After ¹  they had spent some time there, ²  they were sent off in peace by the brothers to those who had sent them.

The brothers in Lystra ¹  and Iconium ²  spoke well ³  of him. ⁴ 

After ¹  the city officials ²  had received bail ³  from Jason and the others, they released them.

After this ¹  Paul ²  departed from ³  Athens ⁴  and went to Corinth. ⁵ 

God was performing extraordinary ¹  miracles by Paul’s hands,

Many of those who had believed came forward, ¹  confessing and making their deeds known. ² 

“While doing this very thing, ¹  as I was going ²  to Damascus with authority and complete power ³  from the chief priests,

The group of those who believed were of one heart and mind, ¹  and no one said that any of his possessions was his own, but everything was held in common. ² 

Now in those ¹  days, when the disciples were growing in number, ²  a complaint arose on the part of the Greek-speaking Jews ³  against the native Hebraic Jews, ⁴  because their widows ⁵  were being overlooked ⁶  in the daily distribution of food. ⁷ 

The word of God continued to spread, ¹  the number of disciples in Jerusalem ²  increased greatly, and a large group ³  of priests became obedient to the faith.

When the meeting of the synagogue ¹  had broken up, ²  many of the Jews and God-fearing proselytes ³  followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking with them and were persuading ⁴  them ⁵  to continue ⁶  in the grace of God.

Some of them were persuaded ¹  and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large group ²  of God-fearing Greeks ³  and quite a few ⁴  prominent women.

By all these things, ¹  I have shown you that by working in this way we must help ²  the weak, ³  and remember the words of the Lord Jesus that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’” ⁴ 

There was a great commotion, ¹  and some experts in the law ²  from the party of the Pharisees stood up ³  and protested strongly, ⁴  “We find nothing wrong ⁵  with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”

And that is what I did in Jerusalem: Not only did I lock up many of the saints in prisons by the authority I received ¹  from the chief priests, but I also cast my vote ²  against them when they were sentenced to death. ³ 

After ¹  he had said this, while they were watching, he was lifted up and a cloud hid him from their sight.

Then they prayed, ¹  “Lord, you know the hearts of all. Show us which one of these two you have chosen

Then ¹  they cast lots for them, and the one chosen was Matthias; ²  so he was counted with the eleven apostles. ³ 

Now there were devout Jews ¹  from every nation under heaven residing in Jerusalem. ² 

Reverential awe ¹  came over everyone, ²  and many wonders and miraculous signs ³  came about by the apostles.