And now, brothers, I know you acted in ignorance, as your rulers did too.

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

Therefore, although God has overlooked such times of ignorance, he now commands all people everywhere to repent,

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

And now I stand here on trial because of my hope in the promise made by God to our ancestors,

And now I advise you to keep up your courage, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only the ship will be lost.

And now, Lord, pay attention to their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your message with great courage,

and for many days he appeared to those who had accompanied him from Galilee to Jerusalem. These are now his witnesses to the people.

So now why are you putting God to the test by placing on the neck of the disciples a yoke that neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear?

The jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, “The magistrates have sent orders to release you. So come out now and go in peace.”

And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem without knowing what will happen to me there,

“And now I know that none of you among whom I went around proclaiming the kingdom will see me again.

So in this case I say to you, stay away from these men and leave them alone, because if this plan or this undertaking originates with people, it will come to nothing,

Then he went out from the country of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God made him move to this country where you now live.

I have certainly seen the suffering of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their groaning, and I have come down to rescue them. Now come, I will send you to Egypt.’

Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They killed those who foretold long ago the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become!

Therefore I sent for you at once, and you were kind enough to come. So now we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has commanded you to say to us.”

When Peter came to himself, he said, “Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from everything the Jewish people were expecting to happen.”

Now look, the hand of the Lord is against you, and you will be blind, unable to see the sun for a time!” Immediately mistiness and darkness came over him, and he went around seeking people to lead him by the hand.

But Paul said to the police officers, “They had us beaten in public without a proper trial – even though we are Roman citizens – and they threw us in prison. And now they want to send us away secretly? Absolutely not! They themselves must come and escort us out!”