The doorkeeper opens the door for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

So they took away the stone. Jesus looked upward and said, “Father, I thank you that you have listened to me.

I knew that you always listen to me, but I said this for the sake of the crowd standing around here, that they may believe that you sent me.”

The crowd that stood there and heard the voice said that it had thundered. Others said that an angel had spoken to him.

Why do you ask me? Ask those who heard what I said. They know what I said.”

When Pilate heard these words he brought Jesus outside and sat down on the judgment seat in the place called “The Stone Pavement” (Gabbatha in Aramaic).

While he was with them, he declared, “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait there for what my Father promised, which you heard about from me.

When this sound occurred, a crowd gathered and was in confusion, because each one heard them speaking in his own language.

Now when they heard this, they were acutely distressed and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “What should we do, brothers?”

But Peter and John replied, “Whether it is right before God to obey you rather than God, you decide,

Now when the commander of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this report, they were greatly puzzled concerning it, wondering what this could be.

The crowds were paying attention with one mind to what Philip said, as they heard and saw the miraculous signs he was performing.

Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.

So Philip ran up to it and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. He asked him, “Do you understand what you’re reading?”

But Ananias replied, “Lord, I have heard from many people about this man, how much harm he has done to your saints in Jerusalem,

While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all those who heard the message.

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.”

A report about them came to the attention of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.

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