For David says about him, ‘I saw the Lord always in front of me, for he is at my right hand so that I will not be shaken.

Now there was a disciple in Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, “Ananias,” and he replied, “Here I am, Lord.”

We are witnesses of all the things he did both in Judea and in Jerusalem. They killed him by hanging him on a tree,

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

so that they would search for God and perhaps grope around for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.

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

He gathered these together, along with the workmen in similar trades, and said, “Men, you know that our prosperity comes from this business.

But when they recognized that he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!” for about two hours.

Paul replied, “I did not realize, brothers, that he was the high priest, for it is written, ‘You must not speak evil about a ruler of your people.’”

Paul called one of the centurions and said, “Take this young man to the commanding officer, for he has something to report to him.”

“So,” he said, “let your leaders go down there with me, and if this man has done anything wrong, they may bring charges against him.”

the commanding officer ordered Paul to be brought back into the barracks. He told them to interrogate Paul by beating him with a lash so that he could find out the reason the crowd was shouting at Paul in this way.

The next day, because the commanding officer wanted to know the true reason Paul was being accused by the Jews, he released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole council to assemble. He then brought Paul down and had him stand before them.

Our ancestors had the tabernacle of testimony in the wilderness, just as God who spoke to Moses ordered him to make it according to the design he had seen.

So then, because he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one of his descendants on his throne,

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.

He saw heaven opened and an object something like a large sheet descending, being let down to earth by its four corners.

Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, arrived in Ephesus. He was an eloquent speaker, well-versed in the scriptures.

“Brothers, I can speak confidently to you about our forefather David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says, ‘The Lord said to my lord, “Sit at my right hand