<t /><p class="bodytext">God was performing extraordinary<n id="1" /> miracles by Paul&#8217;s hands,

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

But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy,<n id="1" /> and they began to contradict<n id="2" /> what Paul was saying<n id="3" /> by reviling him.<n id="4" />

They all began to weep loudly,<n id="1" /> and hugged<n id="2" /> Paul and kissed him,<n id="3" />

So the chief priests and the most prominent men<n id="1" /> of the Jews brought formal charges<n id="2" /> against Paul to him.

But the centurion<n id="1" /> was more convinced<n id="2" /> by the captain<n id="3" /> and the ship&#8217;s owner than by what Paul said.<n id="4" />

This man was listening to Paul as he was speaking. When Paul<n id="1" /> stared<n id="2" /> intently at him and saw he had faith to be healed,

<t /><p class="bodytext">While Paul was waiting for them in Athens,<n id="1" /> his spirit was greatly upset<n id="2" /> because he saw<n id="3" /> the city was full of idols.

and when Paul placed<n id="1" /> his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came<n id="2" /> upon them, and they began to speak<n id="3" /> in tongues and to prophesy.<n id="4" />

The<n id="1" /> city was filled with the uproar,<n id="2" /> and the crowd<n id="3" /> rushed to the theater<n id="4" /> together,<n id="5" /> dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, the Macedonians who were Paul&#8217;s traveling companions.

<p class="bodytext">But when the son of Paul&#8217;s sister heard about the ambush,<n id="1" /> he came and entered<n id="2" /> the barracks<n id="3" /> and told Paul.

<t /><p class="bodytext">After five days the high priest Ananias<n id="1" /> came down with some elders and an attorney<n id="2" /> named<n id="3" /> Tertullus, and they<n id="4" /> brought formal charges<n id="5" /> against Paul to the governor.

At the same time he was also hoping that Paul would give him money,<n id="1" /> and for this reason he sent for Paul<n id="2" /> as often as possible<n id="3" /> and talked<n id="4" /> with him.

Paul said in his defense,<n id="1" /> &#8220;I have committed no offense<n id="2" /> against the Jewish law<n id="3" /> or against the temple or against Caesar.&#8221;<n id="4" />

But when Paul appealed to be kept in custody for the decision of His Majesty the Emperor,<n id="1" /> I ordered him to be kept under guard until I could send him to Caesar.&#8221;<n id="2" />

When Paul had gathered a bundle of brushwood<n id="1" /> and was putting it on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened itself on his hand.

<p class="bodytext">The whole group kept quiet<n id="1" /> and listened to Barnabas and Paul while they explained all the miraculous signs<n id="2" /> and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.

A<n id="1" /> woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth<n id="2" /> from the city of Thyatira,<n id="3" /> a God-fearing woman, listened to us.<n id="4" /> The Lord opened her heart to respond<n id="5" /> to what Paul was saying.

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.

But just as Paul was about to speak,<n id="1" /> Gallio said to the Jews, &#8220;If it were a matter of some crime or serious piece of villainy,<n id="2" /> I would have been justified in accepting the complaint<n id="3" /> of you Jews,<n id="4" />