So when they had gathered together, they began to ask him, “Lord, is this the time when you are restoring the kingdom to Israel?”

Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene, and visitors from Rome,

With great power the apostles were giving testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was on them all.

Now when the commander of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this report, they were greatly puzzled concerning it, wondering what this could be.

So the twelve called the whole group of the disciples together and said, “It is not right for us to neglect the word of God to wait on tables.

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

Then a famine occurred throughout Egypt and Canaan, causing great suffering, and our ancestors could not find food.

He thought his own people would understand that God was delivering them through him, but they did not understand.

Our ancestors were unwilling to obey him, but pushed him aside and turned back to Egypt in their hearts,

“You stubborn people, with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, like your ancestors did!

When they had driven him out of the city, they began to stone him, and the witnesses laid their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul.

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

Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.

So after Peter and John had solemnly testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they started back to Jerusalem, proclaiming the good news to many Samaritan villages as they went.

About him all the prophets testify, that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”

Then Paul and his companions put out to sea from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia, but John left them and returned to Jerusalem.

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

Brothers, descendants of Abraham’s family, and those Gentiles among you who fear God, the message of this salvation has been sent to us.

So now why are you putting God to the test by placing on the neck of the disciples a yoke that neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear?

When they had brought them before the magistrates, they said, “These men are throwing our city into confusion. They are Jews