Then Peter began to explain the whole matter to them, step by step, saying,
And He did not speak to them [i.e., concerning the kingdom] without using a parable, but He explained everything to His own disciples privately.
I have thoroughly investigated the entire series of events [myself], I felt it would be good for me also to write you an orderly account of them.
And when they arrived [in Antioch of Syria], they gathered the church together and reported everything that God had done through them and how He had opened a door [of opportunity] for the [unconverted] Gentiles to [enter] the faith.