²⁹ (And when all the people, including the tax collectors, heard this, they acknowledged God’s way of righteousness, because they had been baptised with John’s baptism.^(A)

² and requested letters^(A) from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women who belonged to the Way,^(B) he might bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

³ ‘Into what then were you baptised? ’ he asked them.

‘Into John’s baptism,’ they replied.^(A)

¹¹ Do not lack diligence in zeal; be fervent in the Spirit;^[a](A) serve the Lord.^(B)