But they encountered a patch of crosscurrents<n id="1" /> and ran the ship aground; the bow stuck fast and could not be moved, but the stern was being broken up by the force<n id="2" /> of the waves.

While they were trying<n id="1" /> to kill him, a report<n id="2" /> was sent up<n id="3" /> to the commanding officer<n id="4" /> of the cohort<n id="5" /> that all Jerusalem was in confusion.<n id="6" />

When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and a violent<n id="1" /> storm continued to batter us,<n id="2" /> we finally abandoned all hope of being saved.<n id="3" />p>

Suddenly a great earthquake occurred, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. Immediately all the doors flew open, and the bonds<n id="1" /> of all the prisoners came loose.

Some of the crowd concluded<n id="1" /> it was about<n id="2" /> Alexander because the Jews had pushed him to the front.<n id="3" /> Alexander, gesturing<n id="4" /> with his hand, was wanting to make a defense<n id="5" /> before the public assembly.<n id="6" />

And a man lame<n id="1" /> from birth<n id="2" /> was being carried up, who was placed at the temple gate called &#8220;the Beautiful Gate&#8221; every day<n id="3" /> so he could beg for money<n id="4" /> from those going into the temple courts.<n id="5" />

And Saul agreed completely with killing<n id="1" /> him.p><t /><p class="bodytext">Now on that day a great<n id="2" /> persecution began<n id="3" /> against the church in Jerusalem,<n id="4" /> and all<n id="5" /> except the apostles were forced to scatter throughout the regions<n id="6" /> of Judea and Samaria.

Cornelius<n id="1" /> replied,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Four days ago at this very hour, at three o&#8217;clock in the afternoon,<n id="3" /> I was praying in my house, and suddenly<n id="4" /> a man in shining clothing stood before me

Suddenly<n id="1" /> an angel of the Lord<n id="2" /> appeared, and a light shone in the prison cell. He struck<n id="3" /> Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, &#8220;Get up quickly!&#8221; And the chains fell off Peter&#8217;s<n id="4" /> wrists.<n id="5" />

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" />

Then those who were about to interrogate him stayed away<n id="1" /> from him, and the commanding officer<n id="2" /> was frightened when he realized that Paul<n id="3" /> was<n id="4" /> a Roman citizen<n id="5" /> and that he had had him tied up.<n id="6" />p>

This man was seized<n id="1" /> by the Jews and they were about to kill him,<n id="2" /> when I came up<n id="3" /> with the detachment<n id="4" /> and rescued him, because I had learned that he was<n id="5" /> a Roman citizen.<n id="6" />

When we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in Aramaic,<n id="1" /> &#8216;Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? You are hurting yourself<n id="2" /> by kicking against the goads.&#8217;<n id="3" />

&#8220;I am a Jew,<n id="1" /> born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up<n id="2" /> in this city, educated with strictness<n id="3" /> under<n id="4" /> Gamaliel<n id="5" /> according to the law of our ancestors,<n id="6" /> and was<n id="7" /> zealous<n id="8" /> for God just as all of you are today.

<t /><p class="bodytext">After<n id="1" /> we<n id="2" /> tore ourselves away<n id="3" /> from them, we put out to sea,<n id="4" /> and sailing a straight course,<n id="5" /> we came to Cos,<n id="6" /> on the next day to Rhodes,<n id="7" /> and from there to Patara.<n id="8" />

Some of the disciples from Caesarea<n id="1" /> came along with us too, and brought us to the house<n id="2" /> of Mnason of Cyprus, a disciple from the earliest times,<n id="3" /> with whom we were to stay.

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.

a promise<n id="1" /> that our twelve tribes hope to attain as they earnestly serve God<n id="2" /> night and day. Concerning this hope the Jews are accusing me,<n id="3" /> Your Majesty!<n id="4" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Men of Israel,<n id="1" /> listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man clearly attested to you by God with powerful deeds,<n id="2" /> wonders, and miraculous signs<n id="3" /> that God performed among you through him, just as you yourselves know &#8211;

But I confess this to you, that I worship<n id="1" /> the God of our ancestors<n id="2" /> according to the Way (which they call a sect), believing everything that is according to the law<n id="3" /> and that is written in the prophets.