But the voice replied a second time from heaven, ‘What God has made clean, you must not consider ritually unclean!’

On a day determined in advance, Herod put on his royal robes, sat down on the judgment seat, and made a speech to them.

When they had crossed over the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a magician, a Jewish false prophet named Bar-Jesus,

In Lystra sat a man who could not use his feet, lame from birth, who had never walked.

he said with a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet.” And the man leaped up and began walking.

that you abstain from meat that has been sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what has been strangled and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from doing these things, you will do well. Farewell.

and are advocating customs that are not lawful for us to accept or practice, since we are Romans.”

So they all seized Sosthenes, the president of the synagogue, and began to beat him in front of the judgment seat. Yet none of these things were of any concern to Gallio.

After he spent some time there, Paul left and went through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.

For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought a great deal of business to the craftsmen.

Therefore I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of you all.

Therefore be alert, remembering that night and day for three years I did not stop warning each one of you with tears.

They all began to weep loudly, and hugged Paul and kissed him,

The next day Paul went in with us to see James, and all the elders were there.

I found he was accused with reference to controversial questions about their law, but no charge against him deserved death or imprisonment.

This is the reason I do my best to always have a clear conscience toward God and toward people.

He ordered the centurion to guard Paul, but to let him have some freedom, and not to prevent any of his friends from meeting his needs.

So the chief priests and the most prominent men of the Jews brought formal charges against Paul to him.

When his accusers stood up, they did not charge him with any of the evil deeds I had suspected.

because you are especially familiar with all the customs and controversial issues of the Jews. Therefore I ask you to listen to me patiently.