till the day in which He was taken up, after He had by the holy Spirit given instructions to the apostles whom He had chosen:

to whom also He presented Himself alive, after He had suffered, by many certain proofs; being seen among them for forty days, and speaking of the things relating to the kingdom of God.

who said, Ye men of Galilee, why do ye stand gazing up to heaven? This Jesus who is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in the manner ye have seen Him going into heaven.

and said, Men and brethren, it was necessary that this scripture should be fulfilled, which the holy Ghost spake by the mouth of David, concerning Judas, who was guide to them that apprehended Jesus:

Wherefore it is necessary that one of these men, who have been conversant with us all the time that the Lord Jesus came in and out among us,

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

And they prayed and said, Thou, Lord, who knowest the hearts of all, shew us, which of these two Thou hast chosen,

Whom God hath raised up again, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it.

Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made this very Jesus, whom ye crucified, both Lord and Christ.

And a certain man who had been lame from his birth was carried along; whom they laid every day at the gate of the temple, which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of those that were going into the temple:

who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked alms of them.

and knew that it was he who sat to ask for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with astonishment and extasy at what had befallen him.

The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob, the God of our fathers hath glorified his son Jesus, whom ye delivered up, and denied before Pilate, when he determined to release Him.

and put to death the prince of life; whom God hath raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses.

And through faith in his name, hath strengthened this man, whom ye see and know: his name, I say, and saith in Him, hath wrought this perfect cure before you all.

and He may send Jesus Christ, who was before preached unto you:

whom heaven must indeed receive till the times of settling all things, of which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets from the beginning.

and every soul, who will not hearken to that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people: yea and all the prophets from Samuel,

But many of them who heard the word, believed: and the number of the men was about five thousand.

by what means he is cured, be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, but whom God hath raised from the dead, even by Him doth this man stand here before you whole.

For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miraculous cure was wrought.

And when they heard it, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, Thou art God, who hast made heaven and earth, and sea, and all things therein:

who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?

(whom Thou hast anointed,) to do whatever thy hand and thy counsel had before determined to be done.

So Joses who was by the apostles sirnamed Barnabas, which is a son of consolation,

Then Peter said unto her, Wherefore have ye agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold the feet of those, who have been burying thy husband, now at the door, and they shall carry thee out.

when there came one and told them, saying, behold, the men whom ye put in prison, are in the temple teaching the people.

The God of our fathers hath raised up Jesus whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.

and we are his witnesses of what we declare; and so is the holy Spirit, whom God hath given to them that obey Him.

For some time ago one Theudas arose, pretending to be some extraordinary person, to whom was joined a number of men, about four hundred: who was slain, and all that followed him were dispersed and came to nothing.

Wherefore, brethren, look out from among you seven men of good character, full of the holy Spirit, and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this matter:

These they set before the apostles; who, when they had prayed, laid their hands upon them.

and they set up false witnesses; who said, This man is continually speaking blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law.

Till another king arose, who knew not Joseph. This king formed crafty schemes against our nation,

In which time Moses was born, who was exceeding beautiful, and he was nourished up in his father's house three months: and when he was exposed,

But he, that injured his neighbor, thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?

This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? did God send, by the hand of the angel that appeared to him in the bush, to be their ruler and deliverer.

---This is that Moses who said unto the children of Israel, "A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you, of your brethren, like unto me; Him shall ye hear."

This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the angel that spake to him on mount Sinai, and with our fathers; and who received the oracles of life to give unto us.

To whom our fathers would not be subject, but renounced him, and in their hearts turned back into Egypt,

saying to Aaron, Make us gods to go before us; for as to this Moses, who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him. And they made a calf in those days,

and which our fathers receiving, they with Joshua, brought into the territory of the nations, whom God drove out from before the face of our fathers, till the days of David, who found favor in the sight of God,

Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and slew those who prophesied concerning the coming of that righteous One, of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers;

who received the law by the ministration of angels, and yet have not kept it.

Whom they all greatly regarded, from the lest to the greatest, saying, This man is as the great power of God.

who when they were come down prayed for them that they might receive the holy Spirit: (for He was not yet fallen upon any of them,

And he arose and went; and behold a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, and her high-treasurer, who had come to Jerusalem to worship,

in his humiliation his judgement was taken away, and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken away from the earth."

And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom doth the prophet say this? of himself, or of some other person?

And he said, Who art Thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus the Nazarene whom thou art persecuting: it is hard for thee to kick against the goads.

And Ananias went away and came into the house; and putting his hands on him, said, "Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, who appeared to thee on the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the holy Spirit."

But all that heard him, were amazed, and said, Is not this he that persecuted those in Jerusalem who called on this name, and came hither for this end, that he might carry them bound to the chief priests?

and he talked and disputed with the Hellenists, who attempted to kill him:

And there he found a man named Eneas, who had kept his bed eight years, with the palsy.

And there was at Joppa a certain female disciple named Tabitha, who by interpretation is called in Greek Dorcas: and she was full of good works and alms-deeds.

Then Peter went down to the men that were sent to him from Cornelius, and said, Behold I am the person whom ye seek: what is the cause for which ye are come?

Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, who is sirnamed Peter, (he lodgeth in the house of one Simon a tanner, by the sea-side,) who when he cometh, will talk with thee.

According to the declaration which He made to the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.

how God anointed Him with the holy Spirit and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed by the devil: for God was with Him.

And we are witnesses of all things that He did, both in the country of Judea, and in the city of Jerusalem: whom notwithstanding they put to death, hanging Him on a tree.

but to witnesses before appointed by God, even to us, who did eat and drink with Him, after He rose from the dead.

And He commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is He who is appointed by God to be judge of the living and of the dead.

And those of the circumcision that were believers, who came with Peter, were astonished, that the gift of the holy Spirit was conferred upon the Gentiles also:

Then said Peter, Can any one forbid water, that these persons should not be baptized, who have received the holy Spirit, as well as we?

whose sirname is Peter, who will tell thee things, by which thou shalt be saved and all thy family.

As therefore God gave to them the like gift that He did to us, upon our believing on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I should be able to withstand God?

But some of them were Cyprians, and Cyrenians, who when they came to Antioch, discoursed with the Grecians also, preaching the Lord Jesus.

Who, when he was come, and saw the grace of God, rejoiced, and exhorted them all with steadiness of heart to adhere to the Lord.

And each of the disciples, according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brethren who dwelt in Judea.

whom he seized and put into prison, delivering him to four quaternions of soldiers to guard him; intending, after the passover, to bring him out to the people.

And considering with himself, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, who was sirnamed Mark, where many were gathered together and praying.

And when Peter knocked at the door of the porch, a servant named Rhoda came to ask who was there.

And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their charge, taking along with them John who was sirnamed Mark.

Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers, as Barnabas, and Simeon called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenean, and Manaen who had been educated with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul;

Who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an understanding man: who calling for Barnabas and Saul, desired to hear the word of God.

Then Saul, who also is called Paul, being filled with the holy Spirit, and looking earnestly at him,

said, O thou son of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, who art full of all deceit and craft, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

And having removed him, He raised up David for their king, to whom also He gave testimony and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my own heart, who will perform all my will.

And as John was fulfilling his course, he said, Whom do ye take me to be? I am not He: but behold there cometh one after me, the shoes of whose feet I am not worthy to unloose.

and He was seen for many days by those that came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses to the people.

Now David having served his own generation according to the will of God, fell asleep, and was laid with his fathers, and saw corruption: but He whom God raised,

And when the synagogue was broken up, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas; who addressing themselves to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.

They therefore stayed a considerable time speaking freely of the Lord, who bare witness to the word of his grace, and gave signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

And there was sitting at Lystra, a man disabled in his feet, who had never walked at all, being lame from his birth.

This man heard Paul speaking; who looking earnestly at him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed,

crying out, and saying, "Sirs, why do ye these things? we also are men subject to the like infirmities with you, and we preach the gospel unto you, that ye may turn from these vanities to the living God, who made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea,

and all things therein, who in generations past suffered all the nations to walk in their own ways: though He left not Himself without witness;

And when they had appointed them elders in every church, praying and fasting, they recommended them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.

And after much debate, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Brethren, ye know that a good while ago, God, who was among us, chose that the Gentiles should hear by my mouth the word of the gospel, and believe.

And God who knoweth the heart, bare witness to them, giving them the holy Spirit, as He had done also to us:

That the rest of mankind may seek the Lord, even all the nations, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord who doth all these things."

wherefore my advice is, not to trouble those who from among the Gentiles are converted to God; but to write to them,

Forasmuch as we have heard, that some who went out from us, have troubled you by their discourses, unsettling your minds, saying, ye must be circumcised, and keep the law; to whom we gave no such commission;

who have exposed their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

And Barnabas proposed to take with them John, who was surnamed Mark.

But Paul did not think proper to take him with them, who left them in Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.

Who was well spoken of by the brethren at Lystra and Iconium:

And a certain woman named Lydia, a purple-seller of the city of Thyatira, who worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened to attend to the things that were spoken by Paul.

Now as we were going to the place of prayer, there met us a young woman that had a spirit of divination, who brought her masters much gain by soothsaying.

She following Paul and us, cried out, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, who shew us the way of salvation.