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So he remained with them and went all over Yerushalayim continuing to speak out boldly in the name of the Lord.

Lud is near Yafo, and the talmidim had heard that Kefa was there, so they sent two men to him and urged him, "Please come to us without delay."

Cornelius stared at the angel, terrified. "What is it, sir?" he asked. "Your prayers," replied the angel, "and your acts of charity have gone up into God's presence, so that he has you on his mind.

So Kefa went down and said to the men, "You were looking for me? Here I am. What brings you here?"

So Kefa invited them to be his guests. The next day, he got up and went with them, accompanied by some of the brothers from Yafo;

so when I was summoned, I came without raising any questions. Tell me, then, why did you send for me?"

So I sent for you immediately, and you have been kind enough to come. Now all of us are here in the presence of God to hear everything the Lord has ordered you to say."

So the talmidim decided to provide relief to the brothers living in Y'hudah, each according to his means;

so when Herod seized him, he threw him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each, with the intention of bringing him to public trial after Pesach.

So Kefa was being held under watch in prison, but intense prayer was being made to God on his behalf by the Messianic community.

She recognized Kefa's voice and was so happy that she ran back in without opening the door, and announced that Kefa was standing outside.

"You're out of your mind!" they said to her. But she insisted it was true. So they said, "It is his angel."

Herod had a thorough search made for him, but they failed to find him, so he cross-examined the guards and ordered them put to death. Then Herod went down from Y'hudah to Caesarea and spent some time there.

Now Herod was very angry with the people of Tzor and Tzidon, so they joined together and sought an audience with him. After securing the support of Blastus, the king's chief personal servant, they asked for peace; because they depended on the king's lands for their food supply.

So these two, after they had been sent out by the Ruach HaKodesh, went down to Seleucia and from there sailed to Cyprus.

So now, look! The hand of the Lord is upon you; and for a while you will be blind, unable to see the sun." Immediately mist and darkness came over Elymas; and he groped about, trying to find someone to lead him by the hand.

So Sha'ul stood, motioned with his hand, and said: "Men of Isra'el and God-fearers, listen!

For the people living in Yerushalayim and their leaders did not recognize who Yeshua was or understand the message of the Prophets read every Shabbat, so they fulfilled that message by condemning him.

"Watch out, then, so that this word found in the Prophets may not happen to you:

This brought them into no small measure of discord and dispute with Sha'ul and Bar-Nabba. So the congregation assigned Sha'ul, Bar-Nabba and some of themselves to go and put this sh'eilah before the emissaries and the elders up in Yerushalayim.