But when Paul wanted to enter the public assembly,<n id="1" /> the disciples would not let him.

They took the boy home alive and were greatly<n id="1" /> comforted.p>

While they were screaming<n id="1" /> and throwing off their cloaks<n id="2" /> and tossing dust<n id="3" /> in the air,

Those standing near him<n id="1" /> said, &#8220;Do you dare insult<n id="2" /> God&#8217;s high priest?&#8221;

Agrippa<n id="1" /> said to Paul, &#8220;In such a short time are you persuading me to become a Christian?&#8221;<n id="2" />

When they had eaten enough to be satisfied,<n id="1" /> they lightened the ship by throwing the wheat<n id="2" /> into the sea.p>

After threatening them further, they released them, for they could not find how to punish them on account of the people, because they were all praising<n id="1" /> God for what had happened.

When they heard this, they raised their voices to God with one mind<n id="1" /> and said, &#8220;Master of all,<n id="2" /> you who made the heaven, the earth,<n id="3" /> the sea, and everything that is in them,

Then God<n id="1" /> gave Abraham<n id="2" /> the covenant<n id="3" /> of circumcision, and so he became the father of Isaac and circumcised him when he was eight days old,<n id="4" /> and Isaac became the father of<n id="5" /> Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.<n id="6" />

He informed us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, &#8216;Send to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter,

Therefore if God<n id="1" /> gave them the same gift<n id="2" /> as he also gave us after believing<n id="3" /> in the Lord Jesus Christ,<n id="4" /> who was I to hinder<n id="5" /> God?&#8221;

When she recognized Peter&#8217;s voice, she was so overjoyed she did not open the gate, but ran back in and told<n id="1" /> them<n id="2" /> that Peter was standing at the gate.

After removing him, God<n id="1" /> raised up<n id="2" /> David their king. He testified about him:<n id="3" /> &#8216;<b><i>I have found Davidi>b><n id="4" /> the son of Jesse <b><i>to be a man after my hearti>b>,<n id="5" /> who will accomplish everything I want him to do.&#8217;<n id="6" />

But when her owners<n id="1" /> saw their hope of profit<n id="2" /> was gone, they seized<n id="3" /> Paul and Silas and dragged<n id="4" /> them into the marketplace before the authorities.

Paul said, &#8220;John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him,<n id="1" /> that is, in Jesus.&#8221;

So the centurion<n id="1" /> took him and brought him to the commanding officer<n id="2" /> and said, &#8220;The prisoner Paul called<n id="3" /> me and asked me to bring this young man to you because he has something to tell you.&#8221;

So they slipped<n id="1" /> the anchors<n id="2" /> and left them in the sea, at the same time loosening the linkage<n id="3" /> that bound the steering oars<n id="4" /> together. Then they hoisted<n id="5" /> the foresail<n id="6" /> to the wind and steered toward<n id="7" /> the beach.

The local inhabitants<n id="1" /> showed us extraordinary<n id="2" /> kindness, for they built a fire and welcomed us all because it had started to rain<n id="3" /> and was cold.

<t /><p class="bodytext">I wrote<n id="1" /> the former<n id="2" /> account,<n id="3" /> Theophilus,<n id="4" /> about all that Jesus began to do and teach

<p class="bodytext">Now there were devout Jews<n id="1" /> from every nation under heaven residing in Jerusalem.<n id="2" />