²⁸ So Saul stayed with them and moved about freely in Jerusalem, speaking boldly in the name of the Lord.

²¹ Therefore it is necessary to choose one of the men who have been with us the whole time the Lord Jesus was living among us,

⁹ I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved.^[a] They will come in and go out, and find pasture.

⁷ “Now, Lord my God, you have made your servant king in place of my father David. But I am only a little child^(A) and do not know how to carry out my duties.

² In the past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel on their military campaigns.^(A) And the Lord said^(B) to you, ‘You will shepherd^(C) my people Israel, and you will become their ruler.^(D)’”

¹⁶ “May the Lord, the God who gives breath to all living things,^(A) appoint someone over this community ¹⁷ to go out and come in before them, one who will lead them out and bring them in, so the Lord’s people will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”^(B)

¹⁸ Then after three years,^(A) I went up to Jerusalem^(B) to get acquainted with Cephas^[a] and stayed with him fifteen days.