The kings of the earth took their stand
and the rulers assembled together
against the Lord and against His Messiah.

Then the high priest took action. He and all his colleagues, those who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy.

They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes; so they came, dragged him off, and took him to the Sanhedrin.

No, you took up the tent of Moloch
and the star of your god Rephan,
the images that you made to worship.
So I will deport you beyond Babylon!

saying, “Give me this power too, so that anyone I lay hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.”

Then Saul got up from the ground, and though his eyes were open, he could see nothing. So they took him by the hand and led him into Damascus.

but his disciples took him by night and lowered him in a large basket through an opening in the wall.

Barnabas, however, took him and brought him to the apostles and explained to them how Saul had seen the Lord on the road and that He had talked to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken boldly in the name of Jesus.

When the brothers found out, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.

You know the events that took place throughout Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John preached:

Then one of them, named Agabus, stood up and predicted by the Spirit that there would be a severe famine throughout the Roman world. This took place during the time of Claudius.

When he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter too, during the days of Unleavened Bread.

So he went out and followed, and he did not know that what took place through the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision.

After they had completed their relief mission, Barnabas and Saul returned to Jerusalem, taking along John who is called Mark.

This all took about 450 years. After this, He gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.

When they had fulfilled all that had been written about Him, they took Him down from the tree and put Him in a tomb.

There was such a sharp disagreement that they parted company, and Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed off to Cyprus.

Paul wanted Timothy to go with him, so he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, since they all knew that his father was a Greek.

He took them the same hour of the night and washed their wounds. Right away he and all his family were baptized.

When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city officials, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have come here too,

But when the Jews from Thessalonica found out that God’s message had been proclaimed by Paul at Berea, they came there too, agitating and disturbing the crowds.

They took him and brought him to the Areopagus, and said, “May we learn about this new teaching you’re speaking of?

He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. After Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him home and explained the way of God to him more accurately.

When he met us at Assos, we took him on board and came to Mitylene.

He came to us, took Paul’s belt, tied his own feet and hands, and said, “This is what the Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews in Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him into Gentile hands.’”

Then the next day, Paul took the men, having purified himself along with them, and entered the temple, announcing the completion of the purification days when the offering for each of them would be made.

Then the commander came up, took him into custody, and ordered him to be bound with two chains. He asked who he was and what he had done.

Therefore, those who were about to examine him withdrew from him at once. The commander too was alarmed when he realized Paul was a Roman citizen and he had bound him.

So he took him, brought him to the commander, and said, “The prisoner Paul called me and asked me to bring this young man to you, because he has something to tell you.”

Then the commander took him by the hand, led him aside, and inquired privately, “What is it you have to report to me?”

Therefore, the soldiers took Paul during the night and brought him to Antipatris as they were ordered.

he said, “I will give you a hearing whenever your accusers get here too.” And he ordered that he be kept under guard in Herod’s palace.

But Lysias the commander came and took him from our hands with great force,

As he was making his defense this way, Festus exclaimed in a loud voice, “You’re out of your mind, Paul! Too much study is driving you mad!”

They took a sounding and found it to be 120 feet deep; when they had sailed a little farther and sounded again, they found it to be 90 feet deep.

They all became encouraged and took food themselves.

The local people showed us extraordinary kindness, for they lit a fire and took us all in, since it was raining and cold.

Now the believers from there had heard the news about us and had come to meet us as far as the Forum of Appius and the Three Taverns. When Paul saw them, he thanked God and took courage.