So he got up and went; and there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure; and he had come to Jerusalem to worship,

“Surely no one can refuse the water for these to be baptized who have received the Holy Spirit just as we did, can he?”

When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a magician, a Jewish false prophet whose name was Bar-Jesus,

In the generations gone by He permitted all the nations to go their own ways;

But Paul kept insisting that they should not take him along who had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not gone with them to the work.

But when her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the market place before the authorities,

When he had gone through those districts and had given them much exhortation, he came to Greece.

But these had gone on ahead and were waiting for us at Troas.

When he had gone back up and had broken the bread and eaten, he talked with them a long while until daybreak, and then left.

as also the high priest and all the Council of the elders can testify. From them I also received letters to the brethren, and started off for Damascus in order to bring even those who were there to Jerusalem as prisoners to be punished.

since you can take note of the fact that no more than twelve days ago I went up to Jerusalem to worship.

Nor can they prove to you the charges of which they now accuse me.

If, then, I am a wrongdoer and have committed anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die; but if none of those things is true of which these men accuse me, no one can hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar.”

and when they had gone aside, they began talking to one another, saying, “This man is not doing anything worthy of death or imprisonment.”

When they had gone a long time without food, then Paul stood up in their midst and said, “Men, you ought to have followed my advice and not to have set sail from Crete and incurred this damage and loss.