You know<n id="1" /> the message<n id="2" /> he sent to the people<n id="3" /> of Israel, proclaiming the good news of peace<n id="4" /> through<n id="5" /> Jesus Christ<n id="6" /> (he is Lord<n id="7" /> of all) &#8211;

Thus one of the men<n id="1" /> who have accompanied us during all the time the Lord Jesus associated with<n id="2" /> us,

For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says,p> <p class="otpoetry">&#8216;<b><i>The Lord said to my lord,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry">&#8220;<b><i>Siti>b><n id="1" /> <b><i>at my right handi>b>p>

For the promise<n id="1" /> is for you and your children, and for all who are far away, as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.&#8221;

praising God and having the good will<n id="1" /> of all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number every day<n id="2" /> those who were being saved.p>

<b><i>But the Lord said to him,i>b> &#8216;<i><b>Take the sandals off your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy groundb>.i><n id="1" />

For this<n id="1" /> is what the Lord has commanded us: &#8216;<i>I have appointedi><n id="2" /> <i>you to be a lighti><n id="3" /> <i>for the Gentiles, to bring salvationi><n id="4" /> <i>to the ends of the earth.i>&#8217;&#8221;<n id="5" />

The God who made the world and everything in it,<n id="1" /> who is<n id="2" /> Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by human hands,<n id="3" />

The Lord said to Paul by a vision<n id="1" /> in the night,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Do not be afraid,<n id="3" /> but speak and do not be silent,

So I said, &#8216;Who are you, Lord?&#8217; And the Lord replied,<n id="1" /> &#8216;I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.

Moses said, &#8216;<i><b>The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothersb>. <b>You must obeyb>i><n id="1" /> <b><i>him in everything he tells youi>b>.<n id="2" />

<p class="otpoetry">&#8216;<b><i>Heaven is my throne,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><i><b>and earth is the footstool for my feetb>.i>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>or what is my resting place?i>b><n id="1" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Now there was a disciple in Damascus named Ananias. The<n id="1" /> Lord<n id="2" /> said to him in a vision, &#8220;Ananias,&#8221; and he replied, &#8220;Here I am,<n id="3" /> Lord.&#8221;

Then the Lord told him, &#8220;Get up and go to the street called &#8216;Straight,&#8217;<n id="1" /> and at Judas&#8217; house look for a man from Tarsus named Saul. For he is praying,

But the Lord said to him, &#8220;Go, because this man is my chosen instrument<n id="1" /> to carry my name before Gentiles and kings and the people of Israel.<n id="2" />

When<n id="1" /> Peter came to himself, he said, &#8220;Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued<n id="2" /> me from the hand<n id="3" /> of Herod<n id="4" /> and from everything the Jewish people<n id="5" /> were expecting to happen.&#8221;p>

He motioned to them<n id="1" /> with his hand to be quiet and then related<n id="2" /> how the Lord had brought<n id="3" /> him out of the prison. He said, &#8220;Tell James and the brothers these things,&#8221; and then he left and went to another place.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="otpoetry"><b><i>so that the rest of humanityi>b><n id="1" /> <b><i>may seek the Lord,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>namely,i>b><n id="2" /> <b><i>all the Gentilesi>b><n id="3" /> <b><i>I have called to be my own,i>b>&#8217;<n id="4" /> <b><i>says the Lord,i>b><n id="5" /> <i>who makes these thingsi>

A<n id="1" /> woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth<n id="2" /> from the city of Thyatira,<n id="3" /> a God-fearing woman, listened to us.<n id="4" /> The Lord opened her heart to respond<n id="5" /> to what Paul was saying.

So I asked,<n id="1" /> &#8216;What should I do, Lord?&#8217; The Lord said to me, &#8216;Get up<n id="2" /> and go to Damascus; there you will be told about everything<n id="3" /> that you have been designated<n id="4" /> to do.&#8217;