And after He had said these things, He was lifted up while they were looking on, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.

‘Therefore my heart was glad and my tongue exulted;
Moreover my flesh also will live in hope;

But Peter said, “I do not possess silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you: In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene—walk!”

“Now a famine came over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction with it, and our fathers could find no food.

But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!

And he said, “Well, how could I, unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

Saul got up from the ground, and though his eyes were open, he could see nothing; and leading him by the hand, they brought him into Damascus.

Therefore if God gave to them the same gift as He gave to us also after believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could stand in God’s way?”

Now when day came, there was no small disturbance among the soldiers as to what could have become of Peter.

and through Him everyone who believes is freed from all things, from which you could not be freed through the Law of Moses.

Being then the children of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and thought of man.

I have coveted no one’s silver or gold or clothes.

But among the crowd some were shouting one thing and some another, and when he could not find out the facts because of the uproar, he ordered him to be brought into the barracks.

But since I could not see because of the brightness of that light, I was led by the hand by those who were with me and came into Damascus.

After Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many and serious charges against him which they could not prove,

Because the harbor was not suitable for wintering, the majority reached a decision to put out to sea from there, if somehow they could reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete, facing southwest and northwest, and spend the winter there.

and when the ship was caught in it and could not face the wind, we gave way to it and let ourselves be driven along.

Running under the shelter of a small island called Clauda, we were scarcely able to get the ship’s boat under control.

When day came, they could not recognize the land; but they did observe a bay with a beach, and they resolved to drive the ship onto it if they could.

but the centurion, wanting to bring Paul safely through, kept them from their intention, and commanded that those who could swim should jump overboard first and get to land,

The natives showed us extraordinary kindness; for because of the rain that had set in and because of the cold, they kindled a fire and received us all.