I persecuted this Way even to the point of death, tying up both men and women and putting them in prison,

When he said this, an argument began between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.

Then the commanding officer sent the young man away, directing him, “Tell no one that you have reported these things to me.”

When you examine him yourself, you will be able to learn from him about all these things we are accusing him of doing.”

This is the reason I do my best to always have a clear conscience toward God and toward people.

Or these men here should tell what crime they found me guilty of when I stood before the council,

and as they were leaving they said to one another, “This man is not doing anything deserving death or imprisonment.”

Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”

For last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve came to me

After he said this, Paul took bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all, broke it, and began to eat.

After this had happened, many of the people on the island who were sick also came and were healed.

“Therefore be advised that this salvation from God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen!”

that is, that we may be mutually comforted by one another’s faith, both yours and mine.

Now we know that God’s judgment is in accordance with truth against those who practice such things.

So what benefit did you then reap from those things that you are now ashamed of? For the end of those things is death.

For I do not do the good I want, but I do the very evil I do not want!

It is not as though the word of God had failed. For not all those who are descended from Israel are truly Israel,

And even they – if they do not continue in their unbelief – will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.

Therefore we must not pass judgment on one another, but rather determine never to place an obstacle or a trap before a brother or sister.

For the one who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by people.