Now Saul heartily approved of putting Stephen to death. That day a severe persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and everyone except for the apostles was scattered throughout the countryside of Judea and Samaria.

Philip went down to the city of Samaria and began to preach the Messiah to the people.

He immediately started to preach about Jesus in the synagogues, saying, "This is the Son of God."

He also ordered us to preach to the people and to testify solemnly that this is the one appointed by God to be the judge of the living and the dead.

Arriving in Salamis, they began to preach God's word in the Jewish synagogues. They also had John to help them.

Then Paul and his men set sail from Paphos and arrived in Perga in Pamphylia, where John left them and went back to Jerusalem.

They left Perga and arrived in Antioch in Pisidia. On the Sabbath day, they went into the synagogue and sat down.

When the meeting of the synagogue broke up, many Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who kept talking to them and urging them to continue in the grace of God.

They spoke the word in Perga and went down to Attalia.

Now about that time a great commotion broke out concerning the Way.

On the first day of the week, when we had met to break bread, Paul began to address the people. Since he intended to leave the next day, he went on speaking until midnight.

Then he went back upstairs, broke bread, and ate. He talked with them for a long time, until dawn, and then left.

After he said that, an angry quarrel broke out between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided,

After he said this, he took some bread, thanked God in front of everyone, broke it, and began to eat.

He continued to preach about the kingdom of God and to teach boldly and freely about the Lord Jesus, the Messiah.