constantly praising God and respected by all the people. And every day the Lord added people who were saved to their number.

But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, highly respected by all the people, got up in the council and gave orders to put the men out of the council a little while;

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."

Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:

But the Jews incited the devoted [non-Jewish] women who held respected positions, and the principal men of the city, by stirring up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and [succeeded] in running them out of the region.

There a man named Ananias, a devout observer of the Law, highly respected by all the Jews who lived there,