Then when the proconsul saw what had happened, he believed, because he was greatly astounded at the teaching about the Lord.

They were devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are proclaiming?

saying, “We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name. Look, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man’s blood on us!”