Acts 4:21
4:21 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.
Acts 5:13
5:13 None of the rest dared to join them,
but the people held them in high honor.
Acts 5:40-41
5:40 and they summoned the apostles and had them beaten.
Then
they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus and released them.
5:41 So they left the council rejoicing because they had been considered worthy
to suffer dishonor for the sake of the name.
Acts 14:11-20
14:11 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!”
14:12 They began to call
Barnabas Zeus
and Paul Hermes,
because he was the chief speaker.
14:13 The priest of the temple
of Zeus,
located just outside the city, brought bulls
and garlands
to the city gates; he and the crowds wanted to offer sacrifices to them.
14:14 But when the apostles
Barnabas and Paul heard about
it, they tore
their clothes and rushed out
into the crowd, shouting,
14:15 “Men, why are you doing these things? We too are men, with human natures
just like you! We are proclaiming the good news to you, so that you should turn
from these worthless
things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth,
the sea, and everything that is in them.
14:16 In
past
generations he allowed all the nations
to go their own ways,
14:17 yet he did not leave himself without a witness by doing good,
by giving you rain from heaven
and fruitful seasons, satisfying you
with food and your hearts with joy.”
14:18 Even by saying
these things, they scarcely persuaded
the crowds not to offer sacrifice to them.
14:19 But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and after winning the crowds over, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, presuming him to be dead.
14:20 But after the disciples had surrounded him, he got up and went back into the city. On the next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.
Acts 16:20-22
16:20 When
they had brought them
before the magistrates, they said, “These men are throwing our city into confusion.
They are
Jews
16:21 and are advocating
customs that are not lawful for us to accept
or practice,
since we are
Romans.”
16:22 The crowd joined the attack against them, and the magistrates tore the clothes off Paul and Silas and ordered them to be beaten with rods.
Acts 16:39
16:39 and came
and apologized to them. After
they brought them out, they asked them repeatedly
to leave the city.
Acts 28:4-10
28:4 When the local people
saw the creature hanging from Paul’s
hand, they said to one another, “No doubt this man is a murderer! Although he has escaped from the sea, Justice herself
has not allowed him to live!”
28:5 However,
Paul
shook
the creature off into the fire and suffered no harm.
28:6 But they were expecting that he was going to swell up
or suddenly drop dead. So after they had waited
a long time and had seen
nothing unusual happen
to him, they changed their minds
and said he was a god.
28:7 Now in the region around that place were fields belonging to the chief official of the island, named Publius, who welcomed us and entertained us hospitably as guests for three days.
28:8 The father of Publius lay sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him and after praying, placed his hands on him and healed him.
28:9 After this had happened, many of the people on the island who were sick also came and were healed.
28:10 They also bestowed many honors, and when we were preparing to sail, they gave us all the supplies we needed.
Acts 28:1
Paul on Malta
28:1 After we had safely reached shore, we learned that the island was called Malta.
Colossians 4:10-13
4:10 Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, sends you greetings, as does Mark, the cousin of Barnabas (about whom you received instructions; if he comes to you, welcome him).
4:11 And Jesus who is called Justus also sends greetings. In terms of Jewish converts, these are the only fellow workers for the kingdom of God, and they have been a comfort to me.
4:12 Epaphras, who is one of you and a slave of Christ, greets you. He is always struggling in prayer on your behalf, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.
4:13 For I can testify that he has worked hard for you and for those in Laodicea and Hierapolis.