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

For three days he could not see, and he neither ate nor drank anything.

So Peter stayed many days in Joppa with a man named Simon, a tanner.

Now there was a man in Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort.

and when he had explained everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.

They said, “Cornelius the centurion, a righteous and God-fearing man, well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to summon you to his house and to hear a message from you.”

Peter continued talking with him as he went in, and he found many people gathered together.

This happened three times, and then everything was pulled up to heaven again.

They did so, sending their financial aid to the elders by Barnabas and Saul.

But Saul (also known as Paul), filled with the Holy Spirit, stared straight at him

After he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave his people their land as an inheritance.

Though they found no basis for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have him executed.

So the word of the Lord was spreading through the entire region.

Both the apostles and the elders met together to deliberate about this matter.

We put out to sea from Troas and sailed a straight course to Samothrace, the next day to Neapolis,

So he stayed there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

When they asked him to stay longer, he would not consent,

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

At that time a great disturbance took place concerning the Way.

For you have brought these men here who are neither temple robbers nor blasphemers of our goddess.