So the chief priests and the most prominent men of the Jews brought formal charges against Paul to him.

When his accusers stood up, they did not charge him with any of the evil deeds I had suspected.

But when the son of Paul’s sister heard about the ambush, he came and entered the barracks and told Paul.

For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.”

And now I advise you to keep up your courage, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only the ship will be lost.

Both Paul and Barnabas replied courageously, “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we are turning to the Gentiles.

to open their eyes so that they turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

As I stared I looked into it and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, reptiles, and wild birds.

who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. The proconsul summoned Barnabas and Saul and wanted to hear the word of God.

So Paul stood before the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I see that you are very religious in all respects.

“Go and stand in the temple courts and proclaim to the people all the words of this life.”

The patriarchs, because they were jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt. But God was with him,

Then the soldiers cut the ropes of the ship’s boat and let it drift away.

Now the soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners so that none of them would escape by swimming away.

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

When our time was over, we left and went on our way. All of them, with their wives and children, accompanied us outside of the city. After kneeling down on the beach and praying,

But they encountered a patch of crosscurrents and ran the ship aground; the bow stuck fast and could not be moved, but the stern was being broken up by the force of the waves.

This became known to all who lived in Jerusalem, so that in their own language they called that field Hakeldama, that is, “Field of Blood.”)

David by foreseeing this spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was neither abandoned to Hades, nor did his body experience decay.

When the angel who had spoken to him departed, Cornelius called two of his personal servants and a devout soldier from among those who served him,