The brothers in Lystra<n id="1" /> and Iconium<n id="2" /> spoke well<n id="3" /> of him.<n id="4" />

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

<t /><p class="bodytext">So Barnabas and Saul,<n id="1" /> sent out by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia,<n id="2" /> and from there they sailed to Cyprus.<n id="3" />

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" />

but Paul chose Silas and set out, commended<n id="1" /> to the grace of the Lord by the brothers and sisters.<n id="2" />

nor is he served by human hands, as if he needed anything,<n id="1" /> because he himself gives life and breath and everything to everyone.<n id="2" />

When he came to the steps, Paul<n id="1" /> had to be carried<n id="2" /> by the soldiers because of the violence<n id="3" /> of the mob,

A man named Ananias,<n id="1" /> a devout man according to the law,<n id="2" /> well spoken of by all the Jews who live there,<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Regarding all the things I have been accused of by the Jews, King Agrippa,<n id="1" /> I consider myself fortunate that I am about to make my defense before you today,

And now I stand here on trial<n id="1" /> because of my hope in the promise made by God to our ancestors,<n id="2" />

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" />

A crowd of people from the towns around Jerusalem<n id="1" /> also came together, bringing the sick and those troubled by unclean spirits.<n id="2" /> They<n id="3" /> were all<n id="4" /> being healed.p>

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.

He<n id="1" /> commanded us to preach to the people and to warn<n id="2" /> them<n id="3" /> that he is the one<n id="4" /> appointed<n id="5" /> by God as judge<n id="6" /> of the living and the dead.

So Peter was kept in prison, but those in the church were earnestly<n id="1" /> praying to God for him.<n id="2" />

As they went through the towns,<n id="1" /> they passed on<n id="2" /> the decrees that had been decided on by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem<n id="3" /> for the Gentile believers<n id="4" /> to obey.<n id="5" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">They went through the region of Phrygia<n id="1" /> and Galatia,<n id="2" /> having been prevented<n id="3" /> by the Holy Spirit from speaking the message<n id="4" /> in the province of Asia.<n id="5" />

So they took Paul and<n id="1" /> brought him to the Areopagus,<n id="2" /> saying, &#8220;May we know what this new teaching is that you are proclaiming?

where he stayed<n id="1" /> for three months. Because the Jews had made<n id="2" /> a plot<n id="3" /> against him as he was intending<n id="4" /> to sail<n id="5" /> for Syria, he decided<n id="6" /> to return through Macedonia.<n id="7" />

Since I could not see because of<n id="1" /> the brilliance<n id="2" /> of that light, I came to Damascus led by the hand of<n id="3" /> those who were with me.