⁵ Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven.

² Devout men buried Stephen and made great lamentation over him.

²⁵ Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was ^(A)righteous and ^(B)devout, ^(C)waiting for ^(D)the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

^23 (A)if indeed you continue in the faith, ^(B)stable and steadfast, not shifting from ^(C)the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed ^(D)in all creation^[a] under heaven, ^(E)and of which I, Paul, became a minister.

¹² “And ^(A)one Ananias, a devout man ^(B)according to the law, ^(C)well spoken of by all the Jews who lived there,

^50 (A)But the Jews incited the devout ^(B)women of high standing and the leading men of the city, ^(C)stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and ^(D)drove them out of their district.

⁷ When the angel who spoke to him had departed, he called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among those who attended him,

² a devout man ^(A)who feared God with all his household, gave alms generously to the people, and prayed continually to God.

²⁷ And he rose and went. And there was an ^(A)Ethiopian, a ^(B)eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, ^(C)who was in charge of all her treasure. ^(D)He had come to Jerusalem to worship

The Coming of the Holy Spirit

2 When ^(A)the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place.