They asked, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up toward heaven? This same Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you saw him go up into heaven."

When they came into the city, these men went to the upstairs room where they had been staying: Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.

who was one of the men associated with us all the time the Lord Jesus came and went among us,

Suddenly, a sound like the roar of a mighty windstorm came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.

When that sound came, a crowd quickly gathered, startled because each one heard the disciples speaking in his own language.

A sense of fear came over everyone, and many wonders and signs were being done by the apostles.

While he was holding on to Peter and John, all the people came running to them in what was called "Solomon's Colonnade". They were dumbfounded.

so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord and so that he may send you Jesus, whom he appointed long ago to be the Messiah.

While they were speaking to the people, the priests, the commander of the Temple guards, and the Sadducees came to them.

After an interval of about three hours, Ananias' wife came in, not knowing what had happened.

She instantly fell down at Peter's feet and died. When the young men came in, they found her dead. So they carried her out and buried her next to her husband.

When the Temple police got there, they did not find them in the prison. They came back and reported,

Then someone came and told them, "Look! The men you put in prison are standing in the Temple and teaching the people!"

Then Joseph invited his father Jacob and all his relatives to come to him in Egypt 75 persons in all.

I have surely seen the oppression of my people in Egypt, I've heard their groans, and I've come down to rescue them. Now come, I'll send you to Egypt.'

Unclean spirits screamed with a loud voice as they came out of the many people they had possessed, and many paralyzed and lame people were healed.

Before this, he had not come on any of them. They had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

So he got up and went. Now there was an Ethiopian eunuch, who was a member of the court of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. He was in charge of all her treasures and had come up to Jerusalem to worship.

As they were going along the road, they came to some water. The eunuch said, "Look, there's some water. What keeps me from being baptized?"

When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away. The eunuch went on his way rejoicing and did not see Philip again.

But Philip found himself at Azotus. As he was passing through that region, he kept proclaiming the good news in all the towns until he came to Caesarea.

He has seen in a vision a man named Ananias come in and lay his hands on him so he would see again."

Everyone who heard him was astonished and said, "This is the man who harassed those who were calling on Jesus' name in Jerusalem, isn't it? Didn't he come here to bring them in chains to the high priests?"

Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples heard that Peter was there and sent two men to him and begged him, "Come here quickly!"

Again the voice came to him a second time, "You must stop calling unclean what God has made clean."

The men replied, "Cornelius, a centurion and an upright and God-fearing man who is respected by the whole Jewish nation, was instructed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his home to hear what you have to say."

so send messengers to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter, to come to you. He is a guest in the home of Simon, a leatherworker, by the sea.'

So I sent for you immediately, and it was good of you to come. All of us are here now in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has ordered you to say."

Then the circumcised believers who had come with Peter were amazed that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the gentiles, too,

"I was in the town of Joppa praying when in a trance I saw a vision: Something like a large linen sheet descended down from heaven, lowered by its four corners, and it came right down to me.

But among them were some men from Cyprus and Cyrene, who came to Antioch and began proclaiming the Lord Jesus even to the Hellenistic Jews.

At that time some prophets from Jerusalem came down to Antioch.

They passed the first guard, then the second, and came to the iron gate that led into the city. It opened by itself for them, and they went outside and proceeded one block when the angel suddenly left him.

Then Peter came to himself and said, "Now I'm sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from Herod and from everything the Jewish people were expecting!"

When he knocked at the outer gate, a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer it.

When morning came, there was a great commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter.

Now Herod had been in a violent quarrel with the people of Tyre and Sidon. So they came to him as a group. After they had won over Blastus, who oversaw security for the king's sleeping quarters, they asked for a peace agreement because their country depended on the king's country for food.

The Lord is against you now, and you'll be blind and unable to see the sun for a while!" At that moment a dark mist came over him, and he went around looking for someone to lead him by the hand.

and for many days he appeared to those who had come with him to Jerusalem from Galilee. These are now his witnesses to the people.

When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language, "The gods have become like men and have come down to us!"

But some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds by persuasion. They stoned Paul and dragged him out of the town, thinking he was dead.

Then they passed through Pisidia and came to Pamphylia.

Then some men came down from Judea and started to teach the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the Law of Moses, you can't be saved."

""After this, I will come back and set up David's fallen tent again. I will restore its ruined places and set it up again

During the night Paul had a vision. A man from Macedonia was standing there and pleading with him, "Come over to Macedonia and help us!"

When she and her family were baptized, she urged us, "If you are convinced that I am a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my home." And she continued to insist that we do so.

She kept doing this for many days until Paul became annoyed, turned to her and told the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus the Messiah to come out of her!" And it came out that very moment.

When day came, the magistrates sent guards, who commanded, "Release those men."

The jailer reported these words to Paul, and added, "The magistrates have sent word to release you. So come out now and go in peace."

But Paul told the guards, "The magistrates have had us beaten publicly without a trial and have thrown us into jail, even though we are Roman citizens. Now are they going to throw us out secretly? Certainly not! Have them come and escort us out."

So the magistrates came, apologized to them, and escorted them out. Then they asked them to leave the city.

Paul and Silas traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia and came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.

When they didn't find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials and shouted, "These fellows who have turned the world upside down have come here, too,

There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to visit them,

As he told them goodbye, he said, "I will come back to you again if it is God's will." Then he set sail from Ephesus.

It was while Apollos was in Corinth that Paul passed through the inland districts and came to Ephesus. He found a few disciples there

Then Paul said, "John baptized when they repented, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus."

When Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began to speak in foreign languages and to prophesy.

We sailed from there and on the following day arrived off Chios. The next day, we crossed over to Samos and stayed at Trogyllium. The day after that, we came to Miletus.

When they came to him, he told them, "You know how I lived among you the entire time from the first day I set foot in Asia.

I served the Lord with all humility, with tears, and with trials that came to me through the plots of the Jews.

I know that when I'm gone, savage wolves will come among you and not spare the flock.

We came in sight of Cyprus, and leaving it on our left, we sailed on to Syria and landed at Tyre because the ship was to unload its cargo there.

but when our time there came to an end, we left and proceeded on our journey. All of them accompanied us with their wives and children out of the city. We knelt on the beach, prayed,

The next day, we left and came to Caesarea. We went to the home of Philip the evangelist, one of the Seven, and stayed with him.

He came to us, took Paul's belt, and tied his own feet and hands with it. Then he said, "The Holy Spirit says, "This is how the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem will tie up the man who owns this belt. Then they will hand him over to the gentiles.'"

What is to be done? They will certainly hear that you have come.

Then the tribune came up, grabbed Paul, and ordered him to be tied up with two chains. He then asked who Paul was and what he had done.

came to me. He stood beside me and said, "Brother Saul, receive your sight!' At that moment I could see him.

But the son of Paul's sister heard about the ambush, so he came and got into the barracks and told Paul.

When these men came to Caesarea, they delivered the letter to the governor and handed Paul over to him.

After many years, I have come back to my people to bring gifts for the poor and to offer sacrifices.

"Therefore," he said, "have your authorities come down with me and present their charges against him there, if there is anything wrong with the man."

When Paul arrived, the Jewish leaders who had come down from Jerusalem surrounded him and began bringing a number of serious charges against him that they couldn't prove.

After several days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea to welcome Festus.

So they came here with me, and the next day without any delay I sat down in the judge's seat and ordered the man to be brought in.

Sailing past it with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.

Fearing that we might run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and began praying for daylight to come.

When day came, they didn't recognize the land, but they could see a bay with a beach on which they planned to run the ship ashore, if possible.

Then we weighed anchor and came to Rhegium. A day later, a south wind began to blow, and on the second day we came to Puteoli.

The brothers there heard about us and came as far as the Forum of Appius and the Three Taverns to meet us. When Paul saw them, he thanked God and felt encouraged.

When we came into Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself with the soldier who was guarding him.

So they set a day to meet with Paul and came out in large numbers to see him where he was staying.

For two whole years Paul lived in his own rented place and welcomed everyone who came to him.