When our time was over, we left and went on our way. All of them, with their wives and children, accompanied us outside of the city. After kneeling down on the beach and praying,

Then Paul replied, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be tied up, but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

So I asked, ‘What should I do, Lord?’ The Lord said to me, ‘Get up and go to Damascus; there you will be told about everything that you have been designated to do.’

Then when Paul noticed that part of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, he shouted out in the council, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. I am on trial concerning the hope of the resurrection of the dead!”

Paul replied, “I am standing before Caesar’s judgment seat, where I should be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you also know very well.

But get up and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this reason, to designate you in advance as a servant and witness to the things you have seen and to the things in which I will appear to you.

Thus one of the men who have accompanied us during all the time the Lord Jesus associated with us,

beginning from his baptism by John until the day he was taken up from us – one of these must become a witness of his resurrection together with us.”

For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says, ‘The Lord said to my lord, “Sit at my right hand

You killed the Originator of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this fact we are witnesses!

“We found the jail locked securely and the guards standing at the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”

And we are witnesses of these events, and so is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him.”

saying, “Give me this power too, so that everyone I place my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.”

But Simon replied, “You pray to the Lord for me so that nothing of what you have said may happen to me.”

The man replied, “How in the world can I, unless someone guides me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

So Peter went down to the men and said, “Here I am, the person you’re looking for. Why have you come?”

As I stared I looked into it and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, reptiles, and wild birds.

At that very moment, three men sent to me from Caesarea approached the house where we were staying.

Then as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them just as he did on us at the beginning.

For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have appointed you to be a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”