All who were sitting in the council looked intently at Stephen and saw his face was like the face of an angel.

But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves,’ said God, ‘and after these things they will come out of there and worship me in this place.’

and their bones were later moved to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a certain sum of money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

“But as the time drew near for God to fulfill the promise he had declared to Abraham, the people increased greatly in number in Egypt,

When the man said this, Moses fled and became a foreigner in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.

At that time they made an idol in the form of a calf, brought a sacrifice to the idol, and began rejoicing in the works of their hands.

The crowds were paying attention with one mind to what Philip said, as they heard and saw the miraculous signs he was performing.

But when they believed Philip as he was proclaiming the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they began to be baptized, both men and women.

Even Simon himself believed, and after he was baptized, he stayed close to Philip constantly, and when he saw the signs and great miracles that were occurring, he was amazed.

You have no share or part in this matter because your heart is not right before God!

Then the eunuch said to Philip, “Please tell me, who is the prophet saying this about – himself or someone else?”

but Saul learned of their plot against him. They were also watching the city gates day and night so that they could kill him.

He commanded us to preach to the people and to warn them that he is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead.

The circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were greatly astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles,

Then as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them just as he did on us at the beginning.

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

When he had seized him, he put him in prison, handing him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him. Herod planned to bring him out for public trial after the Passover.

Immediately an angel of the Lord struck Herod down because he did not give the glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died.

who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. The proconsul summoned Barnabas and Saul and wanted to hear the word of God.

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.