Peter went out and followed him; he did not realize that what was happening through the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision.

And we proclaim to you the good news about the promise to our ancestors,

This man was listening to Paul as he was speaking. When Paul stared intently at him and saw he had faith to be healed,

They strengthened the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith, saying, “We must enter the kingdom of God through many persecutions.”

When they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported all the things God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith for the Gentiles.

Now some men came down from Judea and began to teach the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”

But some from the religious party of the Pharisees who had believed stood up and said, “It is necessary to circumcise the Gentiles and to order them to observe the law of Moses.”

Since we have heard that some have gone out from among us with no orders from us and have confused you, upsetting your minds by what they said,

After Paul saw the vision, we attempted immediately to go over to Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to proclaim the good news to them.

The jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, “The magistrates have sent orders to release you. So come out now and go in peace.”

When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city officials, screaming, “These people who have stirred up trouble throughout the world have come here too,

He gathered these together, along with the workmen in similar trades, and said, “Men, you know that our prosperity comes from this business.

But when they recognized that he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!” for about two hours.

“And now I know that none of you among whom I went around proclaiming the kingdom will see me again.

especially saddened by what he had said, that they were not going to see him again. Then they accompanied him to the ship.

(For they had seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him previously, and they assumed Paul had brought him into the inner temple courts.)

I replied, ‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat those in the various synagogues who believed in you.

This man was seized by the Jews and they were about to kill him, when I came up with the detachment and rescued him, because I had learned that he was a Roman citizen.

As you can verify for yourself, not more than twelve days ago I went up to Jerusalem to worship.

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.’”