when suddenly there came a sound from heaven like a violent blast of wind, which filled the whole house where they were seated.

So when this sound was heard, the multitude gathered in bewilderment, for each heard them speaking in his own language.

and that the Lord may send Jesus your long-decreed Christ,

It was for you first that God raised up his Servant, and sent him to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways."

With these orders they went into the temple about dawn and proceeded to teach. Meantime the high priest and his allies met, called the Sanhedrin together and the council of seniors belonging to the sons of Israel, and then sent to prison for the men.

But, hearing there was food in Egypt, Jacob sent our ancestors on their first visit to that country;

Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his kinsfolk, amounting to seventy-five souls;

I have indeed seen the oppression of my people in Egypt, I have heard their groans, and I have come down to rescue them. Come now, I will send you back to Egypt.'

The Moses they refused, when they said, 'Who made you ruler and umpire?' ??that was the very man whom God sent to rule and to redeem them, by aid of the angel who had appeared to him in the bush.

So Ananias went off and entered the house, laying his hands on him with these words, "Saul, my brother, I have been sent by the Lord, by Jesus who appeared to you on the road, to let you regain your sight and be filled with the holy Spirit."

they took him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.

When the disciples heard that Peter was at Lydda (for Joppa is not far from Lydda), they sent two men to beg him to "Come on to us without delay."

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

and after describing all the vision to them, he sent them to Joppa.

Come, get up and go down, and have no hesitation about accompanying them, for it is I who have sent them."

They said, "Cornelius, a captain, a good man who reverences God and enjoys a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation, was instructed by a holy angel to send for you to his house and to listen to what you had to say."

and so I have come without any demur when I was sent for. Now I want to know why you sent for me?"

You must send to Joppa and summon Simon who is surnamed Peter; he is staying in the house of Simon a tanner beside the sea.'

So I sent for you at once, and you have been kind enough to come. Well now, here we are all present before God to listen to what the Lord has commanded you to say."

You know the message he sent to the sons of Israel when he preached the gospel of peace by Jesus Christ (who is Lord of all);

At that very moment three men reached the house where I was living, sent to me from Caesarea.

He related to us how he had seen the angel standing in his house and saying, 'Send to Joppa for Simon who is surnamed Peter;

So the disciples put aside money, as each of them was able to afford it, for a contribution to be sent to the brothers in Judaea.

Then Peter came to his senses and said, "Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were anticipating."

Sent out thus by the holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia and from there they sailed to Cyprus.

and, after the reading of the Law and the prophets, the presidents of the synagogue sent to tell them, "Brothers, if you have any word of counsel for the people, say it."

Brothers, sons of Abraham's race and all among you who reverence God, the message of this salvation has been sent to us.

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.

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

We therefore send Judas and Silas with the following message, which they will also give to you orally.

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

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

The jailer repeated this to Paul. "The praetors," he said, "have sent to release you. So come out and go in peace?"

Then the brothers at once sent off Paul and Silas by night to Beroea. When they arrived there, they betook themselves to the Jewish synagogue,

The brothers then sent off Paul at once on his way to the sea, while Silas and Timotheus remained where they were.

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

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

When the tumult had ceased, Paul sent for the disciples and encouraged them; he then took leave of them and went his way to Macedonia.

From Miletus he sent to Ephesus for the presbyters of the church.

But he said to me, 'Go; I will send you afar to the Gentiles ????'"

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;

but when he argued about morality, self-mastery, and the future judgment, Felix grew uneasy. "You may go for the present," he said; "when I can find a moment, I will send for you"

(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.

as a special favour, to send for him to Jerusalem, meaning to lay an ambush for him and murder him on the road.

I could not find he had done anything that deserved death, so I decided to send him, on his own appeal, to the emperor.

I will rescue you from the People and also from the Gentiles ??to whom I send you,

Be sure of this, then, that this salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen to it."