So they accepted his message and were baptized, and about three thousand persons united with them on that day.

When the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted God's message, they sent Peter and John there.

Now the apostles and the brothers all over Judea heard that the heathen too had accepted God's message.

But Elymas the magician -- for this is the meaning of his name -- continued to oppose them by trying to keep the governor from accepting the faith.

But the Jews who refused to accept their message aroused and exasperated the minds of the heathen against the brothers.

Among them was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple goods from the town of Thyatira, and she stayed to listen to us. She was already a worshiper of God, and the Lord so moved upon her heart that she accepted the message spoken by Paul.

and to advocate practices which it is against the law for us Romans to accept or observe."

and saw Him saying to me, 'Make haste and at once get out of Jerusalem, because they will not accept your testimony about me.'