until the day he was taken up to heaven, after he had given orders by the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen.

When they had crossed over the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a magician, a Jewish false prophet named Bar-Jesus,

I persecuted this Way even to the point of death, tying up both men and women and putting them in prison,

This one heaven must receive until the time all things are restored, which God declared from times long ago through his holy prophets.

Paul looked directly at the council and said, “Brothers, I have lived my life with a clear conscience before God to this day.”

“Brothers, I can speak confidently to you about our forefather David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

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.

The crowd was listening to him until he said this. Then they raised their voices and shouted, “Away with this man from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live!”

I have experienced help from God to this day, and so I stand testifying to both small and great, saying nothing except what the prophets and Moses said was going to happen:

As day was about to dawn, Paul urged them all to take some food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day you have been in suspense and have gone without food; you have eaten nothing.