And we are witnesses of these events, and so is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him.”

and they summoned the apostles and had them beaten. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus and released them.

But God spoke as follows: ‘Your descendants will be foreigners in a foreign country, whose citizens will enslave them and mistreat them for four hundred years.

On their second visit Joseph made himself known to his brothers again, and Joseph’s family became known to Pharaoh.

and their bones were later moved to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a certain sum of money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

‘I am the God of your forefathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’ Moses began to tremble and did not dare to look more closely.

“Look!” he said. “I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”

When they had driven him out of the city, they began to stone him, and the witnesses laid their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul.

But when they believed Philip as he was proclaiming the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they began to be baptized, both men and women.

but Saul learned of their plot against him. They were also watching the city gates day and night so that they could kill him.

He was a devout, God-fearing man, as was all his household; he did many acts of charity for the people and prayed to God regularly.

He saw heaven opened and an object something like a large sheet descending, being let down to earth by its four corners.

The circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were greatly astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles,

Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles too had accepted the word of God.

When they heard this, they ceased their objections and praised God, saying, “So then, God has granted the repentance that leads to life even to the Gentiles.”

But there were some men from Cyprus and Cyrene among them who came to Antioch and began to speak to the Greeks too, proclaiming the good news of the Lord Jesus.

When he came and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with devoted hearts,

Peter went out and followed him; he did not realize that what was happening through the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision.

When Herod had searched for him and did not find him, he questioned the guards and commanded that they be led away to execution. Then Herod went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.

When they arrived in Salamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. (Now they also had John as their assistant.)