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

But the officers who came for them did not find them in the prison, so they returned and reported,

Then he said to the council, “Men of Israel, pay close attention to what you are about to do to these men.

but if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them, or you may even be found fighting against God.” He convinced them,

But get up, go down, and accompany them without hesitation, because I have sent them.”

So he gave orders to have them baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay for several days.

On a day determined in advance, Herod put on his royal robes, sat down on the judgment seat, and made a speech to them.

When both the Gentiles and the Jews (together with their rulers) made an attempt to mistreat them and stone them,

When they had appointed elders for them in the various churches, with prayer and fasting they entrusted them to the protection of the Lord in whom they had believed.

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

They had a sharp disagreement, so that they parted company. Barnabas took along Mark and sailed away to Cyprus,

After they had beaten them severely, they threw them into prison and commanded the jailer to guard them securely.

Then he brought them outside and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

The jailer brought them into his house and set food before them, and he rejoiced greatly that he had come to believe in God, together with his entire household.

After he had gone through those regions and spoken many words of encouragement to the believers there, he came to Greece,

He told them, “You are not permitted to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority.

With many other words he testified and exhorted them saying, “Save yourselves from this perverse generation!”

While the man was hanging on to Peter and John, all the people, completely astounded, ran together to them in the covered walkway called Solomon’s Portico.

But Peter and John replied, “Whether it is right before God to obey you rather than God, you decide,

When they were released, Peter and John went to their fellow believers and reported everything the high priests and the elders had said to them.