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“Repent,”
And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching,
There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to people, and we must be saved by it.”
When the day of Pentecost had arrived, they were all together in one place.
Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock
The people here were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, since they welcomed the message with eagerness and examined the Scriptures
Then they were all filled
So they said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household.”
So those who accepted his message were baptized, and that day about 3,000 people were added to them.
After He had said this, He was taken up as they were watching, and a cloud took Him out of their sight.
On the first day of the week, we
They said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up into heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come in the same way that you have seen Him going into heaven.”
Therefore repent
“Therefore, having overlooked
In those days, as the number of the disciples
Then Peter began to speak: “Now I really understand that God doesn’t show favoritism,
As soon as it was night, the brothers sent Paul and Silas off to Berea.
I wrote the first narrative, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach
From one man
Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing threats and murder against the disciples
“Men of Israel, listen to these words: This Jesus the Nazarene was a man pointed out to you by God with miracles, wonders, and signs that God did among you through Him, just as you yourselves know.
Then Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart
When they heard this, they came under deep conviction
that I will pour out My Spirit on all humanity;
then your sons and your daughters will prophesy,
your young men will see visions,
and your old men will dream dreams.
While He was together
how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how He went about doing good and healing all who were under the tyranny of the Devil, because God was with Him.
In the church that was at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen, a close friend of Herod the tetrarch,
An angel of the Lord spoke to Philip: “Get up and go south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” (This is the desert road.)
Now the large group of those who believed were of one heart and mind, and no one said that any of his possessions was his own, but instead they held everything in common.
So when they had come together, they asked Him, “Lord, are You restoring the kingdom to Israel at this time?”
“Therefore let all the house of Israel know with certainty that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Messiah!”
For in Him we live and move and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also His offspring.’
While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the interior regions and came to Ephesus. He found some disciples
Then he escorted them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
and when he found him he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught large numbers. The disciples
Some men
And now, why delay? Get up and be baptized, and wash away your sins
The God who made the world and everything in it
As she followed Paul and us she cried out, “These men, who are proclaiming to you
After He had suffered, He also presented Himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them during 40 days and speaking about the kingdom of God.
praising God and having favor with all the people. And every day the Lord added to them
Now all the believers were together and held all things in common.
In every way I’ve shown you that by laboring like this, it is necessary to help the weak and to keep in mind the words of the Lord Jesus, for He said,
But Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice, and proclaimed to them: “Men of Judah and all you residents of Jerusalem, let me explain this
on the name of the Lord will be saved.
All these were continually united
Though He was delivered up according to God’s determined plan and foreknowledge, you used
But I count my life of no value to myself, so that I may finish my course
Once, as we were on our way to prayer, a slave girl met us who had a spirit of prediction.
Now from Miletus, he sent to Ephesus and called for the elders of the church.
While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit came down
Every day they devoted themselves to meeting together in the temple complex, and broke bread from house to house. They ate their food with a joyful and humble attitude,
As they were traveling down the road, they came to some water. The eunuch said, “Look, there’s water! What would keep me from being baptized?”
strengthening the
Now Peter and John were going up together to the temple complex at the hour of prayer
There was a man in Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment.
When they had appointed elders
because He has set a day when He is going to judge the world in righteousness by the Man He has appointed. He has provided proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”
He said to them,
But when they believed Philip, as he preached the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, both men and women were baptized.
Saul agreed with putting him to death.
On that day a severe persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout the land of Judea and Samaria.
I testified to both Jews and Greeks about repentance toward God
“And now
As they were ministering to
Then Paul stood in the middle of the Areopagus and said: “Men of Athens! I see that you are extremely religious in every respect.
They all paid attention to him, from the least of them to the greatest, and they said, “This man is called the Great Power of God!”
They went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia and were prevented by the Holy Spirit from speaking the message in Asia.
When they arrived, they went to the room
James, Andrew,
Philip, Thomas,
Bartholomew, Matthew,
James the son of Alphaeus,
Simon the Zealot,
and Judas the son of James.
A woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who worshiped God, was listening. The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was spoken by Paul.
When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the message of the Lord, and all who had been appointed to eternal life believed.
All the prophets testify
During these days Peter stood up among the brothers
I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.
They took him and brought him to the Areopagus,
While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was troubled within him when he saw that the city was full of idols.
When they heard this they became silent. Then they glorified God, saying, “So God has granted repentance resulting in life
There was an interval of about three hours; then his wife came in, not knowing what had happened.
For the promise is for you and for your children, and for all who are far off,
Now as they were speaking to the people, the priests, the commander of the temple police, and the Sadducees confronted them,
In it were all the four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth, and the birds of the sky.
Therefore, since He has been exalted to the right hand of God
In Joppa
“You stiff-necked
When the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had welcomed God’s message, they sent Peter and John to them.
Then the Spirit told me to accompany them with no doubts at all. These six brothers accompanied me, and we went into the man’s house.
When they observed the boldness of Peter and John and realized that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were amazed and recognized that they had been with Jesus.
Heaven must welcome
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
may seek the Lord—
even all the Gentiles
who are called by My name,
declares the Lord who does these things,
And I have a hope in God, which these men themselves also accept, that there is going to be a resurrection,
In this way the Lord’s message flourished and prevailed.
[And Philip said, “If you believe with all your heart you may.” And he replied, “I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.”]
until the day He was taken up, after He had given orders through the Holy Spirit to the apostles He had chosen.
Then they traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia and came to Thessalonica,
So the preaching about God flourished, the number of the disciples in Jerusalem multiplied
Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called the Mount of Olives, which is near Jerusalem—a Sabbath day’s journey away.
let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene—whom you crucified and whom God raised from the dead—by Him this man is standing here before you healthy.
But Stephen, filled by the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven. He saw God’s glory, with
As usual, Paul went to the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
Many signs and wonders were being done among the people through the hands of the apostles.
A man named Simon had previously practiced sorcery in that city and astounded the Samaritan people, while claiming to be somebody great.
Those who had been scattered as a result of the persecution that started because of Stephen made their way as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch,
When they had prayed, the place where they were assembled was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak God’s message with boldness.
Then he went on to Derbe and Lystra, where there was a disciple named Timothy,
“Can anyone withhold water and prevent these people from being baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?”
and rescued him out of all his troubles. He gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt and over his whole household.
The apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles had welcomed God’s message also.
God exalted this man to His right hand as ruler and Savior, to grant repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
God raised Him up, ending the pains of death,
for I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole plan of God.
But the Lord said to him,
But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it’s right in the sight of God for us to listen to you rather than to God, you decide;
For it was the Holy Spirit’s decision—and ours—to put no greater burden on you than these necessary things:
After they had Peter and John stand before them, they asked the question: “By what power or in what name have you done this?”
A Jew named Apollos,
Therefore, brothers, select from among you seven men of good reputation,
Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people.
Moses said:
The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to Him in everything He will say to you.
“Tell me,” Peter asked her, “did you sell the field for this price?”
“Yes,” she said, “for that price.”
So those who were scattered went on their way preaching the message of good news.
They continued their journey from Perga and reached Antioch in Pisidia. On the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down.
“God has resurrected
They were stoning Stephen as he called out: “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
During the night a vision appeared to Paul: A Macedonian man was standing and pleading with him, “Cross over to Macedonia and help us!”
“Brothers, I can confidently speak to you about the patriarch David: He is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
This became known to all the residents of Jerusalem, so that in their own language that field is called Hakeldama (that is, Field of Blood).
Therefore, let it be known to you, brothers, that through this man forgiveness of sins is being proclaimed to you,
The
For what you say sounds strange to us, and we want to know what these ideas mean.”
and everyone who believes in Him is justified from everything that you could not be justified from through the law of Moses.
And tongues, like flames of fire that were divided, appeared to them and rested on each one of them.
“Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled that the Holy Spirit through the mouth of David spoke in advance about Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus.
After some time had passed, Paul said to Barnabas, “Let’s go back and visit the brothers in every town
We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit
Simeon
When they heard this, they all raised their voices to God and said, “Master, You are the One who made the heaven, the earth, and the sea, and everything in them.
While He was going, they were gazing into heaven, and suddenly two men in white clothes stood by them.
He did this so they might seek God, and perhaps they might reach out and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.
The proposal pleased the whole company. So they chose Stephen,
Philip went down to a
“For, in fact, in this city both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people
“No, Lord!” Peter said. “For I have never eaten anything common
But Peter said, “I don’t have silver or gold, but what I have, I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, get up and walk!”
Then the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, decided to select men who were among them and to send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: Judas, called Barsabbas, and Silas,
He is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness together with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors.
After removing him,
He knocked at the door in the gateway, and a servant named Rhoda came to answer.
After they were released, they went to their own people and reported everything the chief priests and the elders had said to them.
So the church
or allow Your Holy One to see decay.
but instead we should write to them to abstain from things polluted by idols, from sexual immorality,
Then fear came over everyone, and many wonders and signs were being performed through the apostles.
Then the high priest took action. He and all his colleagues, those who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy.
Then he ordered the chariot to stop, and both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and he baptized him.
and that I did not shrink back from proclaiming to you anything that was profitable or from teaching it to you in public and from house to house.
Now this man acquired a field with his unrighteous wages. He fell headfirst and burst open in the middle, and all his insides spilled out.
When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city officials, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have come here too,
They were attentive to him because he had astounded them with his sorceries for a long time.
As
He
“Brothers and fathers,” he said, “listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran,
Suddenly a sound like that of a violent rushing wind
And with many other words he testified and strongly urged them, saying, “Be saved from this corrupt
Every day in the temple complex, and in various homes, they continued teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Messiah.
He commanded us to preach to the people and to solemnly testify that He is the One appointed by God to be the Judge of the living and the dead.
And they were astounded and amazed, saying,
Then Peter was filled with the Holy Spirit and said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders:
He reported to us how he had seen the angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send
“Therefore, from among the men who have accompanied us during the whole time the Lord Jesus went in and out among us—
Being God’s offspring then, we shouldn’t think that the divine nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image fashioned by human art and imagination.
There were Jews living in Jerusalem, devout men from every nation
Since he was a prophet, he knew that God had sworn an oath to him to seat one of his descendants
Neither is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything,
He sent the message to the Israelites, proclaiming the good news of peace through Jesus Christ—He is Lord of all.
But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the preaching ministry.”
Now all the Athenians and the foreigners residing there spent their time on nothing else but telling or hearing something new.
The God of our fathers raised up Jesus,
So Philip proceeded
“Men! Why are you doing these things? We are men also, with the same nature as you, and we are proclaiming good news to you, that you should turn from these worthless things
As they were yelling and flinging aside their robes and throwing dust into the air,
For as I was passing through and observing the objects of your worship, I even found an altar on which was inscribed:
TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.
Therefore, what you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you.
Seeing this in advance, he spoke concerning the resurrection of the Messiah:
and His flesh did not experience decay.
although He did not leave Himself without a witness,
This Jesus is
which has become the cornerstone.
to take the place
“Is this true?”
Instead, I preached to those in Damascus first, and to those in Jerusalem and in all the region of Judea, and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works worthy of repentance.
Then Peter said to her, “Why did you agree to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look! The feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out!”
The second time, Joseph was revealed to his brothers, and Joseph’s family became known to Pharaoh.
On the contrary, we believe we are saved through the grace
So Paul, having stayed on for many days, said good-bye to the brothers and sailed away to Syria. Priscilla and Aquila were with him. He shaved his head at Cenchreae because he had taken a vow.
There was a disciple in Damascus named Ananias. And the Lord said to him in a vision,
“Here I am, Lord!” he said.
Crispus, the leader of the synagogue, believed the Lord, along with his whole household.
Joseph, a Levite and a Cypriot by birth, the one the apostles called Barnabas, which is translated Son of Encouragement,
where he found a Jewish man named Aquila,
And now, Lord, consider their threats, and grant that Your slaves may speak Your message with complete boldness,
So Ananias left and entered the house. Then he placed his hands on him and said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road you were traveling, has sent me so that you can regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”
She recognized Peter’s voice, and because of her joy, she did not open the gate but ran in and announced that Peter was standing at the gateway.
When he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John Mark,
Then the Twelve summoned the whole company of the disciples and said, “It would not be right for us to give up preaching about God to handle financial matters.
When Paul realized that one part of them were Sadducees and the other part were Pharisees, he cried out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees!
The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers,
Then a famine and great suffering came over all of Egypt and Canaan,
For it was not David who ascended into the heavens, but he himself says:
‘Sit at My right hand
And for about 40 years He put up with them
In those days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them: “Brothers, you are aware that in the early days God made a choice among you,
But I confess this to you: I worship my fathers’ God according to the Way,
For there was not a needy person among them, because all those who owned lands or houses sold them, brought the proceeds of the things that were sold,
The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors, exalted the people during their stay in the land of Egypt, and led them out of it with a mighty
After they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported everything God had done with them
And when Paul had laid his hands on
Falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him,
But they were unable to stand up against his wisdom and the Spirit by whom he was speaking.
Then great fear came on the whole church and on all who heard these things.
“Lord,” Ananias answered, “I have heard from many people about this man, how much harm he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem.
So what is to be done?
except that in town after town the Holy Spirit testifies to me that chains and afflictions are waiting for me.
Instantly she dropped dead at his feet. When the young men came in, they found her dead, carried her out, and buried her beside her husband.
If we are being examined today about a good deed done to a disabled man—by what means he was healed—
Then they persuaded some men to say, “We heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God!”
Also provide mounts so they can put Paul on them and bring him safely to Felix the governor.”
While Peter was deeply perplexed about what the vision he had seen might mean, the men who had been sent by Cornelius, having asked directions to Simon’s house, stood at the gate.
Then, taking him by the right hand he raised him up, and at once his feet and ankles became strong.
Motioning to them with his hand
So he jumped up, stood, and started to walk, and he entered the temple complex with them—walking, leaping, and praising God.
They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes; so they came, dragged him off, and took him to the Sanhedrin.
They were all astounded and perplexed, saying to one another, “What could this be?”
Therefore do what we tell you: We have four men who have obligated themselves with a vow.
After they went down there, they prayed for them, so the Samaritans might receive the Holy Spirit.
He brought them into his house, set a meal before them, and rejoiced because he had believed God with his entire household.
Bringing them before the chief magistrates, they said, “These men are seriously disturbing our city. They are Jews
So after sending two of those who assisted him, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.
And he has authority here from the chief priests to arrest all who call on Your name.”
[After he said these things, the Jews departed, while engaging in a prolonged debate among themselves.]
Peter, however, kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astounded.
and are promoting customs that are not legal for us as Romans to adopt or practice.”
the commander ordered him to be brought into the barracks, directing that he be examined with the scourge, so he could discover the reason they were shouting against him like this.
“You’re crazy!” they told her. But she kept insisting that it was true. Then they said, “It’s his angel!”
but he said good-bye and stated,
Then they asked for a king, so God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for 40 years.
Therefore, if God gave them the same gift that He also gave to us when we believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, how could I possibly hinder God?”
and they recognized that he was the one who used to sit and beg at the Beautiful Gate of the temple complex. So they were filled with awe and astonishment at what had happened to him.
At the same time he was also hoping that money would be given to him by Paul.
Even though they said these things, they barely stopped the crowds from sacrificing to them.
This all took about 450 years. After this, He gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.
The Lord’s hand was with them, and a large number who believed turned to the Lord.
But there were some of them, Cypriot and Cyrenian men, who came to Antioch and began speaking to the Hellenists,
then after destroying seven nations in the land of Canaan,
They also presented false witnesses who said, “This man does not stop speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.
Get up, go downstairs, and accompany them with no doubts at all, because I have sent them.”
I have nothing definite to write to my lord about him. Therefore, I have brought him before all of you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after this examination is over, I may have something to write.
He had been very angry with the Tyrians and Sidonians.
They wrote this letter to be delivered by them:
From the apostles and the elders, your brothers,
To the brothers among the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia:
Greetings.
At daylight, there was a great commotion
After Herod had searched and did not find him, he interrogated the guards and ordered their execution. Then Herod went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.
Then the report about them was heard by the church that was at Jerusalem, and they sent out Barnabas to travel
on My male and female slaves in those days,
and they will prophesy.
Receiving such an order, he put them into the inner prison and secured their feet in the stocks.
So on an appointed day, dressed in royal robes and seated on the throne, Herod delivered a public address to them.
“I wish before God,” replied Paul, “that whether easily or with difficulty, not only you but all who listen to me today might become as I am—except for these chains.”
After they had inflicted many blows on them, they threw them in jail, ordering the jailer to keep them securely guarded.
and signs on the earth below:
blood and fire and a cloud of smoke.
and Jacob went down to Egypt. He and our ancestors died there,
And after taking some food, he regained his strength.
Saul was with the disciples in Damascus for some days.
were carried back to Shechem, and were placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.
After two years had passed, Felix received a successor, Porcius Festus,
In addition, a large group came together from the towns surrounding Jerusalem, bringing sick people and those who were tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all healed.
And since they saw the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say in response.
And all who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at him and saw that his face was like the face of an angel.
For a person named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis,
“From this man’s descendants, according to the promise, God brought the Savior, Jesus,
Then God’s message flourished and multiplied.
Then, fearing we might run aground in some rocky place, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daylight to come.
For we heard him say that Jesus, this Nazarene, will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.”
Then as John was completing his life’s work, he said, ‘Who do you think I am? I am not the One. But look! Someone is coming after me, and I am not worthy to untie the sandals on His feet.’
and my tongue rejoiced.
Moreover, my flesh will rest in hope,
After they had ordered them to leave the Sanhedrin, they conferred among themselves,
who have risked their lives
for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit
On landing at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church
and when he was left outside, Pharaoh’s daughter adopted and raised him as her own son.
“As the time was drawing near to fulfill the promise that God had made to Abraham, the people flourished and multiplied in Egypt
While Peter was thinking about the vision, the Spirit told him, “Three men are here looking for you.
When they heard about resurrection of the dead, some began to ridicule him. But others said, “We’d like to hear from you again about this.”
saying, “What should we do with these men? For an obvious sign, evident to all who live in Jerusalem, has been done through them, and we cannot deny it!
But all who heard him were astounded and said, “Isn’t this the man who, in Jerusalem, was destroying those who called on this name and then came here for the purpose of taking them as prisoners to the chief priests?”
However, some men joined him and believed, including Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
Take these men, purify yourself along with them, and pay for them to get their heads shaved. Then everyone will know that what they were told about you amounts to nothing, but that you yourself are also careful about observing the law.
However, so this does not spread any further among the people, let’s threaten them against speaking to anyone in this name again.”
And a man who was lame from birth was carried there and placed every day at the temple gate called Beautiful, so he could beg from those entering the temple complex.
because they were provoked that they were teaching the people and proclaiming the resurrection from the dead, using Jesus as the example.
They said, “Cornelius, a centurion, an upright and God-fearing man, who has a good reputation with the whole Jewish nation, was divinely directed by a holy angel to call you to his house and to hear a message from you.”
At this time Moses was born, and he was beautiful in God’s sight. He was cared for in his father’s home three months,
Because we have heard that some without our authorization went out from us
but his disciples took him by night and lowered him in a large basket through an opening in the wall.
Even some of the provincial officials of Asia, who were his friends, sent word to him, pleading with him not to take a chance by going
From there they sailed back to Antioch where they had been entrusted to the grace of God for the work they had now completed.
The next day, since he wanted to find out exactly why Paul was being accused by the Jews, he released him
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As they stretched him out for the lash, Paul said to the centurion standing by, “Is it legal for you to scourge a man who is a Roman citizen and is uncondemned?”
shouting, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this place. What’s more, he also brought Greeks into the temple and has profaned this holy place.”
After leaving the jail, they came to Lydia’s house where they saw and encouraged the brothers, and departed.
Then Peter went down to the men and said, “Here I am, the one you’re looking for. What is the reason you’re here?”
For he vigorously refuted the Jews in public, demonstrating through the Scriptures that Jesus is the Messiah.
But an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail during the night, brought them out, and said,
For the residents of Jerusalem and their rulers, since they did not recognize Him or the voices of the prophets that are read every Sabbath, have fulfilled their words
and was sitting in his chariot on his way home, reading the prophet Isaiah aloud.
and when they had left they talked with each other and said, “This man is doing nothing that deserves death or chains.”
He dealt deceitfully with our race and oppressed our ancestors by making them leave their infants outside, so they wouldn’t survive.
Before He came to public attention,
saying, “Give me this power too, so that anyone I lay hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.”
When the centurion heard this, he went and reported to the commander, saying, “What are you going to do? For this man is a Roman citizen.”
“As he was approaching the age of 40, he decided
For unclean spirits, crying out with a loud voice, came out of many who were possessed, and many who were paralyzed and lame were healed.
However, he kept back part of the proceeds with his wife’s knowledge, and brought a portion of it and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
So they arrested
They did this, sending it to the elders
For I see you are poisoned by bitterness and bound by iniquity.”
So they seized them and put them in custody until the next day, since it was already evening.
After the disciples surrounded him, he got up and went into the town. The next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.
while You stretch out Your hand for healing, signs, and wonders
In obedience to this, they entered the temple complex at daybreak and began to teach.
When the high priest and those who were with him arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin—the full Senate of the sons of Israel—and sent orders to the jail to have them brought.
The crowds paid attention with one mind to what Philip said, as they heard and saw the signs he was performing.
You have no part or share in this matter, because your heart is not right before God.
“Go and stand in the temple complex, and tell the people all about this life.”
Devout men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him.
Then he became hungry and wanted to eat, but while they were preparing something, he went into a visionary state.
Someone came and reported to them, “Look! The men you put in jail are standing in the temple complex and teaching the people.”
When they had heard this, they were filled with rage and began to cry out, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
Peter then invited them in and gave them lodging.
The next day he got up and set out with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa went with him.
After threatening them further, they released them. They found no way to punish them, because the people were all giving glory to God over what had been done;
Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the jail were shaken, and immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s chains came loose.
but their plot became known to Saul. So they were watching the gates day and night intending to kill him,
“We found the jail securely locked, with the guards standing in front of the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside!”
So not only do we run a risk that our business may be discredited, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis may be despised and her magnificence come to the verge of ruin—the very one all of Asia and the world adore.”
As they were trying to kill him, word went up to the commander of the regiment that all Jerusalem was in chaos.
When he heard these words, Ananias dropped dead, and a great fear came on all who heard.
As
Then the next day, Paul took the men, having purified himself along with them, and entered the temple, announcing the completion of the purification days when the offering for each of them would be made.
Paul said, “I am a Jewish man from Tarsus of Cilicia,
The rest were to follow, some on planks and some on debris from the ship. In this way, everyone safely reached the shore.
With regard to the Gentiles who have believed, we have written a letter containing our decision that
Though Paul wanted to go in before the people, the disciples did not let him.
to do whatever Your hand and Your plan had predestined to take place.
When he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter too, during the days of Unleavened Bread.
and the rulers assembled together
against the Lord and against His Messiah.
However, when the city clerk had calmed the crowd down, he said, “Men of Ephesus! What man is there who doesn’t know that the city of the Ephesians is the temple guardian of the great
Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from all that the Jewish people expected.”
But when the temple police got there, they did not find them in the jail, so they returned and reported,
“At this disclosure, Moses fled and became an exile in the land of Midian, where he fathered two sons.
When Peter went up to Jerusalem, those who stressed circumcision
After they passed the first and second guard posts, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which opened to them by itself. They went outside and passed one street, and immediately the angel left him.
Then, after they had testified and spoken the message of the Lord, they traveled back to Jerusalem, evangelizing many villages of the Samaritans.
“Then he came out of the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. From there, after his father died, God had him move to this land you now live in.
But when they recognized that he was a Jew, a united cry went up from all of them for about two hours: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
Meanwhile, some were shouting one thing and some another, because the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had come together.
Cornelius replied, “Four days ago at this hour, at three in the afternoon,
“Please pray
He assumed his brothers would understand that God would give them deliverance through him, but they did not understand.
He didn’t give him an inheritance in it, not even a foot of ground, but He promised to give it to him as a possession, and to his descendants after him,
“How can I,” he said, “unless someone guides me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
When he saw one of them being mistreated, he came to his rescue and avenged the oppressed man by striking down the Egyptian.
Then they passed through Pisidia and came to Pamphylia.
On the night before Herod was to bring him out for execution, Peter, bound with two chains, was sleeping between two soldiers, while the sentries in front of the door guarded the prison.
and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your acts of charity have been remembered in God’s sight.
Aren’t you the Egyptian who raised a rebellion some time ago and led 4,000 Assassins
God spoke in this way:
in a foreign country,
and they would enslave
and oppress them 400 years.
that they will serve as slaves, God said.
After this, they will come out
and worship Me in this place.
As the seven days were about to end, the Jews from Asia saw him in the temple complex, stirred up the whole crowd, and seized him,
As he was about to be brought into the barracks, Paul said to the commander, “Am I allowed to say something to you?”
He replied, “Do you know Greek?
There was a great deal of weeping by everyone. They embraced Paul and kissed him,
He was accompanied
Barnabas, however, took him and brought him to the apostles and explained to them how Saul had seen the Lord on the road and that He had talked to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken boldly
When it was about daylight, Paul urged them all to take food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day that you have been waiting and going without food, having eaten nothing.
The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul, dragged him out of the temple complex, and at once the gates were shut.
“Now this happened three times, and then everything was drawn up again into heaven.
After he had given permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned with his hand to the people. When there was a great hush, he addressed them in the Hebrew language:
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“In addition, all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and those after him, have also announced these days.
When I looked closely and considered it, I saw the four-footed animals of the earth, the wild beasts, the reptiles, and the birds of the sky.
and said to him:
and away from your relatives,
and come to the land
that I will show you.
Therefore we have sent Judas and Silas, who will personally report the same things by word of mouth.
Then some of the crowd gave Alexander advice when the Jews pushed him to the front. So motioning with his hand, Alexander wanted to make his defense to the people.
But Paul and Barnabas, along with many others, remained in Antioch teaching and proclaiming the message of the Lord.
The next day, they returned to the barracks, allowing the cavalry to go on with him.
The next day he showed up while they were fighting and tried to reconcile them peacefully, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why are you mistreating each other?’
“Get dressed,” the angel told him, “and put on your sandals.” And he did so. “Wrap your cloak around you,” he told him, “and follow me.”
So the city was filled with confusion, and they rushed all together into the amphitheater, dragging along Gaius
“But the one who was mistreating his neighbor pushed him
Who appointed you a ruler and a judge over us?
You both see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in almost all of Asia, this man Paul has persuaded and misled a considerable number of people by saying that gods made by hand are not gods!
When Paul got to the steps, he had to be carried by the soldiers because of the mob’s violence,
When this man had been seized by the Jews and was about to be killed by them, I arrived with my troops and rescued him because I learned that he is a Roman citizen.
Wanting to know the charge they were accusing him of, I brought him down before their Sanhedrin.
“I
Paul and his companions set sail from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia. John, however, left them and went back to Jerusalem.
Then Paul and Barnabas boldly said: “It was necessary that God’s message be spoken to you first. But since you reject it and consider yourselves unworthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles!
Taking along soldiers and centurions, he immediately ran down to them. Seeing the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
After he said this, he knelt down and prayed with all of them.
After spending some time there, they were sent back in peace
After some time had passed, Paul said to Barnabas, “Let’s go back and visit the brothers in every town
Then the commander went with the temple police and brought them in without force, because they were afraid the people might stone them.
At that very moment, three men who had been sent to me from Caesarea arrived at the house where we were.
Some sailors tried to escape from the ship; they had let down the skiff into the sea, pretending that they were going to put out anchors from the bow.
While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack against Paul and brought him to the judge’s bench.
That’s why I came without any objection when I was sent for. So I ask: Why did you send for me?”
Arriving in Salamis, they proclaimed God’s message in the Jewish synagogues. They also had John as their assistant.
So he got up and went. There was an Ethiopian man, a eunuch
He was unable to see for three days and did not eat or drink.
Saul was coming and going with them in Jerusalem, speaking boldly in the name of the Lord.
Then also, some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers argued with him. Some said, “What is this pseudo-intellectual
Others replied, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign deities”—because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the Resurrection.
After casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time loosening the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and headed for the beach.
I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.
explaining and showing that the Messiah had to suffer and rise from the dead: “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Messiah.”
God has fulfilled this for us, their children, by raising up Jesus, as it is written in the second Psalm:
today I have become Your Father.
Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice,
Therefore, since these things are undeniable, you must keep calm and not do anything rash.
When they had eaten enough, they began to lighten the ship by throwing the grain overboard into the sea.
Then Saul got up from the ground, and though his eyes were open, he could see nothing. So they took him by the hand and led him into Damascus.
And when he had passed through those areas and exhorted them at length, he came to Greece
The commander came and said to him, “Tell me—are you a Roman citizen?”
“Yes,” he said.
He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. After Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him home
“‘No, Lord!’ I said. ‘For nothing common or ritually unclean has ever entered my mouth!’
But a voice answered from heaven a second time,
They threw him out of the city and began to stone
When the brothers found out, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.
Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists attempted to pronounce the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “I command you by the Jesus that Paul preaches!”
The soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners so that no one could swim away and escape.
The commander replied, “I bought this citizenship for a large amount of money.”
“But I was born a citizen,” Paul said.
When it was decided that we were to sail to Italy, they handed over Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Imperial Regiment.
When he arrived in Jerusalem,
When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they came across a sorcerer, a Jewish false prophet named Bar-Jesus.
Some in the mob were shouting one thing and some another. Since he was not able to get reliable information because of the uproar, he ordered him to be taken into the barracks.
After he
When they heard these things, they were enraged in their hearts
In Lystra a man without strength in his feet, lame from birth,
“Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”
Parthians, Medes, Elamites; those who live in Mesopotamia, in Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,
You killed the source
He conversed and debated with the Hellenistic Jews,
and he killed James,
But you denied the Holy and Righteous One
After the uproar was over, Paul sent for the disciples, encouraged them, and after saying good-bye, departed to go to Macedonia.
When these events were over, Paul resolved in the Spirit to pass through Macedonia and Achaia and go to Jerusalem. “After I’ve been there,” he said, “I must see Rome as well!”
The next day we left and came to Caesarea, where we entered the house of Philip
So he went out and followed, and he did not know that what took place through the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision.
About three in the afternoon
Then one of them, named Agabus, stood up and predicted by the Spirit that there would be a severe famine throughout the Roman world.
Then they went out from the presence of the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to be dishonored on behalf of the Name.
that you abstain from food offered to idols, from blood, from eating anything that has been strangled, and from sexual immorality.
Farewell.
Now the Scripture passage he was reading was this:
and as a lamb is silent before its shearer,
so He does not open His mouth.
“For it is written in the Book of Psalms:
let no one live in it;
Let someone else take his position.
For David says of Him:
because He is at my right hand,
I will not be shaken.
and rebuild David’s fallen tent.
I will rebuild its ruins
and set it up again,
While talking with him, he went on in and found that many had come together there.
When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight. As he was approaching to look at it, the voice of the Lord came:
During that time there was a major
and requested letters
Then he stayed two whole years in his own rented house. And he welcomed all who visited him,
After the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the leaders of the synagogue sent word to them, saying, “Brothers, if you have any message of encouragement for the people, you can speak.”
Looking intently at him, he became afraid and said, “What is it, lord?”
The angel told him, “Your prayers and your acts of charity have come up as a memorial offering before God.
As Peter was traveling from place to place,
So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in his speech and actions.
For the Sadducees say there is no resurrection,
A Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was respected by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered the men
So Peter was kept in prison, but prayer was being made earnestly to God for him by the church.
After the arrest, he put him in prison and assigned four squads of four soldiers each to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover.
Not long ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and a group of about 400 men rallied to him. He was killed, and all his partisans were dispersed and came to nothing.
Therefore He also says in another passage, You will not allow Your Holy One to see decay.
“Who are You, Lord?” he said.
When Peter saw this, he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this? Or why do you stare at us, as though we had made him walk by our own power or godliness?
Then some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, including a great number of God-fearing Greeks, as well as a number
As they traveled through the towns, they delivered the decisions reached by the apostles and elders at Jerusalem for them to observe.
And there they kept evangelizing.
Now as he spoke about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come,
Then some from what is called the Freedmen’s Synagogue, composed of both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, and some from Cilicia and Asia, came forward and disputed with Stephen.
Therefore, in my judgment, we should not cause difficulties for those among the Gentiles who turn to God,
Paul looked intently at the Sanhedrin and said, “Brothers, I have lived my life before God in all good conscience
Therefore, the soldiers took Paul during the night and brought him to Antipatris as they were ordered.
Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,
Now then, why are you testing God by putting a yoke on the disciples’ necks
You said through the Holy Spirit, by the mouth of our father David Your servant:
and the peoples plot futile things?
Immediately he began proclaiming Jesus in the synagogues: “He is the Son of God.”
For it seems unreasonable to me to send a prisoner and not to indicate the charges against him.”
Then Agrippa said to Paul, “Are you going to persuade me to become a Christian so easily?”
When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they raised their voices, saying in the Lycaonian language, “The gods have come down to us in the form of men!”
When these men entered Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they also presented Paul to him.
and that He may send Jesus, who has been appointed
However, the Most High does not dwell in sanctuaries made with hands, as the prophet says:
Since He raised Him from the dead, never to return to decay, He has spoken in this way, I will grant you the faithful covenant blessings
Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men stay in the ship, you cannot be saved.”
Then the jailer called for lights, rushed in, and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas.
Being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they came down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus.
After this man, Judas the Galilean rose up in the days of the census and attracted a following.
He was a devout man and feared God along with his whole household. He did many charitable deeds for the Jewish people and always prayed to God.
Peter said to them, “You know it’s forbidden for a Jewish man to associate with or visit a foreigner.
After they had evangelized that town and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, to Iconium, and to Antioch,
For we have found this man to be a plague,
we have unanimously
But Saul grew more capable and kept confounding the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that this One is the Messiah.
After they spoke the message in Perga, they went down to Attalia.
beginning from the baptism of John until the day He was taken up from us—from among these, it is necessary that one become a witness with us of His resurrection.”
Now, look! The Lord’s hand is against you.
and asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?”
“No,” they told him, “we haven’t even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”
You yourselves know that these hands have provided for my needs and for those who were with me.
Then some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and when they had won over the crowds and stoned Paul, they dragged him out of the city, thinking he was dead.
After the synagogue had been dismissed, many of the Jews and devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking with them and persuading them to continue in the grace of God.
and He appeared for many days to those who came with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now His witnesses to the people.
Then Peter sent them all out of the room. He knelt down, prayed, and turning toward the body said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, saw Peter, and sat up.
The jailer reported these words to Paul: “The magistrates have sent orders for you to be released. So come out now and go in peace.”
When they had fulfilled all that had been written about Him, they took Him down from the tree and put Him in a tomb.
So they stayed there for some time and spoke boldly in reliance on the Lord, who testified to the message of His grace by granting that signs and wonders be performed through them.
Then we went on ahead to the ship and sailed for Assos, intending to take Paul on board there. For these were his instructions, since he himself was going by land.
But when they resisted and blasphemed,
For He had not yet come down on
and stayed three months. When he was about to set sail for Syria, a plot was devised against him by the Jews, so a decision was made to go back through Macedonia.
When the jailer woke up and saw the doors of the prison open, he drew his sword and was going to kill himself, since he thought the prisoners had escaped.
And after spending some time there, he set out, traveling through one place after another in the Galatian territory and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.
When they read it, they rejoiced because of its encouragement.
So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and with those who worshiped God and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there.
Disagreeing among themselves, they began to leave after Paul made one statement: “The Holy Spirit correctly spoke through the prophet Isaiah to your
Saul,
But they have been told about you that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to abandon Moses, by telling them not to circumcise their children or to walk in our customs.
he said, “I will give you a hearing whenever your accusers get here too.” And he ordered that he be kept under guard in Herod’s palace.
while many of those who had practiced magic collected their books and burned them in front of everyone. So they calculated their value and found it to be 50,000 pieces of silver.
He made no distinction between us and them,
“As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came down on them, just as on us at the beginning.
And the disciples were filled with joy and the Holy Spirit.
When Simon saw that the Holy
When Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was occupied with preaching the message
When they heard it, they glorified God and said, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who have believed, and they are all zealous
with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John and Alexander, and all the members of the high-priestly family.
But after Paul and Barnabas had engaged them in serious argument and debate, the church arranged for Paul and Barnabas and some others of them to go up to the apostles and elders in Jerusalem concerning this controversy.
But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up and poisoned the minds of the Gentiles against the brothers.
This man had four virgin daughters who prophesied.
When Philip ran up to it, he heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, “Do you understand what you’re reading?”
But Paul called out in a loud voice, “Don’t harm yourself, because all of us are here!”
But what God predicted through the mouth of all the prophets—that His Messiah would suffer—He has fulfilled
He saw heaven opened
Paul wanted Timothy
Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute?
and Jason has received them as guests! They are all acting contrary to Caesar’s decrees,
Then they cast lots
But the Jews became jealous, and they brought together some scoundrels from the marketplace, formed a mob, and started a riot in the city. Attacking Jason’s house, they searched for them to bring them out to the public assembly.
Three days after Festus arrived in the province, he went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.
Then they prayed,
For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus so he would not have to spend time in Asia, because he was hurrying to be in Jerusalem, if possible, for the day of Pentecost.
After arranging a day with him, many came to him at his lodging. From dawn to dusk he expounded and witnessed about the kingdom of God. He tried to persuade them concerning Jesus from both the Law of Moses and the Prophets.
When we entered Rome,
and the moon to blood
before the great and remarkable Day of the Lord
I persecuted this Way
serving the Lord with all humility, with tears, and with the trials that came to me through the plots of the Jews
He was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul and desired to hear God’s message.
When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
So they proposed two: Joseph, called Barsabbas, who was also known as Justus, and Matthias.
When he had assembled them, as well as the workers engaged in this type of business, he said: “Men, you know that our prosperity is derived from this business.
and a young man named Eutychus was sitting on a window sill and sank into a deep sleep as Paul kept on speaking. When he was overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third story and was picked up dead.
marvel and vanish away,
because I am doing a work in your days,
a work that you will never believe,
even if someone were to explain it to you.”
“And now, brothers, I know that you did it in ignorance, just as your leaders also did.
You received the law under the direction of angels
Then he entered the synagogue and spoke boldly over a period of three months, engaging in discussion and trying to persuade them about the things of the kingdom of God.
On the Sabbath day we went outside the city gate by the river, where we thought there was a place of prayer. We sat down and spoke to the women gathered there.
Then the commander came up, took him into custody, and ordered him to be bound with two chains.
After
By faith in His name, His name has made this man strong, whom you see and know. So the faith that comes through Him has given him this perfect health in front of all of you.
Once ashore, we
Then Saul—also called Paul—filled with the Holy Spirit, stared straight at the sorcerer
At once an angel of the Lord
Those who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens, and after receiving instructions for Silas and Timothy to come to him as quickly as possible, they departed.
Both Judas and Silas, who were also prophets themselves, encouraged the brothers and strengthened them with a long message.
Then Paul chose Silas and departed, after being commended to the grace of the Lord by the brothers.
and the star of your god Rephan,
the images that you made to worship.
So I will deport you beyond Babylon!
After they brought them in, they had them stand before the Sanhedrin, and the high priest asked,
Then Paul stood up and motioned with his hand and said: “Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen!
Then Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
Publius’s father was in bed suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went to him, and praying and laying his hands on him, he healed him.
As Paul gathered a bundle of brushwood and put it on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened itself to his hand.
And this went on for two years, so that all the inhabitants of Asia, both Jews and Greeks, heard the message about the Lord.
We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice speaking to me in the Hebrew language,
After she and her household were baptized, she urged us, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house.”
“Then what baptism were you baptized with?” he asked them.
“With John’s baptism,” they replied.
When her owners saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas
so that even facecloths or work aprons
they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian towns called Lystra and Derbe, and to the surrounding countryside.
Now send men to Joppa and call for Simon, who is also named Peter.
You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors, saying to Abraham, And all the families of the earth will be blessed through your offspring.
While we were staying there many days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.
But Elymas the sorcerer (this is the meaning of his name) opposed
When they had been sent on their way by the church,
They took a sounding and found it to be 120 feet
The following day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present.
When they came to Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus
For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him, and they supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple complex.
As a result, they would carry the sick out into the streets and lay them on cots and mats so that when Peter came by, at least his shadow
and said, “You son of the Devil,
“And now I am on my way to Jerusalem, bound in my spirit,
Again, a second time, a voice said to him,
For since ancient times, Moses has had those who proclaim him in every city, and every Sabbath day he is read aloud in the synagogues.”
But the Jews incited the prominent women, who worshiped God, and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and expelled them from their district.
When this sound occurred, a crowd came together and was confused because each one heard them speaking in his own language.
When they reached Ephesus
You know the events
In fact, I myself supposed it was necessary to do many things in opposition to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.
Then the whole assembly fell silent and listened to Barnabas and Paul describing all the signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles.
For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, since it’s only nine in the morning.
“After I came back to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple complex, I went into a visionary state
So they called for them and ordered them not to preach or teach at all in the name of Jesus.
I found out that the accusations were about disputed matters in their law,
After explaining everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.
Therefore be on the alert, remembering that night and day for three years I did not stop warning each one of you with tears.
But the people of the city were divided, some siding with the Jews and some with the apostles.
This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit,
Then the Lord said to Paul in a night vision,
After three months we set sail in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered at the island, with the Twin Brothers
But Peter told him, “May your silver be destroyed with you, because you thought the gift of God could be obtained with money!
Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that the intent of your heart may be forgiven you.
The local people
There was such a sharp disagreement that they parted company, and Barnabas took Mark
Then, setting sail from Troas, we ran a straight course to Samothrace, the next day to Neapolis,
So each of the disciples, according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brothers who lived in Judea.
Therefore, those who were about to examine him withdrew from him at once. The commander too was alarmed when he realized Paul was a Roman citizen and he had bound him.
So when we had boarded a ship of Adramyttium, we put to sea, intending to sail to ports along the coast of Asia. Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, was with us.
As they
Then He gave him the covenant of circumcision. After this, he fathered Isaac and circumcised
and from there to Philippi,
And men will rise up from your own number with deviant doctrines to lure the disciples into following them.
But the high priest Ananias ordered those who were standing next to him to strike him on the mouth.
And God, who knows the heart, testified to them by giving
And he stayed there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
And when they came to him, he said to them: “You know, from the first day I set foot in Asia, how I was with you the whole time
For David, after serving his own generation in God’s plan, fell asleep,
when He said,
You will listen and listen,
yet never understand;
and you will look and look,
yet never perceive.
When they heard this, they were enraged and wanted to kill them.
But some of the believers from the party of the Pharisees stood up and said, “It is necessary to circumcise them and to command them to keep the law of Moses!”
After they called in the apostles and had them flogged, they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus and released them.
The apostles Barnabas and Paul tore their robes when they heard this and rushed into the crowd, shouting:
Then, being sent off, they went down to Antioch, and after gathering the assembly, they delivered the letter.
The following night, the Lord stood by him and said,
Then the apostles and the elders assembled to consider this matter.
I always do my best to have a clear conscience
Then the mob joined in the attack against them, and the chief magistrates stripped off their clothes and ordered them to be beaten with rods.
When they arrived at Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church, the apostles, and the elders, and they reported all that God had done with them.
Though they found no grounds for the death penalty, they asked Pilate to have Him killed.
but we sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread.
Sailing from there, the next day we arrived off Chios. The following day we crossed over to Samos, and
After they had completed their relief mission, Barnabas and Saul returned to
He summoned two of his centurions and said, “Get 200 soldiers ready with 70 cavalry and 200 spearmen to go to Caesarea at nine tonight.
They had previously known me for quite some time, if they were willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion I lived as a Pharisee.
After 40 years had passed, an angel
The same thing happened in Iconium; they entered the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed.
Suddenly an angel of the Lord
And the words of the prophets agree with this, as it is written:
Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed
While he
Then after they had fasted, prayed, and laid hands on them, they sent them off.
“Our ancestors had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, just as He who spoke to Moses commanded him to make it according to the pattern he had seen.
Therefore, let it be known to you that this saving work of God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen!”
They had them stand before the apostles, who prayed
And many who had become believers came confessing and disclosing their practices,
Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how He said,
They listened to him up to this word. Then they raised their voices, shouting, “Wipe this person off the earth—it’s a disgrace for him to live!”
For this is what the Lord has commanded us:
a light for the Gentiles
to bring salvation
to the ends
But many of those who heard the message believed, and the number of the men came to about 5,000.
After five days Ananias the high priest came down with some elders and a lawyer
“And now I know that none of you will ever see my face again—everyone I went about preaching the kingdom to.
When daylight came, the chief magistrates sent the police to say, “Release those men!”
When it was day, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves under a curse: neither to eat nor to drink until they had killed Paul.
“Brothers, sons of Abraham’s race, and those among you who fear God, the message of this salvation has been sent to us.
but in every nation the person who fears Him and does righteousness is acceptable to Him.
And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ.
Cretans and Arabs—we hear them speaking the magnificent acts of God in our own languages.”
He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath and tried to persuade both Jews and Greeks.
When an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, to assault and stone them,
“I did not know, brothers, that he was the high priest,” replied Paul. “For it is written, You must not speak evil of a ruler of your people.”
for we are unable to stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”
Wasn’t it yours while you possessed it? And after it was sold, wasn’t it at your disposal? Why is it that you planned this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God!”
In past generations He allowed all the nations
Then even Simon himself believed. And after he was baptized, he went around constantly with
And now, I tell you, stay away from these men and leave them alone. For if this plan or this work is of men, it will be overthrown;
that the Messiah must suffer, and that as the first to rise from the dead, He would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.”
Paul said, “John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people that they should believe in the One who would come after him, that is, in Jesus.”
They sold their possessions and property and distributed the proceeds to all, as anyone had a need.
Then the priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the town, brought oxen and garlands to the gates. He, with the crowds, intended to offer sacrifice.
And we ourselves proclaim to you the good news of the promise that was made to our ancestors.
For this night an angel of the God I belong to and serve stood by me,
But Paul said to them, “They beat us in public without a trial, although we are Roman citizens, and threw us in jail. And now are they going to smuggle us out secretly? Certainly not! On the contrary, let them come themselves and escort us out!”
Then Paul said to him, “God is going to strike you, you whitewashed wall! You are sitting there judging me according to the law, and in violation of the law are you ordering me to be struck?”
As he was making his defense this way, Festus exclaimed in a loud voice, “You’re out of your mind,
By now much time had passed, and the voyage was already dangerous. Since the Fast
To this very day, I have obtained help that comes from God, and I stand and testify to both small and great, saying nothing else than what the prophets and Moses said would take place
So, bypassing Mysia, they came down to Troas.
not by all the people, but by us, witnesses appointed beforehand by God, who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead.
When he wanted to cross over to Achaia, the brothers wrote to the disciples urging them to welcome him. After he arrived, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace.
After some days had passed, King Agrippa
proclaiming the kingdom of God
When the angel who spoke to him had gone, he called two of his household slaves and a devout soldier, who was one of those who attended him.
The Spirit told Philip, “Go and join that chariot.”
“Didn’t we strictly order you not to teach in this name?
After three days he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered he said to them: “Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.
Then they all
So the churches were strengthened in the faith and increased in number daily.
Agrippa said to Paul, “It is permitted for you to speak for yourself.”
Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense:
“As
If then I am doing wrong, or have done anything deserving of death, I do not refuse to die, but if there is nothing to what these men accuse me of, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar!”
And they started to call Barnabas, Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the main speaker.
When he was called in, Tertullus began to accuse him and said: “Since we enjoy great peace because of you, and reforms are taking place for the benefit of this nation by your foresight,
“The patriarchs became jealous of Joseph and sold him into Egypt, but God was with him
How is it that each of us can hear in our own native language?
And she did this for many days.
But Paul was greatly aggravated and turning to the spirit, said, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” And it came out right away.
This became known to everyone who lived in Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks. Then fear fell on all of them, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
He came to us, took Paul’s belt, tied his own feet and hands, and said, “This is what the Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews in Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him into Gentile hands.’”
“I consider myself fortunate, King Agrippa, that today I am going to make a defense before you about everything I am accused of by the Jews,
When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord
When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he was glad and encouraged all of them to remain true to the Lord with a firm resolve of the heart,
Our ancestors in turn received it and with Joshua brought it in when they dispossessed the nations that God drove out before our fathers,
When the fourteenth night came, we were drifting in the Adriatic Sea,
At once something like scales fell from his eyes, and he regained his sight. Then he got up and was baptized.
After some days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, he sent for Paul and listened to him on the subject of faith in Christ Jesus.
Then the brothers immediately sent Paul away to go to the sea, but Silas and Timothy
The circumcised believers
We ourselves are witnesses of everything He did in both the Judean country and in Jerusalem, yet they killed Him by hanging Him on a tree.
He will speak a message
and earth My footstool.
What sort of house will you build for Me?
says the Lord,
or what is My resting place?
So he left there and went to the house of a man named Titius Justus, a worshiper of God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.
And the apostles were giving testimony with great power to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was on all of them.
After he said these things and had taken some bread, he gave thanks to God in the presence of all of them, and when he broke it, he began to eat.
but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them. You may even be found fighting against God.” So they were persuaded by him.
Then Paul replied, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
Then God turned away
40 years in the wilderness?
Believers were added to the Lord in increasing numbers—crowds of both men and women.
Now those who were with me saw the light,
The shouting grew loud, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees’
“Then He said to me,
and being of the same occupation, stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers
Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided to set sail from there, hoping somehow to reach Phoenix, a harbor on Crete
You will fill me with gladness
in Your presence.
He took them the same hour of the night and washed their wounds. Right away he and all his family were baptized.
When our days there were over, we left to continue our journey, while all of them, with their wives and children, escorted us out of the city. After kneeling down on the beach to pray,
Now the believers
For they heard them speaking in other languages and declaring the greatness of
Then Peter responded,
King Agrippa, while on the road at midday, I saw a light from heaven brighter than the sun, shining around me and those traveling with me.
When they heard that he was addressing them in the Hebrew language, they became even quieter.
Since many were going without food, Paul stood up among them and said, “You men should have followed my advice not to sail from Crete and sustain this damage and loss.
In all the synagogues I often tried to make them blaspheme by punishing them.
For this reason I’ve asked to see you and speak to you. In fact, it is for the hope of Israel that I’m wearing this chain.”
So we found some disciples and stayed there seven days. Through the Spirit they told Paul not to go to Jerusalem.
Then the proconsul, seeing what happened, believed and was astonished at the teaching about the Lord.
God raised up His Servant
The following day he entered Caesarea. Now Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.
But the son of Paul’s sister, hearing about their ambush, came and entered the barracks and reported it to Paul.
The men who were traveling with him stood speechless, hearing the sound but seeing no one.
And when the blood of Your witness Stephen was being shed, I was standing by and approving,
“I was traveling to Damascus under
When we completed our voyage from Tyre, we reached Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and stayed with them one day.
For the king knows about these matters. It is to him I am actually speaking boldly. For I am convinced that none of these things escapes his notice, since this was not done in a corner.
From there, after making a circuit along the coast,
“Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.
When the governor motioned to him to speak, Paul replied: “Because I know you have been a judge of this nation for many years, I am glad to offer my defense in what concerns me.
and heard Paul speaking. After observing him closely and seeing that he had faith to be healed,
Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you. Get up and make your bed,”
The evil spirit answered them, “I know Jesus, and I recognize Paul—but who are you?”
“This Moses, whom they rejected when they said, Who appointed you a ruler and a judge?
Now I urge you to take courage, because there will be no loss of any of your lives, but only of the ship.
But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began to oppose what Paul was saying by insulting him.
“Then I said, ‘What should I do, Lord?’
“And the Lord told me,
But Paul said: “I am standing at Caesar’s tribunal, where I ought to be tried. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as even you can see very well.
When a gentle south wind sprang up, they thought they had achieved their purpose. They weighed anchor and sailed along the shore of Crete.
I actually did this in Jerusalem, and I locked up many of the saints in prison, since I had received authority for that from the chief priests. When they were put to death, I cast my vote against them.
have grown callous,
their ears are hard of hearing,
and they have shut their eyes;
otherwise they might see with their eyes
and hear with their ears,
understand with their heart,
and be converted,
and I would heal them.
But we would like to hear from you what you think. For concerning this sect, we are aware that it is spoken against everywhere.”
And now I stand on trial for the hope
After we sighted Cyprus, leaving it on the left, we sailed on to Syria and arrived at Tyre, because the ship was to unload its cargo there.
In fact, we run a risk of being charged with rioting for what happened today, since there is no justification that we can give as a reason for this disorderly gathering.”
grieving most of all over his statement that they would never see his face again. Then they escorted him to the ship.
But Paul went down, fell on him, embraced him, and said, “Don’t be alarmed, for his life is in him!”
The following Sabbath almost the whole town assembled to hear the message of the Lord.
Therefore I urge you to take some food. For this has to do with your survival, since none of you will lose a hair from your head.”
But when some became hardened and would not believe, slandering the Way in front of the crowd, he withdrew from them and met separately with the disciples, conducting discussions every day in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.
Philip appeared in
I am the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob.
But some sneered and said, “They’re full of new wine!”
Then they screamed at the top of their voices, covered their ears, and together rushed against him.
Now in the area around that place was an estate belonging to the leading man of the island, named Publius, who welcomed us and entertained us hospitably for three days.
“This is the Moses who said to the Israelites, God
After
Some of the disciples from Caesarea also went with us and brought us to Mnason, a Cypriot and an early disciple, with whom we were to stay.
The eunuch replied to Philip, “I ask you, who is the prophet saying this about—himself or another person?”
Sailing slowly for many days, we came with difficulty as far as Cnidus. Since the wind did not allow us to approach it, we sailed along the south side
“All the Jews know my way of life from my youth, which was spent from the beginning among my own nation and in Jerusalem.
“Then the Lord said to him:
Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.
After hoisting it up, they used ropes and tackle and girded the ship. Then, fearing they would run aground on the Syrtis,
Therefore I immediately sent for you, and you did the right thing in coming. So we are all present before God, to hear everything you have been commanded by the Lord.”
With yet more difficulty we sailed along the coast and came to a place called Fair Havens near the city of Lasea.
Consequently, many of them believed, including a number of the prominent Greek women as well as men.
And everyone who will not listen to that Prophet will be completely cut off from the people.
When I was informed that there was a plot against the man,
But not long afterward, a fierce wind called the “northeaster”
Paul said in a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet!” And he jumped up and started to walk around.
But when the Jews from Thessalonica found out that God’s message had been proclaimed by Paul at Berea, they came there too, agitating and disturbing
But Paul did not think it appropriate to take along this man who had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not gone on with them to the work.
Why is it considered incredible by any of you that God raises the dead?
So Peter got up and went with them. When he arrived, they led him to the room upstairs. And all the widows approached him, weeping and showing him the robes and clothes that Dorcas had made while she was with them.
So the next day, Agrippa and Bernice
For you will be a witness for Him to all people of what you have seen and heard.
As Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of a crime or of moral evil, it would be reasonable for me to put up with you Jews.
For many days neither sun nor stars appeared, and the severe storm kept raging. Finally all hope that we would be saved was disappearing.
When daylight came, they did not recognize the land but sighted a bay with a beach. They planned to run the ship ashore if they could.
“But I said, ‘Lord, they know that in synagogue after synagogue I had those who believed in You imprisoned and beaten.
while Paul made the defense that, “Neither against the Jewish law,
The next day we put in at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul kindly and allowed him to go to his friends to receive their care.
Who will describe His generation?
For His life is taken from the earth.
the promise our 12 tribes hope to attain as they earnestly serve Him night and day. King Agrippa, I am being accused by the Jews because of this hope.
Since Felix was accurately informed about the Way,
But Paul replied, “I’m not out of my mind, most excellent Festus. On the contrary, I’m speaking words of truth and good judgment.
When the dispute became violent, the commander feared that Paul might be torn apart by them and ordered the troops to go down, rescue him from them, and bring him into the barracks.
There he found a man named Aeneas, who was paralyzed and had been bedridden for eight years.
When the local people saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “This man is probably a murderer, and though he has escaped the sea, Justice
I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me,
In those days she became sick and died. After washing her, they placed her in a room upstairs.
“Then I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’
“And the Lord replied:
After sailing through the open sea off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we reached Myra in Lycia.
For you have brought these men here who are not temple robbers or blasphemers of our
After going upstairs, breaking the bread, and eating, Paul conversed a considerable time until dawn. Then he left.
After many years, I came to bring charitable gifts and offerings to my nation,
Then the man who had the evil spirit leaped on them, overpowered them all, and prevailed against them, so that they ran out of that house naked and wounded.
Since he would not be persuaded, we stopped talking and simply said, “The Lord’s will be done!”
So they came and apologized to them, and escorting them out, they urged them to leave town.
He said to them, “Men of Israel, be careful about what you’re going to do to these men.
Therefore send someone to Joppa and invite Simon here, who is also named Peter. He is lodging in Simon the tanner’s house by the sea.’
He found favor in God’s sight and asked that he might provide a dwelling place for the God
we acknowledge this in every way and everywhere, most excellent
Someone named Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good reputation with all the Jews residing there,
and laid them at the apostles’ feet. This was then distributed for each person’s basic needs.
I answered them that it’s not the Romans’ custom to give any man up
Don’t let them persuade you, because there are more than 40 of them arranging to ambush him, men who have bound themselves under a curse not to eat or drink until they kill him. Now they are ready, waiting for a commitment from you.”
When he met us at Assos, we took him on board and came to Mitylene.
sold a field he owned, brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
Our ancestors were unwilling to obey him, but pushed him away, and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.
They told Aaron:
Make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we don’t know what’s happened to him.
But they struck a sandbar and ran the ship aground. The bow jammed fast and remained immovable, while the stern began to break up by the pounding of the waves.
and saw Him telling me,
“This man,” they said, “persuades people to worship God contrary to the law!”
Therefore, take courage, men, because I believe God that it will be just the way it was told to me.
After greeting them, he related in detail what God did among the Gentiles through his ministry.
This man led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt,
as both the high priest and the whole council of elders can testify about me. After I received letters from them to the brothers, I traveled to Damascus to bring those who were prisoners there to be punished in Jerusalem.
He even tried to desecrate the temple, so we apprehended him [and wanted to judge him according to our law.
They expected that he would swell up or suddenly drop dead. But after they waited a long time and saw nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.
Instead they had some disagreements
and told them, “Men, I can see that this voyage is headed toward damage and heavy loss, not only of the cargo and the ship but also of our lives.”
He ordered that the centurion keep Paul
and said, ‘Don’t be afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar. And, look! God has graciously given you all those who are sailing with you.’
commanding his accusers to come to you.]
When he had spent not more than eight or 10 days among them, he went down to Caesarea. The next day, seated at the judge’s bench, he commanded Paul to be brought in.
These men went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have bound ourselves under a solemn curse that we won’t eat anything until we have killed Paul.
There we found believers
And so we came to Rome.
Then Festus, wanting to do a favor for the Jews,
So if Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a case against anyone, the courts are in session, and there are proconsuls. Let them bring charges against one another.
But if these are questions about words, names, and your own law, see to it yourselves. I don’t want to be a judge of such things.”
Then they said to him, “We haven’t received any letters about you from Judea. None of the brothers has come and reported or spoken anything evil about you.
After running under the shelter of a little island called Cauda,
I have observed the oppression of My people in Egypt; I have heard their groaning and have come down to rescue them. And now, come, I will send you to Egypt.
Then the chief priests and the leaders of the Jews presented their case against Paul to him; and they appealed,
They even made a calf in those days, offered sacrifice to the idol, and were celebrating what their hands had made.
Some were persuaded by what he said, but others did not believe.
Because the Jews objected, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar;
So they heaped many honors on us, and when we sailed, they gave us what we needed.
They brought the boy home alive and were greatly comforted.
But the centurion paid attention to the captain and the owner of the ship rather than to what Paul said.
“I answered, ‘Who are You, Lord?’
“He said to me,
Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples heard that Peter was there and sent two men to him who begged him, “Don’t delay in coming with us.”
After this, the rest of those on the island who had diseases also came and were cured.
Then the police reported these words to the magistrates. They were afraid when they heard that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens.
Then Festus said: “King Agrippa and all men present with us, you see this man about whom the whole Jewish community has appealed to me, both in Jerusalem and here, shouting that he should not live any longer.
When we heard this, both we and the local people begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.
Then the commander took him by the hand, led him aside, and inquired privately, “What is it you have to report to me?”
Since the ship was caught and was unable to head into the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along.
After Festus conferred with his council, he replied, “You have appealed to Caesar; to Caesar you will go!”
You are able to determine that it is no more than 12 days since I went up to worship in Jerusalem.
asking him to do them a favor against Paul,
“The Jews,” he said, “have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the Sanhedrin tomorrow, as though they are going to hold a somewhat more careful inquiry about him.
especially since you are an expert in all the Jewish customs and controversies. Therefore I beg you to listen to me patiently.
There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.
Therefore, when they had assembled here, I did not delay. The next day I sat at the judge’s bench and ordered the man to be brought in.
When we had put out to sea from there, we sailed along the northern coast
So now you, along with the Sanhedrin, make a request to the commander that he bring him down to you
He gave her his hand and helped her stand up. Then he called the saints and widows and presented her alive.
“Since I couldn’t see because of the brightness of that light, I was led by the hand by those who were with me, and came into Damascus.
So the commander dismissed the young man and instructed him, “Don’t tell anyone that you have informed me about this.”
and while I was doing this, some Jews from Asia found me ritually purified in the temple, without a crowd and without any uproar.
for the mass of people followed, yelling, “Take him away!”
It is they who ought to be here before you to bring charges, if they have anything against me.
Then Paul called one of the centurions and said, “Take this young man to the commander, because he has something to report to him.”
But when Paul appealed to be held for trial by the Emperor, I ordered him to be kept in custody until I could send him to Caesar.”
Since they stayed there many days, Festus presented Paul’s case to the king, saying, “There’s a man who was left as a prisoner by Felix.
“Therefore,” he said, “let the men of authority among you go down with me and accuse him, if there is any wrong in this man.”
However, so that I will not burden you any further, I beg you in your graciousness to give us a brief hearing.
When he arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him and brought many serious charges that they were not able to prove,
When he said this, a dispute broke out between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.
They didn’t find me disputing with anyone or causing a disturbance among the crowd, either in the temple complex or in the synagogues or anywhere in the city.
or about this one statement I cried out while standing among them, ‘Today I am being judged before you concerning the resurrection of the dead.’”
When I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews presented their case and asked for a judgment against him.
Because we were being severely battered by the storm, they began to jettison the cargo the next day.
came and stood by me and said, ‘Brother Saul, regain your sight.’ And in that very hour I looked up and saw him.
But the centurion kept them from carrying out their plan because he wanted to save Paul, so he ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land.
Since I was at a loss in a dispute over such things, I asked him if he wished to go to Jerusalem and be tried there concerning these matters.
Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I would like to hear the man myself.”
“Tomorrow you will hear him,” he replied.
However, we must run aground on a certain island.”
However, Festus answered that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself was about to go there shortly.
So he took him, brought him to the commander, and said, “The prisoner Paul called me and asked me to bring this young man to you, because he has something to tell you.”
we said good-bye to one another. Then we boarded the ship, and they returned home.