For the king knows about these things, and I am speaking freely<n id="1" /> to him,<n id="2" /> because I cannot believe<n id="3" /> that any of these things has escaped his notice,<n id="4" /> for this was not done in a corner.<n id="5" />

When the local people<n id="1" /> saw the creature hanging from Paul&#8217;s<n id="2" /> hand, they said to one another, &#8220;No doubt this man is a murderer! Although he has escaped from the sea, Justice herself<n id="3" /> has not allowed him to live!&#8221;<n id="4" />

When this sound<n id="1" /> occurred, a crowd gathered and was in confusion,<n id="2" /> because each one heard them speaking in his own language.

this man, who was handed over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you executed<n id="1" /> by nailing him to a cross at the hands of Gentiles.<n id="2" />

saying, &#8220;What should we do with these men? For it is plain<n id="1" /> to all who live in Jerusalem that a notable miraculous sign<n id="2" /> has come about through them,<n id="3" /> and we cannot deny it.

Staring at him and becoming greatly afraid, Cornelius<n id="1" /> replied,<n id="2" /> &#8220;What is it, Lord?&#8221; The angel<n id="3" /> said to him, &#8220;Your prayers and your acts of charity<n id="4" /> have gone up as a memorial<n id="5" /> before God.

One of them, named Agabus, got up<n id="1" /> and predicted<n id="2" /> by the Spirit that a severe<n id="3" /> famine<n id="4" /> was about to come over the whole inhabited world.<n id="5" /> (This<n id="6" /> took place during the reign of Claudius.)<n id="7" />

So they stayed there<n id="1" /> for a considerable time, speaking out courageously for the Lord, who testified<n id="2" /> to the message<n id="3" /> of his grace, granting miraculous signs<n id="4" /> and wonders to be performed through their hands.

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>

After removing him, God<n id="1" /> raised up<n id="2" /> David their king. He testified about him:<n id="3" /> &#8216;<b><i>I have found Davidi>b><n id="4" /> the son of Jesse <b><i>to be a man after my hearti>b>,<n id="5" /> who will accomplish everything I want him to do.&#8217;<n id="6" />

So Joseph sent a message<n id="1" /> and invited<n id="2" /> his father Jacob and all his relatives to come, seventy-five people<n id="3" /> in all.

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.

Because I was at a loss<n id="1" /> how I could investigate these matters,<n id="2" /> I asked if he were willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried<n id="3" /> there on these charges.<n id="4" />

<p class="bodyblock">Therefore let all the house of Israel know beyond a doubt<n id="1" /> that God has made this Jesus whom you crucified<n id="2" /> both Lord<n id="3" /> and Christ.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

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,

When they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported<n id="1" /> all the things God<n id="2" /> had done with them, and that he had opened a door<n id="3" /> of faith for the Gentiles.

But regarding the Gentiles who have believed, we have written a letter, having decided<n id="1" /> that they should avoid<n id="2" /> meat that has been sacrificed to idols<n id="3" /> and blood and what has been strangled<n id="4" /> and sexual immorality.&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then an angel of the Lord<n id="1" /> said to Philip,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Get up and go south<n id="3" /> on the road that goes down from Jerusalem<n id="4" /> to Gaza.&#8221; (This is a desert<n id="5" /> road.)<n id="6" />

Now<n id="1" /> look, the hand of the Lord is against<n id="2" /> you, and you will be blind, unable to see the sun for a time!&#8221; Immediately mistiness<n id="3" /> and darkness came over<n id="4" /> him, and he went around seeking people<n id="5" /> to lead him by the hand.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now in those<n id="1" /> days, when the disciples were growing in number,<n id="2" /> a complaint arose on the part of the Greek-speaking Jews<n id="3" /> against the native Hebraic Jews,<n id="4" /> because their widows<n id="5" /> were being overlooked<n id="6" /> in the daily distribution of food.<n id="7" />