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

Now when they heard this, they became furious and wanted to execute them.

But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”

So when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our ancestors there the first time.

So Jacob went down to Egypt and died there, along with our ancestors,

Some devout men buried Stephen and made loud lamentation over him.

Philip went down to the main city of Samaria and began proclaiming the Christ to them.

And they paid close attention to him because he had amazed them for a long time with his magic.

Now after some days had passed, the Jews plotted together to kill him,

He was speaking and debating with the Greek-speaking Jews, but they were trying to kill him.

This became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.

So Peter stayed many days in Joppa with a man named Simon, a tanner.

Now there was a man in Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort.

But Peter said, “Certainly not, Lord, for I have never eaten anything defiled and ritually unclean!”

This happened three times, and immediately the object was taken up into heaven.

So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers took issue with him,

I also heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter; slaughter and eat!’

But I said, ‘Certainly not, Lord, for nothing defiled or ritually unclean has ever entered my mouth!’

This happened three times, and then everything was pulled up to heaven again.

At that time some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.