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You have made known to me the paths of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence.’
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God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of it.
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The Fellowship of the Believers
They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
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Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts,
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You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead. We are witnesses of this.
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“Go, stand in the temple courts,” he said, “and tell the people all about this new life.”
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In his humiliation he was deprived of justice. Who can speak of his descendants? For his life was taken from the earth.”
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When they heard this, they had no further objections and praised God, saying, “So then, even to Gentiles God has granted repentance that leads to life.”
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When he saw that this met with approval among the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. This happened during the Festival of Unleavened Bread.
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Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “We had to speak the word of God to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.
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When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and honored the word of the Lord; and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.
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And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.
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But we sailed from Philippi after the Festival of Unleavened Bread, and five days later joined the others at Troas, where we stayed seven days.
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Eutychus Raised From the Dead at Troas
On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Paul spoke to the people and, because he intended to leave the next day, kept on talking until midnight.
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Then he went upstairs again and broke bread and ate. After talking until daylight, he left.
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However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.
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“The Jewish people all know the way I have lived ever since I was a child, from the beginning of my life in my own country, and also in Jerusalem.
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As we passed to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were hardly able to make the lifeboat secure,
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In an attempt to escape from the ship, the sailors let the lifeboat down into the sea, pretending they were going to lower some anchors from the bow.
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So the soldiers cut the ropes that held the lifeboat and let it drift away.
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After he said this, he took some bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all. Then he broke it and began to eat.
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But the centurion wanted to spare Paul’s life and kept them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land.
