Now there were devout Jews from every part of the world living in Jerusalem.

And they devoted themselves to the teaching and the society of the apostles, the breaking of bread, and prayer.

Day after day they all went regularly to the Temple, they broke their bread together in their homes, and they ate their food with glad and simple hearts,

They had the apostles brought before them and demanded of them, "By what power or authority have men like you done this?"

sold a piece of land that belonged to him, and brought the proceeds and put them at the disposal of the apostles.

with his wife's connivance appropriated some of the price received, and brought only a part of it to put at the disposal of the apostles.

And Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan taken such possession of your heart that you should lie to the holy Spirit, by appropriating part of the price of your land?

And they obeyed, and about daybreak went into the Temple and began to teach. The high priest and his party came over and called together the council and indeed the whole senate of the Israelites, and sent to the prison to have the apostles brought in.

Then the commander and his men went and brought them back, but without using violence, for they were afraid of being stoned by the people.

So they brought them before the council. The high priest called on them for an explanation.

They brought these men before the apostles, and they prayed and laid their hands upon them.

They aroused the people, the elders, and the scribes, and they set upon him and seized him, and brought him before the council.

Then they brought forward false witnesses, who said, "This man is constantly saying things against this holy place and against the Law,

When he was abandoned, the daughter of Pharaoh adopted him and brought him up as her own son.

It was he who brought them out of Egypt, and did wonders and signs there, and at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the desert.

for they said to Aaron, 'Make us gods to march in front of us, for as for this Moses, who brought us out of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him!'

This tent was handed down to our forefathers and they brought it here with them when under Joshua they dispossessed the nations that God drove out before them, and it existed until the time of David.

You have no share or part in this movement, for your heart is not honest in the sight of God.

and found him and brought him to Antioch. The result was that for a whole year they met with the church, and taught large numbers of people, and it was at Antioch that the disciples first came to be known as Christians.

and when he saw that this gratified the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter too, at the time of the festival of Unleavened Bread.

He motioned to them to be quiet, and then related to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. "Tell all this to James and the brothers," he said. Then he left them and went somewhere else.

There were at Antioch in the church there a number of prophets and teachers??arnabas, Symeon who was called Niger, Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen, who had been brought up with Herod the governor, and Saul.

It is from his descendants that God has brought to Israel as he promised to do, a savior in Jesus,

And when there was a movement on the part of both the heathen and the Jews with the authorities to insult and stone them,

From there we went to Philippi, a Roman garrison town, and the principal place in that part of Macedonia. In this town we stayed for some days.

and brought them before the chief magistrates. "These men," they said, "are Jews, and they are making a great disturbance in our town.

So they took him and brought him to the council of the Areopagus and said, "May we know just what this new teaching of yours is?

While Gallio was governor of Greece the Jews made a concerted attack upon Paul, and brought him before the governor.

A number of people who had practiced magic brought out their books and burned them publicly. The value of these was estimated and found to be ten thousand dollars.

For you have brought these men here, though they have not been guilty of disloyalty nor uttered any blasphemy against our goddess.

while we sailed from Philippi after the festival of Unleavened Bread, and joined them at Troas five days later. There we stayed a week.

On the first day of the week, when we had met for the breaking of bread, Paul addressed them, as he was going away the next morning, and he prolonged his address until midnight.

Then he went upstairs again, and broke the bread, and ate, and after a long talk with them that lasted until daylight, he went away.

We had already gone on board the ship and sailed for Assos, intending to take Paul on board there, for that was the arrangement he had made, as he intended to travel there by land.

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

There we found a ship bound for Phoenicia, and we went on board and sailed on it.

then we bade one another goodbye, and we went on board the ship, and they went home.

shouting, "Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches everybody everywhere against our people and the Law and this place, and besides he has actually brought Greeks into the Temple and desecrated this sacred place."

For they had previously seen Trophimus of Ephesus with him in the city, and they supposed that Paul had brought him into the Temple.

"I am a Jew, and I was born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but was brought up here in this city, and thoroughly educated under the teaching of Gamaliel in the Law of our forefathers. I was zealous for God, just as all of you are today.

the colonel ordered Paul brought into the barracks, and gave directions that he should be examined under the lash, so that he might find out why they made such an outcry against him.

The next day, as he wished to find out the real reason why the Jews denounced him, he had him unbound and ordered the high priests and the whole council to assemble, and took Paul down and brought him before them.

Knowing that part of them were Sadducees and part of them Pharisees, Paul called out in the council, "Brothers, I am a Pharisee, and the son of Pharisees! It is for my hope for the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial!"

Now you and the council must suggest to the colonel that he should have Paul brought down to you, as you mean to look into his case more carefully, and we will be ready to kill him before he gets down."

As I wanted to learn what charge they made against him, I had him brought before their council,

After staying only eight or ten days there, he went down to Caesarea, and the next day took his place in the judge's chair, and ordered Paul brought in.

So they came back here with me and the next day without losing any time I took my place in the judge's chair and ordered the man brought in.

So the next day, Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and went into the audience-room attended by officers and the leading citizens of the town, and at the command of Festus Paul was brought in.

Yet I have nothing definite to write to our sovereign about him. So I have brought him before you all, and especially before you, King Agrippa, in order to get from your examination of him something to put in writing.

We went on board an Adramyttian ship bound for the ports of Asia, and put to sea. We had a Macedonian from Thessalonica, named Aristarchus, with us.

There the officer found an Alexandrian ship bound for Italy, and put us on board her.

After hoisting it on board, they used ropes to brace the ship, and as they were afraid of being cast on the Syrtis banks, they lowered the sail, and let the ship drift.

but Paul said to the officers and the soldiers, "You cannot be saved unless these men stay on board."

With these words he took some bread and after thanking God for it before them all, he broke it in pieces and began to eat it.

There were about seventy-six of us on board.

The governor of the island, whose name was Publius, had estates in that part of the island, and he welcomed us and entertained us hospitably for three days.