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

And others mocking, continued to say, that these people are full of fermented wine.

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

This Jesus God raised up, whose witnesses we are.

For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all who are afar off, so many as the Lord our God may call.

And Peter seeing them, responded to the people; Israelitish men, why are you astonished at this, or why do you look upon us as having by our own power or holiness, made this man to walk about?

and you slew the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, whose witnesses we are.

Ye are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, In thy seed shall the families of the earth be truly blessed.

if we are this day judged for the benefaction of the impotent man, by whom he has been saved,

And seeing the boldness of Peter and John, and apprehending that they are unlearned and ignorant men, they continued to be astonished, and recognized them, that they were with Jesus;

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;

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

And having heard, they unanimously lifted up their voice to God, and said, O Lord, thou having created the heaven and the earth and the sea and all things which are in them,

while, reaching forth thy hand unto healings, both miracles and wonders are wrought through the name of thy holy child Jesus.

And Peter said to her; Why has it been agreed with you to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of those having buried thy husband are at the door, and they will carry thee out.

And a certain one coming announced to them, Behold, the men whom you placed in the prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people.

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.

And we are witnesses of these words, and the Holy Ghost, whom God has given to those who obey him.

and he said to them; Israelitish men, take heed to yourselves in reference to these men what you are about to do.

And the high priests said; Are these things so?

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.

Seeing, I have seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and heard their groaning, and have come down to deliver them. And come now, I will send thee into Egypt.

And Philip running forth, heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said; Whether do you understand what you are reading?

And He said, I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.

And Peter meditating concerning the vision, the Spirit said to him, Behold, men are seeking thee;

And Peter having come down to the men, said, Behold, I am he whom you are seeking: what is the cause on account of which you are present?

Then I immediately sent for thee; and thou hast done well being present. Now therefore we are all present before God, to hear all things which have been commanded thee of the Lord.

And we are witnesses in the country of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they even slew, hanging him on the wood.

And they said to her, You are gone mad; but she persisted that it was so. And they said, It is his angel.

fulfilled the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath; and having found no cause of death, asked Pilate that he should be executed;

who appeared to those coming up with him to Jerusalem from Galilee many days, who are now his witnesses to the people.

Men, why are you doing these things? We are also men of like suffering with you, preaching the gospel to you that you should turn from these vanities to the living God, who created the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all things which are in them:

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.

But through the grace of our Lord Jesus, we believe that we are saved, in the same manner in which they are also.

having written through their hand; The apostles and elders, brethren to the brethren who are from the Gentiles throughout Antioch and Syria and Cilicia greeting.

And after many days Paul said to Barnabas, Having returned let us now visit the brethren in every city in which we preached the word of the Lord, how they are doing.

She, following Paul and us, continued to cry out, saying, These men are the servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.

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

But Paul shouted with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are here.

And the lictors proclaimed these words to the magistrates. And hearing that they are Romans, they were alarmed;

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;

whom Jason has received: and all these are doing contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another King, Jesus.

but these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, who received the word with all enthusiasm, searching the scriptures daily, if these things are so.

And taking him, they led him to the Areopagus, saying; Are we able to know what is this new teaching, spoken by thee?

And Paul standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said, Athenian men, I perceive that in all things you are very religious.

For going through, and seeing your devotions, I also found an altar on which it was superscribed, To THE UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore I now preach unto you Him whom you are ignorantly worshiping.

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;

For in him we live and move and have our being, as indeed certain ones of your own poets have said, For we are truly his offspring.

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.

But the evil spirit responding said to them, I know Jesus, and am acquainted with Paul; but who are you?

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.

For you have led in these men, who are neither robbers of temples, nor are they blaspheming your goddess.

If indeed therefore Demetrius, and the mechanics along with him, have a charge against any one, the courts are in session, and there are lawyers: let them implead one another.

But if you are seeking something concerning other things, it shall be settled in the lawful church.

For indeed we are in danger of prosecution for the disturbance this day, there being no cause concerning which we shall be able to give a reason for this uproar.

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,

And he says, I am Jewish man, having been born in Tarsus of Cilicia, having been brought up in this city, educated at the feet of Gamaliel according to the accuracy of patristic law, being a zealot of God, as you all are this day;

And the centurion hearing, having come to the chiliarch, announced to him, saying, What are you about to do? for this man is a Roman.

And the chiliarch, having come to him, said; Tell me, are you a Roman? And he said, Yes.

Now therefore do you appeal to the chiliarch along with the sanhedrim, that he may lead him down to you, as about to investigate matters concerning him more thoroughly: and we are ready to kill him before he comes nigh.

Therefore do not be persuaded by them: for more than forty of them lie in wait for him, who have obligated themselves by an oath, neither to eat nor drink until they may kill him: and now they are ready, awaiting the promise from you.

For having found this man pestilential, and stirring up seditions to all the Jews who are throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:

with whom you yourself, having made inquiry, are able to know concerning all these things of which we accuse him.

And the Jews were consenting, saying, Truly these things are so.

you being able to know, that there are not more than twelve days to me since I came up to Jerusalem to worship.

neither are they able to prove before you the things which they are now accusing me.

And Festus, wishing to confer a gratification on the Jews, responding to Paul, said, Are you willing, having gone up to Jerusalem, there to be judged by me concerning these things?

to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness unto light, and from the power of Satan unto God, in order that they may receive remission of sins, and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.

Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, Unless these may remain in the ship, you are not able to be saved.