“We found the jail locked securely and the guards standing at the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”

and they summoned the apostles and had them beaten. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus and released them.

But carefully select from among you, brothers, seven men who are well-attested, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may put in charge of this necessary task.

But when he was about forty years old, it entered his mind to visit his fellow countrymen the Israelites.

Now as they were going along the road, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “Look, there is water! What is to stop me from being baptized?”

About noon the next day, while they were on their way and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray.

He saw heaven opened and an object something like a large sheet descending, being let down to earth by its four corners.

So when Peter came in, Cornelius met him, fell at his feet, and worshiped him.

We are witnesses of all the things he did both in Judea and in Jerusalem. They killed him by hanging him on a tree,

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

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,

At that very moment, three men sent to me from Caesarea approached the house where we were staying.

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.

and for many days he appeared to those who had accompanied him from Galilee to Jerusalem. These are now his witnesses to the people.

The priest of the temple of Zeus, located just outside the city, brought bulls and garlands to the city gates; he and the crowds wanted to offer sacrifices to them.

So now why are you putting God to the test by placing on the neck of the disciples a yoke that neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear?

Paul went to the Jews in the synagogue, as he customarily did, and on three Sabbath days he addressed them from the scriptures,

When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city officials, screaming, “These people who have stirred up trouble throughout the world have come here too,

Then the brothers sent Paul away to the coast at once, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.

So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are proclaiming?