When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus,

In this way the word of the Lord<n id="1" /> continued to grow in power<n id="2" /> and to prevail.<n id="3" />p>

Because he could not be persuaded,<n id="1" /> we said no more except,<n id="2" /> &#8220;The Lord&#8217;s will be done.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

for a crowd of people<n id="1" /> followed them,<n id="2" /> screaming, &#8220;Away with him!&#8221;

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

and on the third day they threw the ship&#8217;s gear<n id="1" /> overboard with their own hands.

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" />

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>

This is the man who was in the congregation<n id="1" /> in the wilderness<n id="2" /> with the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors,<n id="3" /> and he<n id="4" /> received living oracles<n id="5" /> to give to you.<n id="6" />

<i>But you took along the tabernaclei><n id="1" /> <b><i>of Molochi>b><n id="2" /> <b><i>and the star of thei>b><n id="3" /> <b><i>god Rephan,i>b><n id="4" /> <b><i>the images you made to worship, but I will deporti>b><n id="5" /> <b><i>you beyond Babyloni>b>.&#8217;<n id="6" />

<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>

<p class="bodytext">Now while Peter was puzzling over<n id="1" /> what the vision he had seen could signify, the men sent by Cornelius had learned where Simon&#8217;s house was<n id="2" /> and approached<n id="3" /> the gate.

Therefore I sent for you at once, and you were kind enough to come.<n id="1" /> So now we are all here in the presence of God<n id="2" /> to listen<n id="3" /> to everything the Lord has commanded you to say to us.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

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.

<p class="bodytext">Now Herod<n id="1" /> was having an angry quarrel<n id="2" /> with the people of Tyre<n id="3" /> and Sidon.<n id="4" /> So they joined together<n id="5" /> and presented themselves before him. And after convincing<n id="6" /> Blastus, the king&#8217;s personal assistant,<n id="7" /> to help them,<n id="8" /> they asked for peace,<n id="9" /> because their country&#8217;s food supply was provided by the king&#8217;s country.

She followed behind Paul and us and kept crying out,<n id="1" /> &#8220;These men are servants<n id="2" /> of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way<n id="3" /> of salvation.&#8221;<n id="4" />

But when the Jews from Thessalonica<n id="1" /> heard that Paul had also proclaimed the word of God<n id="2" /> in Berea,<n id="3" /> they came there too, inciting<n id="4" /> and disturbing<n id="5" /> the crowds.

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.

But I do not consider my life<n id="1" /> worth anything<n id="2" /> to myself, so that<n id="3" /> I may finish my task<n id="4" /> and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news<n id="5" /> of God&#8217;s grace.p>

Then Paul replied, &#8220;What are you doing, weeping and breaking<n id="1" /> my heart? For I am ready not only to be tied up,<n id="2" /> but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.&#8221;