While he was with them, he declared, "Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait there for what my Father promised, which you heard about from me.

When this sound occurred, a crowd gathered and was in confusion, because each one heard them speaking in his own language.

Therefore my heart was glad and my tongue rejoiced; my body also will live in hope,

Now when they heard this, they were acutely distressed and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "What should we do, brothers?"

for it is impossible for us not to speak about what we have seen and heard."

When they heard this, they raised their voices to God with one mind and said, "Master of all, you who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them,

"For indeed both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, assembled together in this city against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed,

The group of those who believed were of one heart and mind, and no one said that any of his possessions was his own, but everything was held in common.

But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back for yourself part of the proceeds from the sale of the land?

Before it was sold, did it not belong to you? And when it was sold, was the money not at your disposal? How have you thought up this deed in your heart? You have not lied to people but to God!"

When Ananias heard these words he collapsed and died, and great fear gripped all who heard about it.

Great fear gripped the whole church and all who heard about these things.

When they heard this, they entered the temple courts at daybreak and began teaching. Now when the high priest and those who were with him arrived, they summoned the Sanhedrin -- that is, the whole high council of the Israelites -- and sent to the jail to have the apostles brought before them.

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.

Now when they heard this, they became furious and wanted to execute them.

Then they secretly instigated some men to say, "We have heard this man speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God."

For we have heard him saying that Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us."

So when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our ancestors there the first time.

When he saw one of them being hurt unfairly, Moses came to his defense and avenged the person who was mistreated by striking down the Egyptian.

I have certainly seen the suffering of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their groaning, and I have come down to rescue them. Now come, I will send you to Egypt.'

When they heard these things, they became furious and ground their teeth at him.

The crowds were paying attention with one mind to what Philip said, as they heard and saw the miraculous signs he was performing.

Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.

You have no share or part in this matter because your heart is not right before God!

Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that he may perhaps forgive you for the intent of your heart.

So Philip ran up to it and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. He asked him, "Do you understand what you're reading?"

He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?"

(Now the men who were traveling with him stood there speechless, because they heard the voice but saw no one.)

But Ananias replied, "Lord, I have heard from many people about this man, how much harm he has done to your saints in Jerusalem,

All who heard him were amazed and were saying, "Is this not the man who in Jerusalem was ravaging those who call on this name, and who had come here to bring them as prisoners to the chief priests?"

Because Lydda was near Joppa, when the disciples heard that Peter was there, they sent two men to him and urged him, "Come to us without delay."

and said, 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your acts of charity have been remembered before God.

While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all those who heard the message.

for they heard them speaking in tongues and praising God. Then Peter said,

Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles too had accepted the word of God.

I also heard a voice saying to me, 'Get up, Peter; slaughter and eat!'

When they heard this, they ceased their objections and praised God, saying, "So then, God has granted the repentance that leads to life even to the Gentiles."

About that time King Herod laid hands on some from the church to harm them.

When he had seized him, he put him in prison, handing him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him. Herod planned to bring him out for public trial after the Passover.

On that very night before Herod was going to bring him out for trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, while guards in front of the door were keeping watch over the prison.

When Peter came to himself, he said, "Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from everything the Jewish people were expecting to happen."

When Herod had searched for him and did not find him, he questioned the guards and commanded that they be led away to execution. Then Herod went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.

Now Herod was having an angry quarrel with the people of Tyre and Sidon. So they joined together and presented themselves before him. And after convincing Blastus, the king's personal assistant, to help them, they asked for peace, because their country's food supply was provided by the king's country.

On a day determined in advance, Herod put on his royal robes, sat down on the judgment seat, and made a speech to them.

Immediately an angel of the Lord struck Herod down because he did not give the glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died.

Now there were these prophets and teachers in the church at Antioch: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen (a close friend of Herod the tetrarch from childhood) and Saul.

After removing him, God raised up David their king. He testified about him: 'I have found David the son of Jesse to be a man after my heart, who will accomplish everything I want him to do.'

When the Gentiles heard this, they began to rejoice and praise the word of the Lord, and all who had been appointed for eternal life believed.

But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard about it, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting,

And God, who knows the heart, has testified to them by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us,

Since we have heard that some have gone out from among us with no orders from us and have confused you, upsetting your minds by what they said,

A woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, a God-fearing woman, listened to us. The Lord opened her heart to respond to what Paul was saying.

The police officers reported these words to the magistrates. They were frightened when they heard Paul and Silas were Roman citizens

They caused confusion among the crowd and the city officials who heard these things.

But when the Jews from Thessalonica heard that Paul had also proclaimed the word of God in Berea, they came there too, inciting and disturbing the crowds.

Now when they heard about the resurrection from the dead, some began to scoff, but others said, "We will hear you again about this."

Crispus, the president of the synagogue, believed in the Lord together with his entire household, and many of the Corinthians who heard about it believed and were baptized.

He began to speak out fearlessly in the synagogue, but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained the way of God to him more accurately.

and said to them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" They replied, "No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit."

When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus,

This went on for two years, so that all who lived in the province of Asia, both Jews and Greeks, heard the word of the Lord.

When they heard this they became enraged and began to shout, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"

When we heard this, both we and the local people begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.

Then Paul replied, "What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be tied up, but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."

When they heard this, they praised God. Then they said to him, "You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who have believed, and they are all ardent observers of the law.

(When they heard that he was addressing them in Aramaic, they became even quieter.) Then Paul said,

Then I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'

because you will be his witness to all people of what you have seen and heard.

When the centurion heard this, he went to the commanding officer and reported it, saying, "What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman citizen."

But when the son of Paul's sister heard about the ambush, he came and entered the barracks and told Paul.

he said, "I will give you a hearing when your accusers arrive too." Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard in Herod's palace.

Some days later, when Felix arrived with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, he sent for Paul and heard him speak about faith in Christ Jesus.

When we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in Aramaic, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? You are hurting yourself by kicking against the goads.'

The brothers from there, when they heard about us, came as far as the Forum of Appius and Three Taverns to meet us. When he saw them, Paul thanked God and took courage.

When they had heard my case, they wanted to release me, because there was no basis for a death sentence against me.

For the heart of this people has become dull, and their ears are hard of hearing, and they have closed their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them."'