At daybreak the magistrates sent their police officers, saying, “Release those men.”

About three o’clock one afternoon he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God who came in and said to him, “Cornelius.”

Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and so he became the father of Isaac and circumcised him when he was eight days old, and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.

When morning came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink anything until they had killed Paul.

other than this one thing I shouted out while I stood before them: ‘I am on trial before you today concerning the resurrection of the dead.’”

Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time for prayer, at three o’clock in the afternoon.

Paul replied, “I pray to God that whether in a short or a long time not only you but also all those who are listening to me today could become such as I am, except for these chains.”

When they read it aloud, the people rejoiced at its encouragement.

if we are being examined today for a good deed done to a sick man – by what means this man was healed –

Since considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous because the fast was already over, Paul advised them,

For the people who live in Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize him, and they fulfilled the sayings of the prophets that are read every Sabbath by condemning him.

that this promise God has fulfilled to us, their children, by raising Jesus, as also it is written in the second psalm, ‘You are my Son; today I have fathered you.’

Now as we were going to the place of prayer, a slave girl met us who had a spirit that enabled her to foretell the future by supernatural means. She brought her owners a great profit by fortune-telling.

She continued to do this for many days. But Paul became greatly annoyed, and turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” And it came out of her at once.

In those days Peter stood up among the believers (a gathering of about one hundred and twenty people) and said,

But when he was about forty years old, it entered his mind to visit his fellow countrymen the Israelites.

As Paul and Barnabas were going out, the people were urging them to speak about these things on the next Sabbath.

On the next Sabbath almost the whole city assembled together to hear the word of the Lord.

For Moses has had those who proclaim him in every town from ancient times, because he is read aloud in the synagogues every Sabbath.”

But the evil spirit replied to them, “I know about Jesus and I am acquainted with Paul, but who are you?”