When the man said this, Moses fled and became a foreigner in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.

‘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.

Our ancestors were unwilling to obey him, but pushed him aside and turned back to Egypt in their hearts,

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.

You have no share or part in this matter because your heart is not right before God!

The man replied, “How in the world can I, unless someone guides me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

Then the eunuch said to Philip, “Please tell me, who is the prophet saying this about – himself or someone else?”

So he ordered the chariot to stop, and both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.

Therefore send to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter. This man is staying as a guest in the house of Simon the tanner, by the sea.’

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,

And I remembered the word of the Lord, as he used to say, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’

When Peter realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John Mark, where many people had gathered together and were praying.

But they said to her, “You’ve lost your mind!” But she kept insisting that it was Peter, and they kept saying, “It is his angel!”

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.

Brothers, descendants of Abraham’s family, and those Gentiles among you who fear God, the message of this salvation has been sent to us.

And we proclaim to you the good news about the promise to our ancestors,

For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have appointed you to be a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”

The same thing happened in Iconium when Paul and Barnabas went into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a large group of both Jews and Greeks believed.

So when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language, “The gods have come down to us in human form!”

yet he did not leave himself without a witness by doing good, by giving you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying you with food and your hearts with joy.”