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Some time ago Theudas appeared, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men rallied to him. He was killed, all his followers were dispersed, and it all came to nothing.
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After him, Judas the Galilean appeared in the days of the census and led a band of people in revolt. He too was killed, and all his followers were scattered.
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They followed him because he had amazed them for a long time with his sorcery.
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Simon himself believed and was baptized. And he followed Philip everywhere, astonished by the great signs and miracles he saw.
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But his followers took him by night and lowered him in a basket through an opening in the wall.
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Peter’s Vision
About noon the following day as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray.
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The following day he arrived in Caesarea. Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.
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Then the angel said to him, “Put on your clothes and sandals.” And Peter did so. “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me,” the angel told him.
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Peter followed him out of the prison, but he had no idea that what the angel was doing was really happening; he thought he was seeing a vision.
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When the congregation was dismissed, many of the Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who talked with them and urged them to continue in the grace of God.
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With them they sent the following letter: The apostles and elders, your brothers, To the Gentile believers in Antioch, Syria and Cilicia: Greetings.
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It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond the following requirements:
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She followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are telling you the way to be saved.”
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Some of the people became followers of Paul and believed. Among them was Dionysius, a member of the Areopagus, also a woman named Damaris, and a number of others.
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The next day we set sail from there and arrived off Chios. The day after that we crossed over to Samos, and on the following day arrived at Miletus.
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The crowd that followed kept shouting, “Get rid of him!”
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I persecuted the followers of this Way to their death, arresting both men and women and throwing them into prison,
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The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome.”
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He wrote a letter as follows:
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However, I admit that I worship the God of our ancestors as a follower of the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is in accordance with the Law and that is written in the Prophets,
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But the centurion, instead of listening to what Paul said, followed the advice of the pilot and of the owner of the ship.
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From there we set sail and arrived at Rhegium. The next day the south wind came up, and on the following day we reached Puteoli.
