Yet I know, brothers, that you did not know what you were doing, any more than your leaders did;

No one among them was in any want, for any who owned lands or houses would sell them and bring the proceeds of the sale

Then a famine spread all over Egypt and Canaan, and there was great suffering, and our forefathers could not find any food.

for it had not yet come upon any of them; they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women there who belonged to the Way, he might bring them in chains to Jerusalem.

Get up and go down, and go with them without any hesitation, for I have sent them."

That was why, when I was sent for, I came without any hesitation. And now I want to ask why you sent for me."

but welcomes the man of any nation who reveres him and does what is right.

After the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the synagogue authorities sent to them, saying, "Brothers, if you have any appeal to make to the people, proceed."

As we have heard that some of our number, without any instructions from us, have disturbed you by their teaching and unsettled your minds,

For the holy Spirit and we have decided not to lay upon you any burden but this indispensable one,

But Paul shouted out, "Do not do yourself any harm! We are all here!"

He had discussions at the synagogue with the Jews and those who worshiped with them, and every day in the public square with any whom he happened to find.

so that they might search for God, and perhaps grope for him and find him, though he is never far from any of us.

For you have brought these men here, though they have not been guilty of disloyalty nor uttered any blasphemy against our goddess.

For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he would not have to lose any time in Asia, for he was hurrying to reach Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of the Harvest Festival.

Therefore I declare to you today that I am not responsible for the blood of any of you,

So you must be on your guard and remember that for three years, night and day, I never stopped warning any of you, even with tears.

"I did not know, brothers," said Paul, "that he was high priest, for the Scripture says, 'You shall not say anything against any ruler of your people.' "

who ought to be here before you and to present their charges if they have any to make against me.

So they came back here with me and the next day without losing any time I took my place in the judge's chair and ordered the man brought in.

But when his accusers got up, they did not charge him with any such crimes as I had expected.

Then Festus said, "King Agrippa and all who are present, you see here the man about whom the whole Jewish people have applied to me both at Jerusalem and here, clamoring that he ought not to live any longer.

The king knows about this, and I can speak to him with freedom. I do not believe that he missed any of this, for it did not happen in a corner!

They examined me and were ready to let me go, as I was innocent of any crime that deserved death.

But the Jews objected, and I was obliged to appeal to the emperor??ot that I had any charge to make against my own nation.