Day after day they resorted with one accord to the temple and broke bread together in their own homes; they ate with a glad and simple heart,

not for a single day did they cease to teach and preach the gospel of Jesus the Christ in the temple and at home.

(Saul quite approved of his murder.) That day a severe persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and everyone, with the exception of the apostles, was scattered over Judaea and Samaria.

when he enjoined us to preach to the People, testifying that this was he whom God has appointed to be judge of the living and of the dead.

Now when day broke there was a great commotion among the soldiers over what could have become of Peter.

Setting sail from Paphos, Paul and his companions reached Perga in Pamphylia; John left them and went back to Jerusalem,

but they passed on from Perga and arrived at Pisidian Antioch. On the sabbath they went into the synagogue and sat down;

So we now preach to you the glad news that the promise made to the fathers

After the synagogue broke up, a number of the Jews and the devout proselytes followed them; Paul and Barnabas talked to them and encouraged them to hold by the grace of God.

there they continued to preach the gospel.

and after speaking the word of the Lord in Perga they went down to Attaleia;

As soon as he saw the vision, we made efforts to start for Macedonia, inferring that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.

When day broke, the praetors sent the lictors with the message, "Release these men."

but when they discovered he was a Jew, a roar broke from them all, and for about two hours they shouted, "Great is Artemis of Ephesus! Great is Artemis of Ephesus!"

Then he went upstairs, broke bread, and ate; finally, after conversing awhile with them till the dawn, he went away.

They all broke into loud lamentation and falling upon the neck of Paul kissed him fondly,

Now, they have heard that you teach all Jews who live among Gentiles to break away from Moses and not to circumcise their children, nor to follow the old customs.

At this Paul said to him, "You whitewashed wall, God will strike you! You sit there to judge me by the Law, do you? And you break the Law by ordering me to be struck!"

When he said this, a quarrel broke out between the Pharisees and the Sadducees; the meeting was divided.

Thus a loud clamour broke out. Some of the scribes who belonged to the Pharisaic party got up and contended, "We find nothing wrong about this man. What if some spirit or angel has spoken to him?"

When day broke, the Jews formed a conspiracy, taking a solemn oath neither to eat nor to drink till they had killed Paul.

With these words he took a loaf and after thanking God, in presence of them all, broke it and began to eat.

When day broke, they could not recognize what land it was; however, they noticed a creek with a sandy beach, and resolved to see if they could run the ship ashore there.

Striking a reef, they drove the ship aground; the prow jammed fast, but the stern began to break up under the beating of the waves.