You<n id="1" /> received the law by decrees given by angels,<n id="2" /> but you did not obey<n id="3" /> it.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

These two<n id="1" /> went down and prayed for them so that they would receive the Holy Spirit.

All<n id="1" /> those who lived in Lydda<n id="2" /> and Sharon<n id="3" /> saw him, and they<n id="4" /> turned<n id="5" /> to the Lord.p>

When the horsemen<n id="1" /> came to Caesarea<n id="2" /> and delivered the letter to the governor, they also presented<n id="3" /> Paul to him.

When<n id="1" /> they had heard my case,<n id="2" /> they wanted to release me,<n id="3" /> because there was no basis for a death sentence<n id="4" /> against me.

A crowd of people from the towns around Jerusalem<n id="1" /> also came together, bringing the sick and those troubled by unclean spirits.<n id="2" /> They<n id="3" /> were all<n id="4" /> being healed.p>

&#8220;No one can withhold the water for these people to be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we did,<n id="1" /> can he?&#8221;<n id="2" />

But there were some men from Cyprus<n id="1" /> and Cyrene<n id="2" /> among them who came<n id="3" /> to Antioch<n id="4" /> and began to speak to the Greeks<n id="5" /> too, proclaiming the good news of the Lord Jesus.

and<n id="1" /> for many days he appeared to those who had accompanied<n id="2" /> him from Galilee to Jerusalem. These<n id="3" /> are now his witnesses to the people.

<t /><p class="bodytext">The brothers sent Paul and Silas off to Berea<n id="1" /> at once, during the night. When they arrived,<n id="2" /> they went to the Jewish synagogue.<n id="3" />

After we located<n id="1" /> the disciples, we stayed there<n id="2" /> seven days. They repeatedly told<n id="3" /> Paul through the Spirit<n id="4" /> not to set foot<n id="5" /> in Jerusalem.<n id="6" />

They<n id="1" /> went<n id="2" /> to the chief priests<n id="3" /> and the elders and said, &#8220;We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath<n id="4" /> not to partake<n id="5" /> of anything until we have killed Paul.

<t /><p class="bodytext">After five days the high priest Ananias<n id="1" /> came down with some elders and an attorney<n id="2" /> named<n id="3" /> Tertullus, and they<n id="4" /> brought formal charges<n id="5" /> against Paul to the governor.

not by all the people, but by us, the witnesses God had already chosen,<n id="1" /> who ate and drank<n id="2" /> with him after he rose from the dead.

When the meeting of the synagogue<n id="1" /> had broken up,<n id="2" /> many of the Jews and God-fearing proselytes<n id="3" /> followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking with them and were persuading<n id="4" /> them<n id="5" /> to continue<n id="6" /> in the grace of God.p>

She followed behind Paul and us and kept crying out,<n id="1" /> &#8220;These men are servants<n id="2" /> of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way<n id="3" /> of salvation.&#8221;<n id="4" />

These Jews<n id="1" /> were more open-minded<n id="2" /> than those in Thessalonica,<n id="3" /> for they eagerly<n id="4" /> received<n id="5" /> the message, examining<n id="6" /> the scriptures carefully every day<n id="7" /> to see if these things were so.

So do not let them persuade you to do this,<n id="1" /> because more than forty of them<n id="2" /> are lying in ambush<n id="3" /> for him. They<n id="4" /> have bound themselves with an oath<n id="5" /> not to eat or drink anything<n id="6" /> until they have killed him, and now they are ready, waiting for you to agree to their request.&#8221;<n id="7" />