If we this day are judged for a good deed done to a helpless man, by what means he has been made well,

And now I say to you, keep away from these men and let them alone; for if this plan or this work is of men, it will come to nothing;

but if it is of God, you cannot overthrow it—lest you even be found to fight against God.”

Repent therefore of this your wickedness, and pray God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.

Then Philip said, “If you believe with all your heart, you may.” And he answered and said, “I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.”

and asked letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

If therefore God gave them the same gift as He gave us when we believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could withstand God?”

And after the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, “Men and brethren, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.”

that you abstain from things offered to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. Farewell.

And when she and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay.” So she persuaded us.

And when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of wrongdoing or wicked crimes, O Jews, there would be reason why I should bear with you.

But if it is a question of words and names and your own law, look to it yourselves; for I do not want to be a judge of such matters.”

Therefore, if Demetrius and his fellow craftsmen have a case against anyone, the courts are open and there are proconsuls. Let them bring charges against one another.

But if you have any other inquiry to make, it shall be determined in the lawful assembly.

For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he would not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hurrying to be at Jerusalem, if possible, on the Day of Pentecost.

Then there arose a loud outcry. And the scribes of the Pharisees’ party arose and protested, saying, “We find no evil in this man; but if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him, let us not fight against God.”

They ought to have been here before you to object if they had anything against me.

Or else let those who are here themselves say if they found any wrongdoing in me while I stood before the council,

“Therefore,” he said, “let those who have authority among you go down with me and accuse this man, to see if there is any fault in him.”

For if I am an offender, or have committed anything deserving of death, I do not object to dying; but if there is nothing in these things of which these men accuse me, no one can deliver me to them. I appeal to Caesar.”

They knew me from the first, if they were willing to testify, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

Then Agrippa said to Festus, “This man might have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.”

And because the harbor was not suitable to winter in, the majority advised to set sail from there also, if by any means they could reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete opening toward the southwest and northwest, and winter there.

Shipwrecked on Malta

When it was day, they did not recognize the land; but they observed a bay with a beach, onto which they planned to run the ship if possible.