More and more believers in the Lord were added to their number, crowds of both men and women.

When they had brought them, they stood them before the council, and the high priest questioned them,

Yet they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.

From the descendants of this man God brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus, just as he promised.

So the churches were being strengthened in the faith and were increasing in number every day.

(Now there were many lamps in the upstairs room where we were meeting.)

For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple courts and were trying to kill me.

(We were in all two hundred seventy-six persons on the ship.)

When the meeting of the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and God-fearing proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking with them and were persuading them to continue in the grace of God.

When Paul and Barnabas had a major argument and debate with them, the church appointed Paul and Barnabas and some others from among them to go up to meet with the apostles and elders in Jerusalem about this point of disagreement.

Some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large group of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few prominent women.

So now you and the council request the commanding officer to bring him down to you, as if you were going to determine his case by conducting a more thorough inquiry. We are ready to kill him before he comes near this place.”

Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place.

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

angry because they were teaching the people and announcing in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.

After making Peter and John stand in their midst, they began to inquire, “By what power or by what name did you do this?”

And they called them in and ordered them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

And every day both in the temple courts and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus was the Christ.

Now Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and miraculous signs among the people.

When he saw one of them being hurt unfairly, Moses came to his defense and avenged the person who was mistreated by striking down the Egyptian.