because you will be his witness to all people of what you have seen and heard.

Then he said to me, ‘Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”

Most excellent Felix, we acknowledge this everywhere and in every way with all gratitude.

The Jews also joined in the verbal attack, claiming that these things were true.

After several years I came to bring to my people gifts for the poor and to present offerings,

But there are some Jews from the province of Asia who should be here before you and bring charges, if they have anything against me.

“While doing this very thing, as I was going to Damascus with authority and complete power from the chief priests,

and on the third day they threw the ship’s gear overboard with their own hands.

Then the soldiers cut the ropes of the ship’s boat and let it drift away.

So all of them were encouraged and took food themselves.

After we had safely reached shore, we learned that the island was called Malta.

Some were convinced by what he said, but others refused to believe.

To the same apostles also, after his suffering, he presented himself alive with many convincing proofs. He was seen by them over a forty-day period and spoke about matters concerning the kingdom of God.

“For it is written in the book of Psalms, ‘Let his house become deserted, and let there be no one to live in it,’ and ‘Let another take his position of responsibility.’

“Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man clearly attested to you by God with powerful deeds, wonders, and miraculous signs that God performed among you through him, just as you yourselves know –

So then, exalted to the right hand of God, and having received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he has poured out what you both see and hear.

Peter said to them, “Repent, and each one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

and they recognized him as the man who used to sit and ask for donations at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with astonishment and amazement at what had happened to him.

You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.’

“For indeed both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, assembled together in this city against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed,