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For the Holy Spirit had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had simply been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.

Repent, therefore, of your wickedness, and pray to the Lord. Perhaps He will forgive you for the intent of your heart.

For I see that you are poisoned by bitterness and captive to iniquity.”

Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me, so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”

In His humiliation He was deprived of justice. Who can recount His descendants? For His life was removed from the earth.”

For three days he was without sight, and he did not eat or drink anything.

“Get up!” the Lord told him. “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying.

“Get up!” the Lord told him. “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying.

I will show him how much he must suffer for My name.”

There he found a man named Aeneas who had been paralyzed and bedridden for eight years.

And Peter stayed for several days in Joppa with a tanner named Simon.

Now send men to Joppa to call for a man named Simon who is called Peter.

As Peter continued to reflect on the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold, three men are looking for you.

So Peter went down to the men and said, “Here am I, the one you are looking for. Why have you come?”

He said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean.

So when I was invited, I came without objection. I ask, then, why have you sent for me?”

Therefore send to Joppa for Simon, who is called Peter. He is a guest in the home of Simon the tanner, by the sea.’

So I sent for you immediately, and you were kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has instructed you to tell us.”

For they heard them speaking in tongues and exalting God. Then Peter said,

So he ordered that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay for a few days.

‘No, Lord,’ I said, ‘for nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’

He told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter.

Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul,

…and when he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. So for a full year they met together with the church and taught large numbers of people. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.

So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him.

They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city, which opened for them by itself. When they had gone outside and walked the length of one block, the angel suddenly left him.

Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating.”

Peter motioned with his hand for silence, and he described how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Send word to James and to the brothers,” he said, and he left for another place.

Peter motioned with his hand for silence, and he described how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Send word to James and to the brothers,” he said, and he left for another place.

After Herod had searched for him unsuccessfully, he examined the guards and ordered that they be executed. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent some time there.

Now Herod was in a furious dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they convened before him. Having secured the support of Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their region depended on the king’s country for food.

Now Herod was in a furious dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they convened before him. Having secured the support of Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their region depended on the king’s country for food.

While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith.

Now look, the hand of the Lord is against you, and for a time you will be blind and unable to see the light of the sun.” Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand.

When the proconsul saw what had happened, he believed, for he was astonished at the teaching about the Lord.

After the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the synagogue leaders sent word to them: “Brothers, if you have a word of encouragement for the people, please speak.”

He endured their conduct for about forty years in the wilderness.

Then the people asked for a king, and God gave them Saul son of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin, who ruled forty years.

And though they found no ground for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have Him executed.

…and for many days He was seen by those who had accompanied Him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now His witnesses to our people.

He has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in the second Psalm: ‘You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.’

For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.

‘Look, you scoffers, wonder and perish! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe, even if someone told you.’”

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.’”

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 Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord, and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.

So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who affirmed the message of His grace by enabling them to perform signs and wonders.

But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. And the next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.

Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church, praying and fasting as they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.

From Attalia they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had just completed.

He made no distinction between us and them, for He cleansed their hearts by faith.

…that have been known for ages.’

It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not cause trouble for the Gentiles who are turning to God.

For Moses has been proclaimed in every city from ancient times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.”

…men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Their disagreement was so sharp that they parted company. Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus,

Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, so he took him and circumcised him on account of the Jews in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

As they went from town to town, they delivered the decisions handed down by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the people to obey.

As soon as Paul had seen the vision, we got ready to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.

One day as we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl with a spirit of divination, who earned a large income for her masters by fortune-telling.

She continued this for many days. Eventually Paul grew so aggravated that he turned and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” And the spirit left her at that very moment.

…by promoting customs that are unlawful for us Romans to adopt or practice.”

Calling for lights, the jailer rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas.

Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.

Those who escorted Paul brought him to Athens and then returned with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.

While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply disturbed in his spirit to see that the city was full of idols.

For you are bringing some strange notions to our ears, and we want to know what they mean.”

For as I walked around and examined your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore what you worship as something unknown, I now proclaim to you.

God intended that they would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.

‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’

For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”

For I am with you and no one will lay a hand on you, because I have many people in this city.”

So Paul stayed for a year and a half, teaching the word of God among the Corinthians.

But just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio told the Jews, “If this matter involved a wrongdoing or vicious crime, O Jews, it would be reasonable for me to hear your complaint.

Paul remained in Corinth for quite some time before saying goodbye to the brothers. He had his head shaved in Cenchrea to keep a vow he had made, and then he sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila.

Paul remained in Corinth for quite some time before saying goodbye to the brothers. He had his head shaved in Cenchrea to keep a vow he had made, and then he sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila.

When they asked him to stay for a while longer, he declined.

For he powerfully refuted the Jews in public debate, proving from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.

Then Paul went into the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God.

This continued for two years, so that everyone who lived in the province of Asia, Jews and Greeks alike, heard the word of the Lord.

He sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, while he stayed for a time in the province of Asia.

The Jews in the crowd pushed Alexander forward to explain himself, and he motioned for silence so he could make his defense to the people.

But when they realized that he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison for about two hours: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

For you have brought these men here, though they have neither robbed our temple nor blasphemed our goddess.

For we are in jeopardy of being charged with rioting for today’s events, and we have no justification to account for this commotion.”

For we are in jeopardy of being charged with rioting for today’s events, and we have no justification to account for this commotion.”

For we are in jeopardy of being charged with rioting for today’s events, and we have no justification to account for this commotion.”

When the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples. And after encouraging them, he said goodbye to them and left for Macedonia.

When the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples. And after encouraging them, he said goodbye to them and left for Macedonia.

…where he stayed three months. And when the Jews formed a plot against him as he was about to sail for Syria, he decided to go back through Macedonia.

These men went on ahead and waited for us in Troas.

From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church.

For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.

Therefore be alert and remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.

When we had finished our voyage from Tyre, we landed at Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and stayed with them for a day.

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

When they heard this, they glorified God. Then they said to Paul, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous for the law.

As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality.”