But an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, “Get ready and go south to the road that descends from Jerusalem to Gaza.” (This is a desert road.)

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

And he was with them, moving about freely in Jerusalem, speaking out boldly in the name of the Lord.

When the angel who *spoke to him left, he summoned two of his servants and a devout soldier from his personal attendants,

They said, “Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous and God-fearing man well spoken of by the entire nation of the Jews, was divinely directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and hear a message from you.”

While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who were listening to the message.

For they were hearing them speaking with tongues and exalting God. Then Peter responded,

and he will speak words to you by which you will be saved, you and all your household.’

And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them just as He did upon us at the beginning.

The Church in Antioch

So then those who were scattered because of the persecution that occurred in connection with Stephen made their way to Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except to Jews alone.

But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who came to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks as well, preaching the good news of the Lord Jesus.

As for the fact that He raised Him from the dead, never again to return to decay, He has spoken in this way: ‘I will give you the holy and faithful mercies of David.’

Therefore, see that the thing spoken of in the Prophets does not come upon you:

As Paul and Barnabas were going out, the people repeatedly begged to have these things spoken to them the next Sabbath.

Now when the meeting of the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and the God-fearing proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking to them and urging them to continue in the grace of God.

But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began contradicting the things spoken by Paul, and were blaspheming.

Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first. Since you repudiate it and consider yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we are turning to the Gentiles.

Acceptance and Opposition

In Iconium they entered the synagogue of the Jews together, and spoke in such a way that a large number of people believed, both of Jews and of Greeks.

Therefore they spent a long time there speaking boldly with reliance upon the Lord, who was testifying to the word of His grace, granting that signs and wonders be performed by their hands.

This man was listening to Paul as he spoke. Paul looked at him intently and saw that he had faith to be made well,

And they began calling Barnabas, Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, since he was the chief speaker.

When they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.

James’ Judgment

After they stopped speaking, James responded, saying, “Brothers, listen to me.

and he was well spoken of by the brothers and sisters who were in Lystra and Iconium.

They passed through the Phrygian and Galatian region, after being forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia;