This one heaven must receive until the time all things are restored, which God declared from times long ago through his holy prophets.

So after Peter and John had solemnly testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they started back to Jerusalem, proclaiming the good news to many Samaritan villages as they went.

And I remembered the word of the Lord, as he used to say, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’

So Peter was kept in prison, but those in the church were earnestly praying to God for him.

For David, after he had served God’s purpose in his own generation, died, was buried with his ancestors, and experienced decay,

But the population of the city was divided; some sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles.

So he was addressing the Jews and the God-fearing Gentiles in the synagogue, and in the marketplace every day those who happened to be there.

But the evil spirit replied to them, “I know about Jesus and I am acquainted with Paul, but who are you?”

So then some were shouting one thing, some another, for the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had met together.

If then Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a complaint against someone, the courts are open and there are proconsuls; let them bring charges against one another there.

Those who were with me saw the light, but did not understand the voice of the one who was speaking to me.

Now all the Jews know the way I lived from my youth, spending my life from the beginning among my own people and in Jerusalem.

But they encountered a patch of crosscurrents and ran the ship aground; the bow stuck fast and could not be moved, but the stern was being broken up by the force of the waves.

and the rest were to follow, some on planks and some on pieces of the ship. And in this way all were brought safely to land.

But we would like to hear from you what you think, for regarding this sect we know that people everywhere speak against it.”

The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our forefathers, has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you handed over and rejected in the presence of Pilate after he had decided to release him.

Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must obey him in everything he tells you.

saying, “What should we do with these men? For it is plain to all who live in Jerusalem that a notable miraculous sign has come about through them, and we cannot deny it.

Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced peace and thus was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and in the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, the church increased in numbers.

Now those who had been scattered because of the persecution that took place over Stephen went as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message to no one but Jews.