² He was a devout man and feared God along with his whole household. He did many charitable deeds for the Jewish people and always prayed to God.^(A)

¹⁷ Motioning to them with his hand^(A) to be silent, he described to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Tell these things to James^(B) and the brothers,” he said, and he left and went to another place.