For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs Moses handed down to us.”

But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.

While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”

But when they believed Philip as he proclaimed the good news of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

because the Holy Spirit had not yet come on any of them; they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

After they had further proclaimed the word of the Lord and testified about Jesus, Peter and John returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many Samaritan villages.

Then Philip began with that very passage of Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.

“Who are you, Lord?” Saul asked. “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” he replied.

Then Ananias went to the house and entered it. Placing his hands on Saul, he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord—Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here—has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

At once he began to preach in the synagogues that Jesus is the Son of God.

Yet Saul grew more and more powerful and baffled the Jews living in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Messiah.

But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles. He told them how Saul on his journey had seen the Lord and that the Lord had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had preached fearlessly in the name of Jesus.

“Aeneas,” Peter said to him, “Jesus Christ heals you. Get up and roll up your mat.” Immediately Aeneas got up.

You know the message God sent to the people of Israel, announcing the good news of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.

how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.

So he ordered that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked Peter to stay with them for a few days.

So if God gave them the same gift he gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to think that I could stand in God’s way?”

Some of them, however, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began to speak to Greeks also, telling them the good news about the Lord Jesus.

They traveled through the whole island until they came to Paphos. There they met a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet named Bar-Jesus,

“From this man’s descendants God has brought to Israel the Savior Jesus, as he promised.

Before the coming of Jesus, John preached repentance and baptism to all the people of Israel.

The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath.

he has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in the second Psalm: “‘You are my son; today I have become your father.’

“Therefore, my friends, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.

No! We believe it is through the grace of our Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are.”