The next day Paul went in with us to see James, and all the elders were there.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">So the soldiers, in accordance with their orders,<n id="1" /> took<n id="2" /> Paul and brought him to Antipatris<n id="3" /> during the night.

When his accusers stood up, they did not charge<n id="1" /> him with any of the evil deeds I had suspected.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">So the king got up, and with him the governor and Bernice and those sitting with them,

They also bestowed many honors,<n id="1" /> and when we were preparing to sail,<n id="2" /> they gave<n id="3" /> us all the supplies we needed.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="otpoetry">&#8216;<b><i>Andi>b> in the last days<n id="1" /> <b><i>it will be,i>b>&#8217; <b><i>God says,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry">&#8216;<b><i>that I will pour out my Spirit on all people,i>b><n id="2" />p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>and your sons and your daughters will prophesy,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>and your young men will see visions,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><i><b>and your old men will dream dreamsb>.i>p>

<p class="bodytext">So when they had gathered together, they began to ask him,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Lord, is this the time when you are restoring the kingdom to Israel?&#8221;

Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene,<n id="1" /> and visitors from Rome,<n id="2" />

With<n id="1" /> great power the apostles were giving testimony<n id="2" /> to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was on them all.

Now when the commander<n id="1" /> of the temple guard<n id="2" /> and the chief priests heard this report,<n id="3" /> they were greatly puzzled concerning it,<n id="4" /> wondering what this could<n id="5" /> be.

So the twelve<n id="1" /> called<n id="2" /> the whole group<n id="3" /> of the disciples together and said, &#8220;It is not right for us to neglect the word of God to wait on tables.<n id="4" />

All<n id="1" /> who were sitting in the council<n id="2" /> looked intently at Stephen<n id="3" /> and saw his face was like the face of an angel.<n id="4" />p>

Then a famine occurred throughout<n id="1" /> Egypt and Canaan, causing<n id="2" /> great suffering, and our<n id="3" /> ancestors<n id="4" /> could not find food.

He thought his own people<n id="1" /> would understand that God was delivering them<n id="2" /> through him,<n id="3" /> but they did not understand.<n id="4" />

Our<n id="1" /> ancestors<n id="2" /> were unwilling to obey<n id="3" /> him, but pushed him aside<n id="4" /> and turned back to Egypt in their hearts,

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;You stubborn<n id="1" /> people, with uncircumcised<n id="2" /> hearts and ears!<n id="3" /> You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, like your ancestors<n id="4" /> did!

When<n id="1" /> they had driven him out of the city, they began to stone him,<n id="2" /> and the witnesses laid their cloaks<n id="3" /> at the feet of a young man named Saul.

The crowds were paying attention with one mind to what Philip said,<n id="1" /> as they heard and saw the miraculous signs<n id="2" /> he was performing.

<p class="bodytext">Now when the apostles in Jerusalem<n id="1" /> heard that Samaria had accepted the word<n id="2" /> of God, they sent<n id="3" /> Peter and John to them.

<p class="bodytext">So after Peter and John<n id="1" /> had solemnly testified<n id="2" /> and spoken the word of the Lord,<n id="3" /> they started back to Jerusalem, proclaiming<n id="4" /> the good news to many Samaritan villages<n id="5" /> as they went.<n id="6" />p>