So of the men who have accompanied us during all the time that the Lord Jesus spent with us,

And they made selection of two, Joseph, named Barsabbas, whose other name was Justus, and Matthias.

So, they drew lots [i.e., devices used for making random choices] and the lot [i.e., the choice] favored Matthias, so he was added to the other eleven apostles.

And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

And they were amazed and marveled, saying to each other, Behold, are not all these men who speak Galileans?

Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the districts of Libya around Cyrene, and the visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes (Gentile converts to Judaism),

And thus they all continued to be astounded and bewildered, and continued to say to each other, "What can this mean?"

Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.

But Peter [responded by] standing up with the eleven [other] apostles and, lifting up his voice, began to speak. He said, "People of Judea and all who live in Jerusalem, listen to what I am saying so you will understand this situation.

And having heard it they were pricked in heart, and said to Peter and the other apostles, What shall we do, brethren?

And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.

They sold their lands and other property, and distributed the proceeds among all, according to every one's necessities.

United in purpose, they went to the Temple every day, ate at each other's homes, and shared their food with glad and humble hearts.

and Annas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all others who were of high-priestly descent.

and set the other before them, and asked, "By what power, or in what name, have ye done this, sirs?"

Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

But after commanding them to go outside of the council, they conferred among each other,

So, after Peter and John were released, they went [back to the other disciples] and reported everything the leading priests and elders [of the Jews] had said to them.

And laying them at the feet of the Apostles, while on the other hand they were distributing unto each one, in so far as any one had, need.

And great fear and awe gripped the whole church, and all who heard about these things.

But none of the others dared to attach themselves to them. Yet the people held them in high honour--

On the other hand, crowds of men and women who believed in the Lord were brought in.

so that they would even bring out their sick friends into the streets and lay them on light couches or mats, in order that when Peter came by, at least his shadow might fall on one or other of them.

Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

And this is, in effect, what God spoke [to him]: That his descendants would be aliens (strangers) in a foreign land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.

The next day he showed up while they were fighting and tried to reconcile them peacefully, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why are you mistreating each other?’

Some devout men buried Stephen, and mourned greatly over him [expressing a personal sense of loss].

"How can I," the other answered, "unless some one will explain it to me?" and he invited Philip to get up and sit by his side.

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

So, Barnabas brought him to the [other] apostles and explained to them how he had seen the Lord [while] traveling on the road [to Damascus] and how he had boldly preached in the name of Jesus in that city.

So Peter got up [at once] and went with them. When he arrived, they brought him into the upstairs room; and all the widows stood beside him, weeping and showing [him] all the tunics and robes that Dorcas used to make while she was with them.

Giving her his hand, Peter raised her up, and, calling in the widows and others of Christ's People, presented her to them alive.

For they heard them speaking in other languages and declaring the greatness of God.

Then Peter responded,

Now the apostles and the [other] brothers in Judea heard that the Gentiles had responded to the message of God.

For Barnabas was a good man [privately and publicly—his godly character benefited both himself and others] and he was full of the Holy Spirit and full of faith [in Jesus the Messiah, through whom believers have everlasting life]. And a great number of people were brought to the Lord.

now the very night preceding the day which Herod design'd for his execution, Peter bound with two chains, was sleeping between two soldiers, while the other guards secured the prison door; when an angel of

The other people told her, "You're out of your mind!" But she kept insisting that it was so. Then they said, "It's his angel."

But motioning to them with his hand to be quiet and listen, he described how the Lord had led him out of the prison. And he said, “Report these things to James and the brothers and sisters.” Then he left and went to another place.

But Saul, whose other name is Paul, being full of the Holy Spirit, looking hard at him, said,

The others went on from Perga and arrived at Antioch in Pisidia. There they went into the Synagogue on the Sabbath and took their seats.

So Paul rose, and motioning with his hand for silence, said, "Israelites, and you others who fear God, pay attention to me.

“Brothers, sons of Abraham’s family, and those among you who fear God, to us has been sent the message of this salvation [obtained through faith in Jesus Christ].

But the people of the city were divided. Some were with the Jews, while others were with the apostles.

When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.

So they set out, being accompanied for a short distance by some other members of the Church; and as they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, they told the whole story of the conversion of the Gentiles and inspired all the brethren with great joy.

For it hath seemed good to the Holy Ghost and to us, to lay upon you no other burden except these things which are of absolute necessity;

And Judas and Silas, who also were prophets, exhorted and strengthened the brothers with many [other] words.

35 But Paul and Barnabas stayed in Antioch, teaching and proclaiming the word of the Lord, with many others also.

Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.

Barnabas, however, was bent on taking with them John, whose other name was Mark,

And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;

Among other places Paul went to Derbe and Lystra. At the latter place they found a disciple, named Timothy, whose mother was a Jewess who had become a believer in Christ, while his father was a Greek,

And then Paul, Silas, Timothy [and perhaps others by now] traveled through the districts of Phrygia and Galatia [i.e., provinces of central Asia Minor] because [an inspired message from] the Holy Spirit would not permit them to proclaim the message in Asia [i.e., the westernmost province of Asia Minor].

But about midnight when Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to them;

and brought them out (after securing the other prisoners). "Sirs," he said, "what must I do to be saved?"

But [other] Jews became jealous and, recruiting certain ungodly riffraff, they gathered a mob and brought the city to near-riot conditions. They [even] attacked Jason's house and attempted to bring Paul and Silas before the [assembly of] people.

But, failing to find them, they dragged Jason and some of the other brethren before the magistrates of the city, loudly accusing them. "These men," they said, "who have raised a tumult throughout the Empire, have come here also.

Jason has welcomed them and [now] all of them [i.e., Paul, Silas, Jason and the others] are going against the [Roman] laws of Caesar by saying that someone else is [our] king; that Jesus is [king]!"

And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let them go.

So he had discussions in the synagogue with the Jews and the other worshippers, and in the market place, day after day, with those whom he happened to meet.

Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.

(Now all the Athenians and the men from other lands who come there were giving all their time to talking or hearing of anything new.)

Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars hill, and said: Men of Athens, I perceive that in all respects your reverence for demons excels that of other men.

And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.

Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

Then they arrived in Ephesus, and he left the others there; but he entered the synagogue and reasoned and debated with the Jews.

And when Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began to speak in other languages and to prophesy.

He called his workmen together, and others who were engaged in similar trades, and said to them, "You men well know that our prosperity depends on this business of ours;

Others, indeed, were crying out something else; for the assembly had become confused, and, the greater part, knew not for what cause they had come together.

If therefore Demetrius, and the workmen associated with him, have a charge against anyone, the courts are open and there are magistrates [to judge such cases]; let them file their charges against each other.

But if ye inquire any thing concerning other matters, it shall be determined in a lawful assembly.

We sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and within five days we came to the others in Troas, where we stayed for seven days.

And from thence having sailed away, the following day we arrived over against Chios; and the other day we approached to Samos, and having remained in Trogyllium, the following day we came to Miletus.

"Now I commit you [elders] to God and to the message of His unearned favor which can build you up [spiritually] and provide you with the inheritance [of never ending life], along with others who are [specially] set apart [for God].

And when it came to pass that we had accomplished the days, we departed and went on our journey; and they all, with wives and children, brought us on our way till we were out of the city: and kneeling down on the beach, we prayed, and bade each other farewell;

After saying goodbye to each other, we went on board the ship, and they returned home again.

When we heard this, both we and others of the same place, besought him, that he would not go up to Jerusalem.

And [after] greeting them, he began to relate {one after the other} [the things] which God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.

Now these Jewish Christians have been informed that you are teaching all the Jews living among the Gentiles to give up [following the teaching of] Moses, [even] telling them not to circumcise their children and not to practice the [other] customs [of the Jewish religion].

But some in the crowd were shouting one thing and others something else; and since he could not determine the facts because of the uproar, he ordered that Paul be taken to the barracks [in the tower of Antonia].

But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.

Then the Tribune, taking him by the arm, withdrew out of the hearing of others and asked him, "What have you to tell me?"

and the others, entering into Caesarea, and delivering the letter unto the governor, set, Paul also, before him.

other than concerning this one voice which I cried standing amongst them: I am judged this day by you touching the resurrection of the dead.

If then, on the one hand, I am doing wrong, and, anything worthy of death, have committed, I excuse not myself from dying; but, on the other hand, if there is, nothing, in the things whereof these are accusing me, no man, hath power to give, me, unto them as a favour: - Unto Caesar, I appeal!

Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:

and when they had left they talked with each other and said, “This man is doing nothing that deserves death or chains.”

And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band.

On the third day, they handed [the rest of] the ship's gear to each other, and threw it overboard [Note: This was perhaps furniture, rigging, sails, baggage, etc.].

and the rest, some on planks, and some on other things from the ship. And so it came to pass, that they all escaped safe to the land.

And when the barbarians saw the reptile hanging from his hand, they said to one an other: This man is certainly a murderer, whom, although he has saved himself from the sea, justice does not permit to live.

So when this was done, others also, which had diseases in the island, came, and were healed:

And the brethren having heard of us, came out thence to meet us, some as far as Appii Forum, and others to the Three Taverns, whom when Paul saw, he thanked God and took courage.

Some were persuaded by what he said, but others would not believe.

And not agreeing with each other, they brake up the assembly, after Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by the prophet Isaiah to your fathers,

And when he had said these things, the Jews departed, having great debating with each other.