This became known to all who lived in Jerusalem, so that in their own language they called that field Hakeldama, that is, “Field of Blood.”)

When this sound occurred, a crowd gathered and was in confusion, because each one heard them speaking in his own language.

Now many miraculous signs and wonders came about among the people through the hands of the apostles. By common consent they were all meeting together in Solomon’s Portico.

God exalted him to his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.

The next day Moses saw two men fighting, and tried to make peace between them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers; why are you hurting one another?’

“After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the desert of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning bush.

Now in that city was a man named Simon, who had been practicing magic and amazing the people of Samaria, claiming to be someone great.

In humiliation justice was taken from him. Who can describe his posterity? For his life was taken away from the earth.”

So Peter invited them in and entertained them as guests. On the next day he got up and set out with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa accompanied him.

The following day he entered Caesarea. Now Cornelius was waiting anxiously for them and had called together his relatives and close friends.

We are witnesses of all the things he did both in Judea and in Jerusalem. They killed him by hanging him on a tree,

When he came and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with devoted hearts,

So the disciples, each in accordance with his financial ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.

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

Moving on from Perga, they arrived at Pisidian Antioch, and on the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down.

So Paul stood up, gestured with his hand and said, “Men of Israel, and you Gentiles who fear God, listen:

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

But after the disciples had surrounded him, he got up and went back into the city. On the next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.

They strengthened the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith, saying, “We must enter the kingdom of God through many persecutions.”

From there they sailed back to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had now completed.