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.”

From there they sailed back to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had now completed.

When they arrived in Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all the things God had done with them.

The whole group kept quiet and listened to Barnabas and Paul while they explained all the miraculous signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.

She followed behind Paul and us and kept crying out, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation.”

But when the Jews from Thessalonica heard that Paul had also proclaimed the word of God in Berea, they came there too, inciting and disturbing the crowds.

The God who made the world and everything in it, who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by human hands,

Paul looked directly at the council and said, “Brothers, I have lived my life with a clear conscience before God to this day.”

and said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul! You must stand before Caesar, and God has graciously granted you the safety of all who are sailing with you.’

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

All the people, from the least to the greatest, paid close attention to him, saying, “This man is the power of God that is called ‘Great.’”

Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.

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

When he came and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with devoted hearts,

Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul son of Kish, a man from the tribe of Benjamin, who ruled forty years.

For David, after he had served God’s purpose in his own generation, died, was buried with his ancestors, and experienced decay,

but said farewell to them and added, “I will come back to you again if God wills.” Then he set sail from Ephesus,

this man, who was handed over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you executed by nailing him to a cross at the hands of Gentiles.

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.

so that they would search for God and perhaps grope around for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.