and immediately he began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, saying, “This man is the Son of God.”

He became hungry and wanted to eat, but while they were preparing the meal, a trance came over him.

In past generations he allowed all the nations to go their own ways,

Now the passage of scripture the man was reading was this: “He was led like a sheep to slaughter, and like a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he did not open his mouth.

For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.”

For a period of about forty years he put up with them in the wilderness.

They began to call Barnabas Zeus and Paul Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.

When he met us in Assos, we took him aboard and went to Mitylene.

He kept back for himself part of the proceeds with his wife’s knowledge; he brought only part of it and placed it at the apostles’ feet.

He was a devout, God-fearing man, as was all his household; he did many acts of charity for the people and prayed to God regularly.

Some were convinced by what he said, but others refused to believe.

With many other words he testified and exhorted them saying, “Save yourselves from this perverse generation!”

and he made no distinction between them and us, cleansing their hearts by faith.

Then he brought them outside and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

He addressed both Jews and Greeks in the synagogue every Sabbath, attempting to persuade them.

When Apollos wanted to cross over to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples to welcome him. When he arrived, he assisted greatly those who had believed by grace,

Then those who were about to interrogate him stayed away from him, and the commanding officer was frightened when he realized that Paul was a Roman citizen and that he had had him tied up.

After Festus had stayed not more than eight or ten days among them, he went down to Caesarea, and the next day he sat on the judgment seat and ordered Paul to be brought.

After he said this, Paul took bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all, broke it, and began to eat.

(When they heard that he was addressing them in Aramaic, they became even quieter.) Then Paul said,