So they proposed two candidates: Joseph called Barsabbas (also called Justus) and Matthias.

And then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’

They called out to ask if Simon, known as Peter, was staying there as a guest.

For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

Do they not blaspheme the good name of the one you belong to?

They continued to stone Stephen while he prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”

and here he has authority from the chief priests to imprison all who call on your name!”

Now send men to Joppa and summon a man named Simon, who is called Peter.

So Barnabas and Saul returned to Jerusalem when they had completed their mission, bringing along with them John Mark.

And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and have your sins washed away, calling on his name.’

Then, after conferring with his council, Festus replied, “You have appealed to Caesar; to Caesar you will go!”

Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”

But when the Jews objected, I was forced to appeal to Caesar – not that I had some charge to bring against my own people.

Now I appeal to God as my witness, that to spare you I did not come again to Corinth.

So Joseph, a Levite who was a native of Cyprus, called by the apostles Barnabas (which is translated “son of encouragement”),

Therefore send to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter. This man is staying as a guest in the house of Simon the tanner, by the sea.’

When Peter realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John Mark, where many people had gathered together and were praying.

But when Paul appealed to be kept in custody for the decision of His Majesty the Emperor, I ordered him to be kept under guard until I could send him to Caesar.”

But I found that he had done nothing that deserved death, and when he appealed to His Majesty the Emperor, I decided to send him.

For there is no distinction between the Jew and the Greek, for the same Lord is Lord of all, who richly blesses all who call on him.