On entering the city they went to the upper room where they were in the habit of meeting; there were Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James (the son of Alphaeus) and Simon who had been a Zealot, with Judas the son of James.

when suddenly there came a sound from heaven like a violent blast of wind, which filled the whole house where they were seated.

What God said was this: 'His offspring will sojourn in a foreign land, where they will be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years.

At that Moses fled; he became a sojourner in the land of Midian, where he had two sons born to him.

But the Lord said to him, 'Take the sandals off your feet, for the place where you are standing is sacred ground.

Philip travelled down to a town in Samaria, where he preached Christ to the people.

while Philip found himself at Azotus, where he passed on, preaching the gospel in every town, till he reached Caesarea.

So Peter got up and went with them. When he arrived, they took him up to the room, where all the widows stood beside him crying as they showed him the garments and dresses that Dorcas used to make when she was with them.

At that very moment three men reached the house where I was living, sent to me from Caesarea.

and on finding him he brought him to Antioch, where for a whole year they were guests of the church and taught considerable numbers. It was at Antioch too that the disciples were originally called "Christians."

When he grasped the situation, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John who was surnamed Mark, where a number had met for prayer.

Herod made inquiries for him but could not find him; so, after cross-examining the guards, he ordered them off to death. He then went down from Judaea to Caesarea, where he spent some time.

They covered the whole island as far as Paphos, where they fell in with a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet called Bar-Jesus;

thence they sailed for Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had now completed.

for Moses has had his preachers from the earliest ages in every town, where he is read aloud in the synagogues every sabbath."

Some days later, Paul said to Barnabas, "Come and let us go back to visit the brothers in every town where we have proclaimed the word of the Lord. Let us see how they are doing."

He also came down to Derbe and Lystra, where there was a disciple called Timotheus, the son of a believing Jewess and a Greek father.

On the sabbath we went outside the gate to the bank of the river, where as usual there was a place of prayer; we sat down and talked to the women who had gathered.

So they left the prison and went to Lydia's house, where they saw the brothers and encouraged them; then they departed.

where the people were more amenable than at Thessalonica; they were perfectly ready to receive the Word and made a daily study of the scriptures to see if it was really as Paul said.

The brothers then sent off Paul at once on his way to the sea, while Silas and Timotheus remained where they were.

where he spent three months. Just as he was on the point of sailing for Syria, the Jews laid a plot against him. He therefore resolved to return through Macedonia.

(there were plenty of lamps in the upper room where we met).

After sighting Cyprus and leaving it on our left, we sailed for Syria, landing at Tyre, where the ship was to unload her cargo.

and started next morning for Caesarea, where we entered the house of Philip the evangelist (he belonged to the Seven,

where I found he was accused of matters relating to their Law but not impeached for any crime that deserved death or imprisonment.

Paul said, "I am standing before Caesar's tribunal; that is where I ought to be tried. I have done no wrong whatever to the Jews ??you know that perfectly well.

there was not a synagogue where I did not often punish them and force them to blaspheme; and in my frantic fury I persecuted them even to foreign towns.

Next day we put in at Sidon, where Julius very kindly allowed Paul to visit his friends and be looked after.

where we came across some of the brotherhood, who invited us to stay a week with them. In this way we reached Rome.