And I will perform wonders in the sky above and miraculous signs on the earth below, blood and fire and clouds of smoke.

Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time for prayer, at three o’clock in the afternoon.

For the man, on whom this miraculous sign of healing had been performed, was over forty years old.

But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the prison, led them out, and said,

“Go and stand in the temple courts and proclaim to the people all the words of this life.”

(Now the men who were traveling with him stood there speechless, because they heard the voice but saw no one.)

In it were all kinds of four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth and wild birds.

About that time King Herod laid hands on some from the church to harm them.

Before Jesus arrived, John had proclaimed a baptism for repentance to all the people of Israel.

Paul and Barnabas learned about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and the surrounding region.

but that we should write them a letter telling them to abstain from things defiled by idols and from sexual immorality and from what has been strangled and from blood.

Therefore, although God has overlooked such times of ignorance, he now commands all people everywhere to repent,

but said farewell to them and added, “I will come back to you again if God wills.” Then he set sail from Ephesus,

While they were trying to kill him, a report was sent up to the commanding officer of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion.

They know, because they have known me from time past, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion, I lived as a Pharisee.

And now I stand here on trial because of my hope in the promise made by God to our ancestors,

After we had sailed across the open sea off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we put in at Myra in Lycia.

When a gentle south wind sprang up, they thought they could carry out their purpose, so they weighed anchor and sailed close along the coast of Crete.

As we ran under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were able with difficulty to get the ship’s boat under control.

that is, that we may be mutually comforted by one another’s faith, both yours and mine.