⁵ Now there were devout Jews from every people under heaven living in Jerusalem.

² Devout men buried Stephen and made loud lamentation over him.^(A)

²⁵ Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; this man was righteous and devout, looking forward to the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit rested on him.^(A)

²³ provided that you continue securely established and steadfast in the faith, without shifting from the hope promised by the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature^[a] under heaven. I, Paul, became a minister of this gospel.^(A)

¹² “A certain Ananias, who was a devout man according to the law and well spoken of by all the Jews living there,^(A)

⁵⁰ But the Jews incited the devout women of high standing and the leading men of the city and stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their region.

⁷ When the angel who spoke to him had left, he called two of his slaves and a devout soldier from the ranks of those who served him,

² He was a devout man who feared God with all his household; he gave alms generously to the people and prayed constantly to God.

²⁷ So he got up and went. Now there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of the Candace, the queen of the Ethiopians, in charge of her entire treasury. He had come to Jerusalem to worship^(A)

The Coming of the Holy Spirit

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