And a man lame from birth was being carried up, who was placed at the temple gate called "the Beautiful Gate" every day so he could beg for money from those going into the temple courts.

After threatening them further, they released them, for they could not find how to punish them on account of the people, because they were all praising God for what had happened.

Now when the commander of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this report, they were greatly puzzled concerning it, wondering what this could be.

Then a famine occurred throughout Egypt and Canaan, causing great suffering, and our ancestors could not find food.

He found favor with God and asked that he could find a dwelling place for the house of Jacob.

But Peter said to him, "May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could acquire God's gift with money!

and requested letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way, either men or women, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

So Saul got up from the ground, but although his eyes were open, he could see nothing. Leading him by the hand, his companions brought him into Damascus.

For three days he could not see, and he neither ate nor drank anything.

Immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he could see again. He got up and was baptized,

but Saul learned of their plot against him. They were also watching the city gates day and night so that they could kill him.

Now while Peter was puzzling over what the vision he had seen could signify, the men sent by Cornelius had learned where Simon's house was and approached the gate.

and by this one everyone who believes is justified from everything from which the law of Moses could not justify you.

In Lystra sat a man who could not use his feet, lame from birth, who had never walked.

Because he could not be persuaded, we said no more except, "The Lord's will be done."

Since I could not see because of the brilliance of that light, I came to Damascus led by the hand of those who were with me.

the commanding officer ordered Paul to be brought back into the barracks. He told them to interrogate Paul by beating him with a lash so that he could find out the reason the crowd was shouting at Paul in this way.

Because I was at a loss how I could investigate these matters, I asked if he were willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there on these charges.

But when Paul appealed to be kept in custody for the decision of His Majesty the Emperor, I ordered him to be kept under guard until I could send him to Caesar."

Paul replied, "I pray to God that whether in a short or a long time not only you but also all those who are listening to me today could become such as I am, except for these chains."

Agrippa said to Festus, "This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar."

The next day we put in at Sidon, and Julius, treating Paul kindly, allowed him to go to his friends so they could provide him with what he needed.

Because the harbor was not suitable to spend the winter in, the majority decided to put out to sea from there. They hoped that somehow they could reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete facing southwest and northwest, and spend the winter there.

When a gentle south wind sprang up, they thought they could carry out their purpose, so they weighed anchor and sailed close along the coast of Crete.

When the ship was caught in it and could not head into the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along.

When day came, they did not recognize the land, but they noticed a bay with a beach, where they decided to run the ship aground if they could.

But they encountered a patch of crosscurrents and ran the ship aground; the bow stuck fast and could not be moved, but the stern was being broken up by the force of the waves.

But the centurion, wanting to save Paul's life, prevented them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land,