With great power the apostles were giving testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was on them all.

For there was no one needy among them, because those who were owners of land or houses were selling them and bringing the proceeds from the sales

So Joseph, a Levite who was a native of Cyprus, called by the apostles Barnabas (which is translated “son of encouragement”),

Now many miraculous signs and wonders came about among the people through the hands of the apostles. By common consent they were all meeting together in Solomon’s Portico.

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

So the twelve called the whole group of the disciples together and said, “It is not right for us to neglect the word of God to wait on tables.

But God spoke as follows: ‘Your descendants will be foreigners in a foreign country, whose citizens will enslave them and mistreat them for four hundred years.

At that time Moses was born, and he was beautiful to God. For three months he was brought up in his father’s house,

The next day Moses saw two men fighting, and tried to make peace between them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers; why are you hurting one another?’

But the Lord said to him, ‘Take the sandals off your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.

This is the Moses who said to the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’

Now in that city was a man named Simon, who had been practicing magic and amazing the people of Samaria, claiming to be someone great.

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.’”

Even Simon himself believed, and after he was baptized, he stayed close to Philip constantly, and when he saw the signs and great miracles that were occurring, he was amazed.

But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could acquire God’s gift with money!

But Saul became more and more capable, and was causing consternation among the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Christ.

When he arrived in Jerusalem, he attempted to associate with the disciples, and they were all afraid of him, because they did not believe that he was a disciple.

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

The following day he entered Caesarea. Now Cornelius was waiting anxiously for them and had called together his relatives and close friends.

He commanded us to preach to the people and to warn them that he is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead.