But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.”

In those days Peter stood up among the brothers (the company of persons was in all about 120) and said,

And all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and those who came after him, also proclaimed these days.

Saul Ravages the Church

And Saul approved of his execution. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.

Philip Proclaims Christ in Samaria

Now those who were scattered went about preaching the word.

Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed to them the Christ.

Simon the Magician Believes

But there was a man named Simon, who had previously practiced magic in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, saying that he himself was somebody great.

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

Now when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans.

So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was being built up. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it multiplied.

If then God gave the same gift to them as he gave to us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could stand in God's way?”

All this took about 450 years. And after that he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.

So, being sent on their way by the church, they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and brought great joy to all the brothers.

We have therefore sent Judas and Silas, who themselves will tell you the same things by word of mouth.

The Conversion of Lydia

So, setting sail from Troas, we made a direct voyage to Samothrace, and the following day to Neapolis,

And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their wounds; and he was baptized at once, he and all his family.

and because he was of the same trade he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade.

And sailing from there we came the following day opposite Chios; the next day we touched at Samos; and the day after that we went to Miletus.

At the same time he hoped that money would be given him by Paul. So he sent for him often and conversed with him.

(We were in all 276 persons in the ship.)

So they cast off the anchors and left them in the sea, at the same time loosening the ropes that tied the rudders. Then hoisting the foresail to the wind they made for the beach.