's voice, she was so overjoyed that she didn't open the gate but ran back inside and announced that Peter was standing at the gate.

The other people told her, "You're out of your mind!" But she kept insisting that it was so. Then they said, "It's his angel."

Herod searched for him but didn't find him, so he questioned the guards and ordered them to be executed. Then he left Judea, went down to Caesarea, and stayed there for a while.

But the word of God continued to grow and spread.

But Elymas the occult practitioner (that is the meaning of his name) continued to oppose them and tried to turn the proconsul away from the faith.

But Saul, also known as Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked him straight in the eye

When John was finishing his work, he said, "Who do you think I am? I'm not the Messiah. No, but he is coming after me, and I'm not worthy to untie the sandals on his feet.'

But God raised him from the dead,

But when the Jewish leaders saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began to object to the statements made by Paul and even to abuse him.

Then Paul and Barnabas boldly declared, "We had to speak God's word to you first, but since you reject it and consider yourselves unworthy of eternal life, we are now going to turn to the gentiles.

But the Jewish leaders stirred up devout women of high social standing and the officials in the city, started a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their territory.

But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.

But the people of the city were divided. Some were with the Jews, while others were with the apostles.

But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting,

But some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds by persuasion. They stoned Paul and dragged him out of the town, thinking he was dead.

But the disciples formed a circle around him, and he got up and went back to town. The next day, he went on with Barnabas to Derbe.

But some believers from the party of the Pharisees stood up and said, "The gentiles must be circumcised and ordered to keep the Law of Moses."

For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to place on you any burden but these essential requirements:

but Paul did not think it was right to take along the man who had deserted them in Pamphylia and who had not gone with them into the work.

They went as far as Mysia and tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them,

But Paul shouted in a loud voice, "Don't hurt yourself, because we are all here!"

But Paul told the guards, "The magistrates have had us beaten publicly without a trial and have thrown us into jail, even though we are Roman citizens. Now are they going to throw us out secretly? Certainly not! Have them come and escort us out."

But the Jewish leaders became jealous, and they took some contemptible characters who used to hang out in the public square, formed a mob, and started a riot in the city. They attacked Jason's home and searched it for Paul and Silas in order to bring them out to the people.

but after they had gotten a bond from Jason and the others, they let them go.

But when the Jewish leaders in Thessalonica found out that the word of God had been proclaimed by Paul also in Berea, they went there to upset and incite the crowds.

Then the brothers immediately sent Paul away to the coast, but Silas and Timothy stayed there.

But when Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself entirely to the word as he emphatically assured the Jews that Jesus is the Messiah.

But when they began to oppose him and insult him, he shook out his clothes in protest and told them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the gentiles."

But since it is a question about words, names, and your own Law, you will have to take care of that yourselves. I refuse to be a judge in these matters."

Then all of them took Sosthenes, the synagogue leader, and began beating him in front of the judge's seat. But Gallio paid no attention to any of this.

They asked him to stay longer, but he refused.

He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him home and explained God's way to him more accurately.

But when some people became stubborn, refused to believe, and slandered the Way in front of the people, Paul left them, taking his disciples away with him, and held daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.

But the evil spirit told them, "Jesus I know, and I am getting acquainted with Paul, but who are you?"

You also see and hear that, not only in Ephesus, but almost all over Asia, this man Paul has won over and taken away a large crowd by telling them that gods made by human hands are not gods at all.

There is a danger not only that our business will lose its reputation but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be brought into disrepute and that she will be robbed of her majesty that brought all Asia and the world to worship her."

Paul wanted to go into the crowd, but the disciples wouldn't let him.

But when they found out that he was a Jew, they all started to shout in unison for about two hours, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"

But if you want anything else, it must be settled in the regular assembly,

But Paul went down, bent over him, took him into his arms, and said, "Stop being alarmed, because he's still alive."

But I don't place any value on my life, if only I can finish my race and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus of testifying to the gospel of God's grace.

but when our time there came to an end, we left and proceeded on our journey. All of them accompanied us with their wives and children out of the city. We knelt on the beach, prayed,

At this Paul replied, "What do you mean by crying and breaking my heart? I'm ready not only to be tied up in Jerusalem but even to die for the name of the Lord Jesus!"

But they have been told about you that you teach all the Jews living among the gentiles to forsake the Law of Moses, and that you tell them not to circumcise their children or observe the customs.

Take these men, go through the purification ceremony with them, and pay their expenses to shave their heads. Then everyone will know that there is nothing in what they have been told about you, but that you are carefully observing and keeping the Law.

"I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia but raised in this city and educated at the feet of Gamaliel in the strict ways of our ancestral Law. I am as zealous for God as all of you are today.

"But while I was on my way and approaching Damascus about noon, a bright light from heaven suddenly flashed around me.

"He told me, "I'm Jesus from Nazareth, whom you are persecuting.' The men who were with me saw the light but didn't understand the voice of the one who was speaking to me.

Up to this point they listened to him, but then they began to shout, "Away with such a fellow from the earth! He's not fit to go on living!"

But when they had tied him up with the straps, Paul asked the centurion who was standing there, "Is it legal for you to whip a Roman citizen who hasn't been condemned?"

Paul said, "But I was born a citizen." Immediately those who were about to examine him stepped back, and the tribune was afraid when he found out that Paul was a Roman citizen and that he had tied him up.