Now as Peter was traveling around from place to place, he also came down to the saints who lived in Lydda.

Then Peter started speaking: “I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism in dealing with people,

You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, proclaiming the good news of peace through Jesus Christ (he is Lord of all) –

but God raised him up on the third day and caused him to be seen,

But the voice replied a second time from heaven, ‘What God has made clean, you must not consider ritually unclean!’

The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed turned to the Lord.

At daybreak there was great consternation among the soldiers over what had become of Peter.

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

So Barnabas and Saul returned to Jerusalem when they had completed their mission, bringing along with them John Mark.

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

When they had accomplished everything that was written about him, they took him down from the cross and placed him in a tomb.

that this promise God has fulfilled to us, their children, by raising Jesus, as also it is written in the second psalm, ‘You are my Son; today I have fathered you.’

As Paul and Barnabas were going out, the people were urging them to speak about these things on the next Sabbath.

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

After they had proclaimed the good news in that city and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, to Iconium, and to Antioch.

and he made no distinction between them and us, cleansing their hearts by faith.

Simeon has explained how God first concerned himself to select from among the Gentiles a people for his name.

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

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.

Therefore many of them believed, along with quite a few prominent Greek women and men.