"Brothers, the prediction of the Scriptures had to come true that the holy Spirit uttered by the lips of David, about Judas, who acted as guide for the men that arrested Jesus??17 for he was one of our number and a share in this ministry of ours fell to his lot."

Then they drew lots between them, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was added to the eleven apostles.

Peter said to her, "How could you two agree to test the Spirit of the Lord? There at the door are the footsteps of the men who buried your husband, and they will carry you out also."

for we have heard him say that Jesus of Nazareth will tear this place down and change the customs that have been handed down to us by Moses."

The high priest said, "Is this statement true?"

As the time drew near for the fulfilment of the promise God had made to Abraham, the people became more and more numerous in Egypt,

'I am the God of your forefathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.' Moses was terrified and did not dare to look at it.

While Peter was still wondering what the vision he had had could mean, the men whom Cornelius had sent had asked the way to Simon's house and reached the door,

The night before Herod was going to bring him out, Peter was asleep between two soldiers, and fastened with two chains, and watchmen were at the door, guarding the jail,

When he knocked at the outer door, a maid named Rhoda came to answer it,

and when she recognized Peter's voice, in her joy she did not stop to open the door, but ran in and told them that Peter was standing outside.

But Peter kept on knocking. And when they opened the door and saw him they were amazed.

Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. So they came before him in a body, and after winning over Blastus, the king's chamberlain, they asked for a reconciliation, because their country depended upon the king's dominions for its food supply.

Take care, therefore, that what is said in the prophets does not prove true of you:

we have unanimously resolved to select representatives and send them to you with our dear brothers Barnabas and Paul,

It woke up the jailer, and when he saw that the doors of the jail were open, he drew his sword and was just going to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.

The Jews there were more high-minded than those at Thessalonica, and received the message with great eagerness and studied the Scriptures every day, to find out whether it was true.

So he moved to the house of a devout proselyte named Titius Justus, which was next door to the synagogue.

and from your own number men will appear and teach perversions of the truth in order to draw the disciples away after them.

After sighting Cyprus and leaving it on our left, we sailed for Syria, and put in at Tyre, for the ship was to unload her cargo there.

After making the run from Tyre, we landed at Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and spent a day with them.

As the dispute was becoming violent, the colonel began to be afraid that they would tear Paul in pieces, and ordered the soldiers to go down and get him away from them and bring him into the barracks.

The Jews also joined in these charges, and said that the statement was true.