But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."

Now when both Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, solemnly bearing witness to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.

solemnly bearing witness to both Jews and to Greeks, the repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus.

Therefore, having obtained help from God, until this day I stand, witnessing both to common [people] and great [people], saying nothing except the things which both the prophets and Moses spoke of as being about to happen,

that the Christ was to suffer, that as the first to rise from the dead, He was about to proclaim light to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles."

And having appointed for him a day, many came to him at his house, to whom he was explaining and solemnly testifying to the kingdom of God, and persuading them of the things concerning Jesus from both the Law of Moses and from the Prophets, from morning till evening.

"Therefore let it be known to you that the salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will hear it!"

preaching the kingdom of God and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness, without hindrance.

And you also will testify, because you have been with Me from the beginning.

By Silvanus the faithful brother, as I consider him, I have written to you briefly, exhorting and testifying this to be [the] true grace of God in which you stand.

and sent messengers before His face. And as they went, they entered a village of the Samaritans, so they might prepare for Him.

And when they saw this, James and John His disciples said, "Lord, do You wish [that] we should call down fire from heaven and consume them, as Elijah did?"

For the Son of Man did not come to destroy men's lives but to save [them]." And they went to another village.