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Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, whom God anointed with the Holy Spirit and with power, and who, because God was with him, went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed of the devil.

And the Jewish converts who had come with him were seized with amazement because the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out on the Gentiles also;

And when he understood, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; because many brethren were gathered there praying.

And when she recognized Simon''s voice, because of her joy she did not open the door to him, but ran back and told, Behold Simon Peter stands at the gate of the courtyard.

Herod was angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon, but they assembled together and came to him, and they appealed to Blas''tus, the king''s chamberlain, and asked him that they might have peace, because their country was dependent upon the kingdom of Herod for food supplies.

And because he did not give the glory to God, in that very hour an angel of the LORD smote him, and he was eaten by disease and died.

Then Paul and Bar''na-bas said to them boldly, It was necessary that the word of God should first be spoken to you: but because you reject it, you have decided against yourselves and you are unworthy of everlasting life, so behold, we turn to the Gentiles.

So they called Bar''na-bas, the chief of the gods; and Paul, they called Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.

And thence they sailed and came to An''tioch, because from there they had been recommended to the grace of the LORD, for the work which they fulfilled.

And he did not discriminate between us and them, because he purified their hearts by faith.

Because of this I say, Do not trouble those who turn to God from among the Gentiles:

But Paul was unwilling to take him with them, because he had left them when they were in Pam-phyl''i-a, and had not gone with them.

And because of this dispute, Paul and Bar''na-bas separated from each other: and Bar''na-bas took Mark, and they sailed to Cy''prus,

Paul wanted to take this man with him, so he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in that region; for they all knew that his father was a Syr''i-an.

And after Paul had seen this vision, we were desirous to leave for Mac-e-do''ni-a at once, because we understood that our LORD had called us to preach the gospel to them.*

And on the sabbath day we went outside the city gate to the river side because a house of prayer was seen there, and when we were seated, we spoke to the women who had gathered there.

And they preach customs to us which are not lawful for us to accept and practice, because we are Romans.

Philosophers, also, who were of the teaching of Ep''i-cu-rus, and others, who were called Sto''ics, argued with him. And some of them said, What does this babbler want? And others said, He preaches foreign gods: because he preached to them Jesus and his resurrection.

So that they should seek and search after God, and find him by means of his creations, because he is not far from any one of us:

And there he found a Jew named A''qui-la, from the region of Pontus, who had just arrived from Italy with his wife Pris-cil''la, because Clau''di-us Cs''ar had commanded all Jews to leave Rome: and Paul went to them.