because he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith, and a significant number of people were brought to the Lord.

The crowd joined the attack against them, and the magistrates tore the clothes off Paul and Silas and ordered them to be beaten with rods.

In those days Peter stood up among the believers (a gathering of about one hundred and twenty people) and said,

The word of God continued to spread, the number of disciples in Jerusalem increased greatly, and a large group of priests became obedient to the faith.