When the day of Pentecost was being celebrated, all of them were together in one place.

A sense of fear came over everyone, and many wonders and signs were being done by the apostles.

They were praising God and enjoying the good will of all the people. Every day the Lord was adding to their number those who were being saved.

Now a man who had been crippled from birth was being carried in. Every day people would lay him at what was called the Beautiful Gate so that he could beg from those who were going into the Temple.

If we are being questioned today for a good deed done for someone who was sick or to learn how this man was healed,

Now many signs and wonders were being performed by the apostles among the people, who were gathered together in Solomon's Colonnade.

Nevertheless, believers were being added to the Lord in increasing numbers both men and women.

So the commander of the Temple guards went with his men to bring them back without force, because they were afraid of being stoned to death by the people.

In those days, as the number of the disciples was growing larger and larger, a complaint was made by the Hellenistic Jews against the Hebraic Jews that their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution of food.

When he saw one of them being mistreated, he defended him and avenged the man who was being mistreated by killing the Egyptian.

For I see that you're being poisoned by bitterness and you're a prisoner of wickedness!"

As they were going along the road, they came to some water. The eunuch said, "Look, there's some water. What keeps me from being baptized?"

He became very hungry and wanted to eat, and while the food was being prepared, he fell into a trance

and saw heaven open and something like a large linen sheet coming down, being lowered by its four corners to the ground.

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

So Peter went out and began to follow him, not realizing that what was being done by the angel was real; he thought he was seeing a vision.

and that everyone who believes in him is justified and freed from everything that kept you from being justified by the Law of Moses.

"Men, why are you doing this? We are merely human beings with natures like yours. We are telling you the good news so you'll turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them.

A woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a dealer in purple goods, was listening to us. She was a worshiper of God, and the Lord opened her heart to listen carefully to what was being said by Paul.

So if we are God's children, we shouldn't think that the divine being is like gold, silver, or stone, or is an image carved by humans using their own imagination and skill.

One night, the Lord told Paul in a vision, "Stop being afraid to speak out! Don't remain silent!

because we are in danger of being charged with rioting today, and there is no good reason we can give to justify this commotion."

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

Even when the blood of your witness Stephen was being shed, I was standing there, approving it and guarding the coats of those who were killing him.'

The next day, since the tribune wanted to find out exactly what Paul was being accused of by the Jews, he released him and ordered the high priests and the entire Council to meet. Then he brought Paul down and had him stand before them.

"Your Excellency Felix, since we are enjoying lasting peace because of you, and since reforms for this nation are being brought about through your foresight, we always and everywhere acknowledge it with profound gratitude.

Festus replied that Paul was being kept in custody at Caesarea and that he himself would be going there soon.

The next day, because we were being tossed so violently by the storm, they began to throw the cargo overboard.

For a number of days neither the sun nor the stars were to be seen, and the storm continued to rage until at last all hope of our being saved vanished.

and said, "Stop being afraid, Paul! You must stand before the emperor. Indeed, God has given to you the lives of everyone who is sailing with you.'