But when Paul appealed to be kept in custody for the decision of His Majesty the Emperor, I ordered him to be kept under guard until I could send him to Caesar.”

But God raised him from the dead,

and when he had been abandoned, Pharaoh’s daughter adopted him and brought him up as her own son.

As he was going along, approaching Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.

When the brothers found out about this, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him away to Tarsus.

Requesting him to do them a favor against Paul, they urged Festus to summon him to Jerusalem, planning an ambush to kill him along the way.

So now you and the council request the commanding officer to bring him down to you, as if you were going to determine his case by conducting a more thorough inquiry. We are ready to kill him before he comes near this place.”

But they were expecting that he was going to swell up or suddenly drop dead. So after they had waited a long time and had seen nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.

Then Peter took hold of him by the right hand and raised him up, and at once the man’s feet and ankles were made strong.

When he had seized him, he put him in prison, handing him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him. Herod planned to bring him out for public trial after the Passover.

the commanding officer ordered Paul to be brought back into the barracks. He told them to interrogate Paul by beating him with a lash so that he could find out the reason the crowd was shouting at Paul in this way.

Peter looked directly at him (as did John) and said, “Look at us!”

All the people saw him walking and praising God,

So the young men came, wrapped him up, carried him out, and buried him.

For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.”

Now after some days had passed, the Jews plotted together to kill him,

He was speaking and debating with the Greek-speaking Jews, but they were trying to kill him.

Then a voice said to him, “Get up, Peter; slaughter and eat!”

So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers took issue with him,

Now Peter continued knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were greatly astonished.