But some men from the Synagogue<n id="1" /> of the Freedmen (as it was called),<n id="2" /> both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, as well as some from Cilicia and the province of Asia,<n id="3" /> stood up and argued with Stephen.

All the people,<n id="1" /> from the least to the greatest, paid close attention to him, saying, &#8220;This man is the power of God that is called &#8216;Great.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="2" />

Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord<n id="1" /> that he may perhaps forgive you for the intent of your heart.<n id="2" />

<p class="otpoetry"><b><i>In humiliationi>b><n id="1" /> <i><b>justice was taken from himb>.i><n id="2" />p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>Who can describe his posterity?i>b><n id="3" />p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>For his life was taken awayi>b><n id="4" /> <i><b>from the earthb>.i>&#8221;<n id="5" />p>

So Philip started speaking,<n id="1" /> and beginning with this scripture<n id="2" /> proclaimed the good news about Jesus to him.

So Saul got up from the ground, but although his eyes were open,<n id="1" /> he could see nothing.<n id="2" /> Leading him by the hand, his companions<n id="3" /> brought him into Damascus.

But Ananias replied,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Lord, I have heard from many people<n id="2" /> about this man, how much harm he has done to your saints in Jerusalem,

So Peter<n id="1" /> invited them in and entertained them as guests.p> <p class="bodytext">On the next day he got up and set out<n id="2" /> with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa<n id="3" /> accompanied him.

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

At that very moment,<n id="1" /> three men sent to me from Caesarea<n id="2" /> approached<n id="3" /> the house where we were staying.<n id="4" />

When Herod<n id="1" /> had searched<n id="2" /> for him and did not find him, he questioned<n id="3" /> the guards and commanded that they be led away to execution.<n id="4" /> Then<n id="5" /> Herod<n id="6" /> went down from Judea to Caesarea<n id="7" /> and stayed there.p>

But the magician Elymas<n id="1" /> (for that is the way his name is translated)<n id="2" /> opposed them, trying to turn the proconsul<n id="3" /> away from the faith.

Moving on from<n id="1" /> Perga,<n id="2" /> they arrived at Pisidian Antioch,<n id="3" /> and on the Sabbath day they went into<n id="4" /> the synagogue<n id="5" /> and sat down.

and<n id="1" /> for many days he appeared to those who had accompanied<n id="2" /> him from Galilee to Jerusalem. These<n id="3" /> are now his witnesses to the people.

and by this one<n id="1" /> everyone who believes is justified<n id="2" /> from everything from which the law of Moses could not justify<n id="3" /> you.<n id="4" />

<p class="bodytext">But Jews came from Antioch<n id="1" /> and Iconium,<n id="2" /> and after winning<n id="3" /> the crowds over, they stoned<n id="4" /> Paul and dragged him out of the city, presuming him to be dead.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now some men came down from Judea<n id="1" /> and began to teach the brothers, &#8220;Unless you are circumcised<n id="2" /> according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.&#8221;

When they arrived in Jerusalem, they were received<n id="1" /> by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they reported<n id="2" /> all the things God had done with them.<n id="3" />

But some from the religious party of the Pharisees<n id="1" /> who had believed stood up and said, &#8220;It is necessary<n id="2" /> to circumcise the Gentiles<n id="3" /> and to order them to observe<n id="4" /> the law of Moses.&#8221;p>

At<n id="1" /> that hour of the night he took them<n id="2" /> and washed their wounds;<n id="3" /> then<n id="4" /> he and all his family<n id="5" /> were baptized right away.<n id="6" />