Some others sneered, "They are brim-full of new wine!"

But a man called Ananias, who with his wife Sapphira had sold some property,

appropriated some of the purchase-money with the connivance of his wife; he only brought part of it to lay before the feet of the apostles.

"Ananias," said Peter, "why has Satan filled your heart and made you cheat the holy Spirit by appropriating some of the money paid for the land?

"Tell me," said Peter, "did you only sell the land for such and such a sum?" "Yes," she said, "that was all we sold it for."

Some of those who belonged to the so-called synagogue of the Libyans, the Cyrenians, and the Alexandrians, as well as to that of the Cilicians and Asiatics, started a dispute with Stephen,

they were carried across to Shechem and laid in the tomb which Abraham had bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

Now for some time previous a man called Simon had been practising magic arts in the town, to the utter astonishment of the Samaritan nation; he made himself out to be a great person,

he asked. "Why, how can I possibly understand it," said the eunuch, "unless some one puts me on the right track?" And he begged Philip to get up and sit beside him.

As they travelled on, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, "Here is water! What is to prevent me being baptized?"

Then he took some food and felt strong again. For several days he stayed at Damascus with the disciples.

In Joppa Peter stayed for some time, at the house of Simon a tanner.

You must now send some men to Joppa for a certain Simon who is surnamed Peter;

He became very hungry and longed for some food. But as they were getting the meal ready, a trance came over him.

So he invited them in and entertained them. Next day he was up and off with them, accompanied by some of the brothers from Joppa;

And he ordered them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they begged him to remain for some days.

Well then, if God has given them exactly the same gift as he gave us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I ??how could I try to thwart God?"

Some of them, however, were Cypriotes and Cyrenians, who on reaching Antioch told the Greeks also the gospel of the Lord Jesus;

During these days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch,

It was about that time that king Herod laid hands of violence on some members of the church.

Herod made inquiries for him but could not find him; so, after cross-examining the guards, he ordered them off to death. He then went down from Judaea to Caesarea, where he spent some time.

At Iconium the same thing happened. They went into the synagogue of the Jews and spoke in such a way that a great body both of Jews and Greeks believed.

The populace of the town was divided; some sided with the Jews, some with the apostles.

As a sharp dispute and controversy sprang up between them and Paul and Barnabas, it was arranged that Paul and Barnabas, along with some others of their number, should go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and presbyters at Jerusalem about this question.

But some of the believers who belonged to the Pharisaic party got up and said, "Gentiles must be circumcised and told to observe the law of Moses."

No, it is by the grace of the Lord Jesus that we believe and are saved, in the same way as they are."

Then the apostles and the presbyters, together with the whole church, decided to select some of their number and send them with Paul and Barnabas to Antioch. The men selected were Judas (called Bar-Sabbas) and Silas, prominent members of the brotherhood.

Having learned that some of our number, quite unauthorized by us, have unsettled you with their teaching and upset your souls,

we have decided unanimously to select some of our number and send them to you along with our beloved Paul and Barnabas

Then after some time had passed the brothers let them go with a greeting of peace to those who had sent them.

Some days later, Paul said to Barnabas, "Come and let us go back to visit the brothers in every town where we have proclaimed the word of the Lord. Let us see how they are doing."

We then came to the Roman colony of Philippi, which is the foremost town of the district of Macedonia. In this town we spent some days.

Some were persuaded and threw in their lot with Paul and Silas, including a host of devout Greeks and a large number of the leading women.

But the Jews were aroused to jealousy; they got hold of some idle rascals to form a mob and set the town in an uproar; they attacked Jason's house in the endeavour to bring them out before the populace,

but as they failed to find Paul and Silas they haled Jason and some of the brothers before the politarchs, yelling, "These upsetters of the whole world have come here too!

Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also came across him. Some said, "Whatever does the fellow mean with his scraps of learning'?" Others said, "He looks like a herald of foreign deities" (this was because he preached 'Jesus' and 'the Resurrection').

You talk of some things that sound strange to us; so we want to know what they mean."

for it is in him that we live and move and exist ??as some of your own poets have said, 'We too belong to His race.'

But on hearing of a 'resurrection of dead men,' some sneered, while others said, "We will hear you again on that subject."

Some men, however, did join him and believe, including Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman called Damaris, and some others.

and as he belonged to the same trade he stayed with them and they all worked together. (They were workers in leather by trade.)

Paul was just on the point of opening his lips to reply, when Gallio said to the Jews, "If it had been a misdemeanour or wicked crime, there would be some reason in me listening to you,O Jews.

After spending some time there he went off on a journey right through the country of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening the disciples.

It was when Apollos was in Corinth that Paul, after passing through the inland districts, came down to Ephesus. There he found some disciples,

But as some grew stubborn and disobedient, decrying the Way in presence of the multitude, he left them, withdrew the disciples, and continued his argument every day from eleven to four in the lecture-room of Tyrannus.

Some strolling Jewish exorcists also undertook to pronounce the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, "I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches!"

Some of the Asiarchs, who were friends of his, also sent to beg him not to venture into the amphitheatre.)

Some were shouting one thing, some another; for the assembly was in confusion, and the majority had no idea why they had met.

Some of the mob concluded it must be Alexander, as the Jews pushed him to the front. So Alexander, motioning with his hand, wanted to defend himself before the people;

accompanied by some of the disciples from Caesarea, who conducted us to the house of Mnason, a Cypriote, with whom we were to lodge. He was a disciple of old standing.

Taking some soldiers and officers, he at once rushed down to them, and when they saw the commander and the soldiers they stopped beating Paul.

Some of the crowd roared one thing, some another, and as he could not learn the facts owing to the uproar, he ordered Paul to be taken to the barracks.

came to me and standing beside me said, 'Saul, my brother, regain your sight!' The same moment I regained my sight and looked up at him.

The commander replied, "I had to pay a large sum for this citizenship." "But I was born a citizen," said Paul.

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?"

Paul summoned one of the officers and said, "Take this young man to the commander, for he has some news to give him."

Five days later down came the high priest Ananias with some elders and a barrister called Tertullus. They laid information before the governor against Paul.

and I cherish the same hope in God as they accept, namely that there is to be a resurrection of the just and the unjust.

and it was in presenting these that I was found within the temple. I was ceremonially pure, I was not mixed up in any mob or riot; no, the trouble was caused by some Jews from Asia,

He gave orders to the officer to have Paul kept in custody but to allow him some freedom and not to prevent any of his own people from rendering him any service.

Some days later Felix arrived with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess. He sent for Paul and heard what he had to say about faith in Christ Jesus;

(though at the same time he hoped Paul would give him a bribe). So he did send for him pretty frequently and conversed with him.

Some days had passed, when king Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus.

When it was decided we were to sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to an officer of the Imperial regiment called Julius.

Just before daybreak Paul begged them all to take some food. "For fourteen days," he said, "you have been on the watch all the time, without a proper meal.

Take some food then, I beg of you; it will keep you alive. You are going to be saved! Not a hair of your heads will perish."

Now the soldiers resolved to kill the prisoners, in case any of them swam off and escaped;

but as the officer wanted to save Paul, he put a stop to their plan, ordering those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land,

where we came across some of the brotherhood, who invited us to stay a week with them. In this way we reached Rome.

Some were convinced by what he said, but the others would not believe.