Quotes about Acts
especially since you are acquainted with all the Jewish customs and controversies. I beg you, therefore, to listen to me patiently.
- Acts 26:3
And that is what I did in Jerusalem. With authority from the chief priests I put many of the saints in prison, and when they were condemned to death, I cast my vote against them.
- Acts 26:10
I frequently had them punished in the synagogues, and I tried to make them blaspheme. In my raging fury against them, I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.
- Acts 26:11
So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.
- Acts 26:19
But Paul answered, “I am not insane, most excellent Festus; I am speaking words of truth and sobriety.
- Acts 26:25
“Men, I can see that our voyage will be filled with disaster and great loss, not only to ship and cargo, but to our own lives as well.”
- Acts 27:10
Passing to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we barely managed to secure the lifeboat.
- Acts 27:16
Meanwhile, the sailors attempted to escape from the ship. Pretending to lower anchors from the bow, they let the lifeboat down into the sea.
- Acts 27:30
Cutting away the anchors, they left them in the sea as they loosened the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and made for the beach.
- Acts 27:40
The islanders showed us extraordinary kindness. They kindled a fire and welcomed all of us because it was raining and cold.
- Acts 28:2
Nearby stood an estate belonging to Publius, the chief official of the island. He welcomed us and entertained us hospitably for three days.
- Acts 28:7
Putting in at Syracuse, we stayed there three days.
- Acts 28:12