They asked, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up toward heaven? This same Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you saw him go up into heaven."

You have made the ways of life known to me, and you will fill me with gladness in your presence.'

One afternoon, Peter and John were on their way to the Temple for the three o'clock prayer time.

When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you to bless you by turning every one of you from your evil ways."

So they threatened Peter and John even more and then let them go. They couldn't find any way to punish them, because all the people were praising God for what had happened,

When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away. The eunuch went on his way rejoicing and did not see Philip again.

He asked him for letters to take with him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he might bring them in chains to Jerusalem.

Around noon the next day, while they were on their way and coming close to the town, Peter went up on the roof to pray.

"No one can stop us from using water to baptize these people who have received the Holy Spirit in the same way that we did, can they?"

When the church in Jerusalem heard this news, they sent Barnabas all the way to Antioch.

and said, "You're full of every form of deception and trickery, you son of the Devil, you enemy of all that is right! You'll never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord, will you?

In Iconium, Paul and Barnabas went into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed.

In past generations he allowed all the nations to go their own ways,

They were sent on their way by the church, and as they were going through Phoenicia and Samaria they told of the conversion of the gentiles and brought great joy to all the brothers.

So the men were sent on their way and arrived in Antioch. They gathered the congregation together and delivered the letter.

The disagreement was so sharp that they parted ways. Barnabas took Mark and sailed to Cyprus,

As soon as he had seen the vision, we immediately looked for a way to go to Macedonia, because we were convinced that God had called us to tell the people there the good news.

She would follow Paul and us and shout, "These men are servants of the Most High God and are proclaiming to you a way of salvation!"

The men who escorted Paul took him all the way to Athens and, after receiving instructions to have Silas and Timothy join him as soon as possible, they left.

So Paul stood up in front of the Areopagus and said, "Men of Athens, I see that you are very religious in every way.

They said, "This man is persuading people to worship God in ways that are contrary to the Law."

He had been instructed in the Lord's way, and with spiritual fervor he kept speaking and teaching accurately about Jesus, although he knew only about John's baptism.

He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him home and explained God's way to him more accurately.

But when some people became stubborn, refused to believe, and slandered the Way in front of the people, Paul left them, taking his disciples away with him, and held daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.

In that way the word of the Lord kept spreading and triumphing.

Now about that time a great commotion broke out concerning the Way.

We proceeded to the ship and sailed for Assos, where we intended to pick up Paul. He had arranged it this way, since he had planned to travel there on foot.

And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am on my way to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there,

In every way I showed you that by working hard like this we should help the weak and remember the words that the Lord Jesus himself said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"

"I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia but raised in this city and educated at the feet of Gamaliel in the strict ways of our ancestral Law. I am as zealous for God as all of you are today.

I persecuted this Way, even executing people, and kept tying up both men and women and putting them in prison,

"But while I was on my way and approaching Damascus about noon, a bright light from heaven suddenly flashed around me.

However, I admit to you that in accordance with the Way, which they call a heresy, I worship the God of our ancestors and believe in everything written in the Law and the Prophets.

Felix was rather well informed about the Way, and so he adjourned the trial with the comment, "When Tribune Lysias arrives, I'll decide your case."

The rest were to follow, some on planks and others on various pieces of the ship. In this way everyone got to shore safely.

The islanders honored us in many ways, and when we were about to sail again, they supplied us with everything we needed.