But regarding the fact that he has raised Jesus<n id="1" /> from the dead, never<n id="2" /> again to be<n id="3" /> in a state of decay, God<n id="4" /> has spoken in this way: &#8216;<b><i>I will give youi>b><n id="5" /> <b><i>the holy and trustworthy promisesi>b><n id="6" /> <b><i>made to Davidi>b>.&#8217;<n id="7" />

For Moses has had those who proclaim him in every town from ancient times,<n id="1" /> because he is read aloud<n id="2" /> in the synagogues<n id="3" /> every Sabbath.&#8221;p>

They sent this letter with them:<n id="1" />p> <p class="BlockQuote">From the apostles<n id="2" /> and elders, your brothers,<n id="3" /> to the Gentile brothers and sisters<n id="4" /> in Antioch,<n id="5" /> Syria,<n id="6" /> and Cilicia, greetings!

Since we have heard that some have gone out from among us with no orders from us and have confused<n id="1" /> you, upsetting<n id="2" /> your minds<n id="3" /> by what they said,<n id="4" />

From one man<n id="1" /> he made every nation of the human race<n id="2" /> to inhabit the entire earth,<n id="3" /> determining their set times<n id="4" /> and the fixed limits of the places where they would live,<n id="5" />

He gathered<n id="1" /> these<n id="2" /> together, along with the workmen in similar trades,<n id="3" /> and said, &#8220;Men, you know that our prosperity<n id="4" /> comes from this business.

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" />

But when they recognized<n id="1" /> that he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Great is Artemis<n id="3" /> of the Ephesians!&#8221; for about two hours.<n id="4" />

On the next day we left<n id="1" /> and came to Caesarea,<n id="2" /> and entered<n id="3" /> the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven,<n id="4" /> and stayed with him.

As<n id="1" /> I was en route and near Damascus,<n id="2" /> about noon a very bright<n id="3" /> light from heaven<n id="4" /> suddenly flashed<n id="5" /> around me.

and saw the Lord<n id="1" /> saying to me, &#8216;Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.&#8217;

Now all the Jews know the way I lived<n id="1" /> from my youth, spending my life from the beginning among my own people<n id="2" /> and in Jerusalem.<n id="3" />

that<n id="1" /> the Christ<n id="2" /> was to suffer and be the first to rise from the dead, to proclaim light both to our people<n id="3" /> and to the Gentiles.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

And a man lame<n id="1" /> from birth<n id="2" /> was being carried up, who was placed at the temple gate called &#8220;the Beautiful Gate&#8221; every day<n id="3" /> so he could beg for money<n id="4" /> from those going into the temple courts.<n id="5" />

Moses said, &#8216;<i><b>The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothersb>. <b>You must obeyb>i><n id="1" /> <b><i>him in everything he tells youi>b>.<n id="2" />

So in this case I say to you, stay away from these men and leave them alone, because if this plan or this undertaking originates with people,<n id="1" /> it will come to nothing,<n id="2" />

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.

and rescued him from all his troubles, and granted him favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made<n id="1" /> him ruler over Egypt and over all his household.

saying to Aaron, &#8216;<b><i>Make us gods who will go in front of us, for this Moses, who led us out of the land of Egypti>b><n id="1" /> <b><i>&#8211; we do not know what has happened to him!i>b>&#8217;<n id="2" />

Now when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him any more, but<n id="1" /> went on his way rejoicing.<n id="2" />