Now a man named Ananias, together with Sapphira his wife, sold a piece of property.

But the crowd began to shout, “The voice of a god, and not of a man!”

So Peter stayed many days in Joppa with a man named Simon, a tanner.

(Now seven sons of a man named Sceva, a Jewish high priest, were doing this.)

But Solomon built a house for him.

This man is staying as a guest with a man named Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the sea.”

For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought a great deal of business to the craftsmen.

He wrote a letter that went like this:

He also came to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple named Timothy was there, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but whose father was a Greek.

Now there was a man in Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort.

Agrippa said to Paul, “In such a short time are you persuading me to become a Christian?”

Suddenly a sound like a violent wind blowing came from heaven and filled the entire house where they were sitting.

While we remained there for a number of days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.

until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”’

But a Pharisee whose name was Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was respected by all the people, stood up in the council and ordered the men to be put outside for a short time.

“I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision, an object something like a large sheet descending, being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came to me.

Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, arrived in Ephesus. He was an eloquent speaker, well-versed in the scriptures.

A man named Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well spoken of by all the Jews who live there,

The commanding officer answered, “I acquired this citizenship with a large sum of money.” “But I was even born a citizen,” Paul replied.

Paul answered, “I am a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of an important city. Please allow me to speak to the people.”