<t /><p class="bodytext">When they were released, Peter and John<n id="1" /> went to their fellow believers<n id="2" /> and reported everything the high priests and the elders had said to them.

and said to them, &#8220;Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?&#8221;<n id="1" /> They replied,<n id="2" /> &#8220;No, we have not even<n id="3" /> heard that there is a Holy Spirit.&#8221;

When I was informed<n id="1" /> there would be a plot<n id="2" /> against this man, I sent him to you at once, also ordering his accusers to state their charges<n id="3" /> against him before you.p>

Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit,<n id="1" /> replied,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Rulers of the people and elders,<n id="3" />

But when they had ordered them to go outside the council,<n id="1" /> they began to confer with one another,

He was speaking and debating<n id="1" /> with the Greek-speaking Jews,<n id="2" /> but they were trying to kill him.

Then<n id="1" /> a voice said<n id="2" /> to him, &#8220;Get up, Peter; slaughter<n id="3" /> and eat!&#8221;

So when Peter went up to Jerusalem,<n id="1" /> the circumcised believers<n id="2" /> took issue with<n id="3" /> him,

saying, &#8220;You went to<n id="1" /> uncircumcised men and shared a meal with<n id="2" /> them.&#8221;

They did so,<n id="1" /> sending their financial aid<n id="2" /> to the elders by Barnabas and Saul.p>

After<n id="1" /> they had spent some time there,<n id="2" /> they were sent off in peace by the brothers to those who had sent them.

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;Brothers and fathers, listen to my defense<n id="1" /> that I now<n id="2" /> make to you.&#8221;

because you will be his witness<n id="1" /> to all people<n id="2" /> of what you have seen and heard.

Then<n id="1" /> he said to me, &#8216;Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.&#8217;&#8221;p>

and provide mounts for Paul to ride<n id="1" /> so that he may be brought safely to Felix<n id="2" /> the governor.&#8221;<n id="3" />

But there are some Jews from the province of Asia<n id="1" /> who should be here before you and bring charges,<n id="2" /> if they have anything against me.

Agrippa<n id="1" /> said to Paul, &#8220;In such a short time are you persuading me to become a Christian?&#8221;<n id="2" />

You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors,<n id="1" /> saying to Abraham, &#8216;<b><i>And in your descendantsi>b><n id="2" /> <b><i>all the nationsi>b><n id="3" /> <b><i>of the earth will be blessedi>b>.&#8217;<n id="4" />

At once<n id="1" /> she collapsed at his feet and died. So when the young men came in, they found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.

After the reading from the law and the prophets,<n id="1" /> the leaders of the synagogue<n id="2" /> sent them a message,<n id="3" /> saying, &#8220;Brothers,<n id="4" /> if you have any message<n id="5" /> of exhortation<n id="6" /> for the people, speak it.&#8221;<n id="7" />