He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority.

And it became known to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the field was called in their own language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)

to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.”

And at this sound the multitude came together, and they were bewildered, because each one was hearing them speak in his own language.

And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language?

both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabians—we hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God.”

And when Peter saw it he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why do you wonder at this, or why do you stare at us, as though by our own power or piety we have made him walk?

They Had Everything in Common

Now the full number of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things that belonged to him was his own, but they had everything in common.

There was not a needy person among them, for as many as were owners of lands or houses sold them and brought the proceeds of what was sold

While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? Why is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to man but to God.”

and when he was exposed, Pharaoh's daughter adopted him and brought him up as her own son.

When they had passed the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened for them of its own accord, and they went out and went along one street, and immediately the angel left him.

For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep and was laid with his fathers and saw corruption,

In past generations he allowed all the nations to walk in their own ways.

Paul and Silas in Prison

As we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners much gain by fortune-telling.

But when her owners saw that their hope of gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.

for “‘In him we live and move and have our being’; as even some of your own poets have said, “‘For we are indeed his offspring.’

And when they opposed and reviled him, he shook out his garments and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”

But since it is a matter of questions about words and names and your own law, see to it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of these things.”

Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.

and from among your own selves will arise men speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them.

And coming to us, he took Paul's belt and bound his own feet and hands and said, “Thus says the Holy Spirit, ‘This is how the Jews at Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.’”

Rather they had certain points of dispute with him about their own religion and about a certain Jesus, who was dead, but whom Paul asserted to be alive.

“My manner of life from my youth, spent from the beginning among my own nation and in Jerusalem, is known by all the Jews.

But the centurion paid more attention to the pilot and to the owner of the ship than to what Paul said.

And on the third day they threw the ship's tackle overboard with their own hands.

He lived there two whole years at his own expense, and welcomed all who came to him,