And they were all amazed and bewildered and said to one another, "What can this mean?"

and killed the very source of life. But God raised him from the dead, as we can testify.

" 'The sky is my throne, And the earth a footstool for my feet. What house can you build for me? says the Lord, Or what place is there where I can rest?

And he said, "Look! I can see heaven open, and the Son of Man standing at God's right hand!"

"Why, how can I," he answered, "unless someone explains it to me?" And he invited Philip to get in and sit beside him.

"Can anyone refuse the use of water to baptize these people when they have received the holy Spirit just as we did?"

The jailer reported this message to Paul, saying, "The magistrates have sent orders that you are to be released. So you can take your leave and go unmolested."

But my life does not matter, if I can only finish my race and do the service intrusted to me by the Lord Jesus, of declaring the good news of God's favor.

Join them, undergo the rites of purification with them, and pay their expenses so that they can have their heads shaved. Then everybody will understand that there is no truth in the stories about you, but that you yourself observe the Law.

for it is not more than twelve days ago, as you can easily satisfy yourself, that I went up to worship at Jerusalem,

But Paul said, "I am standing before the emperor's court, where I ought to be tried. I have done the Jews no wrong, as you can easily see.

If I am guilty and have done anything that deserves death, I do not refuse to die; but if there is no truth in the charges that these men make against me, no one can give me up to them; I appeal to the emperor."

But Paul appealed to have his case reserved for his Majesty's decision, and I have ordered him kept in custody until I can send him to the emperor."

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!