He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”

While Peter was still thinking seriously about the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Look! Three men are looking for you.

But Peter helped him up, saying, “Stand up. I too am a mere mortal.”

After they stopped speaking, James replied, “Brothers, listen to me.

But Paul called out loudly, “Do not harm yourself, for we are all here!”

They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.”

At daybreak the magistrates sent their police officers, saying, “Release those men.”

Now when they heard about the resurrection from the dead, some began to scoff, but others said, “We will hear you again about this.”

When they heard this they became enraged and began to shout, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

except that the Holy Spirit warns me in town after town that imprisonment and persecutions are waiting for me.

So do what we tell you: We have four men who have taken a vow;

Then I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’

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

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

and as they were leaving they said to one another, “This man is not doing anything deserving death or imprisonment.”

But the centurion was more convinced by the captain and the ship’s owner than by what Paul said.

After he said this, Paul took bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all, broke it, and began to eat.

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

For David says about him, ‘I saw the Lord always in front of me, for he is at my right hand so that I will not be shaken.

For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says, ‘The Lord said to my lord, “Sit at my right hand