¹⁷ Motioning to them with his hand^(A) to be silent, he explained to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Report these things to James^[a](B) and the brothers,” he said. Then he departed and went to a different place.

⁷ After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them: “Brothers, you are aware that in the early days God made a choice among you,^[a] that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the gospel message and believe.