And they called them in and ordered them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

After an interval of about three hours, his wife came in, but she did not know what had happened.

The voice spoke to him again, a second time, “What God has made clean, you must not consider ritually unclean!”

But the voice replied a second time from heaven, ‘What God has made clean, you must not consider ritually unclean!’

“Therefore I conclude that we should not cause extra difficulty for those among the Gentiles who are turning to God,

You know that I did not hold back from proclaiming to you anything that would be helpful, and from teaching you publicly and from house to house,

I know that after I am gone fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.

When we heard this, both we and the local people begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.

(For the Sadducees say there is no resurrection, or angel, or spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.)

But so that I may not delay you any further, I beg you to hear us briefly with your customary graciousness.

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

Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”

When the ship was caught in it and could not head into the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along.

Because they were afraid that we would run aground on the rocky coast, they threw out four anchors from the stern and wished for day to appear.

Now the soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners so that none of them would escape by swimming away.

therefore you who teach someone else, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?

What then? If some did not believe, does their unbelief nullify the faithfulness of God?

for before the law was given, sin was in the world, but there is no accounting for sin when there is no law.

Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires,

so that the righteous requirement of the law may be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.