until the day when through the holy Spirit he gave the apostles he had chosen their instructions, and was taken up to heaven.

And once when he ate with them, he instructed them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised. "You have heard me speak of it," he said,

So those who were present asked him, "Master, is this the time when you are going to re-establish the kingdom for Israel?"

but you will be given power when the holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be witnesses for me in Jerusalem and all over Judea and Samaria and to the very ends of the earth."

When they entered the city they went to the upstairs room where they were staying. There were Peter, John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James, the son of Alpheus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas, the son of James.

from his baptism by John to the time when he was caught up from us, must join us as a witness to his resurrection."

when suddenly there came from the sky a sound like a violent blast of wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.

And when this sound was heard, the crowd gathered in great excitement, because each one heard them speaking in his own language.

When they heard this, they were stung to the heart, and they said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brothers, what shall we do?"

when a man who had been lame from his birth was carried by. He used to be placed every day at what was known as the Beautiful Gate of the Temple, to beg from the people on their way into the Temple,

and when he saw Peter and John on the point of going into the Temple he asked them to give him something.

When all the people saw him walking about, praising God,

When Peter saw this, he said to the people. "Men of Israel, why are you so surprised at this? Why do you stare so at us, as though it were some power or some piety of ours that had made him able to walk?

The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our forefathers, has done this honor to his servant Jesus, whom you betrayed and disowned before Pilate, when he had decided to let him go.

You are the descendants of the prophets and the heirs of the agreement that God made with your forefathers when he said to Abraham, 'Through your posterity all the families of the earth will be blessed.'

When they heard it, with one impulse they all raised their voices to God and said, "Master, it was you who made heaven, earth, and sea, and everything that is in them,

when you stretch out your hand to heal, and signs and wonders are done by the power of your holy servant Jesus."

When they had prayed, the place where they were meeting shook, and they were all filled with the holy Spirit, and fearlessly uttered God's message.

When Ananias heard these words he fell down and expired, and everyone who heard them spoken was appalled.

She instantly fell down at his feet and expired. When the young men came in they found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.

When the commander of the Temple and the high priests heard this report, they were very much at a loss as to what would come of it.

The God of our forefathers raised Jesus to life when you had hung him on a cross and killed him.

When they heard this, they were furious, and wanted to kill them.

He answered, "Brothers and fathers, listen. The glorious God appeared to our forefather Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran,

and rescued him from all his troubles, and enabled him to win favor and to show wisdom when he stood before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he appointed him governor of Egypt and of his whole household.

When he was abandoned, the daughter of Pharaoh adopted him and brought him up as her own son.

When he was forty years old, it occurred to him to visit his brothers, the descendants of Israel.

When forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the desert of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning bush.

When Moses saw it he wondered at the sight, and when he went up to see what it was, the voice of the Lord said,

This tent was handed down to our forefathers and they brought it here with them when under Joshua they dispossessed the nations that God drove out before them, and it existed until the time of David.

When they heard that, they were enraged and ground their teeth at him.

When the people heard Philip and saw the signs that he showed they were all interested in what he had to say,

But when they believed Philip's message of the good news of the Kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, men and women alike accepted baptism.

When the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted God's message, they sent Peter and John there.

When they came, they prayed that the Samaritans might receive the holy Spirit,

But when Simon saw that the holy Spirit was imparted through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money,

When they came out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord hurried Philip away, and the eunuch saw nothing more of him. Full of joy, he went on with his journey,

When he got up from the ground and opened his eyes he could see nothing. They had to take him by the hand and lead him into Damascus,

When he reached Jerusalem he tried to join the disciples, and they were all afraid of him, for they could not believe that he was really a disciple.

When the brothers found this out, they took him down to Caesarea, and sent him away to Tarsus.

Peter went with them at once. When he arrived, they took him up to the room and all the widows stood around him crying and showing him the shirts and coats that Dorcas had made when she was still with them.

When the angel who had spoken to him was gone, Cornelius called two of his servants, and a devout soldier who was one of his personal attendants,

When Peter actually came in, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet and made obeisance to him.

That was why, when I was sent for, I came without any hesitation. And now I want to ask why you sent for me."

Cornelius answered, "Three days ago, just at this time of day, I was praying in my house about three o'clock, when a man in dazzling clothing stood before me,

"Can anyone refuse the use of water to baptize these people when they have received the holy Spirit just as we did?"

and when Peter returned to Jerusalem, the advocates of circumcision took him to task,

and when I looked at it, I saw in it quadrupeds, wild animals, reptiles, and wild birds.

When I began to speak to them, the holy Spirit fell upon them just as it did upon us at the beginning,

So if God had given them the same gift that we received when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, to be able to interfere with God?"

When they heard this, they made no further objection, but they gave honor to God, and said, "Then God has given even the heathen repentance and the hope of life!"

There were some men from Cyprus and Cyrene among them, however, who when they reached Antioch spoke to the Greeks also, and told them the good news about the Lord Jesus.

When he reached there and saw the favor God had shown them, he was delighted, and encouraged them all to be resolute and steadfast in their devotion to the Lord,

and when he saw that this gratified the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter too, at the time of the festival of Unleavened Bread.

when an angel of the Lord stood at his side, and a light shone in the room, and striking Peter on the side, he woke him, and said to him, "Get up quickly!" The chains dropped from his hands,

They passed the first guard and then the second, and came to the iron gate that led into the city. It opened to them of itself, and they passed out and went along one street, when suddenly the angel left him.

When he realized his situation, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John who was also called Mark, where a number of people were gathered, praying.

When he knocked at the outer door, a maid named Rhoda came to answer it,

and when she recognized Peter's voice, in her joy she did not stop to open the door, but ran in and told them that Peter was standing outside.

But Peter kept on knocking. And when they opened the door and saw him they were amazed.

But when morning came, there was no little commotion among the soldiers as to what could have become of Peter.

Herod had inquiries made for him, and when he could not find him, he examined the guards and ordered them to be put to death. Then he left Judea for Caesarea, and stayed there.

When Barnabas and Saul had performed their mission to Jerusalem, they went back, taking John who was called Mark with them.

When they reached Salamis, they proclaimed God's message in the Jewish synagogues. They had John with them as their assistant.

When they had carried out everything that had been said about him in the Scriptures, they took him down from the cross and laid him in a tomb.

" 'Look, you scoffers! Then wonder and begone! For I am doing something in your times Which you will never believe even when it is related to you!' "

But when the Jews saw the crowd, they were very jealous, and they contradicted what Paul said and abused him.

When the heathen heard this they were delighted, and praised God's message, and all who were destined for eternal life believed,

And when there was a movement on the part of both the heathen and the Jews with the authorities to insult and stone them,

He was listening to Paul as he talked, when Paul looked at him and, seeing that he had faith that he would be cured,

But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of it, they rushed into the crowd, tearing their clothes

When they arrived there, they called the church together, and reported how God had worked with them, and how he had opened the way to faith for the heathen.

When they reached Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church, the apostles, and the elders, and they reported how God had worked with them.

When they finished James made this response: "Brothers, listen to me.

and when they read it they were delighted with the encouragement it gave them.

and when they reached Mysia they tried to get into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not permit it,

When she and her household were baptized, she appealed to us, and said, "If you are really convinced that I am a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house." And she insisted upon our coming.

But when her masters saw that their hopes of profits were gone, they seized Paul and Silas, dragged them to the public square, to the authorities,

It woke up the jailer, and when he saw that the doors of the jail were open, he drew his sword and was just going to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.

The policemen delivered this message to the magistrates, and they were alarmed when they heard that they were Roman citizens,

But when the Jews at Thessalonica found out that God's message had been delivered at Berea by Paul, they came there too, to excite and stir up the populace.

When they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some of them sneered, but others said, "We should like to hear you again on this subject."

When they reached Ephesus he left them there. He went to the synagogue there and had a discussion with the Jews.

When he reached Caesarea, he went up to Jerusalem and paid his respects to the church, and then went on to Antioch.

He spoke very confidently in the synagogue at first, but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him home and explained the Way of God to him more correctly.

he said to them, "Did you receive the holy Spirit when you became believers?" "No," they said to him, "we never even heard that there was a holy Spirit."

When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus,

and when Paul laid his hands on them, the holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in foreign tongues and with prophetic inspiration.

When they heard this, they became very angry, and cried, "Great Artemis of Ephesus!"

But when they saw that he was a Jew, a great shout went up from them all, and they cried for two hours, "Great Artemis of Ephesus!"

When the confusion was over, Paul sent for the disciples and encouraged them. Then he bade them goodbye and started for Macedonia.

On the first day of the week, when we had met for the breaking of bread, Paul addressed them, as he was going away the next morning, and he prolonged his address until midnight.

So when he met us at Assos, we took him on board and went on to Mitylene.

When they came, he said to them, "You know well enough how I lived among you all the time from the first day I set foot in Asia,

When the parting was over and we had sailed, we made a straight run to Cos and the next day to Rhodes and from there to Patara.

But when our time was up, we left there and went on, and all of them with their wives and children escorted us out of the town. There we knelt down on the beach and prayed;

When we heard this, we and the people there all begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.

When we reached Jerusalem, the brothers there gave us a hearty welcome.

They praised God when they heard it, and they said to him, "You see, brother, how many thousand believers there are among the Jews, all of them zealous upholders of the Law.

Then Paul joined the men and went through the rites of purification with them and the next day went to the Temple to give notice of the time when, upon the offering of the sacrifice for each one of them, their days of purification would be over.