whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it.

For David speaks concerning Him, "I foresaw the Lord always before me, because He is at my right hand, that I should not be moved.

But those things which God before had shown by the mouth of all His prophets, that Christ should suffer, He fulfilled in this manner.

Then the commander went with the officers and brought them, not with force, for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned.

And he said, How can I unless some man should guide me? And he asked Philip to come up and sit with him.

Can anyone forbid water that these, who have received the Holy Ghost as well as we, should not be baptized?

And the Word was heard in the ears of the church in Jerusalem. And they sent out Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch;

And one of them named Agabus stood up and signified by the Spirit that there should be great famine over the world (which also happened in the days of Claudius Caesar).

And after much disputing, Peter rose up and said to them, Men, brothers, you recognize that from ancient days God chose among us that through my mouth the nations should hear the Word of the gospel, and believe.

but that we write to them that they should abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.

And Paul said, John truly baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe into Him coming after him, that is, into Jesus Christ.

grieving most of all over the word which he had spoken, that they should see his face no more. And they went with him to the ship.

And finding disciples, we stayed there seven days; who said to Paul through the Spirit that he should not go up to Jerusalem.

Then taking the men on the next day, being purified with them, Paul went into the temple, declaring the fulfillment of the days of the purification, until an offering should be offered for each of them.

And they listened to him until this word, and then they lifted up their voice, saying, Take such a one from the earth! For it is not fitting that he should live.

And dissension arising, the chiliarch, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and to take him from among them by force, and to bring him into the fortress.

Then indeed Festus answered that Paul should be kept at Caesarea; he himself would depart shortly.

And when it was determined that we should sail to Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus' cohort.

which taking, they used helps, undergirding the ship. And fearing lest they should fall into the sandbanks of Syrtis, lowering the tackle, so they were borne along.

And the mind of the soldiers was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out and escape.

For the heart of this people was fattened, and they have heard with their ears dully; and they closed their eyes; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them."