Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles too had accepted the word of God.

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

But there were some men from Cyprus and Cyrene among them who came to Antioch and began to speak to the Greeks too, proclaiming the good news of the Lord Jesus.

A report about them came to the attention of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.

So Peter was kept in prison, but those in the church were earnestly praying to God for him.

Peter went out and followed him; he did not realize that what was happening through the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision.

When Peter realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John Mark, where many people had gathered together and were praying.

But they said to her, “You’ve lost your mind!” But she kept insisting that it was Peter, and they kept saying, “It is his angel!”

who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. The proconsul summoned Barnabas and Saul and wanted to hear the word of God.

and for many days he appeared to those who had accompanied him from Galilee to Jerusalem. These are now his witnesses to the people.

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.’”

When the Gentiles heard this, they began to rejoice and praise the word of the Lord, and all who had been appointed for eternal life believed.

But the population of the city was divided; some sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles.

The priest of the temple of Zeus, located just outside the city, brought bulls and garlands to the city gates; he and the crowds wanted to offer sacrifices to them.

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

He also came to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple named Timothy was there, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but whose father was a Greek.

On the Sabbath day we went outside the city gate to the side of the river, where we thought there would be a place of prayer, and we sat down and began to speak to the women who had assembled there.

and Jason has welcomed them as guests! They are all acting against Caesar’s decrees, saying there is another king named Jesus!”

While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was greatly upset because he saw the city was full of idols.

So since we are God’s offspring, we should not think the deity is like gold or silver or stone, an image made by human skill and imagination.