When<n id="1" /> I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance<n id="2" />

Or these men here<n id="1" /> should tell what crime<n id="2" /> they found me guilty of<n id="3" /> when I stood before the council,<n id="4" />

because you are especially<n id="1" /> familiar with all the customs and controversial issues<n id="2" /> of the Jews. Therefore I ask<n id="3" /> you to listen to me patiently.

But when the Jews objected,<n id="1" /> I was forced to appeal to Caesar<n id="2" /> &#8211; not that I had some charge to bring<n id="3" /> against my own people.<n id="4" />

While he was with them,<n id="1" /> he declared,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Do not leave Jerusalem,<n id="3" /> but wait there<n id="4" /> for what my<n id="5" /> Father promised,<n id="6" /> which you heard about from me.<n id="7" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;And now<n id="1" /> I know that none<n id="2" /> of you among whom I went around proclaiming the kingdom<n id="3" /> will see me<n id="4" /> again.

When I was in Jerusalem,<n id="1" /> the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed<n id="2" /> me about him,<n id="3" /> asking for a sentence of condemnation<n id="4" /> against him.

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest parts<n id="1" /> of the earth.&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">But Peter stood up<n id="1" /> with the eleven, raised his voice, and addressed them: &#8220;You men of Judea<n id="2" /> and all you who live in Jerusalem,<n id="3" /> know this<n id="4" /> and listen carefully to what I say.

<b><i>I have certainly seen the sufferingi>b><n id="1" /> <b><i>of my people who are in Egypt andi>b> <i><b>have heard their groaning, and I have come down to rescue themb>.i><n id="2" /> <b><i>Nowi>b><n id="3" /> <b><i>come, I will send you to Egypti>b>.&#8217;<n id="4" />

But the Lord said to him, &#8220;Go, because this man is my chosen instrument<n id="1" /> to carry my name before Gentiles and kings and the people of Israel.<n id="2" />

<p class="otpoetry"><b><i>so that the rest of humanityi>b><n id="1" /> <b><i>may seek the Lord,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>namely,i>b><n id="2" /> <b><i>all the Gentilesi>b><n id="3" /> <b><i>I have called to be my own,i>b>&#8217;<n id="4" /> <b><i>says the Lord,i>b><n id="5" /> <i>who makes these thingsi>

After she and her household were baptized, she urged us,<n id="1" /> &#8220;If<n id="2" /> you consider me to be a believer in the Lord,<n id="3" /> come and stay in my house.&#8221; And she persuaded<n id="4" /> us.p>

But I do not consider my life<n id="1" /> worth anything<n id="2" /> to myself, so that<n id="3" /> I may finish my task<n id="4" /> and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news<n id="5" /> of God&#8217;s grace.p>

Then Paul replied, &#8220;What are you doing, weeping and breaking<n id="1" /> my heart? For I am ready not only to be tied up,<n id="2" /> but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.&#8221;

If then I am in the wrong<n id="1" /> and have done anything that deserves death, I am not trying to escape dying,<n id="2" /> but if not one of their charges against me is true,<n id="3" /> no one can hand me over to them.<n id="4" /> I appeal to Caesar!&#8221;<n id="5" />

Paul replied, &#8220;I pray to God that whether in a short or a long time<n id="1" /> not only you but also all those who are listening to me today could become such as I am, except for these chains.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="otpoetry">&#8216;<b><i>Andi>b> in the last days<n id="1" /> <b><i>it will be,i>b>&#8217; <b><i>God says,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry">&#8216;<b><i>that I will pour out my Spirit on all people,i>b><n id="2" />p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>and your sons and your daughters will prophesy,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>and your young men will see visions,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><i><b>and your old men will dream dreamsb>.i>p>

After there had been much debate,<n id="1" /> Peter stood up and said to them, &#8220;Brothers, you know that some time ago<n id="2" /> God chose<n id="3" /> me to preach to the Gentiles so they would hear the message<n id="4" /> of the gospel<n id="5" /> and believe.<n id="6" />