Then He gave him the covenant of circumcision. After this, he fathered Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day; Isaac did the same with Jacob, and Jacob with the 12 patriarchs.

When he saw one of them being mistreated, he came to his rescue and avenged the oppressed man by striking down the Egyptian.

Then, being sent off, they went down to Antioch, and after gathering the assembly, they delivered the letter.

Then Paul chose Silas and departed, after being commended to the grace of the Lord by the brothers.

So the church throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace, being built up and walking in the fear of the Lord and in the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, and it increased in numbers.

He saw heaven opened and an object that resembled a large sheet coming down, being lowered by its four corners to the earth.

“Can anyone withhold water and prevent these people from being baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?”

Being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they came down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus.

In all the synagogues I often tried to make them blaspheme by punishing them. I even pursued them to foreign cities since I was greatly enraged at them.