They replied, “We have received no letters from Judea about you, nor have any of the brothers come from there and reported or said anything bad about you.

I wrote the former account, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach

And I will perform wonders in the sky above and miraculous signs on the earth below, blood and fire and clouds of smoke.

because you will not leave my soul in Hades, nor permit your Holy One to experience decay.

The God of our forefathers raised up Jesus, whom you seized and killed by hanging him on a tree.

Then they secretly instigated some men to say, “We have heard this man speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God.”

But the man who was unfairly hurting his neighbor pushed Moses aside, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and judge over us?

They continued to stone Stephen while he prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”

He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”

Then Peter started speaking: “I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism in dealing with people,

And God, who knows the heart, has testified to them by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us,

and he made no distinction between them and us, cleansing their hearts by faith.

After they stopped speaking, James replied, “Brothers, listen to me.

who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

For it seemed best to the Holy Spirit and to us not to place any greater burden on you than these necessary rules:

and are advocating customs that are not lawful for us to accept or practice, since we are Romans.”

But Paul called out loudly, “Do not harm yourself, for we are all here!”

Now when they heard about the resurrection from the dead, some began to scoff, but others said, “We will hear you again about this.”

but said farewell to them and added, “I will come back to you again if God wills.” Then he set sail from Ephesus,

You know that I did not hold back from proclaiming to you anything that would be helpful, and from teaching you publicly and from house to house,