But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”

Now those who had been forced to scatter went around proclaiming the good news of the word.

Therefore when you sent for me, I came without any objection. Now may I ask why you sent for me?”

But the word of God kept on increasing and multiplying.

So the word of the Lord was spreading through the entire region.

and when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.

Both the apostles and the elders met together to deliberate about this matter.

The words of the prophets agree with this, as it is written,

Therefore we are sending Judas and Silas who will tell you these things themselves in person.

So he stayed there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

In this way the word of the Lord continued to grow in power and to prevail.

I wrote the former account, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach

So those who accepted his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand people were added.

But many of those who had listened to the message believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand.

So Moses was trained in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in his words and deeds.

You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, proclaiming the good news of peace through Jesus Christ (he is Lord of all) –

On the next Sabbath almost the whole city assembled together to hear the word of the Lord.

They began to call Barnabas Zeus and Paul Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.

Both Judas and Silas, who were prophets themselves, encouraged and strengthened the brothers with a long speech.

Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him, along with all those who were in his house.