Most excellent Felix, we acknowledge this everywhere and in every way with all gratitude.

for they heard them speaking in tongues and praising God. Then Peter said,

Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place.

And how is it that each one of us hears them in our own native language?

and was returning home, sitting in his chariot, reading the prophet Isaiah.

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

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

testifying to both Jews and Greeks about repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus.

And now, brothers, I know you acted in ignorance, as your rulers did too.

When they had appointed elders for them in the various churches, with prayer and fasting they entrusted them to the protection of the Lord in whom they had believed.

In spite of what you think, these men are not drunk, for it is only nine o’clock in the morning.

and their bones were later moved to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a certain sum of money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

angry because they were teaching the people and announcing in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.

You have no share or part in this matter because your heart is not right before God!

None of the rest dared to join them, but the people held them in high honor.

So when Peter came in, Cornelius met him, fell at his feet, and worshiped him.

Peter continued talking with him as he went in, and he found many people gathered together.

They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.”

saying, “This man is persuading people to worship God in a way contrary to the law!”

Now three days after Festus arrived in the province, he went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.