until that day in which, having by the Holy Spirit charged the apostles whom he had chosen, he was taken up;

to whom also he presented himself living, after he had suffered, with many proofs; being seen by them during forty days, and speaking of the things which concern the kingdom of God;

for he was numbered amongst us, and had received a part in this service.

And they appointed two, Joseph, who was called Barsabas, who had been surnamed Justus, and Matthias.

Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn to him with an oath, of the fruit of his loins to set upon his throne;

Those then who had accepted his word were baptised; and there were added in that day about three thousand souls.

And all that believed were together, and had all things common,

and they recognised him, that it was he who sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

And Peter, seeing it, answered the people, Men of Israel, why are ye astonished at this? or why do ye gaze on us as if we had by our own power or piety made him to walk?

The God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus, whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he had judged that he should be let go.

but God has thus fulfilled what he had announced beforehand by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer.

But many of those who had heard the word believed; and the number of the men had become about five thousand.

And beholding the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to reply;

But they, having further threatened them, let them go, finding no way how they might punish them, on account of the people, because all glorified God for what had taken place;

for the man on whom this sign of healing had taken place was above forty years old.

And having been let go, they came to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them.

to do whatever thy hand and thy counsel had determined before should come to pass.

And when they had prayed, the place in which they were assembled shook, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and spoke the word of God with boldness.

And the heart and soul of the multitude of those that had believed were one, and not one said that anything of what he possessed was his own, but all things were common to them;

And Joseph, who had been surnamed Barnabas by the apostles (which is, being interpreted, Son of consolation), a Levite, Cyprian by birth,

And it came to pass about three hours afterwards, that his wife, not knowing what had happened, came in.

saying, We found the prison shut with all security, and the keepers standing at the doors; but when we had opened them, within we found no one.

And he did not give him an inheritance in it, not even what his foot could stand on; and promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when he had no child.

But as the time of promise drew near which God had promised to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,

Our fathers had the tent of the testimony in the wilderness, as he that spoke to Moses commanded to make it according to the model which he had seen;

Those then that had been scattered went through the countries announcing the glad tidings of the word.

For from many who had unclean spirits they went out, crying with a loud voice; and many that were paralysed and lame were healed.

But a certain man, by name Simon, had been before in the city, using magic arts, and astonishing the nation of Samaria, saying that himself was some great one.

To whom they had all given heed, from small to great, saying, This is the power of God which is called great.

And they gave heed to him, because that for a long time he had astonished them by his magic arts.

And the apostles who were in Jerusalem, having heard that Samaria had received the word of God, sent to them Peter and John;

And he rose up and went. And lo, an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a man in power under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to worship at Jerusalem,

But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles, and related to them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken boldly in the name of Jesus.

The assemblies then throughout the whole of Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, being edified and walking in the fear of the Lord, and were increased through the comfort of the Holy Spirit.

And he found there a certain man, Aeneas by name, who had been lying for eight years upon a couch, who was paralysed.

And Peter rising up went with them, whom, when arrived, they brought up into the upper chamber; and all the widows stood by him weeping and shewing him the body-coats and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them.

And when the angel who was speaking to him had departed, having called two of his household and a pious soldier of those who were constantly with him,

And as Peter doubted in himself what the vision which he had seen might mean, behold also the men who were sent by Cornelius, having sought out the house of Simon, stood at the gate,

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

And the apostles and the brethren who were in Judaea heard that the nations also had received the word of God;

and he related to us how he had seen the angel in his house, standing and saying to him, Send men to Joppa and fetch Simon, who is surnamed Peter,

If then God has given them the same gift as also to us when we had believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who indeed was I to be able to forbid God?

They then who had been scattered abroad through the tribulation that took place on the occasion of Stephen, passed through the country to Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one but to Jews alone.

And when he had knocked at the door of the entry, a maid came to listen, by name Rhoda;

And having made a sign to them with his hand to be silent, he related to them how the Lord had brought him out of prison; and he said, Report these things to James and to the brethren. And he went out and went to another place.

And being in Salamis, they announced the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John also as their attendant.

Then the proconsul, seeing what had happened, believed, being amazed at the teaching of the Lord.

And when they had fulfilled all things written concerning him, they took him down from the cross and put him in a sepulchre;

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

And a certain man in Lystra, impotent in his feet, sat, being lame from his mother's womb, who had never walked.

This man heard Paul speaking, who, fixing his eyes on him, and seeing that he had faith to be healed,

But the crowds, who saw what Paul had done, lifted up their voices in Lycaonian, saying, The gods, having made themselves like men, are come down to us.

And having chosen them elders in each assembly, having prayed with fastings, they committed them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.

and thence they sailed away to Antioch, whence they had been committed to the grace of God for the work which they had fulfilled.

And having arrived, and having brought together the assembly, they related to them all that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith to the nations.

And being arrived at Jerusalem, they were received by the assembly, and the apostles, and the elders, and related all that God had wrought with them.

And all the multitude kept silence and listened to Barnabas and Paul relating all the signs and wonders which God had wrought among the nations by them.

And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Brethren, listen to me:

but Paul thought it not well to take with them him who had abandoned them, going back from Pamphylia, and had not gone with them to the work.

who had a good testimony of the brethren in Lystra and Iconium.

And when he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go forth to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to announce to them the glad tidings.

And on the sabbath day we went outside the gate by the river, where it was the custom for prayer to be, and we sat down and spoke to the women who had assembled.

And when she had been baptised and her house, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and abide there. And she constrained us.

And the jailor being awakened out of his sleep, and seeing the doors of the prison opened, having drawn a sword was going to kill himself, thinking the prisoners had fled.

and finding a certain Jew by name Aquila, of Pontus by race, just come from Italy, and Priscilla his wife, (because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome,) came to them,

And Paul, having yet stayed there many days, took leave of the brethren and sailed thence to Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila, having shorn his head in Cenchrea, for he had a vow;

he said to them, Did ye receive the Holy Spirit when ye had believed? And they said to him, We did not even hear if the Holy Spirit was come.

And certain of the Jewish exorcists also, who went about, took in hand to call upon those who had wicked spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, I adjure you by Jesus, whom Paul preaches.

Different persons therefore cried out some different thing; for the assembly was tumultuous, and the most did not know for what cause they had come together.

But after the tumult had ceased, Paul having called the disciples to him and embraced them, went away to go to Macedonia.

And we, having gone before on board ship, sailed off to Assos, going to take in Paul there; for so he had directed, he himself being about to go on foot.

specially pained by the word which he had said, that they would no more see his face. And they went down with him to the ship.

But when we had completed the days, we set out and took our journey, all of them accompanying us, with wives and children, till we were out of the city. And kneeling down upon the shore we prayed.

Now this man had four virgin daughters who prophesied.

And having saluted them, he related one by one the things which God had wrought among the nations by his ministry.

For they had before seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.

Then the chiliarch came up and laid hold upon him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains, and inquired who he might be, and what he had done.

And when he had allowed him, Paul, standing on the stairs, beckoned with his hand to the people; and a great silence having been made, he addressed them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,

And it came to pass when I had returned to Jerusalem, and as I was praying in the temple, that I became in ecstasy,

Immediately therefore those who were going to examine him left him, and the chiliarch also was afraid when he ascertained that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.

And when he had spoken this, there was a tumult of the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the multitude was divided.

And they were more than forty who had joined together in this oath;

who also attempted to profane the temple; whom we also had seized, and would have judged according to our law;

And when certain days had elapsed, Agrippa the king and Bernice arrived at Caesarea to salute Festus.

And when they had spent many days there, Festus laid before the king the matters relating to Paul, saying, There is a certain man left prisoner by Felix,

When therefore they had come together here, without putting it off, I sat the next day on the judgment-seat and commanded the man to be brought:

but had against him certain questions of their own system of worship, and concerning a certain Jesus who is dead, whom Paul affirmed to be living.

But I, having found that he had done nothing worthy of death, and this man himself having appealed to Augustus, I have decided to send him;

And Agrippa said to Festus, This man might have been let go if he had not appealed to Caesar.

But when it had been determined that we should sail to Italy, they delivered up Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion, by name Julius, of Augustus' company.

And the south wind blowing gently, supposing that they had gained their object, having weighed anchor they sailed close in shore along Crete.

And when they had been a long while without taking food, Paul then standing up in the midst of them said, Ye ought, O men, to have hearkened to me, and not have made sail from Crete and have gained this disaster and loss.

But they expected that he would have swollen or fallen down suddenly dead. But when they had expected a long time and saw nothing unusual happen to him, changing their opinion, they said he was a god.

But this having taken place, the rest also who had sicknesses in the island came and were healed:

And after three months we sailed in a ship which had wintered in the island, an Alexandrian, with the Dioscuri for its ensign.

And it came to pass after three days, that he called together those who were the chief of the Jews; and when they had come together he said to them, Brethren, I having done nothing against the people or the customs of our forefathers, have been delivered a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,