After we located<n id="1" /> the disciples, we stayed there<n id="2" /> seven days. They repeatedly told<n id="3" /> Paul through the Spirit<n id="4" /> not to set foot<n id="5" /> in Jerusalem.<n id="6" />

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;

&#8220;Brothers,<n id="1" /> the scripture had to be fulfilled that the Holy Spirit foretold through<n id="2" /> David concerning Judas &#8211; who became the guide for those who arrested Jesus &#8211;

So then, exalted<n id="1" /> to the right hand<n id="2" /> of God, and having received<n id="3" /> the promise of the Holy Spirit<n id="4" /> from the Father, he has poured out<n id="5" /> what you both see and hear.

Peter said to them, &#8220;Repent, and each one of you be baptized<n id="1" /> in the name of Jesus Christ<n id="2" /> for<n id="3" /> the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.<n id="4" />

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>

But Peter said, &#8220;Ananias, why has Satan filled<n id="1" /> your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back for yourself part of the proceeds from the sale of<n id="2" /> the land?

Peter then told her, &#8220;Why have you agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look! The feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out!&#8221;

The<n id="1" /> proposal pleased the entire group, so<n id="2" /> they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, with<n id="3" /> Philip,<n id="4" /> Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a Gentile convert to Judaism<n id="5" /> from Antioch.<n id="6" />

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" />

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> the church throughout Judea, Galilee,<n id="2" /> and Samaria experienced<n id="3" /> peace and thus was strengthened.<n id="4" /> Living<n id="5" /> in the fear of the Lord and in the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, the church<n id="6" /> increased in numbers.p>

with respect to Jesus from Nazareth,<n id="1" /> that<n id="2" /> God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power. He<n id="3" /> went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil,<n id="4" /> because God was with him.<n id="5" />

The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers<n id="1" /> also went with me, and we entered the man&#8217;s house.

One of them, named Agabus, got up<n id="1" /> and predicted<n id="2" /> by the Spirit that a severe<n id="3" /> famine<n id="4" /> was about to come over the whole inhabited world.<n id="5" /> (This<n id="6" /> took place during the reign of Claudius.)<n id="7" />

While they were serving<n id="1" /> the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, &#8220;Set apart<n id="2" /> for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now<n id="1" /> as we were going to the place of prayer, a slave girl met us who had a spirit that enabled her to foretell the future by supernatural means.<n id="2" /> She<n id="3" /> brought her owners<n id="4" /> a great profit by fortune-telling.<n id="5" />

She continued to do this for many days. But Paul became greatly annoyed,<n id="1" /> and turned<n id="2" /> and said to the spirit, &#8220;I command you in the name of Jesus Christ<n id="3" /> to come out of her!&#8221; And it came out of her at once.<n id="4" />

He had been instructed in<n id="1" /> the way of the Lord, and with great enthusiasm<n id="2" /> he spoke and taught accurately the facts<n id="3" /> about Jesus, although he knew<n id="4" /> only the baptism of John.

so that when even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his body<n id="1" /> were brought<n id="2" /> to the sick, their diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them.<n id="3" />

But some itinerant<n id="1" /> Jewish exorcists tried to invoke the name<n id="2" /> of the Lord Jesus over those who were possessed by<n id="3" /> evil spirits, saying, &#8220;I sternly warn<n id="4" /> you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.&#8221;