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

But Peter and the apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than people.

So they left the council rejoicing because they had been considered worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of the name.

The patriarchs, because they were jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt. But God was with him,

But his disciples took him at night and let him down through an opening in the wall by lowering him in a basket.

When the brothers found out about this, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him away to Tarsus.

All those who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.

But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they began to contradict what Paul was saying by reviling him.

But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.

But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard about it, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting,

So when they were dismissed, they went down to Antioch, and after gathering the entire group together, they delivered the letter.

The crowd joined the attack against them, and the magistrates tore the clothes off Paul and Silas and ordered them to be beaten with rods.

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the rest of the prisoners were listening to them.

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.”

The police officers reported these words to the magistrates. They were frightened when they heard Paul and Silas were Roman citizens

When we heard this, both we and the local people begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.

The next day Paul went in with us to see James, and all the elders were there.

So the soldiers, in accordance with their orders, took Paul and brought him to Antipatris during the night.

When his accusers stood up, they did not charge him with any of the evil deeds I had suspected.