To these he also presented himself alive after his suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking of the things concerning the kingdom of God.

They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they ate together with glad and sincere hearts,

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

sold a field which he owned, and brought the money and laid it at the apostles' feet.

and with his wife's full knowledge he kept back some of the money for himself, and brought only a part and laid it at the apostles' feet.

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

And when they heard this, they entered into the temple about daybreak and began to teach. Now when the high priest and his associates came, they called the Council together, even all the Senate of the sons of Israel, and sent orders to the prison house for them to be brought.

Then the captain went along with the officers and brought them back without violence, for they were afraid of the people, that they might be stoned.

When they had brought them, they set them before the council. The high priest questioned them,

They stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes, and they came on him and seized him, and brought him before the council.

At this time Moses was born, and was beautiful before God. And he was brought up for three months in his father's house;

and when he was placed outside, Pharaoh's daughter took him and brought him up as her own son.

At that time they made a calf and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and were rejoicing in the works of their hands.

And having received it in their turn, our fathers brought it in with Joshua when they took the land from the nations whom God drove out before our fathers. So it was until the time of David,

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

Saul got up from the ground; and when his eyes were opened, he could see nothing; so they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus.

But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles. And he declared to them how he had seen the Lord on the road, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.

But when the brethren learned of it, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.

for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a great number of people were brought to the Lord.

and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year they met with the church and taught great numbers of people; and the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.

When he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during the days of Unleavened Bread.

But motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he described to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, "Tell this to James and to the brethren." Then he left and went to another place.

Now in the church that was at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

From this man's descendants God has brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus, as he promised.

The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, and wanted to offer sacrifice with the crowds.

It happened that as we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave-girl who had a spirit of divination. She brought her owners much profit by fortune-telling.

and when they had brought them to the magistrates they said, "These men are Jews and they are throwing our city into an uproar.

He brought them out and said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"

Then he brought them up into his house, and set food before them; and he rejoiced with his whole household that he had believed in God.

Now those who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens; and receiving a command for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they left.

And they took hold of him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, "May we know what this new teaching is which you present?

But while Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack upon Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,

And a number of those who practiced magic arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all; and they counted the value of them and found it came to fifty thousand pieces of silver.

For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the craftsmen.

For you have brought these men here who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of our goddess.

But we sailed away from Philippi after the Days of Unleavened Bread, and in five days came to them at Troas, where we stayed seven days.

On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul began talking to them, intending to leave the next day, and he prolonged his message until midnight.

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.

And when he met us at Assos, we took him on board and came to Mitylene.

And when our days there were ended, we left and started on our journey, while they all, with wives and children, brought us on our way until we were out of the city. After kneeling down on the beach and praying, we said farewell to one another.

Then we went on board the ship, and they returned home.

crying out, "Men of Israel, help! This is the man who is teaching all men everywhere against our people and our law and this place; and besides he also brought Greeks into the temple, and he has defiled this holy place."

For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him, and they supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple.

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.

As Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he said to the commander, "May I say something to you?" And he said, "Do you know Greek?

"I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated under Gamaliel, strictly according to the law of our fathers, being zealous for God just as you all are today.

"As I made my journey and drew near to Damascus, about noon a bright light from heaven suddenly flashed around me.

the commander ordered him to be brought into the barracks, and commanded him to be examined by scourging so that he might find out the reason why they were shouting against him that way.

But on the next day, wishing to know for certain why he had been accused by the Jews, he released him and ordered the chief priests and all the Council to assemble, and brought Paul down and set him before them.

But when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, "Brethren, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees; with respect to the hope and the resurrection of the dead I am on trial."

So he took him and brought him to the commander and said, "Paul the prisoner called me and asked me to bring this young man to you, since he has something to tell you."

And desiring to know the charge for which they were accusing him, I brought him down to their council.

So the soldiers, in accordance with their orders, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.

After five days the high priest Ananias came down with some elders, with an attorney named Tertullus, and they brought their charges against Paul before the governor.

And the chief priests and the principal men of the Jews brought charges against Paul; and they urged him,

After he had spent not more than eight or ten days among them, he went down to Caesarea, and on the next day he took his seat on the tribunal and ordered Paul to be brought.

If, then, I am a wrongdoer and have committed anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die; but if none of the charges brought against me is true, no one can hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar."

and when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews brought charges against him, asking for sentence against him.

When therefore they came together here, I did not delay, but on the next day took my seat on the tribunal and ordered the man to be brought in.

So on the next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the audience room with the high ranking officers and the prominent men of the city. At the command of Festus, Paul was brought in.

But I have nothing definite about him to write to my lord. Therefore I have brought him before you all and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after the investigation has taken place, I may have something to write.

Having said this, he took bread and gave thanks to God in the presence of all, and he broke it and began to eat.

and the rest on planks or on various pieces of the ship. And so it happened that they were all brought safely to land.

When we had been brought safely through, then we found out that the island was called Malta.