So the disciples, each in accordance with his financial ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.

So after Peter and John had solemnly testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they started back to Jerusalem, proclaiming the good news to many Samaritan villages as they went.

They sent this letter with them: From the apostles and elders, your brothers, to the Gentile brothers and sisters in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia, greetings!

So then, exalted to the right hand of God, and having received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he has poured out what you both see and hear.

Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared, and a light shone in the prison cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly!” And the chains fell off Peter’s wrists.

When the argument became so great the commanding officer feared that they would tear Paul to pieces, he ordered the detachment to go down, take him away from them by force, and bring him into the barracks.

After the crew had hoisted it aboard, they used supports to undergird the ship. Fearing they would run aground on the Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor, thus letting themselves be driven along.

And every day both in the temple courts and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus was the Christ.

Therefore send to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter. This man is staying as a guest in the house of Simon the tanner, by the sea.’

The whole group kept quiet and listened to Barnabas and Paul while they explained all the miraculous signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.

He immediately took soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When they saw the commanding officer and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

Then they cast lots for them, and the one chosen was Matthias; so he was counted with the eleven apostles.

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

When they had brought them, they stood them before the council, and the high priest questioned them,

and immediately he began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, saying, “This man is the Son of God.”

But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, teaching and proclaiming (along with many others) the word of the Lord.

So the king got up, and with him the governor and Bernice and those sitting with them,

Now the soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners so that none of them would escape by swimming away.

proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ with complete boldness and without restriction.

But when the son of Paul’s sister heard about the ambush, he came and entered the barracks and told Paul.