The next day Paul went in with us to see James, and all the elders were there.

So the soldiers, in accordance with their orders, took Paul and brought him to Antipatris during the night.

When his accusers stood up, they did not charge him with any of the evil deeds I had suspected.

So the king got up, and with him the governor and Bernice and those sitting with them,

They also bestowed many honors, and when we were preparing to sail, they gave us all the supplies we needed.

‘And in the last days it will be,’ God says, ‘that I will pour out my Spirit on all people, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams.

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.