The angel said to him, “Fasten your belt ¹  and put on your sandals.” Peter ²  did so. Then the angel ³  said to him, “Put on your cloak ⁴  and follow me.”

Then ¹  Peter ²  took hold ³  of him by the right hand and raised him up, and at once the man’s ⁴  feet and ankles were made strong. ⁵ 

So he gave orders to have them baptized ¹  in the name of Jesus Christ. ²  Then they asked him to stay for several days.

He denied it again with an oath, “I do not know the man!”

But he forcefully commanded ¹  them not to tell this to anyone, ² 

But when they had ordered them to go outside the council, ¹  they began to confer with one another,

and when James, Cephas, ¹  and John, who had a reputation as ²  pillars, ³  recognized ⁴  the grace that had been given to me, they gave to Barnabas and me ⁵  the right hand of fellowship, agreeing ⁶  that we would go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. ⁷ 

“For it is written in the book of Psalms, ‘Let his house become deserted, ¹  and let there be no one to live in it,’ ²  and ‘Let another take his position of responsibility.’ ³ 

He said to them, “You know that ¹  it is unlawful ²  for a Jew ³  to associate with or visit a Gentile, ⁴  yet God has shown me that I should call no person ⁵  defiled or ritually unclean. ⁶ 

When he had seized him, he put him in prison, handing him over to four squads ¹  of soldiers to guard him. Herod ²  planned ³  to bring him out for public trial ⁴  after the Passover.

Until ¹  certain people came from James, he had been eating with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he stopped doing this ²  and separated himself ³  because he was afraid of those who were pro-circumcision. ⁴ 

But he denied it in front of them all: ¹  “I don’t know what you’re talking about!”

Now ¹  as soon as they left the synagogue, ²  they entered Simon and Andrew’s house, with James and John.

Now ¹  after some days, when he returned to Capernaum, ²  the news spread ³  that he was at home.

Now ¹  Jesus ²  went home, and a crowd gathered so that they were not able to eat.

For ¹  Peter ²  and all who were with him were astonished ³  at the catch of fish that they had taken,

“Simon, ¹  Simon, pay attention! ²  Satan has demanded to have you all, ³  to sift you like wheat, ⁴ 

So those who accepted ¹  his message ²  were baptized, and that day about three thousand people ³  were added. ⁴ 

angry ¹  because they were teaching the people and announcing ²  in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.

So ¹  they seized ²  them and put them in jail ³  until the next day (for it was already evening).