And while staying with them, he commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised, "Which," he said, "you heard of from me;

He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has fixed by his own authority.

They were amazed and wondered, saying, "Are not all these who are speaking Galileans?

For these men are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day;

For David says concerning him, 'I saw the Lord always before me; for he is at my right hand, so that I will not be shaken.

because you will not abandon my soul to hades, nor let your Holy One see decay.

he looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to hades, nor did his flesh see decay.

For David did not ascend into heaven, but he says himself: 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand,

and they sold their possessions and goods and distributed them to all, as anyone had need.

But Peter said, "I do not have silver and gold, but I give you what I have; in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk."

And it shall be that every soul that does not listen to that prophet will be destroyed from among the people.'

Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

For there was not a needy person among them, For all who were owners of land or houses sold them and brought the proceeds of the sales

and laid it at the apostles' feet, and it was distributed to each as any had need.

While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? How is it that you have conceived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God."

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

But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the prison, and brought them out, and said,

But when the officers came, they did not find them in the prison, and they returned and reported back,

saying, "We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name, and yet, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and intend to bring this man's blood upon us."

but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them; or else you may even be found fighting against God."

So they took his advice, and they called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

So the twelve summoned the congregation of the disciples and said, "It is not right for us to neglect the word of God in order to serve tables.

But they could not stand against the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.

But He gave him no inheritance in it, not even a foot of ground, and yet, even though he had no child, he promised that he would give it to him as a possession, and to his descendants after him.

He dealt craftily with our race and forced our fathers to expose their infants, so that they would not survive.

And he supposed that his brethren understood that God was granting them deliverance through him, but they did not understand.

'I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob.' Moses trembled with fear and did not dare to look.

saying to Aaron, 'Make for us gods who will go before us; as for this Moses who led us out from the land of Egyptwe do not know what has happened to him.'

However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands; as the prophet says:

Has not my hand made all these things?'

Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whom you have now betrayed and murdered,

you who received the law as delivered by angels, and yet did not keep it."

Then he fell on his knees and cried out with a loud voice, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them." And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

For he had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

You have no part or share in this matter, for your heart is not right before God.

Now the passage of Scripture which he was reading was this: "He was led as a sheep to slaughter; and as a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he does not open his mouth.

All those who heard him were amazed, and said, "Is this not he who made havoc in Jerusalem of those who called on this name, and who had come here for the purpose of bringing them bound before the chief priests?"

but their plot became known to Saul. They were watching the gates day and night, to kill him;

but his disciples took him by night and let him down through an opening in the wall, lowering him in a basket.

When he came to Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples; but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.

And the voice came to him again a second time, "What God has cleansed, you must not call common."

And he said to them, "You yourselves know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or to visit him; but God has shown me that I should not call any man common or unclean.

And opening his mouth, Peter said: "I most certainly understand now that God is not one to show partiality,

not to all the people but to us who were chosen by God as witnesses, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.

But the voice answered a second time from heaven, 'What God has cleansed you must not call common.'

The very night when Herod was about to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison.

So he went out and followed him; and he did not know that what was done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision.

When she recognized Peter's voice, in her joy she did not open the gate, but ran in and announced that Peter was standing in front of the gate.

When Herod had searched for him and could not find him, he examined the guards and ordered that they be put to death. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there a while.

And the people shouted, "The voice of a god and not of a man!"

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

and said, "You who are full of all deceit and fraud, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not stop making crooked the straight ways of the Lord?

And as John was completing his course, he said, 'What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. No, but after me one is coming, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.'

For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers, because they did not recognize him nor the utterances of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled these by condemning him.

Therefore he also says in another Psalm, 'You will not let your Holy One see decay.'

but he whom God raised did not see decay.

and through him everyone who believes is freed from everything from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses.

Therefore take care, so that what is said in the prophets may not come upon you:

yet he did not leave himself without witness, in that he did good and gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness."

Therefore it is my judgment that we should not trouble those who are turning to God from among the Gentiles,

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

And when they came to Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit o Jesus did not allow them;

A vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia was standing and begging him, and saying, "Come over to Macedonia and help us."

They advocate customs which it is not lawful for us Romans to accept or practice."

But Paul cried with a loud voice, "Do not harm yourself, for we are all here!"

He took them that very hour of the night and washed their wounds, and immediately he was baptized, he and all his family.

And some of them were persuaded, and joined Paul and Silas; as did a large number of the God-fearing Greeks and not a few of the leading women.

When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brethren before the city authorities, shouting, "These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also,

The brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue.

The God who made the world and everything in it, since he is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by hands;

that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.

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

And the Lord said to Paul one night in a vision, "Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent;

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

And you see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in almost all of Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away a considerable number of people, saying that gods made with hands are no gods at all.

Not only is there danger that this trade of ours fall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis be regarded as worthless and that she whom all of Asia and the world worship will even be dethroned from her magnificence."

Paul wanted to go in among the crowd, but the disciples would not let him.

Some of the Asiarchs also, who were friends of his, sent to him and begged him not to venture into the theater.

Now some were shouting one thing, some another; for the assembly was in confusion, and most of the people did not know why they had come together.

And when the town clerk had quieted the crowd, he said, "Men of Ephesus, what man is there after all who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of the image which fell down from heaven?

As it is, we are in danger of being charged with rioting because of today's events. In that case we would not be able to account for this commotion, since there is no reason for it."

But Paul went down and fell on him, and after embracing him, he said, "Do not be alarmed, for his life is in him."

For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he would not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hurrying to be in Jerusalem, if possible, on the day of Pentecost.

how I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you publicly and from house to house,

And now, behold, bound in the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there,

But I do not consider my life of any account nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.

For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.

I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock;

Therefore be alert, remembering that for three years I did not cease night and day to admonish each one with tears.

grieving most of all over the word which he had spoken, that they would not see his face again. And they accompanied him to the ship.

And having sought out the disciples, we stayed there for seven days. Through the Spirit they told Paul not to go on to Jerusalem.

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

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

And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased and said, "The will of the Lord be done."

and they have been told about you that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or to walk according to the customs.

Some in the crowd shouted one thing, and some another; and as he could not learn the facts because of the uproar, he ordered him to be brought into the barracks.

Then you are not the Egyptian who some time ago stirred up a revolt and led the four thousand men of the Assassins out into the wilderness?"

And those who were with me saw the light, but did not hear the voice of the one who was speaking to me.

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.

and saw him saying to me, 'Make haste, and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.'