All these continued together in prayer with one mind, together with the women, along with Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.

beginning from his baptism by John until the day he was taken up from us -- one of these must become a witness of his resurrection together with us."

Then they prayed, "Lord, you know the hearts of all. Show us which one of these two you have chosen

Completely baffled, they said, "Aren't all these who are speaking Galileans?

In spite of what you think, these men are not drunk, for it is only nine o'clock in the morning.

"Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man clearly attested to you by God with powerful deeds, wonders, and miraculous signs that God performed among you through him, just as you yourselves know --

And all the prophets, from Samuel and those who followed him, have spoken about and announced these days.

When they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and discovered that they were uneducated and ordinary men, they were amazed and recognized these men had been with Jesus.

saying, "What should we do with these men? For it is plain to all who live in Jerusalem that a notable miraculous sign has come about through them, and we cannot deny it.

When Ananias heard these words he collapsed and died, and great fear gripped all who heard about it.

Great fear gripped the whole church and all who heard about these things.

And we are witnesses of these events, and so is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him."

Then he said to the council, "Men of Israel, pay close attention to what you are about to do to these men.

So in this case I say to you, stay away from these men and leave them alone, because if this plan or this undertaking originates with people, it will come to nothing,

They stood these men before the apostles, who prayed and placed their hands on them.

Then the high priest said, "Are these things true?"

But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves,' said God, 'and after these things they will come out of there and worship me in this place.'

Did my hand not make all these things?'

When they heard these things, they became furious and ground their teeth at him.

These two went down and prayed for them so that they would receive the Holy Spirit.

While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all those who heard the message.

"No one can withhold the water for these people to be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we did, can he?"

The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man's house.

He motioned to them with his hand to be quiet and then related how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. He said, "Tell James and the brothers these things," and then he left and went to another place.

Now there were these prophets and teachers in the church at Antioch: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen (a close friend of Herod the tetrarch from childhood) and Saul.

and for many days he appeared to those who had accompanied him from Galilee to Jerusalem. These are now his witnesses to the people.

As Paul and Barnabas were going out, the people were urging them to speak about these things on the next Sabbath.

"Men, why are you doing these things? We too are men, with human natures just like you! We are proclaiming the good news to you, so that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them.

Even by saying these things, they scarcely persuaded the crowds not to offer sacrifice to them.

so that the rest of humanity may seek the Lord, namely, all the Gentiles I have called to be my own,' says the Lord, who makes these things

Therefore we are sending Judas and Silas who will tell you these things themselves in person.

For it seemed best to the Holy Spirit and to us not to place any greater burden on you than these necessary rules:

that you abstain from meat that has been sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what has been strangled and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from doing these things, you will do well. Farewell.

She followed behind Paul and us and kept crying out, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation."

When they had brought them before the magistrates, they said, "These men are throwing our city into confusion. They are Jews

The jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, "The magistrates have sent orders to release you. So come out now and go in peace."

The police officers reported these words to the magistrates. They were frightened when they heard Paul and Silas were Roman citizens

When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city officials, screaming, "These people who have stirred up trouble throughout the world have come here too,

They caused confusion among the crowd and the city officials who heard these things.

These Jews were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they eagerly received the message, examining the scriptures carefully every day to see if these things were so.

but since it concerns points of disagreement about words and names and your own law, settle it yourselves. I will not be a judge of these things!"

So they all seized Sosthenes, the president of the synagogue, and began to beat him in front of the judgment seat. Yet none of these things were of any concern to Gallio.

Now after all these things had taken place, Paul resolved to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia. He said, "After I have been there, I must also see Rome."

He gathered these together, along with the workmen in similar trades, and said, "Men, you know that our prosperity comes from this business.

So because these facts are indisputable, you must keep quiet and not do anything reckless.

For you have brought these men here who are neither temple robbers nor blasphemers of our goddess.

These had gone on ahead and were waiting for us in Troas.

You yourselves know that these hands of mine provided for my needs and the needs of those who were with me.

By all these things, I have shown you that by working in this way we must help the weak, and remember the words of the Lord Jesus that he himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"

When he had said these things, he knelt down with them all and prayed.

After these days we got ready and started up to Jerusalem.

Then the commanding officer sent the young man away, directing him, "Tell no one that you have reported these things to me."

When you examine him yourself, you will be able to learn from him about all these things we are accusing him of doing."

The Jews also joined in the verbal attack, claiming that these things were true.

I have a hope in God (a hope that these men themselves accept too) that there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous.

Or these men here should tell what crime they found me guilty of when I stood before the council,

But Festus, wanting to do the Jews a favor, asked Paul, "Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and be tried before me there on these charges?"

Because I was at a loss how I could investigate these matters, I asked if he were willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there on these charges.

As Paul was saying these things in his defense, Festus exclaimed loudly, "You have lost your mind, Paul! Your great learning is driving you insane!"

For the king knows about these things, and I am speaking freely to him, because I cannot believe that any of these things has escaped his notice, for this was not done in a corner.

Paul replied, "I pray to God that whether in a short or a long time not only you but also all those who are listening to me today could become such as I am, except for these chains."

Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, "Unless these men stay with the ship, you cannot be saved."