She instantly fell down at Peter's feet and died. When the young men came in, they found her dead. So they carried her out and buried her next to her husband.

When the Temple police got there, they did not find them in the prison. They came back and reported,

"We found the prison securely locked and the guards standing at the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside."

When the commander of the Temple guards and the high priests heard these words, they were utterly at a loss as to what could have happened to them.

When they brought them back, they made them stand before the Council, and the high priest began to question them.

When the Council heard this, they became furious and wanted to kill them.

But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our ancestors on their first trip.

When he was placed outside, Pharaoh's daughter adopted him and brought him up as her own son.

"When he was 40 years old, he decided to visit his brothers, the descendants of Israel.

When he saw one of them being mistreated, he defended him and avenged the man who was being mistreated by killing the Egyptian.

When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight, and when he approached the bush to look at it, the voice of the Lord said,

Our ancestors brought it here with Joshua when they replaced the nations that God drove out in front of our ancestors, and it was here until the time of David.

But when Philip proclaimed the good news about the kingdom of God and about the name of Jesus the Messiah, men and women believed and were baptized.

Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaritans had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.

Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money

and said, "Give me this power too, so that when I lay my hands on someone, he will receive the Holy Spirit."

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.

When Saul got up off the ground, he couldn't see anything, even though his eyes were open. So his companions took him by the hand and led him into Damascus.

When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples, but they all were afraid of him because they wouldn't believe he was a disciple.

When the brothers found out about the plot, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him away to Tarsus.

Now when Peter was going around among all of the disciples, he also visited the saints living in Lydda.

So Peter got up and went with them. When he arrived, they took him upstairs. All the widows gathered around Peter, crying and showing him all the shirts and coats Dorcas had made while she was still with them.

Peter made them all go outside. After kneeling down, he prayed, turned to the body, and said, "Tabitha, get up!" She opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.

When the angel who had spoken to him had gone, Cornelius summoned two of his household servants and a devout soldier, one of those who served him regularly.

Peter was still thinking about the vision when the Spirit told him, "Look! Three men are looking for you.

When Peter was about to enter, Cornelius met him, bowed down at his feet, and began to worship him.

and that is why I didn't hesitate when I was sent for. Now may I ask why you sent for me?"

But when Peter went up to Jerusalem, those who emphasized circumcision disagreed with him.

"I was in the town of Joppa praying when in a trance I saw a vision: Something like a large linen sheet descended down from heaven, lowered by its four corners, and it came right down to me.

When I examined it closely, I saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, reptiles, and birds of the air.

"When I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them just as he was first given to us.

Now if God gave them the same gift that he gave us when we believed in the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, who was I to try to stop God?"

When they heard this, they calmed down, and praised God by saying, "So God has given repentance that leads to life even to gentiles."

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

When he arrived, he rejoiced to see what the grace of God had done, and with hearty determination he kept encouraging all of them to remain faithful to the Lord,

When he found him, he brought him to Antioch, and for a whole year they were guests of the church and taught many people. It was in Antioch that the disciples were first called Christians.

When he saw how this was agreeable to the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter, too. This happened during the Festival of Unleavened Bread.

When he arrested Peter, Herod put him in prison and turned him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him, planning to bring him out to the people after Passover season.

They passed the first guard, then the second, and came to the iron gate that led into the city. It opened by itself for them, and they went outside and proceeded one block when the angel suddenly left him.

When Peter realized what had happened, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John who was also called Mark, where a large number of people had gathered and were praying.

When he knocked at the outer gate, a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer it.

Meanwhile, Peter kept on knocking and knocking. When they opened the gate, they saw him and were amazed.

When morning came, there was a great commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter.

When Barnabas and Saul had fulfilled their mission, they returned from Jerusalem, bringing with them John who was also called Mark.

When the proconsul saw what had happened, he believed, because he was astonished at the Lord's teaching.

"After that, he gave them judges until the time of the prophet Samuel. When they demanded a king, God gave them Kish's son Saul, from the tribe of Benjamin, for 40 years.

When John was finishing his work, he said, "Who do you think I am? I'm not the Messiah. No, but he is coming after me, and I'm not worthy to untie the sandals on his feet.'

When they had finished doing everything that was written about him, they took him down from the tree and placed him in a tomb.

When the meeting of the synagogue broke up, many Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who kept talking to them and urging them to continue in the grace of God.

But when the Jewish leaders saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began to object to the statements made by Paul and even to abuse him.

When the gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord. Meanwhile, all who had been destined to eternal life believed,

Now when an attempt was made by both gentiles and Jews, along with their authorities, to mistreat and stone them,

He was listening to Paul as he spoke. Paul watched him closely, and when he saw that he had faith to be healed,

When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language, "The gods have become like men and have come down to us!"

But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting,

When they arrived, they called the church together and told them everything that God had done with them and how he had opened a door so that gentiles would believe.

When they arrived in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church, the apostles, and the elders, and they reported everything that God had done through them.

When the people read it, they were pleased with how the letter encouraged them.

When she and her family were baptized, she urged us, "If you are convinced that I am a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my home." And she continued to insist that we do so.

When her owners realized that their hope of making money was gone, they grabbed Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities who met together in the public square.

When the jailer woke up and saw the prison doors wide open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, since he thought the prisoners had escaped.

When day came, the magistrates sent guards, who commanded, "Release those men."

The guards reported these words to the magistrates, and they became afraid when they heard that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens.

When they didn't find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials and shouted, "These fellows who have turned the world upside down have come here, too,

The crowd and the city officials were upset when they heard this,

That night the brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue.

But when the Jewish leaders in Thessalonica found out that the word of God had been proclaimed by Paul also in Berea, they went there to upset and incite the crowds.

because he has set a day when he is going to judge the world with justice through a man whom he has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead."

When they heard about a resurrection of the dead, some began joking about it, while others said, "We will hear you again about this."

But when Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself entirely to the word as he emphatically assured the Jews that Jesus is the Messiah.

But when they began to oppose him and insult him, he shook out his clothes in protest and told them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the gentiles."

Paul was about to speak when Gallio admonished the Jewish leaders, "If there were some misdemeanor or crime involved, it would be reasonable to put up with you Jews.

When they arrived in Ephesus, he left Priscilla and Aquila there. Then he went into the synagogue and had a discussion with the Jews.

When he arrived in Caesarea, he went up to Jerusalem, greeted the church there, and then returned to Antioch.

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.

When Apollos wanted to cross over to Achaia, the brothers wrote to the disciples there, urging them to welcome him. On his arrival he greatly helped those who, through God's grace, had believed.

and asked them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" They answered him, "No, we haven't even heard that there is a Holy Spirit."

Then Paul said, "John baptized when they repented, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus."

When Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began to speak in foreign languages and to prophesy.

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.

When handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched his skin were taken to the sick, their diseases left them and evil spirits went out of them.

When this became known to everyone living in Ephesus, Jews and Greeks alike, they all became terrified, and the name of the Lord Jesus began to be held in high honor.

When they heard this, they became furious and began to shout, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"

But when they found out that he was a Jew, they all started to shout in unison for about two hours, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"

When the city recorder had quieted the crowd, he said, "Men of Ephesus, who in the world doesn't know that this city of Ephesus is the keeper of the temple of the great Artemis and of the statue that fell down from heaven?

When the uproar was over, Paul sent for the disciples and encouraged them. Then he said goodbye to them and left to go to Macedonia.

and stayed there for three months. When he was about to sail for Syria, a plot was initiated against him by the Jews, so he decided to go back through Macedonia.

On the first day of the week, when we had met to break bread, Paul began to address the people. Since he intended to leave the next day, he went on speaking until midnight.

When he met us in Assos, we took him on board and went to Mitylene.

When they came to him, he told them, "You know how I lived among you the entire time from the first day I set foot in Asia.

I know that when I'm gone, savage wolves will come among you and not spare the flock.

When Paul had said this, he knelt down and prayed with all of them.

When we had torn ourselves away from those brothers, we sailed straight to Cos, and the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.

but when our time there came to an end, we left and proceeded on our journey. All of them accompanied us with their wives and children out of the city. We knelt on the beach, prayed,

When we completed our voyage from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais, greeted the brothers there, and stayed with them for one day.

When we heard this, we and the people who lived there begged Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.

When he could not be persuaded otherwise, we remained silent except to say, "May the Lord's will be done."

When our time there ended, we got ready to go up to Jerusalem.

When we arrived in Jerusalem, the brothers there welcomed us warmly.

When they heard about it, they praised God and told him, "You see, brother, how many tens of thousands of believers there are among the Jews, and all of them are zealous for the Law.