<t /><p class="bodytext">Then Paul and his companions put out to sea<n id="1" /> from Paphos<n id="2" /> and came to Perga<n id="3" /> in Pamphylia,<n id="4" /> but John<n id="5" /> left them and returned to Jerusalem.<n id="6" />

But the population<n id="1" /> of the city was divided; some<n id="2" /> sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles.

<t /><p class="bodytext">He also came to Derbe<n id="1" /> and to Lystra.<n id="2" /> A disciple<n id="3" /> named Timothy was there, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer,<n id="4" /> but whose father was a Greek.<n id="5" />

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.

But the evil spirit replied to them,<n id="1" /> &#8220;I know about Jesus<n id="2" /> and I am acquainted with<n id="3" /> Paul, but who are you?&#8221;<n id="4" />

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" />

We set sail<n id="1" /> from there, and on the following day we arrived off Chios.<n id="2" /> The next day we approached<n id="3" /> Samos,<n id="4" /> and the day after that we arrived at Miletus.<n id="5" />

<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" />

Those who were with me saw the light, but did not understand<n id="1" /> the voice of the one who was speaking to me.

But I found that he had done nothing that deserved death,<n id="1" /> and when he appealed<n id="2" /> to His Majesty the Emperor,<n id="3" /> I decided to send him.<n id="4" />

So I said, &#8216;Who are you, Lord?&#8217; And the Lord replied,<n id="1" /> &#8216;I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.

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.

But others jeered at the speakers,<n id="1" /> saying, &#8220;They are drunk on new wine!&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

All who believed were together and held<n id="1" /> everything in common,

Peter looked directly<n id="1" /> at him (as did John) and said, &#8220;Look at us!&#8221;

So the lame man<n id="1" /> paid attention to them, expecting to receive something from them.

But when they had ordered them to go outside the council,<n id="1" /> they began to confer with one another,

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now a man named Ananias, together with Sapphira his wife, sold a piece of property.

So the young men came,<n id="1" /> wrapped him up,<n id="2" /> carried him out, and buried<n id="3" /> him.

None of the rest dared to join them,<n id="1" /> but the people held them in high honor.<n id="2" />