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

Then he said to the council, “Men of Israel, pay close attention to what you are about to do to these men.

that you abstain from meat that has been sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what has been strangled and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from doing these things, you will do well. Farewell.

But Paul called out loudly, “Do not harm yourself, for we are all here!”

So because these facts are indisputable, you must keep quiet and not do anything reckless.

Of course, I myself was convinced that it was necessary to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.

and as they were leaving they said to one another, “This man is not doing anything deserving death or imprisonment.”

and Jason has welcomed them as guests! They are all acting against Caesar’s decrees, saying there is another king named Jesus!”

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.

Large numbers of those who had practiced magic collected their books and burned them up in the presence of everyone. When the value of the books was added up, it was found to total fifty thousand silver coins.

If then I am in the wrong and have done anything that deserves death, I am not trying to escape dying, but if not one of their charges against me is true, no one can hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!”

but I declared to those in Damascus first, and then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds consistent with repentance.

For the king knows about these things, and I am speaking freely to him, because I cannot believe that any of these things has escaped his notice, for this was not done in a corner.