And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and have your sins washed away, calling on his name.’

So the commanding officer came and asked Paul, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” He replied, “Yes.”

When he said this, an argument began between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.

I found he was accused with reference to controversial questions about their law, but no charge against him deserved death or imprisonment.

So the soldiers, in accordance with their orders, took Paul and brought him to Antipatris during the night.

When the horsemen came to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they also presented Paul to him.

This is the reason I do my best to always have a clear conscience toward God and toward people.

Or these men here should tell what crime they found me guilty of when I stood before the council,

For it seems unreasonable to me to send a prisoner without clearly indicating the charges against him.”

So the king got up, and with him the governor and Bernice and those sitting with them,

There the centurion found a ship from Alexandria sailing for Italy, and he put us aboard it.

There we found some brothers and were invited to stay with them seven days. And in this way we came to Rome.

When we entered Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself, with the soldier who was guarding him.

“Therefore be advised that this salvation from God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen!”

Paul lived there two whole years in his own rented quarters and welcomed all who came to him,

So Peter got up and went with them, and when he arrived they brought him to the upper room. All the widows stood beside him, crying and showing him the tunics and other clothing Dorcas used to make while she was with them.

After three days Paul called the local Jewish leaders together. When they had assembled, he said to them, “Brothers, although I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, from Jerusalem I was handed over as a prisoner to the Romans.

They set a day to meet with him, and they came to him where he was staying in even greater numbers. From morning until evening he explained things to them, testifying about the kingdom of God and trying to convince them about Jesus from both the law of Moses and the prophets.

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.

So when they had gathered together, they began to ask him, “Lord, is this the time when you are restoring the kingdom to Israel?”