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At that, the captain went with his officers and brought the apostles. They did not use force, because they feared that the people would stone them.
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The apostles were brought in and made to appear before the Sanhedrin to be questioned by the high priest.
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Peter and the other apostles replied: “We must obey God rather than human beings!
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His speech persuaded them. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
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The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing because they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.
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They presented these men to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.
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And Saul approved of their killing him.
The Church Persecuted and Scattered
On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.
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When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to Samaria.
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When Simon saw that the Spirit was given at the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money
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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.
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Peter Explains His Actions
The apostles and the believers throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.
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The people of the city were divided; some sided with the Jews, others with the apostles.
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But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of this, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting:
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This brought Paul and Barnabas into sharp dispute and debate with them. So Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question.
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When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and elders, to whom they reported everything God had done through them.
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The apostles and elders met to consider this question.
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The Council’s Letter to Gentile Believers
Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to choose some of their own men and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas (called Barsabbas) and Silas, men who were leaders among the believers.
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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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As they traveled from town to town, they delivered the decisions reached by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the people to obey.
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Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God—
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Through him we received grace and apostleship to call all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith for his name’s sake.
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I am talking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I take pride in my ministry
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Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow Jews who have been in prison with me. They are outstanding among the apostles, and they were in Christ before I was.
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Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,
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The Nature of True Apostleship
This, then, is how you ought to regard us: as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the mysteries God has revealed.
