All who became believers in Christ held everything for the common use;

This man used to be set down every day at the gate of the Temple called 'the Beautiful Gate,' to beg of those who went in.

And, when they recognized him as the man who used to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate of the Temple, they were utterly astonished and amazed at what had happened to him.

The whole body of those who had become believers in Christ were of one heart and mind. Not one of them claimed any of his goods as his own, but everything was held for the common use.

Every one, high and low, paid attention to him. 'This man,' they used to say, 'must be that Power of God which men call "The Great Power."'

In the streets of Lystra there used to sit a man who had no power in his feet; he had been lame from his birth, and had never walked.

For in him we live and move and are. To use the words of some of your own poets--'His offspring, too, are we.'

An attempt was made by some itinerant Jews, who were exorcists, to use the Name of the Lord Jesus over those who had wicked spirits in them. "I adjure you," they would say, "by the Jesus, whom Paul preaches."

'Lord,' I answered, 'these people know that I used to imprison and scourge, in Synagogue after Synagogue, those who believed in you;

He was hoping, too, for a bribe from Paul, and so he used to send for him frequently and talk with him.