Study Desk

God turned his back on his people and left them. Then they worshiped the stars in the sky, just as it says in the Book of the Prophets, "People of Israel, you didn't offer sacrifices and offerings to me during those forty years in the desert.

Later it was given to our ancestors, and they took it with them when they went with Joshua. They carried the tent along as they took over the land from those people that God had chased out for them. Our ancestors used this tent until the time of King David.

Is there one prophet that your ancestors didn't mistreat? They killed the prophets who told about the coming of the One Who Obeys God. And now you have turned against him and killed him.

When the council members heard Stephen's speech, they were angry and furious.

The council members shouted and covered their ears. At once they all attacked Stephen

and dragged him out of the city. Then they started throwing stones at him. The men who had brought charges against him put their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul.

He knelt down and shouted, "Lord, don't blame them for what they have done." Then he died.

They crowded around Philip because they were eager to hear what he was saying and to see him work miracles.

Everyone, rich and poor, crowded around him. They said, "This man is the power of God called ‘The Great Power.'"

For a long time, Simon had used witchcraft to amaze the people, and they kept crowding around him.

But when they believed what Philip was saying about God's kingdom and about the name of Jesus Christ, they were all baptized.

The apostles in Jerusalem heard that some people in Samaria had accepted God's message, and they sent Peter and John.

Peter and John then placed their hands on everyone who had faith in the Lord, and they were given the Holy Spirit.

After Peter and John had preached about the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem. On their way they told the good news in many villages of Samaria.

He ordered the chariot to stop. Then they both went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.

but he found out about it. He learned that they were guarding the gates of the city day and night in order to kill him.

He was always arguing with the Jews who spoke Greek, and so they tried to kill him.

But the followers found out about this and took Saul to Caesarea. From there they sent him to the city of Tarsus.

Joppa wasn't far from Lydda, and the followers heard that Peter was there. They sent two men to say to him, "Please come with us as quickly as you can!"

Right away, Peter went with them. The men took Peter upstairs into the room. Many widows were there crying. They showed him the coats and clothes that Dorcas had made while she was still alive.