if we are being examined today for a good deed done to a sick man – by what means this man was healed –

When you examine him yourself, you will be able to learn from him about all these things we are accusing him of doing.”

When they had heard my case, they wanted to release me, because there was no basis for a death sentence against me.

When Herod had searched for him and did not find him, he questioned the guards and commanded that they be led away to execution. Then Herod went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.

These Jews were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they eagerly received the message, examining the scriptures carefully every day to see if these things were so.