till the day in which, having given command, through the Holy Spirit, to the apostles whom he did choose out, he was taken up,

And these things having said -- they beholding -- he was taken up, and a cloud did receive him up from their sight;

who also said, 'Men, Galileans, why do ye stand gazing into the heaven? this Jesus who was received up from you into the heaven, shall so come in what manner ye saw him going on to the heaven.'

And in these days, Peter having risen up in the midst of the disciples, said, (the multitude also of the names at the same place was, as it were, an hundred and twenty,)

because he was numbered among us, and did receive the share in this ministration,

beginning from the baptism of John, unto the day in which he was received up from us, one of these to become with us a witness of his rising again.'

And they set two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias,

and they gave their lots, and the lot fell upon Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, according as the Spirit was giving them to declare.

and the rumour of this having come, the multitude came together, and was confounded, because they were each one hearing them speaking in his proper dialect,

whom God did raise up, having loosed the pains of the death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it,

because of this was my heart cheered, and my tongue was glad, and yet -- my flesh also shall rest on hope,

'Men, brethren! it is permitted to speak with freedom unto you concerning the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is among us unto this day;

having foreseen, he did speak concerning the rising again of the Christ, that his soul was not left to hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.

at the right hand then of God having been exalted -- also the promise of the Holy Spirit having received from the Father -- he was shedding forth this, which now ye see and hear;

Also with many more other words he was testifying and exhorting, saying, 'Be saved from this perverse generation;'

praising God, and having favour with all the people, and the Lord was adding those being saved every day to the assembly.

and a certain man, being lame from the womb of his mother, was being carried, whom they were laying every day at the gate of the temple, called Beautiful, to ask a kindness from those entering into the temple,

who, having seen Peter and John about to go into the temple, was begging to receive a kindness.

and he was giving heed to them, looking to receive something from them;

and springing up, he stood, and was walking, and did enter with them into the temple, walking and springing, and praising God;

they were knowing him also that this it was who for a kindness was sitting at the Beautiful gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what hath happened to him.

And at the lame man who was healed holding Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch called Solomon's -- greatly amazed,

and they laid hands upon them, and did put them in custody unto the morrow, for it was evening already;

This is the stone that was set at nought by you -- the builders, that became head of a corner;

for above forty years of age was the man upon whom had been done this sign of the healing.

And they having prayed, the place was shaken in which they were gathered together, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and were speaking the word of God with freedom,

and of the multitude of those who did believe the heart and the soul was one, and not one was saying that anything of the things he had was his own, but all things were to them in common.

And with great power were the apostles giving the testimony to the rising again of the Lord Jesus, great grace also was on them all,

for there was not any one among them who did lack, for as many as were possessors of fields, or houses, selling them, were bringing the prices of the thing sold,

and were laying them at the feet of the apostles, and distribution was being made to each according as any one had need.

And Joses, who was surnamed by the apostles Barnabas -- which is, having been interpreted, Son of Comfort -- a Levite, of Cyprus by birth,

while it remained, did it not remain thine? and having been sold, in thy authority was it not? why is it that thou didst put in thy heart this thing? thou didst not lie to men, but to God;'

And Peter said unto her, 'How was it agreed by you, to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? lo, the feet of those who did bury thy husband are at the door, and they shall carry thee forth;'

and of the rest no one was daring to join himself to them, but the people were magnifying them,

for before these days rose up Theudas, saying, that himself was some one, to whom a number of men did join themselves, as it were four hundred, who was slain, and all, as many as were obeying him, were scattered, and came to nought.

And the thing was pleasing before all the multitude, and they did choose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch,

And Stephen, full of faith and power, was doing great wonders and signs among the people,

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

and the patriarchs, having been moved with jealousy, sold Joseph to Egypt, and God was with him,

and Jacob having heard that there was corn in Egypt, sent forth our fathers a first time;

and at the second time was Joseph made known to his brethren, and Joseph's kindred became manifest to Pharaoh,

'And according as the time of the promise was drawing nigh, which God did swear to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,

in which time Moses was born, and he was fair to God, and he was brought up three months in the house of his father;

and Moses was taught in all wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was powerful in words and in works.

and he was supposing his brethren to understand that God through his hand doth give salvation; and they did not understand.

'This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the messenger who is speaking to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers who did receive the living oracles to give to us;

'The tabernacle of the testimony was among our fathers in the wilderness, according as He did direct, who is speaking to Moses, to make it according to the figure that he had seen;

And Saul was assenting to his death, and there came in that day a great persecution upon the assembly in Jerusalem, all also were scattered abroad in the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles;

and Saul was making havoc of the assembly, into every house entering, and haling men and women, was giving them up to prison;

And Philip having gone down to a city of Samaria, was preaching to them the Christ,

the multitudes also were giving heed to the things spoken by Philip, with one accord, in their hearing and seeing the signs that he was doing,

and there was great joy in that city.

And a certain man, by name Simon, was before in the city using magic, and amazing the nation of Samaria, saying himself to be a certain great one,

and Simon also himself did believe, and, having been baptized, he was continuing with Philip, beholding also signs and mighty acts being done, he was amazed.

for as yet he was fallen upon none of them, and only they have been baptized -- to the name of the Lord Jesus;

And having arisen, he went on, and lo, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch, a man of rank, of Candace the queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to worship to Jerusalem;

he was also returning, and is sitting on his chariot, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah.

And the contents of the Writing that he was reading was this: 'As a sheep unto slaughter he was led, and as a lamb before his shearer dumb, so he doth not open his mouth;

in his humiliation his judgment was taken away, and his generation -- who shall declare? because taken from the earth is his life.'

and when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, and the eunuch saw him no more, for he was going on his way rejoicing;

and Philip was found at Azotus, and passing through, he was proclaiming good news to all the cities, till his coming to Caesarea.

and he was three days without seeing, and he did neither eat nor drink.

And there was a certain disciple in Damascus, by name Ananias, and the Lord said unto him in a vision, 'Ananias;' and he said, 'Behold me, Lord;'

And Ananias went away, and did enter into the house, and having put upon him his hands, said, 'Saul, brother, the Lord hath sent me -- Jesus who did appear to thee in the way in which thou wast coming -- that thou mayest see again, and mayest be filled with the Holy Spirit.'

And immediately there fell from his eyes as it were scales, he saw again also presently, and having risen, was baptized,

and having received nourishment, was strengthened, and Saul was with the disciples in Damascus certain days,

and immediately in the synagogues he was preaching the Christ, that he is the Son of God.

And Saul was still more strengthened, and he was confounding the Jews dwelling in Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.

and their counsel against him was known to Saul; they were also watching the gates both day and night, that they may kill him,

and Barnabas having taken him, brought him unto the apostles, and did declare to them how in the way he saw the Lord, and that he spake to him, and how in Damascus he was speaking boldly in the name of Jesus.

And he was with them, coming in and going out in Jerusalem,

and speaking boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, he was both speaking and disputing with the Hellenists, and they were taking in hand to kill him,

and he found there a certain man, Aeneas by name -- for eight years laid upon a couch -- who was paralytic,

And in Joppa there was a certain female disciple, by name Tabitha, (which interpreted, is called Dorcas,) this woman was full of good works and kind acts that she was doing;

And Peter having risen, went with them, whom having come, they brought into the upper chamber, and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing coats and garments, as many as Dorcas was making while she was with them.

And there was a certain man in Caesarea, by name Cornelius, a centurion from a band called Italian,

and this was done thrice, and again was the vessel received up to the heaven.

And as Peter was perplexed in himself what the vision that he saw might be, then, lo, the men who have been sent from Cornelius, having made inquiry for the house of Simon, stood at the gate,

And they said, 'Cornelius, a centurion, a man righteous and fearing God, well testified to, also, by all the nation of the Jews, was divinely warned by a holy messenger to send for thee, to his house, and to hear sayings from thee.'

and on the morrow they did enter into Caesarea; and Cornelius was waiting for them, having called together his kindred and near friends,

And Cornelius said, 'Four days ago till this hour, I was fasting, and at the ninth hour praying in my house, and, lo, a man stood before me in bright clothing,

and he said, Cornelius, thy prayer was heard, and thy kind acts were remembered before God;

Jesus who is from Nazareth -- how God did anoint him with the Holy Spirit and power; who went through, doing good, and healing all those oppressed by the devil, because God was with him;

'I was in the city of Joppa praying, and I saw in a trance a vision, a certain vessel coming down, as a great sheet by four corners being let down out of the heaven, and it came unto me;

at which having looked stedfastly, I was considering, and I saw the four-footed beasts of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the fowls of heaven;

'And this happened thrice, and again was all drawn up to the heaven,

and, lo, immediately, three men stood at the house in which I was, having been sent from Caesarea unto me,

if then the equal gift God did give to them as also to us, having believed upon the Lord Jesus Christ, I -- how was I able to withstand God?'

and the hand of the Lord was with them, a great number also, having believed, did turn unto the Lord.

And the account was heard in the ears of the assembly that is in Jerusalem concerning them, and they sent forth Barnabas to go through unto Antioch,

who, having come, and having seen the grace of God, was glad, and was exhorting all with purpose of heart to cleave to the Lord,

because he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit, and of faith, and a great multitude was added to the Lord.

and the disciples, according as any one was prospering, determined each of them to send for ministration to the brethren dwelling in Judea,

Peter, therefore, indeed, was kept in the prison, and fervent prayer was being made by the assembly unto God for him,

and when Herod was about to bring him forth, the same night was Peter sleeping between two soldiers, having been bound with two chains, guards also before the door were keeping the prison,

and having gone forth, he was following him, and he knew not that it is true that which is done through the messenger, and was thinking he saw a vision,

and they said unto her, 'Thou art mad;' and she was confidently affirming it to be so, and they said, 'It is his messenger;'

and Peter was continuing knocking, and having opened, they saw him, and were astonished,

And day having come, there was not a little stir among the soldiers what then was become of Peter,