⁴² And daily ^(A)in the temple, and in every house, ^(B)they did not cease teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.

³⁵ Then Philip opened his mouth, ^(A)and beginning at this Scripture, preached Jesus to him.

³⁶ The word which God sent to the ^[a]children of Israel, ^(A)preaching peace through Jesus Christ—^(B)He is Lord of all—

⁷ And they were preaching the gospel there.

¹⁵ and saying, “Men, ^(A)why are you doing these things? ^(B)We also are men with the same nature as you, and preach to you that you should turn from ^(C)these useless things ^(D)to the living God, ^(E)who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all things that are in them,

Strengthening the Converts

²¹ And when they had preached the gospel to that city ^(A)and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,

^18 [a]Then certain Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, “What does this ^[b]babbler want to say?”

Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods,” because he preached to them ^(A)Jesus and the resurrection.