What then should we do? They will no doubt<n id="1" /> hear that you have come.

except<n id="1" /> that the Holy Spirit warns<n id="2" /> me in town after town<n id="3" /> that<n id="4" /> imprisonment<n id="5" /> and persecutions<n id="6" /> are waiting for me.

But regarding the fact that he has raised Jesus<n id="1" /> from the dead, never<n id="2" /> again to be<n id="3" /> in a state of decay, God<n id="4" /> has spoken in this way: &#8216;<b><i>I will give youi>b><n id="5" /> <b><i>the holy and trustworthy promisesi>b><n id="6" /> <b><i>made to Davidi>b>.&#8217;<n id="7" />

Paul replied,<n id="1" /> &#8220;I did not realize,<n id="2" /> brothers, that he was the high priest, for it is written, &#8216;<b><i>You must not speak evil about a ruler of your peoplei>b>.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

for he was counted as one of us and received a share in this ministry.&#8221;<n id="1" />

But others jeered at the speakers,<n id="1" /> saying, &#8220;They are drunk on new wine!&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

And now, brothers, I know you acted in ignorance,<n id="1" /> as your rulers did too.

But Peter said, &#8220;Certainly not, Lord, for I have never eaten anything defiled and ritually unclean!&#8221;<n id="1" />

saying, &#8220;You went to<n id="1" /> uncircumcised men and shared a meal with<n id="2" /> them.&#8221;

But I said, &#8216;Certainly not, Lord, for nothing defiled or ritually unclean<n id="1" /> has ever entered my mouth!&#8217;

saying, &#8220;This man is persuading<n id="1" /> people to worship God in a way contrary to<n id="2" /> the law!&#8221;

because you will be his witness<n id="1" /> to all people<n id="2" /> of what you have seen and heard.

Then<n id="1" /> he said to me, &#8216;Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.&#8217;&#8221;p>

When the governor<n id="1" /> had read<n id="2" /> the letter,<n id="3" /> he asked<n id="4" /> what province he was from.<n id="5" /> When he learned<n id="6" /> that he was from Cilicia,<n id="7" />

Do you believe the prophets,<n id="1" /> King Agrippa?<n id="2" /> I know that you believe.&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">After we had safely reached shore,<n id="1" /> we learned that the island was called Malta.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">When they saw the boldness<n id="1" /> of Peter and John, and discovered<n id="2" /> that they were uneducated<n id="3" /> and ordinary<n id="4" /> men, they were amazed and recognized these men had been with Jesus.

explaining and demonstrating<n id="1" /> that the Christ<n id="2" /> had to suffer and to rise from the dead,<n id="3" /> saying,<n id="4" /> &#8220;This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ.&#8221;<n id="5" />

And you see and hear that this Paul has persuaded<n id="1" /> and turned away<n id="2" /> a large crowd,<n id="3" /> not only in Ephesus<n id="4" /> but in practically all of the province of Asia,<n id="5" /> by saying<n id="6" /> that gods made by hands are not gods at all.<n id="7" />

By all these things,<n id="1" /> I have shown you that by working in this way we must help<n id="2" /> the weak,<n id="3" /> and remember the words of the Lord Jesus that he himself said, &#8216;It is more blessed to give than to receive.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="4" />p>