Then the high priest said, “Are these things true?”

Did my hand not make all these things?’

After he had said this, he dismissed the assembly.

All this took about four hundred fifty years. After this he gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet.

Even by saying these things, they scarcely persuaded the crowds not to offer sacrifice to them.

They caused confusion among the crowd and the city officials who heard these things.

After this Paul departed from Athens and went to Corinth.

When he had said these things, he knelt down with them all and prayed.

The Jews also joined in the verbal attack, claiming that these things were true.

After he had said this, while they were watching, he was lifted up and a cloud hid him from their sight.

Great fear gripped the whole church and all who heard about these things.

When they heard these things, they became furious and ground their teeth at him.

The police officers reported these words to the magistrates. They were frightened when they heard Paul and Silas were Roman citizens

For you are bringing some surprising things to our ears, so we want to know what they mean.”

When we heard this, both we and the local people begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.

Then the commanding officer sent the young man away, directing him, “Tell no one that you have reported these things to me.”

After he said this, Paul took bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all, broke it, and began to eat.

But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves,’ said God, ‘and after these things they will come out of there and worship me in this place.’

While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all those who heard the message.

When they heard this, they ceased their objections and praised God, saying, “So then, God has granted the repentance that leads to life even to the Gentiles.”