Then the commander<n id="1" /> of the temple guard<n id="2" /> went with the officers<n id="3" /> and brought the apostles<n id="4" /> without the use of force<n id="5" /> (for they were afraid of being stoned by the people).<n id="6" />p>

<b><i>But I will punishi>b><n id="1" /> <b><i>the nation they serve as slavesi>b>,&#8217; said God, &#8216;<b><i>and after these things they will come out of therei>b><n id="2" /> and <i>worshipi><n id="3" /> <i>me in this placei>.&#8217;<n id="4" />

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

When he had seized him, he put him in prison, handing him over to four squads<n id="1" /> of soldiers to guard him. Herod<n id="2" /> planned<n id="3" /> to bring him out for public trial<n id="4" /> after the Passover.

<p class="otpoetry">&#8216;<b><i>After thisi>b><n id="1" /> <b><i>Ii>b><n id="2" /> <b><i>will return,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>and I will rebuild the fallen tenti>b><n id="3" /> <b><i>of David;i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>I will rebuild its ruins and restorei>b><n id="4" /> <b><i>it,i>b>p>

But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch,<n id="1" /> teaching and proclaiming (along with many others)<n id="2" /> the word of the Lord.<n id="3" />p>

because I am with you, and no one will assault<n id="1" /> you to harm<n id="2" /> you, because I have many people in this city.&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">After the disturbance had ended, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging<n id="1" /> them and saying farewell,<n id="2" /> he left to go to Macedonia.<n id="3" />

We<n id="1" /> sailed away from Philippi<n id="2" /> after the days of Unleavened Bread,<n id="3" /> and within five days<n id="4" /> we came to the others<n id="5" /> in Troas,<n id="6" /> where we stayed for seven days.

serving the Lord with all humility<n id="1" /> and with tears, and with the trials that happened to me because of the plots<n id="2" /> of the Jews.

and said,<n id="1" /> &#8216;Do not be afraid, Paul! You must stand before<n id="2" /> Caesar,<n id="3" /> and God has graciously granted you the safety<n id="4" /> of all who are sailing with you.&#8217;

To the same apostles<n id="1" /> also, after his suffering,<n id="2" /> he presented himself alive with many convincing proofs. He was seen by them over a forty-day period<n id="3" /> and spoke about matters concerning the kingdom of God.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Brothers,<n id="1" /> I can speak confidently<n id="2" /> to you about our forefather<n id="3" /> David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

When<n id="1" /> they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken,<n id="2" /> and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak<n id="3" /> the word of God<n id="4" /> courageously.<n id="5" />p>

After him Judas the Galilean arose in the days of the census,<n id="1" /> and incited people to follow him in revolt.<n id="2" /> He too was killed, and all who followed him were scattered.

Then he went out from the country of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God<n id="1" /> made him move<n id="2" /> to this country where you now live.

This is the man who was in the congregation<n id="1" /> in the wilderness<n id="2" /> with the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors,<n id="3" /> and he<n id="4" /> received living oracles<n id="5" /> to give to you.<n id="6" />

Our<n id="1" /> ancestors<n id="2" /> received possession of it and brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations that God drove out before our ancestors,<n id="3" /> until the time<n id="4" /> of David.

not by all the people, but by us, the witnesses God had already chosen,<n id="1" /> who ate and drank<n id="2" /> with him after he rose from the dead.

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" />