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

And having said these things he was taken up, they beholding him, and a cloud received him out of their sight.

And as they were gazing into heaven, as he was going, behold, also two men stood by them in white clothing,

And in those days Peter, standing up in the midst of the brethren, said, (the crowd of names who were together was about a hundred and twenty,)

Brethren, it was necessary that the scripture should have been fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before, by the mouth of David, concerning Judas, who became guide to those who took Jesus;

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

And it was known to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that that field was called in their own dialect Aceldama; that is, field of blood.)

beginning from the baptism of John until the day in which he was taken up from us, one of these should be a witness with us of his resurrection.

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

And they gave lots on them, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

And when the day of Pentecost was now accomplishing, they were all together in one place.

but this is that which was spoken through the prophet Joel,

Whom God has raised up, having loosed the pains of death, inasmuch as it was not possible that he should be held by its power;

And fear was upon every soul, and many wonders and signs took place through the apostles' means.

and a certain man who was lame from his mother's womb was being carried, whom they placed every day at the gate of the temple called Beautiful, to ask alms of those who were going into the temple;

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.

But ye denied the holy and righteous one, and asked that a man that was a murderer should be granted to you;

and he may send Jesus Christ, who was foreordained for you,

and they laid hands on them, and put them in ward till the morrow; for it was already evening.

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

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 with great power did the apostles give witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all.

For neither was there any one in want among them; for as many as were owners of lands or houses, selling them, brought the price of what was sold

and laid it at the feet of the apostles; and distribution was made to each according as any one might have need.

While it remained did it not remain to thee? and sold, was it not in thine own power? Why is it that thou hast purposed this thing in thine heart? Thou hast not lied to men, but to God.

And when they heard it, they entered very early into the temple and taught. And when the high priest was come, and they that were with him, they called together the council and all the elderhood of the sons of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

for before these days Theudas rose up, alleging himself to be somebody, to whom a number of men, about four hundred, were joined; who was slain, and all, as many as obeyed him, were dispersed and came to nothing.

And every day, in the temple and in the houses, they ceased not teaching and announcing the glad tidings that Jesus was the Christ.

And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem was very greatly multiplied, and a great crowd of the priests obeyed the faith.

And he said, Brethren and fathers, hearken. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,

And the patriarchs, envying Joseph, sold him away into Egypt. And God was with him,

and the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren, and the family of Joseph became known to Pharaoh.

In which time Moses was born, and was exceedingly lovely, who was nourished three months in the house of his father.

And when he was cast out, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up, and brought him up for herself to be for a son.

And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was mighty in his words and deeds.

And when a period of forty years was fulfilled to him, it came into his heart to look upon his brethren, the sons of Israel;

and seeing a certain one wronged, he defended him, and avenged him that was being oppressed, smiting the Egyptian.

For he thought that his brethren would understand that God by his hand was giving them deliverance. But they understood not.

But he that was wronging his neighbour thrust him away, saying, Who established thee ruler and judge over us?

And Moses seeing it wondered at the vision; and as he went up to consider it, there was a voice of the Lord,

This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the angel who spoke to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers; who received living oracles to give to us;

And Saul was consenting to his being killed. And on that day there arose a great persecution against the assembly which was in Jerusalem, and all were scattered into the countries of Judaea and Samaria except the apostles.

And there was great joy in that city.

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.

And Simon also himself believed; and, having been baptised, continued constantly with Philip; and, beholding the signs and great works of power which took place, was astonished.

for he was not yet fallen upon any of them, only they were baptised to the name of the Lord Jesus.

But Simon, having seen that by the laying on of the hands of the apostles the Holy Spirit was given, offered them money,

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,

was returning and sitting in his chariot: and he was reading the prophet Esaias.

And the passage of the scripture which he read was this: He was led as a sheep to slaughter, and as a lamb is dumb in presence of him that shears him, thus he opens not his mouth.

And Philip was found at Azotus, and passing through he announced the glad tidings to all the cities till he came to Caesarea.

But as he was journeying, it came to pass that he drew near to Damascus; and suddenly there shone round about him a light out of heaven,

And he was three days without seeing, and neither ate nor drank.

And there was a certain disciple in Damascus by name Ananias. And the Lord said to him in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, here am I, Lord.

And straightway there fell from his eyes as it were scales, and he saw, and rising up was baptised;

and, having received food, got strength. And he was with the disciples who were in Damascus certain days.

And all who heard were astonished and said, Is not this he who destroyed in Jerusalem those who called on this name, and here was come for this purpose, that he might bring them bound to the chief priests?

And having arrived at Jerusalem he essayed to join himself to the disciples, and all were afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.

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

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

And in Joppa there was a certain female disciple, by name Tabitha, which being interpreted means Dorcas. She was full of good works and alms-deeds which she did.

But Lydda being near to Joppa, the disciples having heard that Peter was there, sent two men to him, beseeching him, Thou must not delay coming to us.

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 there was a voice to him, Rise, Peter, slay and eat.

And there was a voice again the second time to him, What God has cleansed, do not thou make common.

And this took place thrice, and the vessel was straightway taken up into heaven.

and having called some one, they inquired if Simon who was surnamed Peter was lodged there.

And on the morrow they came to Caesarea. But Cornelius was looking for them, having called together his kinsmen and his intimate friends.

And when Peter was now coming in, Cornelius met him, and falling down did him homage.

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,

Jesus who was of Nazareth: how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power; who went through all quarters doing good, and healing all that were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.

And he commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that he it is who was determinately appointed of God to be judge of living and dead.

While Peter was yet speaking these words the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who were hearing the word.

And the faithful of the circumcision were astonished, as many as came with Peter, that upon the nations also the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out:

I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in an ecstasy I saw a vision, a certain vessel descending like a great sheet, let down by four corners out of heaven, and it came even to me:

And this took place thrice, and again all was drawn up into heaven;

and lo, immediately three men were at the house in which I was, sent to me from Caesarea.

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?

And the Lord's hand was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord.

And the report concerning them reached the ears of the assembly which was in Jerusalem, and they sent out Barnabas to go through as far as Antioch:

for he was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith; and a large crowd of people were added to the Lord.

And having found him, he brought him to Antioch. And so it was with them that for a whole year they were gathered together in the assembly and taught a large crowd: and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.

and one from among them, by name Agabus, rose up and signified by the Spirit that there was going to be a great famine over all the inhabited earth, which also came to pass under Claudius.

And they determined, according as any one of the disciples was well off, each of them to send to the brethren who dwelt in Judaea, to minister to them;

And seeing that it was pleasing to the Jews, he went on to take Peter also: (and they were the days of unleavened bread:)

Peter therefore was kept in the prison; but unceasing prayer was made by the assembly to God concerning him.

And when Herod was going to bring him forth, that night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards before the door kept the prison.

And going forth he followed him and did not know that what was happening by means of the angel was real, but supposed he saw a vision.

And having become clearly conscious in himself, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John who was surnamed Mark, where were many gathered together and praying.

and having recognised the voice of Peter, through joy did not open the entry, but running in, reported that Peter was standing before the entry.

And they said to her, Thou art mad. But she maintained that it was so. And they said, It is his angel.

And when it was day there was no small disturbance among the soldiers, what then was become of Peter.

And he was in bitter hostility with the Tyrians and Sidonians; but they came to him with one accord, and, having gained Blastus the king's chamberlain, sought peace, because their country was nourished by the king's.

Now there were in Antioch, in the assembly which was there, prophets and teachers: Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenian, and Manaen, foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

And having passed through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a certain man a magician, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-jesus,

who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. He, having called Barnabas and Saul to him, desired to hear the word of God.

And as John was fulfilling his course he said, Whom do ye suppose that I am? I am not he. But behold, there comes one after me, the sandal of whose feet I am not worthy to loose.

For David indeed, having in his own generation ministered to the will of God, fell asleep, and was added to his fathers and saw corruption.

And on the coming sabbath almost all the city was gathered together to hear the word of God.