and being assembled together with them, He commanded them, Not to depart from Jerusalem, but to await the promise of the Father which ye heard from me;

that John indeed baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.

He said to them; It is not your province, to know the times or seasons, which the Father placed in His own authority.

And they were all astounded and marveled, saying, Are not all these who are speaking, Galileans?

For these are not drunken, as you suppose; for it is the third hour of the day;

For David says in reference to him, I foresaw my Lord always before me, because he is on my right hand, in order that I may not be moved.

because thou wilt not leave my soul in Hades, nor suffer thy Holy One to see corruption.

foreseeing he spoke concerning the resurrection of Christ, that He was not left in Hades, neither did His flesh see corruption.

For David hath not ascended into the heavens, but he says, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,

and they sold their possessions and personalities, and divided the same unto all, as each one had need.

Peter said, Silver and gold do not belong to me; but I give thee that which I have. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, walk about.

And it shall come to pass, that every soul whosoever will not hear that prophet, shall be cut off from the people.

saying, What can we do to these men? for that a notable miracle has been wrought by them is indeed manifest to all dwelling at Jerusalem, and we are not able to deny it;

And having called them, they command them, not at all to speak or teach in the name of Jesus.

for we are not able not to speak those things which we have seen and heard.

For no one among them was in need; for so many possessions of lands or houses as belonged to them, selling, they were bringing the prices of the things having been sold,

and laying them at the feet of the apostles; and it was distributed to each as any one had need.

Remaining with thee did it not belong to thee; and having been sold, was it not still in thy control? why hast thou placed this thing in thy heart? thou hast not lied to men, but to God.

And an interval of about three hours supervened, and his wife, not having known what had taken place, came in.

And the angel of the Lord, having opened the doors of the prison during the night, and leading them out said,

And the officers arriving found them not in the prison; and having returned, reported,

Then the captain along with the officers, having gone away, led them, not with violence, for they feared the people lest they might be stoned.

With commandment we commanded you not to teach in this name; and behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching; and you are determined to bring upon us the blood of this man.

but if it be of God, you will not be able to destroy them, lest perchance you may also be found fighting against God.

And they obeyed him, and having called the apostles, beating them, they commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and sent them away.

And all day in the temple, and from house to house, they ceased not teaching and preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ.

And the twelve calling to them the multitude of the disciples, said, It is not pleasing that we, leaving the word of God, serve tables.

and they were not able to resist the wisdom and spirit with which he was speaking.

and they raised up false witnesses, saying, This man does not cease speaking words against this holy place and the law;

and God gave him no inheritance in it, not the step of his foot; and he promised to give it to him, and his seed after him, for an inheritance, there being no child to him.

until another king arose over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.

He dealing fraudulently with our race, afflicted our fathers, that they should expose their infants, so that they should not live.

And he supposed that his brethren would understand that God through his hand is giving them salvation: but they did not recognize it.

On the following day, he appeared to them fighting, and undertook to reduce them to peace, saying, Men, you are brethren; therefore do not injure one another.

I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob. And Moses trembling, did not dare to investigate.

to whom our fathers were not willing to be obedient, but thrust him away, and turned back in their hearts towards Egypt,

saying to Aaron, Make us gods who shall go before us: for this Moses, who led us out from the land of Egypt, we know not what happened to him.

And God turned away, and gave them up to serve the host of the heaven; as has been written in the book of the prophets: Slain victims and sacrifices you have not brought unto me forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel.

But the Most High dwelleth not in houses built with hands, as the prophet says,

Hath not my hand made all of these things?

Which one of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? and they slew those proclaiming concerning the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you became:

who received the law in the administrations of angels, and did not keep it.

And putting down his knees, he cried with a loud voice, Lord, do not impute this sin to them. And saying this, he fell asleep.

For he had not yet fallen on any of them: but they were only baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

There is neither part nor lot to thee in this word: for thy heart is not right before God.

and the place of the scripture which he was reading was this, He was led like a sheep to the slaughter; and as a lamb before the one shearing him is dumb, so he opens not his mouth.

and he was three days not seeing, neither did he eat nor drink.

And all those hearing were astonished, and continued to say, Is not this the one laying waste those calling on this name in Jerusalem? and has come hither for this, that he may lead them bound to the chief priests.

but their plot was made known to Saul. And they were keeping the gates both day and night in order that they might kill him:

and his disciples taking him, let him down through the wall in the night, lowering him in a basket.

And arriving in Jerusalem, he was endeavoring to join himself to the disciples: and all were afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.

And Lydda being near to Joppa, the disciples hearing that Peter is in it, sent two men to him, entreating him, Do not delay to come unto us.

And the voice again the second time came to him, Whatsoever things God has cleansed, do not count unclean;

and he said to them, You know how it is an unlawful thing for a Jewish man to associate with, or come to one of another nation; and God has shown me not to call any man unconsecrated or unclean.

not to all the people, but to the witnesses having been chosen of God, to us, who ate and drank along with him after He arose from the dead:

Then Peter responded, Whether is any one able to forbid the water, that these shall not be baptized, whosoever received the Holy Ghost as we indeed?

And a voice a second time was heard from heaven, Whatsoever things God has cleansed, consider thou not unconsecrated.

But when Herod was about to lead him forth, and Peter was sleeping that night between two soldiers, and bound with two chains; and the guards were keeping guard before the door.

And having come out, he was following; and did not know that it is true which was done by the angel; but he was thinking that he saw a vision.

and recognizing the voice of Peter, from joy did not open the gate, but running in, she proclaimed that Peter stands before the gate.

And Herod having sought him, and found him not, condemning the guards, commanded that they should be put to death; and having gone down from Judea to Caesarea, he tarried.

and the people shouted, It is the voice of God and not of man.

And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not the glory to God; and being eaten by worms, he breathed out his soul.

said, O thou full of all guile and rascality, thou son of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease perverting the right ways of God?

And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a time. And immediately there fell on him a mist and darkness; and going about he was seeking people to lead him by the hand.

And when John fulfilled his course, he said, What do you consider me to be? I am not he: but, behold, there comes one after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to loose.

Therefore He also says in another place, Thou wilt not suffer thy Holy One to see corruption.

but he, whom God raised up, did not see corruption.

and in him every one believing is justified from all things from which ye were not able to be justified by the law of Moses.

Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and vanish away: because I work a work in your days, a work which you may not believe, though one may proclaim it to you.

And Paul and Barnabas speaking boldly, said, It was necessary that the word of God should first be spoken to you: since you have rejected it, and judge yourselves not worthy of eternal life, behold we now turn to the Gentiles.

indeed he did not leave himself without witnesses, doing good, giving to you the rains from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.

And certain ones having come down from Judea were teaching the brethren that, Unless you may be circumcised, according to the custom of Moses, you are not able to be saved.

Therefore I judge, that we should not burden those from the Gentiles turning to God:

Since we heard that certain ones having come out from us troubled you, disturbing your souls with words which we did not command:

But Paul thought that he would not take with them, him who having departed from them from Pamphylia, and not having gone along with them into the work.

And having come opposite Mysia, they were endeavoring to go on into Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them;

And a vision was seen by Paul during the night: Some Macedonian man was standing and entreating him and saying, Having come over into Macedonia, help us.

and they proclaimed customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, or to do, being Romans.

And taking them that hour of the night, he washed the blood from their stripes; and he and his were baptized immediately:

And certain ones of them were persuaded, and identified themselves with Paul and Silas, and of the pious Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.

but not finding them, they dragged Jason and certain brethren to the rulers of the city, roaring that, These who have turned the world upside down are also come hither;

But the brethren immediately sent away both Paul and Silas to Berea by night, who coming into the synagogue of the Jews departed;

Then indeed many of them believed, and of the noble Greek women and men, not a few;

God having made the world and all things which are in it, being himself Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands;

that they should seek God, if perhaps indeed they might feel after him, and find him, though not being far from each one of you.

Then being the offspring of God, we ought not to think that divinity is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, the invention of art and the device of man.

And the Lord spoke to Paul in the night through a vision, Fear not, but speak, and be not silent:

but if there are questions about the words and name, and law appertaining to you, yourselves shall see to it; I do not wish to be judge of these things.

And they asking him to remain a longer time, he did not consent;

and said to them, Have you received the Holy Ghost, having believed? And they said to him, But we have not heard if the Holy Ghost is (given).

and you see and hear, that not only at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, that this Paul having persuaded them has turned away a great multitude, saying that there are no gods made with hands.

And not only is this interest in danger to us to come into disrepute; but even the temple of the great goddess Diana to be considered for nought, and they are about even to despise the majesty of her, whom all Asia and the world worships.

And Paul wishing to go in unto the people, the disciples suffered him not;

and certain ones of the Asiatic rulers, also being friends to him, having sent to him, continued to entreat him not to give himself up into the theatre.

Then indeed they continued to cry out some one thing, and some another: for the church was confused; and the most of them did not know on account of what they had come together.

And the city clerk having dismissed the multitudes, said, Ephesian men, for what one of men is there that does not know that the city of the Ephesians is a worshiper of the great goddess Diana, and of the statue having fallen down from Jupiter?

And Paul, having come down, fell on him, and taking him in his arms said, Fear not; for his soul is in him:

For Paul decided to sail by Ephesus, in order that it might not be necessary for him to spend the time in Asia: for he was hastening, if it might be possible for him to be in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.

how I omitted nothing of those things which are profitable, that I should not declare unto you and teach you publicly and from house to house,