But when Peter saw this, he said to the people, "Men of Israel, why are you surprised at this? Why do you stare at us, as if we had made him walk by any power or piety of ours?

Any soul that will not listen to this prophet shall be exterminated from the People;

However, to keep things from going any further with the people, we had better threaten them that they are not to tell anyone in future about this Name."

Then they threatened them still further and let them go; on account of the people they found themselves unable to find any means of punishing them, for everybody was glorifying God over what had happened

But he did not give him any inheritance in it, not even a foot of the land. All be did was to promise that he would give it as a possession to him and to his offspring after him (he at the time being childless).

(As yet it had not fallen upon any of them; they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)

and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus empowering him to put any man or woman in chains whom he could find belonging to the Way, and bring them to Jerusalem.

To them Peter said, "You know yourselves it is illegal for a Jew to join or accost anyone belonging to another nation; but God has shown me that I must not call any man common or unclean,

and so I have come without any demur when I was sent for. Now I want to know why you sent for me?"

but that he who reverences Him and lives a good life in any nation is welcomed by Him.

and, after the reading of the Law and the prophets, the presidents of the synagogue sent to tell them, "Brothers, if you have any word of counsel for the people, say it."

The holy Spirit and we have decided not to impose any extra burden on you, apart from these essential requirements:

Any wider claim must be settled in the legal assembly of the citizens.

This was because Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, to avoid any loss of time in Asia; he wanted to reach Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost.

Therefore do I protest before you this day that I am not responsible for the blood of any of you;

"Brothers," said Paul, "I did not know he was high priest" (for it is written, You must not speak evil of any ruler of your people).

where I found he was accused of matters relating to their Law but not impeached for any crime that deserved death or imprisonment.

they cannot furnish you with any proof of their present charges against me.

and it was in presenting these that I was found within the temple. I was ceremonially pure, I was not mixed up in any mob or riot; no, the trouble was caused by some Jews from Asia,

who ought to have been here before you with any charge they may have against me.

He gave orders to the officer to have Paul kept in custody but to allow him some freedom and not to prevent any of his own people from rendering him any service.

If I am a criminal, if I have done anything that deserves death, I do not object to die; but if there is nothing in any of their charges against me, then no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar!"

I told them Romans were not in the habit of giving up any man until the accused met the accusers face to face and had a chance of defending himself against the impeachment.

Well, the day after they came here along with me, I took my seat on the tribunal without any loss of time. I ordered the man to be brought in,

but when his accusers stood up they did not charge him with any of the crimes that I had expected.

"King Agrippa and all here present," said Festus, "you see before you a man of whom the entire body of the Jews at Jerusalem and also here have complained to me. They loudly insist he ought not to live any longer.

Why, the king is well aware of this! To the king I can speak without the slightest hesitation. I do not believe any of it has escaped his notice, for this was not done in a corner.

Now the soldiers resolved to kill the prisoners, in case any of them swam off and escaped;

They meant to release me after examination, as I was innocent of any crime that deserved death.

But the Jews objected, and so I was obliged to appeal to Caesar ??not that I had any charge to bring against my own nation.

They replied, "We have had no letters about you from Judaea, and no brother has come here with any bad report or story about you.