Then Festus replied that Paul was being kept at Caesarea, and he himself intended to go there shortly.

After this had happened, many of the people on the island who were sick also came and were healed.

When they had heard my case, they wanted to release me, because there was no basis for a death sentence against me.

Paul lived there two whole years in his own rented quarters and welcomed all who came to him,

So when they had gathered together, they began to ask him, “Lord, is this the time when you are restoring the kingdom to Israel?”

He told them, “You are not permitted to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority.

As they were still staring into the sky while he was going, suddenly two men in white clothing stood near them

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

Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.

God raised up his servant and sent him first to you, to bless you by turning each one of you from your iniquities.”

while you extend your hand to heal, and to bring about miraculous signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”

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

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

But a Pharisee whose name was Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was respected by all the people, stood up in the council and ordered the men to be put outside for a short time.

All who were sitting in the council looked intently at Stephen and saw his face was like the face of an angel.

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.

But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves,’ said God, ‘and after these things they will come out of there and worship me in this place.’

On their second visit Joseph made himself known to his brothers again, and Joseph’s family became known to Pharaoh.

“But as the time drew near for God to fulfill the promise he had declared to Abraham, the people increased greatly in number in Egypt,

Our ancestors were unwilling to obey him, but pushed him aside and turned back to Egypt in their hearts,