While He was together with them, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for the Father’s promise. “This,” He said, “is what you heard from Me;

They were all astounded and perplexed, saying to one another, “What could this be?”

On the contrary, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:

Therefore, since He has been exalted to the right hand of God and has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit, He has poured out what you both see and hear.

When they heard this, they came under deep conviction and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles: “Brothers, what must we do?”

But Peter said, “I don’t have silver or gold, but what I have, I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, get up and walk!”

and they recognized that he was the one who used to sit and beg at the Beautiful Gate of the temple complex. So they were filled with awe and astonishment at what had happened to him.

While he was holding on to Peter and John, all the people, greatly amazed, ran toward them in what is called Solomon’s Colonnade.

But what God predicted through the mouth of all the prophets—that His Messiah would suffer—He has fulfilled in this way.

After they had Peter and John stand before them, they asked the question: “By what power or in what name have you done this?”

If we are being examined today about a good deed done to a disabled man—by what means he was healed—

saying, “What should we do with these men? For an obvious sign, evident to all who live in Jerusalem, has been done through them, and we cannot deny it!

for we are unable to stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”

After threatening them further, they released them. They found no way to punish them, because the people were all giving glory to God over what had been done;

There was an interval of about three hours; then his wife came in, not knowing what had happened.

As the commander of the temple police and the chief priests heard these things, they were baffled about them, as to what could come of this.

He said to them, “Men of Israel, be careful about what you’re going to do to these men.

Then some from what is called the Freedmen’s Synagogue, composed of both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, and some from Cilicia and Asia, came forward and disputed with Stephen.

They told Aaron:

Make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we don’t know what’s happened to him.

They even made a calf in those days, offered sacrifice to the idol, and were celebrating what their hands had made.

Heaven is My throne,
and earth My footstool.
What sort of house will you build for Me?
says the Lord,
or what is My resting place?

The crowds paid attention with one mind to what Philip said, as they heard and saw the signs he was performing.

When Philip ran up to it, he heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, “Do you understand what you’re reading?”

As they were traveling down the road, they came to some water. The eunuch said, “Look, there’s water! What would keep me from being baptized?”

“But get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”

There was a man in Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment.

Looking intently at him, he became afraid and said, “What is it, lord?”

The angel told him, “Your prayers and your acts of charity have come up as a memorial offering before God.

Again, a second time, a voice said to him, “What God has made clean, you must not call common.”

While Peter was deeply perplexed about what the vision he had seen might mean, the men who had been sent by Cornelius, having asked directions to Simon’s house, stood at the gate.

Then Peter went down to the men and said, “Here I am, the one you’re looking for. What is the reason you’re here?”

But a voice answered from heaven a second time, ‘What God has made clean, you must not call common.’

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.

At daylight, there was a great commotion among the soldiers as to what could have become of Peter.

Then the proconsul, seeing what happened, believed and was astonished at the teaching about the Lord.

So beware that what is said in the prophets does not happen to you:

But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began to oppose what Paul was saying by insulting him.

For this is what the Lord has commanded us:

I have made you
a light for the Gentiles
to bring salvation
to the ends of the earth.”

When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they raised their voices, saying in the Lycaonian language, “The gods have come down to us in the form of men!”

A woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who worshiped God, was listening. The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was spoken by Paul.

Then he escorted them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

Then also, some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers argued with him. Some said, “What is this pseudo-intellectual trying to say?”

Others replied, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign deities”—because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the Resurrection.

For what you say sounds strange to us, and we want to know what these ideas mean.”

For as I was passing through and observing the objects of your worship, I even found an altar on which was inscribed:

TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.

Therefore, what you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you.

“Then what baptism were you baptized with?” he asked them.

“With John’s baptism,” they replied.

However, when the city clerk had calmed the crowd down, he said, “Men of Ephesus! What man is there who doesn’t know that the city of the Ephesians is the temple guardian of the great Artemis, and of the image that fell from heaven?

In fact, we run a risk of being charged with rioting for what happened today, since there is no justification that we can give as a reason for this disorderly gathering.”

“And now I am on my way to Jerusalem, bound in my spirit, not knowing what I will encounter there,

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 Paul replied, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

After greeting them, he related in detail what God did among the Gentiles through his ministry.

So what is to be done? They will certainly hear that you’ve come.

Therefore do what we tell you: We have four men who have obligated themselves with a vow.

Take these men, purify yourself along with them, and pay for them to get their heads shaved. Then everyone will know that what they were told about you amounts to nothing, but that you yourself are also careful about observing the law.

With regard to the Gentiles who have believed, we have written a letter containing our decision that they should keep themselves from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from what is strangled, and from sexual immorality.”

shouting, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this place. What’s more, he also brought Greeks into the temple and has profaned this holy place.”

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.

“Then I said, ‘What should I do, Lord?’

“And the Lord told me, ‘Get up and go into Damascus, and there you will be told about everything that is assigned for you to do.’

For you will be a witness for Him to all people of what you have seen and heard.

When the centurion heard this, he went and reported to the commander, saying, “What are you going to do? For this man is a Roman citizen.”

The shouting grew loud, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees’ party got up and argued vehemently: “We find nothing evil in this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”

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

After he read it, he asked what province he was from. So when he learned he was from Cilicia,

When the governor motioned to him to speak, Paul replied: “Because I know you have been a judge of this nation for many years, I am glad to offer my defense in what concerns me.

Neither can they provide evidence to you of what they now bring against me.

Either let these men here state what wrongdoing they found in me when I stood before the Sanhedrin,

If then I am doing wrong, or have done anything deserving of death, I do not refuse to die, but if there is nothing to what these men accuse me of, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar!”

To this very day, I have obtained help that comes from God, and I stand and testify to both small and great, saying nothing else than what the prophets and Moses said would take place—

But the centurion paid attention to the captain and the owner of the ship rather than to what Paul said.

So they heaped many honors on us, and when we sailed, they gave us what we needed.

But we would like to hear from you what you think. For concerning this sect, we are aware that it is spoken against everywhere.”

Some were persuaded by what he said, but others did not believe.