Stephen’s speech to the Sanhedrin 1 Then the high priest asked Stephen, ‘Are these charges true?’ 2 To this he replied: ‘Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of…

1 And Saul approved of their killing him. The church persecuted and scattered On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the…

Saul’s conversion 1 Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples. He went to the high priest 2 and asked him for letters to the synagogues…

Cornelius calls for Peter 1 At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was known as the Italian Regiment. 2 He and all his family were…

Peter explains his actions 1 The apostles and the believers throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. 2 So when Peter went up to…

Peter’s miraculous escape from prison 1 It was about this time that King Herod arrested some who belonged to the church, intending to persecute them. 2 He had James, the…

1 called Mark. 1 Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod…

In Iconium 1 At Iconium Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue. There they spoke so effectively that a great number of Jews and Greeks believed. 2…

The council at Jerusalem 1 Certain people came down from Judea to Antioch and were teaching the believers: ‘Unless you are circumcised, according to the custom taught by Moses, you…

Timothy joins Paul and Silas 1 Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where a disciple named Timothy lived, whose mother was Jewish and a believer but whose father…