sold a field that belonged to him and brought the money and laid it at the apostles' feet.

and with his wife's knowledge he kept back for himself some of the proceeds and brought only a part of it and laid it at the apostles' feet.

Many Signs and Wonders Done

Now many signs and wonders were regularly done among the people by the hands of the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon's Portico.

The Apostles Arrested and Freed

But the high priest rose up, and all who were with him (that is, the party of the Sadducees), and filled with jealousy

they arrested the apostles and put them in the public prison.

But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.

and when they had called in the apostles, they beat them and charged them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

These they set before the apostles, and they prayed and laid their hands on them.

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.

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

Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money,

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

Peter Reports to the Church

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

But the people of the city were divided; some sided with the Jews and some with the apostles.

But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their garments and rushed out into the crowd, crying out,

And after Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and the elders about this question.

When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they declared all that God had done with them.

The apostles and the elders were gathered together to consider this matter.

The Council's Letter to Gentile Believers

Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among them and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They sent Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, leading men among the brothers,

with the following letter: “The brothers, both the apostles and the elders, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greetings.

As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered to them for observance the decisions that had been reached by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem.

Greeting

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,

through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations,

Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry

Greet Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners. They are well known to the apostles, and they were in Christ before me.