I punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to force them to blaspheme. Because I was so furiously enraged at them, I went to persecute them even in foreign cities.

They laid hands on the apostles and put them in a public jail.

They stood these men before the apostles, who prayed and placed their hands on them.

Then Peter and John placed their hands on the Samaritans, and they received the Holy Spirit.

Then, after they had fasted and prayed and placed their hands on them, they sent them off.

He passed through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.

God was performing extraordinary miracles by Paul’s hands,

Many of those who had believed came forward, confessing and making their deeds known.

After these days we got ready and started up to Jerusalem.

and said, “You who are full of all deceit and all wrongdoing, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness – will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?

For the people who live in Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize him, and they fulfilled the sayings of the prophets that are read every Sabbath by condemning him.

But the Jews incited the God-fearing women of high social standing and the prominent men of the city, stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out of their region.

Large numbers of those who had practiced magic collected their books and burned them up in the presence of everyone. When the value of the books was added up, it was found to total fifty thousand silver coins.

So they slipped the anchors and left them in the sea, at the same time loosening the linkage that bound the steering oars together. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and steered toward the beach.

and they began selling their property and possessions and distributing the proceeds to everyone, as anyone had need.

And all the prophets, from Samuel and those who followed him, have spoken about and announced these days.

So they seized them and put them in jail until the next day (for it was already evening).

But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the prison, led them out, and said,

and he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias come in and place his hands on him so that he may see again.”

About that time King Herod laid hands on some from the church to harm them.