14. But the apostles Barnabas and Paul, having heard it, rent their garments, and rushed out to the crowd, crying
15. and saying, Men, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, preaching to you to turn from these vanities to the living God, who made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all things in them;
16. who in the past generations suffered all the nations to go in their own ways,
17. though indeed he did not leave himself without witness, doing good, and giving to you from heaven rain and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.