And while they were gazing after him into the sky, two men dressed in white suddenly stood beside them,

and said to them, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up into the sky? This very Jesus who has been caught up from you into heaven will come in just the way that you have seen him go up to heaven."

when suddenly there came from the sky a sound like a violent blast of wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.

I will show wonders in the sky above, And signs on the earth below, Blood and fire and thick smoke.

And Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan taken such possession of your heart that you should lie to the holy Spirit, by appropriating part of the price of your land?

As long as it was unsold was it not yours, and after it was sold was not the money under your control? How could you think of doing such a thing? You did not lie to men but to God!"

Peter said to her, "Tell me, did you sell the land for such and such a sum?" "Yes," she said, "that was it."

so that people would carry their sick out into the streets, and lay them down on beds and mats, to have at least Peter's shadow fall on some of them as he went by.

Even from the towns around Jerusalem crowds would come in bringing sick people and those who were troubled with foul spirits, and they were all cured.

So they went out from before the council, glad that they had been thought worthy to bear disgrace for the sake of Jesus,

" 'The sky is my throne, And the earth a footstool for my feet. What house can you build for me? says the Lord, Or what place is there where I can rest?

Even Simon himself believed and after his baptism devoted himself to Philip, and he was amazed at seeing such signs and great wonders taking place.

So repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord, to see if you may not be forgiven for thinking of such a thing.

For I am going to show him what he will have to endure for my sake."

Everyone was astonished, and said, "Is not he the man who made such havoc of the people in Jerusalem who call upon that name, and who came here especially for the purpose of arresting such persons and taking them before the high priests?"

and saw the sky opened and a thing like a great sheet coming down, lowered to the ground by the four corners,

This happened three times; then the thing was taken right up into the sky.

"I was praying in the town of Joppa, and while in a trance I had a vision. Something like a great sheet came down out of the sky, lowered by its four corners. It came right down to me,

This happened three times; then it was all drawn back again into the sky.

Then Barnabas went over to Tarsus to seek out Saul,

At Iconium in the same way, they went to the Jewish synagogue and spoke with such power that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed.

But some members of the Pharisees' party who had become believers got up and said that such converts ought to be circumcised and told to obey the Law of Moses.

So that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord, And all the heathen who are called by my name, Says the Lord,

who have risked their lives for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ.

He, having had such strict orders, put them into the inner cell, and fastened their feet in the stocks.

suddenly there was such an earthquake that the jail shook to its foundations; all the doors flew open, and everybody's chains were unfastened.

But as it is only a question of words and titles and your own law, you must look after it yourselves. I refuse to decide such matters."

God did such extraordinary wonders by means of Paul,

that people took to the sick handkerchiefs or aprons he had used, and they were cured of their diseases, and the evil spirits went out of them.

And the man in whom the evil spirit was sprang at them, and overpowered them all, with such violence that they ran out of the house tattered and bruised.

At last the recorder quieted the mob and said, "Men of Ephesus, who in the world does not know that the city of Ephesus is the guardian of the temple of the great Artemis, and of the image that fell down from the sky?

Then Paul answered, "What do you mean by crying and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound at Jerusalem but to die there for the sake of the Lord Jesus."

the colonel ordered Paul brought into the barracks, and gave directions that he should be examined under the lash, so that he might find out why they made such an outcry against him.

But when his accusers got up, they did not charge him with any such crimes as I had expected.

I was at a loss as to how to investigate such matters, and I asked him if he would like to go to Jerusalem and be tried on these charges there.

Publius' father happened to be sick in bed with fever and dysentery, and Paul went to see him and after praying laid his hands on him and cured him.

After that, the other sick people on the island came and were cured.