and laid their hands on the apostles and put them in the common prison.

Apostles on Trial Again

But when the officers came and did not find them in the prison, they returned and reported,

But Peter and the other apostles answered and said: “We ought to obey God rather than men.

Then one in the council stood up, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law held in respect by all the people, and commanded them to put the apostles outside for a little while.

And they agreed with him, and when they had called for the apostles and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

whom they set before the apostles; and when they had prayed, they laid hands on them.

Saul Persecutes the Church

Now Saul was consenting to his death. At that time a great persecution arose against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.

The Sorcerer’s Sin

Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them,

And when Simon saw that through the laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money,

But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles. And he declared to them how he had seen the Lord on the road, and that He had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.

Peter Defends God’s Grace

Now the apostles and brethren who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.

But the multitude of the city was divided: part sided with the Jews, and part with the apostles.

But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard this, they tore their clothes and ran in among the multitude, crying out

Therefore, when Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and dispute with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas and certain others of them should go up to Jerusalem, to the apostles and elders, about this question.

And when they had come to Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the apostles and the elders; and they reported all things that God had done with them.

The Jerusalem Council

Now the apostles and elders came together to consider this matter.

The Jerusalem Decree

Then it pleased the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas, namely, Judas who was also named Barsabas, and Silas, leading men among the brethren.

They wrote this letter by them: The apostles, the elders, and the brethren, To the brethren who are of the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: Greetings.

And after they had stayed there for a time, they were sent back with greetings from the brethren to the apostles.

And as they went through the cities, they delivered to them the decrees to keep, which were determined by the apostles and elders at Jerusalem.

Greeting

Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated to the gospel of God

Through Him we have received grace and apostleship for obedience to the faith among all nations for His name,

For I speak to you Gentiles; inasmuch as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,

Greet Andronicus and Junia, my countrymen and my fellow prisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.

Greeting

Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,