“After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the desert of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning bush.

Now in Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which in translation means Dorcas). She was continually doing good deeds and acts of charity.

When the angel who had spoken to him departed, Cornelius called two of his personal servants and a devout soldier from among those who served him,

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

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

About him all the prophets testify, that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”

While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all those who heard the message.

The circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were greatly astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles,

and by this one everyone who believes is justified from everything from which the law of Moses could not justify you.

yet he did not leave himself without a witness by doing good, by giving you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying you with food and your hearts with joy.”

For Moses has had those who proclaim him in every town from ancient times, because he is read aloud in the synagogues every Sabbath.”

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

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.

They went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been prevented by the Holy Spirit from speaking the message in the province of Asia.

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

So he was addressing the Jews and the God-fearing Gentiles in the synagogue, and in the marketplace every day those who happened to be there.

The God who made the world and everything in it, who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by human hands,

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.

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.

because I am with you, and no one will assault you to harm you, because I have many people in this city.”