⁴⁹ And the word of the Lord went through all the country.

⁷ And the word of God was increasing in power; and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem became very great, and a great number of priests were in agreement with the faith.

⁴² And news of it went all through Joppa, and a number of people had faith in the Lord.

²⁴ But the word of the Lord went on increasing.

¹⁰ And this went on for two years, so that all those who were living in Asia had knowledge of the word of the Lord, Greeks as well as Jews.

²⁶ And you see, for it has come to your ears, that not only at Ephesus, but almost all through Asia, this Paul has been teaching numbers of people and turning them away, saying that those are not gods who are made by men's hands:

¹³ So that it became clear through all the Praetorium, and to all the rest, that I was a prisoner on account of Christ;

¹⁴ And most of the brothers in the Lord, taking heart because of my chains, are all the stronger to give the word of God without fear.