Reverential awe came over everyone, and many wonders and miraculous signs came about by the apostles.

This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, that has become the cornerstone.

sold a field that belonged to him and brought the money and placed it at the apostles’ feet.

Then a famine occurred throughout Egypt and Canaan, causing great suffering, and our ancestors could not find food.

and was returning home, sitting in his chariot, reading the prophet Isaiah.

He was speaking and debating with the Greek-speaking Jews, but they were trying to kill him.

Then Peter started speaking: “I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism in dealing with people,

So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers took issue with him,

When both the Gentiles and the Jews (together with their rulers) made an attempt to mistreat them and stone them,

Simeon has explained how God first concerned himself to select from among the Gentiles a people for his name.

“Therefore I conclude that we should not cause extra difficulty for those among the Gentiles who are turning to God,

saying, “This man is persuading people to worship God in a way contrary to the law!”

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

And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and have your sins washed away, calling on his name.’

Then the commanding officer sent the young man away, directing him, “Tell no one that you have reported these things to me.”

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

Not long after this, a hurricane-force wind called the northeaster blew down from the island.

When they had heard my case, they wanted to release me, because there was no basis for a death sentence against me.

For this is what the promise declared: “About a year from now I will return and Sarah will have a son.”

even us, whom he has called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?