While he was with them, he declared, "Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait there for what my Father promised, which you heard about from me.

All were astounded and greatly confused, saying to one another, "What does this mean?"

But Peter stood up with the eleven, raised his voice, and addressed them: "You men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, know this and listen carefully to what I say.

In spite of what you think, these men are not drunk, for it is only nine o'clock in the morning.

But this is what was spoken about through the prophet Joel:

So then, exalted to the right hand of God, and having received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he has poured out what you both see and hear.

Now when they heard this, they were acutely distressed and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "What should we do, brothers?"

But Peter said, "I have no silver or gold, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, stand up and walk!"

and they recognized him as the man who used to sit and ask for donations at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with astonishment and amazement at what had happened to him.

After making Peter and John stand in their midst, they began to inquire, "By what power or by what name did you do this?"

if we are being examined today for a good deed done to a sick man -- by what means this man was healed --

saying, "What should we do with these men? For it is plain to all who live in Jerusalem that a notable miraculous sign has come about through them, and we cannot deny it.

for it is impossible for us not to speak about what we have seen and heard."

After threatening them further, they released them, for they could not find how to punish them on account of the people, because they were all praising God for what had happened.

After an interval of about three hours, his wife came in, but she did not know what had happened.

Now when the commander of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this report, they were greatly puzzled concerning it, wondering what this could be.

Then he said to the council, "Men of Israel, pay close attention to what you are about to do to these men.

saying to Aaron, 'Make us gods who will go in front of us, for this Moses, who led us out of the land of Egypt -- we do not know what has happened to him!'

Heaven is my throne, and earth is the footstool for my feet. What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord, or what is my resting place?

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

But Simon replied, "You pray to the Lord for me so that nothing of what you have said may happen to me."

So Philip ran up to it and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. He asked him, "Do you understand what you're reading?"

Now as they were going along the road, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, "Look, there is water! What is to stop me from being baptized?"

But stand up and enter the city and you will be told what you must do."

Now there was a man in Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort.

Staring at him and becoming greatly afraid, Cornelius replied, "What is it, Lord?" The angel said to him, "Your prayers and your acts of charity have gone up as a memorial before God.

The voice spoke to him again, a second time, "What God has made clean, you must not consider ritually unclean!"

Now while Peter was puzzling over what the vision he had seen could signify, the men sent by Cornelius had learned where Simon's house was and approached the gate.

but in every nation the person who fears him and does what is right is welcomed before him.

you know what happened throughout Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John announced:

But the voice replied a second time from heaven, 'What God has made clean, you must not consider ritually unclean!'

Peter went out and followed him; he did not realize that what was happening through the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision.

At daybreak there was great consternation among the soldiers over what had become of Peter.

Then when the proconsul saw what had happened, he believed, because he was greatly astounded at the teaching about the Lord.

But while John was completing his mission, he said repeatedly, 'What do you think I am? I am not he. But look, one is coming after me. I am not worthy to untie the sandals on his feet!'

Watch out, then, that what is spoken about by the prophets does not happen to you:

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

For this is what the Lord has commanded us: 'I have appointed you to be a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.'"

So when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language, "The gods have come down to us in human form!"

but that we should write them a letter telling them to abstain from things defiled by idols and from sexual immorality and from what has been strangled and from blood.

Since we have heard that some have gone out from among us with no orders from us and have confused you, upsetting your minds by what they said,

that you abstain from meat that has been sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what has been strangled and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from doing these things, you will do well. Farewell.

A woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, a God-fearing woman, listened to us. The Lord opened her heart to respond to what Paul was saying.

Then he brought them outside and asked, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"

Also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him, and some were asking, "What does this foolish babbler want to say?" Others said, "He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods." (They said this because he was proclaiming the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.)

So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, "May we know what this new teaching is that you are proclaiming?

For you are bringing some surprising things to our ears, so we want to know what they mean."

For as I went around and observed closely your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: 'To an unknown god.' Therefore what you worship without knowing it, this I proclaim to you.

So Paul said, "Into what then were you baptized?" "Into John's baptism," they replied.

After the city secretary quieted the crowd, he said, "Men of Ephesus, what person is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is the keeper of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image that fell from heaven?

And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem without knowing what will happen to me there,

especially saddened by what he had said, that they were not going to see him again. Then they accompanied him to the ship.

Then Paul replied, "What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be tied up, but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."

When Paul had greeted them, he began to explain in detail what God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.

What then should we do? They will no doubt hear that you have come.

So do what we tell you: We have four men who have taken a vow;

take them and purify yourself along with them and pay their expenses, so that they may have their heads shaved. Then everyone will know there is nothing in what they have been told about you, but that you yourself live in conformity with the law.

But regarding the Gentiles who have believed, we have written a letter, having decided that they should avoid meat that has been sacrificed to idols and blood and what has been strangled and sexual immorality."

Then the commanding officer came up and arrested him and ordered him to be tied up with two chains; he then asked who he was and what he had done.

So I asked, 'What should I do, Lord?' The Lord said to me, 'Get up and go to Damascus; there you will be told about everything that you have been designated to do.'

because you will be his witness to all people of what you have seen and heard.

And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and have your sins washed away, calling on his name.'

When the centurion heard this, he went to the commanding officer and reported it, saying, "What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman citizen."

There was a great commotion, and some experts in the law from the party of the Pharisees stood up and protested strongly, "We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?"

The commanding officer took him by the hand, withdrew privately, and asked, "What is it that you want to report to me?"

Since I wanted to know what charge they were accusing him of, I brought him down to their council.

When the governor had read the letter, he asked what province he was from. When he learned that he was from Cilicia,

Or these men here should tell what crime they found me guilty of when I stood before the council,

And that is what I did in Jerusalem: Not only did I lock up many of the saints in prisons by the authority I received from the chief priests, but I also cast my vote against them when they were sentenced to death.

I have experienced help from God to this day, and so I stand testifying to both small and great, saying nothing except what the prophets and Moses said was going to happen:

The next day we put in at Sidon, and Julius, treating Paul kindly, allowed him to go to his friends so they could provide him with what he needed.

But the centurion was more convinced by the captain and the ship's owner than by what Paul said.

But we would like to hear from you what you think, for regarding this sect we know that people everywhere speak against it."

Some were convinced by what he said, but others refused to believe.