for he was counted as one of us and received a share in this ministry.”

When he met us in Assos, we took him aboard and went to Mitylene.

And God, who knows the heart, has testified to them by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us,

we have unanimously decided to choose men to send to you along with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul,

For it seemed best to the Holy Spirit and to us not to place any greater burden on you than these necessary rules:

and are advocating customs that are not lawful for us to accept or practice, since we are Romans.”

The next day Paul went in with us to see James, and all the elders were there.

So do what we tell you: We have four men who have taken a vow;

Thus one of the men who have accompanied us during all the time the Lord Jesus associated with us,

beginning from his baptism by John until the day he was taken up from us – one of these must become a witness of his resurrection together with us.”

He commanded us to preach to the people and to warn them that he is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead.

Brothers, descendants of Abraham’s family, and those Gentiles among you who fear God, the message of this salvation has been sent to us.

For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have appointed you to be a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”

He gathered these together, along with the workmen in similar trades, and said, “Men, you know that our prosperity comes from this business.

Some of the disciples from Caesarea came along with us too, and brought us to the house of Mnason of Cyprus, a disciple from the earliest times, with whom we were to stay.

We went on board a ship from Adramyttium that was about to sail to various ports along the coast of the province of Asia and put out to sea, accompanied by Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica.

But we would like to hear from you what you think, for regarding this sect we know that people everywhere speak against it.”

“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.

When Peter saw this, he declared to the people, “Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this? Why do you stare at us as if we had made this man walk by our own power or piety?

For we have heard him saying that Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.”