Acts 12:20
12:20 Now Herod was having an angry quarrel with the people of Tyre and Sidon. So they joined together and presented themselves before him. And after convincing Blastus, the king’s personal assistant, to help them, they asked for peace, because their country’s food supply was provided by the king’s country.
Acts 15:7
15:7 After there had been much debate,
Peter stood up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that some time ago
God chose
me to preach to the Gentiles so they would hear the message
of the gospel
and believe.
Acts 17:5
17:5 But the Jews became jealous,
and gathering together some worthless men from the rabble in the marketplace,
they formed a mob
and set the city in an uproar.
They attacked Jason’s house,
trying to find Paul and Silas
to bring them out to the assembly.
Acts 23:15
23:15 So now you and the council
request the commanding officer
to bring him down to you, as if you were going to determine
his case
by conducting a more thorough inquiry.
We are ready to kill him
before he comes near this place.”
Acts 28:23
28:23 They set a day to meet with him, and they came to him where he was staying in even greater numbers. From morning until evening he explained things to them, testifying about the kingdom of God and trying to convince them about Jesus from both the law of Moses and the prophets.