From Miletus<n id="1" /> he sent a message<n id="2" /> to Ephesus, telling the elders of the church to come to him.<n id="3" />p>

beginning from his baptism by John until the day he<n id="1" /> was taken up from us &#8211; one of these must become a witness of his resurrection together with us.&#8221;

Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene,<n id="1" /> and visitors from Rome,<n id="2" />

With many other words he testified<n id="1" /> and exhorted them saying, &#8220;Save yourselves from this perverse<n id="2" /> generation!&#8221;

He<n id="1" /> kept back for himself part of the proceeds with his wife&#8217;s knowledge; he brought<n id="2" /> only part of it and placed it at the apostles&#8217; feet.

But some men from the Synagogue<n id="1" /> of the Freedmen (as it was called),<n id="2" /> both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, as well as some from Cilicia and the province of Asia,<n id="3" /> stood up and argued with Stephen.

and said to him, &#8216;<b><i>Go out from your country and from your relatives, and come to the land I will show youi>b>.&#8217;<n id="1" />

Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord<n id="1" /> that he may perhaps forgive you for the intent of your heart.<n id="2" />

you know what happened throughout Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John announced:<n id="1" />

A report<n id="1" /> about them came to the attention<n id="2" /> of the church in Jerusalem,<n id="3" /> and they sent Barnabas<n id="4" /> to Antioch.<n id="5" />

<p class="bodytext">When Peter<n id="1" /> realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John Mark,<n id="2" /> where many people had gathered together and were praying.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then Paul and his companions put out to sea<n id="1" /> from Paphos<n id="2" /> and came to Perga<n id="3" /> in Pamphylia,<n id="4" /> but John<n id="5" /> left them and returned to Jerusalem.<n id="6" />

From one man<n id="1" /> he made every nation of the human race<n id="2" /> to inhabit the entire earth,<n id="3" /> determining their set times<n id="4" /> and the fixed limits of the places where they would live,<n id="5" />

For<n id="1" /> we are in danger of being charged with rioting<n id="2" /> today, since there is no cause we can give to explain<n id="3" /> this disorderly gathering.&#8221;<n id="4" />

Therefore I urge you to take some food, for this is important<n id="1" /> for your survival.<n id="2" /> For not one of you will lose a hair from his head.&#8221;

When Paul had gathered a bundle of brushwood<n id="1" /> and was putting it on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened itself on his hand.

for he was counted as one of us and received a share in this ministry.&#8221;<n id="1" />

Philip went down to the main city of Samaria<n id="1" /> and began proclaiming<n id="2" /> the Christ<n id="3" /> to them.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now there was a man in Caesarea<n id="1" /> named Cornelius, a centurion<n id="2" /> of what was known as the Italian Cohort.<n id="3" />

So the word of the Lord was spreading<n id="1" /> through the entire region.