³² But recall the former days when, after ^(A)you were enlightened, you endured ^(B)a hard struggle with sufferings, ³³ sometimes being ^(C)publicly exposed to reproach and affliction, and sometimes being partners with those so treated. ³⁴ For ^(D)you had compassion on those in prison, and ^(E)you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves had ^(F)a better possession and an abiding one.

⁸ But you will receive ^(A)power ^(B)when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and ^(C)you will be ^(D)my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and ^(E)Samaria, and ^(F)to the end of the earth.”

The Church in Antioch

^19 (A)Now those who were scattered because of the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews. ²⁰ But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who on coming to Antioch spoke to the Hellenists^[a] also, ^(B)preaching the Lord Jesus. ²¹ And ^(C)the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed ^(D)turned to the Lord.