¹⁸ Then the chief priests and the scribes^(A) heard it and started looking for a way to destroy Him. For they were afraid^(B) of Him, because the whole crowd was astonished by His teaching.

⁴² And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching,^(A) to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread, and to the prayers.^(B)

¹⁹ They took him and brought him to the Areopagus,^[a] and said, “May we learn about this new teaching you’re speaking of?^(A)