So for this reason I have asked to see you and speak with you, for I am bound with this chain because of the hope of Israel.”

There were more than forty of them who formed this conspiracy.

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

Then he fell to his knees and cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them!” When he had said this, he died.

saying, “Give me this power too, so that everyone I place my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.”

And we proclaim to you the good news about the promise to our ancestors,

The commanding officer answered, “I acquired this citizenship with a large sum of money.” “But I was even born a citizen,” Paul replied.

And on the basis of faith in Jesus’ name, his very name has made this man – whom you see and know – strong. The faith that is through Jesus has given him this complete health in the presence of you all.

Then he went out from the country of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God made him move to this country where you now live.

Since many of them had no desire to eat, Paul stood up among them and said, “Men, you should have listened to me and not put out to sea from Crete, thus avoiding this damage and loss.