but you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and all Judea, and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.

And Peter said to them, Change your minds, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

and they attended constantly to the teaching and companionship of the apostles, the breaking of bread and the prayers.

And there is salvation in no other; for there is no other name given under heaven among men, by which we can be saved.

AND when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one mind together.

Take heed to yourselves, therefore, and to all the flock in which the Holy Spirit has made you bishops, to feed the church of the Lord which he has purchased with his blood.

but these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with all readiness, examining the Scriptures daily [to see] if these things were so.

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

And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you shall be saved, and your house.

Then those that received his word were baptized, and there were added on that day about three thousand souls;

And having said these words, as they were looking on he was taken up, and a cloud received him from their sight.

And on the first day of the week, we being assembled to break bread, Paul preached to them, being about to depart on the next day, and continued his discourse till midnight;

and they said, Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking at heaven? This Jesus taken up from you to heaven shall so come in the manner in which you have seen him go to heaven.

Change your minds, therefore, and turn yourselves, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

Overlooking therefore the times of ignorance, God now commands all men everywhere to change their minds,

AND in those days the disciples being multiplied, there was a complaint of the Hellenists against the Hebrews, that their widows were neglected in the daily service.

And Peter opening his mouth said, Of a truth I perceive that God is not a respecter of persons,

And the brothers immediately, by night, sent away Paul and Silas to Berea; and when they came they went into the synagogue of the Jews;

I WROTE my first account, O Theophilus, of all things which Jesus did and taught,

and he made of one blood every nation of men to live on all the face of the earth, determining their appointed times and the bounds of their habitation,

BUT Saul, yet breathing out threatening and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the chief priest

Men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus the Nazoraean, a man approved by God to you by mighty works and prodigies and miracles, which God performed by him in the midst of you, as you yourselves know,

But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart that you should lie to the Holy Spirit, and that you should keep back a part of the price of the land?

And hearing [this] they were distressed in mind, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, Men and brothers, what shall we do?

In the last days, says God, I will pour out of my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams;

And assembling them, he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which [says he] you have heard from me;

Jesus from Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and power, who went about doing good and curing all that were subjugated by the devil, for God was with him;

And there were prophets and teachers in the church at Antioch; Barnabas and Simeon called Niger [the black], and Lucius the Cyrenian, and Manaen the foster brother of Herod the Tetrarch, and Saul.

And an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, Arise and go to the south, by the way that leads from Jerusalem to Gaza; this is a wilderness.

And Peter answering, and the apostles, said, It is necessary to obey God rather than man.

AND the multitude that believed had one heart and one soul, and none said that anything of his possessions was his; but they had all things common.

They therefore having come together asked him, saying, Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom of Israel?

Let all the house of Israel therefore know certainly, that God has made this Jesus whom you crucified both Lord and Christ.

And one Ananias by name, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,

For in him we live, and move, and are; as some also of your own poets have said, For we are his offspring.

And the young men arose and laid him out, and having carried him out buried him.

And when Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, passing through the higher portions of the country, came to Ephesus, and found certain disciples;

and bringing them out said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?

and found and brought him to Antioch. And he was with them, and they met a whole year with the church and taught a great multitude; and the disciples first took the name of Christians at Antioch.

AND certain persons having come down from Judea taught the brothers, If you are not circumcised according to the custom of Moses you cannot be saved.

And now, why do you delay? Arising, baptize and wash away your sins, calling on his name.

The God who made the world and all things in it, this [God] being Lord of heaven and earth dwells not in temples made with hands,

She following Paul and us, cried, saying, These men are servants of the Most High God, who declare to us the way of salvation;

to whom also he presented himself living after his suffering, by many proofs, being seen by them during forty days, and speaking things relating to the kingdom of God.

praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added the saved, day by day, to the assembly [church].

And all who believed were together and had all things common;

I have showed you all things, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

But Peter standing up with the eleven lifted up his voice and said to them, Men of Judea, and all who live at Jerusalem, be this known to you, and attend to my words.

that John baptized indeed with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit after a few days.

And whoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

All these continued with one accord in prayer, with the women, and with Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.

this man, delivered up by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have affixed to the cross, and killed by the hand of the wicked,

But life precious to myself, I make of no account that I may finish my course and the service which I received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

And when we went to the proseuche, a certain female servant having a spirit, a diviner, met us, who brought her masters much gain by divining.

And from Miletus sending to Ephesus he called for the elders of the church.

While Peter was yet speaking these words the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the word.

and continuing day by day with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they partook of food with gladness and simplicity of mind,

And as they went on the way they came to a certain water, and the eunuch said, Behold water; what hinders me from being baptized?

confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter into the kingdom of God.

to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among the sanctified by faith in me.

AND Peter and John went up together to the temple at the hour of prayer, which is the ninth hour.

AND a certain man at Caesarea, named Cornelius, a centurion of the cohort which was called the Italian,

And having appointed them elders in every church, and having prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

because he has appointed a day in which he is about to judge the world in righteousness, by the man whom he has appointed, giving assurance to all by raising him from the dead.

And he said to them, It is not your [province] to know the times or seasons which the Father has appointed by his own authority;

But because they believed Philip preaching the good news of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized both men and women.

And Saul consented to his death. And at that time there was a great persecution of the church at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad through the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.

testifying both to Jews and Greeks the change of mind to God, and the faith in our Lord Jesus.

And now I commend you to God, and the word of his grace, who is able to build you up and to give you an inheritance with all the sanctified.

And while they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.

And Paul standing in the midst of the Areopagus said, Men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are extremely devoted to the worship of demons.

For he was numbered with us, and obtained the inheritance of this service.

to whom all from the least to the greatest attended, saying, This is the power of God which is called great.

And passing through Phrygia and the country of Galatia, being forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia,

And when they came, they went up into the upper room where staid Peter and John, and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alpheus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas the [brother] of James.

And a certain woman by the name of Lydia, a dealer in purple, of the city of Thyatira, who worshipped God, heard, whose heart the Lord opened to attend to the [words] spoken by Paul.

And the gentiles hearing this rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed;

To him all the prophets bear witness, that every one who believes in him has forgiveness of sins through his name.

And in those days Peter standing up in the midst of the brothers, said??he multitude together was about a hundred and twenty??16 Men and brothers, it was necessary that the Scripture should be fulfilled which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David, concerning Judas who became a guide to them that apprehended Jesus;

For I know that after my departure grievous wolves will come among you, not sparing the flock,

And laying hold of him they brought him to the Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new teaching is which is taught by you?

And while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was moved within him as he saw the city wholly devoted to idolatry.

And he gave his attention to them, expecting to receive something from them.

And hearing these things they were silent, and glorified God, saying, Then to the gentiles also has God indeed given the change of mind to life.

And after an interval of about three hours, his wife, not knowing what had happened, came in.

For the promise is to you and your children, and to all that are afar off, as many as the Lord our God shall call.

And while they were speaking to the people, the priests, and the commander of the temple, and the Sadducees came upon them,

in which were all the quadrupeds and reptiles of the earth, and birds of heaven.

Being therefore exalted on the right hand of God, and receiving the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he has poured this out which you both see and hear.

And there was at Joppa a certain female disciple called Tabitha, which being interpreted is called, Dorcas; she was full of good works and charities which she bestowed.

Stiff necked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always fight against the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, you also do.

And the apostles at Jerusalem hearing that Samaria had received the word of God, sent to them Peter and John,

And the Spirit told me to go with them. And these six brothers also went with me, and we entered into the house of the man.

AND after this Paul left Athens and came to Corinth.

AND at that time Herod the king put forth his hands to injure some of the church.

And seeing the boldness of Peter and John, and supposing that they were illiterate and common men, they wondered, and perceived that they had been with Jesus;

whom heaven must receive till the times of the restoration of all things of which God has spoken by the mouth of his holy prophets since the world began.

But at midnight Paul and Silas prayed and sung praises to God, and the prisoners heard them.

that the rest of men may seek the Lord, even all the nations on whom my name has been called, says the Lord who does these things,

having a hope in God which they also hold, that there will be a resurrection both of the righteous and wicked.

So the word of the Lord increased powerfully and prevailed.

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till the day that having given charge to the apostles whom he chose by the Holy Spirit he was taken up;

AND travelling through Amphipolis and Apollonia they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.

And the word of God increased, and the number of the disciples was greatly multiplied at Jerusalem, and a great multitude of the priests obeyed the faith.

Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called [the Mount] of Olives, which is near Jerusalem, a sabbath day's journey [distant].

be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazoraean, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by him has this man stood before you sound.

But he being full of the Holy Spirit, looking steadily to heaven saw the glory of God and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,

And according to his custom Paul went in to them, and reasoned with them three sabbaths from the Scriptures,

And many miracles and prodigies were performed among the people by the hands of the apostles; and they were all of one accord in Solomon's porch;

And there was a man by the name of Simon who formerly practised magic in that city, and astonished the nation of Samaria, saying that he was some great person,

And those scattered abroad by the affliction which commenced with Stephen, went even to Phenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to no one but Jews only.

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

And he went to Derbe and Lystra. And behold, there was a certain disciple there by the name of Timothy, a son of a Jewish woman, a believer, but of a Greek father,

Can any forbid water that these should be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit as we also have?

and delivered him from all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and [he] made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

AND the apostles and brothers who were in Judea heard that the gentiles received the word of God.

him has God exalted, a Prince and Saviour at his right hand, to give a change of mind to Israel and the forgiveness of sins.

him has God raised up, having loosed the pains of death, as it was not possible that he should be held by it.

for I have not kept back from declaring to you all the counsel of God.

But the Lord said to him, Go, for he is a chosen vessel to me, to bear my name both before nations and kings, and the children of Israel;

But Peter and John answered and said to them, Whether it is right in the sight of God to obey you rather than God, judge;

For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to put no greater burden upon you except these necessary things;

and placing them in the midst, asked, By what power, or by what name, have you done this?

AND a certain Jew by the name of Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus, being powerful in the Scriptures.

Look out therefore, brothers, from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Holy Spirit, and of wisdom, whom we may set over this business;

And Stephen, full of grace and power, performed prodigies and great miracles among the people.

Moses indeed said, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up to you, of your brothers, like me; him shall you hear in all things which he shall speak to you;

but this is what was said by the prophet;

And Peter answered her, Tell me whether you sold the field for so much? And she said, Yes; for so much.

Being scattered abroad, therefore, they went everywhere preaching the good news of the word;

And passing on from Perga, they went to Antioch in Pisidia, and going into the synagogue on the Sabbath they sat down.

This Jesus has God raised up, whose witnesses we all are.

and they stoned Stephen, calling and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

And a vision appeared by night to Paul; a certain man of Macedonia standing, asking him, and saying, Come over into Macedonia and help us.

Men and brothers, let me speak to you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

and this became known to all who lived at Jerusalem, so that that field was called in their language Aceldamach, which is Field of blood.

Be it known to you therefore, men and brothers, that through this man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins,

And on the next day, as they were pursuing their journey and had come nigh to the city, Peter went upon the house to pray, about the sixth hour.

for you bring certain strange things to our ears; we wish therefore to know what these things mean.

and every one who believes is justified by him from all things from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.

and there appeared to them divided tongues as of fire, and [one] sat on each one of them;

AND after some days Paul said to Barnabas, Let us return and visit the brothers in every city in which we preached the word of the Lord, [and see] how they do.

And we are his witnesses of these things, and also the Holy Spirit which God has given to those that obey him.

Simeon has related how God first visited the gentiles to take a people for his name.

And when they heard it they lifted up their voice with one consent to God, and said, Master, thou who hast made heaven, and the earth, the sea, and all things in them,

And as they looked steadily to heaven while he went, behold, two men stood by them in white clothing;

that they should seek God, if perhaps they might feel after and find him, and indeed he is not far from every one of us.

And the proposition pleased all the multitude, and they elected Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip and Prochorus, and Nicanor and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus a proselyte of Antioch,

and Philip going down to a city of Samaria preached Christ to them.

For of a truth, in this city, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the gentiles and people of Israel, were assembled together against thy holy servant Jesus whom thou hast anointed,

But Peter said, By no means, Lord, for I have never eaten any thing common and impure.

But Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but what I have, this I give you; in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazoraen, walk.

Then it seemed good to the apostles and elders, with all the assembly [the church], to send delegates from themselves to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas, Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, leading men among the brothers,

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

and removing him, he raised up for them David for a king, of whom also he said and testified, I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who will do all my will.

And knocking at the door of the gate, a female servant, called Rhoda, came to listen,

And being dismissed they came to their friends, and related to them what the chief priests and elders said to them.

Then had the church peace in all Judea and Galilee and Samaria, and being built up, and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied.

for thou wilt not leave my soul in hades, nor suffer thy Holy One to see destruction.

but to send to them to abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and fornication, and things strangled, and blood.

And fear was on every soul, and many prodigies and miracles were performed by the apostles.

But Jacob hearing that there was grain in Egypt, sent our fathers the first time;

And the chief priest arose, and all those with him, being the sect of the Sadducees, and were filled with wrath,

And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down to the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.

how I kept not back from declaring to you and teaching you publicly and from house to house any thing that was profitable,

This man therefore purchased a field with the price of the wickedness, and falling headlong burst in the middle and all his bowels were poured out;

but not finding them, they dragged Jason and some brothers to the rulers of the city, crying, These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also,

And they attended to him because for a long time he had astonished them with his magic arts.

And he was going and had come nigh to Damascus, and suddenly a light shone around him from heaven,

And he said, I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, instructed at the feet of Gamaliel in the accurate interpretation of the law of our fathers, and am a zealous worshipper of God as you all are to-day;

And he said, Men, brothers, and fathers, hear. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,

And suddenly there came from heaven a sound as of a violent wind borne along, and it filled all the house where they were sitting;

And with many other words he testified and exhorted, saying, Save yourselves from this perverse generation.

and every day in the temple, and from house to house, they ceased not teaching and preaching the good news of Christ Jesus.

and he commanded us to preach to the people and testify fully that he is appointed by God the judge of living and dead.

And they were astonished and wondered, saying, Are not all these that speak Galileans?

Then Peter, full of the Holy Spirit, said to them, Rulers of the people and elders of Israel,

And he told us how he had seen the angel in his house standing and saying to him, Send to Joppa and call Simon who is called Peter,

It is necessary therefore that one of the men who have gone with us all the time in which the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

Being therefore an offspring of God, we ought not to think the Deity to be like gold or silver or stone, a work of art and human device.

And there were Jews living at Jerusalem, pious men, of every nation under heaven;

Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God swore with an oath to him to set a descendant of his on his throne,

neither is he served by the hands of men as needing any thing, since he gives to all life, and breath, and all things;

The word which he sent to the children of Israel, preaching the good news of peace by Jesus Christ,??e is Lord of all,??37 you know; the word which was [preached] through all Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism which John preached,

And God performed unusual miracles by the hands of Paul,

but we will attend continually to prayer, and the ministry of the word.

And all the Athenians and the strangers living there spend their leisure in nothing else but telling or hearing something new.

The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you took and hung on a cross;

And Philip opening his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, preached to him the good news of Jesus.

and saying, Men, why do you do these things? We are also men subject to like sufferings with you, preaching that you should turn from these vain [services] to the living God, who made heaven and earth, and the sea, and all things in them,

And as they cried and rent their clothes and cast dust in the air,

and has seen a man by the name of Ananias coming and putting a hand on him, that he might receive his sight.

For as I passed through, and observed your objects of worship, I found also an altar on which was inscribed, TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. What therefore you worship as unknown, this I declare to you.

foreseeing he spoke of the resurrection of Christ, that he was not left in hades neither did his flesh see destruction.

although indeed he left not himself without a witness, doing good, giving rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.

This is the stone rejected by you builders, which has become the head of a corner.

to take the place of this service and apostleship from which Judas fell by transgression to go to his place.

And the chief priest said, Are these things then so?

but preached first to those at Damascus and Jerusalem, and in all the country of Judea, and to the gentiles, that they should change their minds and turn to God, performing works worthy of a change of mind.

King Agrippa, believe you the prophets? I know that you believe.

And Peter said to her, Why have you agreed together to try the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those that buried your husband are at the door, and they shall carry you out.

and the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph's family was made known to Pharaoh.

But we believe that we shall be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus in the same manner as they.

And Paul having remained yet many days took leave of the brothers, and sailed to Syria; and Priscilla was with him, and Aquila, having shaved his head at Cenchrea; for he had a vow.

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

And Crispus the synagogue ruler believed in the Lord, with all his house; and many of the Corinthians who heard believed and were baptized.

And Joseph, called Barnabas by the apostles, which is interpreted, A son of consolation, a Levite, a Cyprian by birth,

And finding a certain Jew by the name of Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy, and his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome, he went to them,

And now, Lord, look down upon their threatenings, and grant to thy servants with all boldness to speak thy word,

And Ananias went and entered into the house, and laying hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord has sent me, Jesus who appeared to you on the way which you came, that you may receive sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.

and knowing the voice of Peter she did not open the gate from joy, but ran in and told that Peter stood before the gate.

And considering within himself he came to the house of Mary the mother of John called Mark, where a great number were assembled together and praying.

And the twelve calling the multitude of the disciples, said, It is not desirable that we should leave the word of God to serve tables.

And Paul knowing that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, cried in the Sanhedrim, Men and brothers, I am a Pharisee and the son of Pharisees; for the hope and resurrection of the dead am I under trial.

The God of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified his servant Jesus, whom you delivered up and denied before Pilate when he decided to release him;

And there came a famine on all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, and our fathers found no provisions.

For David ascended not to heaven, but he says, The Lord said to my lord, Sit on my right hand

And when he had borne with their conduct forty years in the wilderness,

And in those days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch;

And after there had been much debate, Peter rose and said to them, Men and brothers, you know that in former days God chose among you that the gentiles should hear by my mouth the word of the gospel and believe.

But this I confess to you, that in the way which they call a heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers; believing all things written in the law and the prophets,

For no one among them was needy; for those who possessed lands or houses sold and brought the prices of the things sold,

The God of this people chose our fathers, and raised up the people in the exile in the land of Egypt, and brought them out of it with a high arm.

And having arrived, and assembled the church, they reported what God had done with them, and that he had opened the door of faith to the gentiles.

and Paul putting his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.

and falling on the earth he heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, Why do you persecute me?

And they asking him to stay a longer time with them he did not consent,

And a voice came to him, Arise, Peter, kill and eat.

and were not able to resist the wisdom and spirit with which he spoke.

known from eternity.

And great fear was on all the assembly [church], and on all that heard of these things.

And Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he has done to your saints at Jerusalem;

What then is [to be done]? They will hear everywhere that you have come.

except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city, saying, That bonds and afflictions await me.

And she fell down immediately at his feet, and expired; and the young men coming in found her dead, and carried her out, and buried her by her husband.

And Joseph sent and called for his father Jacob, and all the family of seventy-five souls.

if we are to-day examined concerning the good work done to the sick man, by what means he has been cured,

Then they bribed men who said, We heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.

And provide animals to put Paul on, and take him safely to Felix the procurator.

And while Peter doubted with himself what the vision which he had seen meant, behold, even [then] the men sent by Cornelius, having inquired for the house of Simon, stood at the gate,

And taking him by the right hand he raised him up; and immediately his feet and ankles were strengthened,

And making signs to them with his hand to be silent, he related how the Lord had conducted him out of the prison, and said, Tell these things to James and the brothers. And going out he departed to another place.

and leaping up he stood and walked and entered with them into the temple, walking and leaping, praising God.

And they stirred up both the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and coming suddenly they seized him and led him to the Sanhedrim,

And they were all astonished and perplexed, saying one to another, What does this mean?

And this was done thrice, and immediately the vessel was taken up to heaven.

Do this, therefore, which we tell you. We have four men having a vow upon them;

who came down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit;

and conducting them up into his house he set a table, and rejoiced with all his house, having believed in God.

and bringing them before the prefects said, These men, being Jews, greatly trouble the city,

And sending two that served him into Macedonia, Timothy and Erastus, he continued a time in Asia.

and here he has power from the chief priests to bind all that call on your name.

And all the people saw him walking and praising God;

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But Peter continued knocking; and having opened they saw him, and were astonished.

and preach customs which it is not lawful for us, being Romans, to receive or observe.

the chiliarch commanded him to be brought into the fortress, ordering that he should be examined with scourges, that he might know for what reason they cried so against him.

But they said to her, You are mad. But she asserted strongly that it was so. And they said, It is his angel.

for I will show him how great things he must suffer for my name.

but taking leave of them and saying, I will return to you again, if God will, he sailed from, Ephesus,

And then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul the son Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, forty years;

If therefore God gave the gift equally to them and to us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I should be able to forbid God?

and they knew him, that he was the one who sat for charity at the beautiful gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and astonishment at what had happened to him.

At the same time also he hoped that money would be given him by Paul; and on this account sent for him the oftener, and conversed with him.

And saying these things they with difficulty restrained the multitudes from sacrificing to them.

And after this he gave judges four hundred and fifty years till Samuel the prophet.

and calling aloud asked if Simon who was called Peter lodged there.

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

But some of them, Cyprians and Cyrenians, who came to Antioch, spoke to the Greeks preaching the good news of the Lord Jesus.

and had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he distributed their land to them by lot.

and brought forward false witnesses who said, This man speaks incessantly against this holy place, and the law;

and no one of the rest dared to join them, but the people magnified them;

arise and go down and go with them without hesitation, for I have sent them.

But I have nothing certain to write to the sovereign concerning him, wherefore I have brought him before you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, that on examination I may have something to write;

And he was displeased with the Tyrians and Sidonians; but they came with one accord to him, and having persuaded Blastus who was over the king's bedchamber, desired peace, because their country was nourished by the king's.

writing by their hand, The apostles and elders and brothers, to the brothers in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, who are of the gentiles, greeting.

And when it was day there was no small stir among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter.

And Herod seeking and not finding him, examined the guards, and commanded them to be put to death, and going down from Judea to Caesarea remained [there].

And he wrote a letter having this form;

And a report concerning them was brought to the ears of the church at Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to go as far as Antioch;

and upon my male servants and upon my female servants in those days will I pour out of my Spirit, and they shall prophesy.

who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

And on an appointed day Herod having put on his royal apparel, and sitting on the tribunal, made a speech to them;

And Paul said, I would to God that not only you but also all who hear me this day were both almost and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.

and having inflicted many blows on them cast them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely;

And I will show prodigies in heaven above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and a cloud of smoke.

And Jacob went down to Egypt, and died, he and our fathers;

and having received food was strengthened. And he was with the disciples at Damascus some days;

and they carried him back to Shechem and buried him in the tomb which Abraham bought for money of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem.

But after two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus; and wishing to gratify the Jews, Felix left Paul bound.

And the multitude came together from the cities about Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those troubled by impure spirits, all of whom were cured.

and seeing the man standing with them cured, they could not dispute it.

And all who sat in the Sanhedrin looking steadily at him saw his face like the face of an angel.

For a certain Demetrius by name, a silversmith, who made silver temples of Diana, and afforded his artisans no small gain,

Of the posterity of this man, according to his promise, has God raised up to Israel a Saviour, Jesus;

And the word of God grew and was increased.

and the people shouted, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.

and fearing lest we should fall on rough places, casting out four anchors from the stern, they prayed for day.

for we have heard him say, that Jesus this Nazoraean will destroy this place and change the customs which Moses gave us.

And when John completed his course, he said, Who do you suppose I am? I am not [the Christ]; but behold, there comes after me one the sandal of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.

therefore my heart rejoiced and my tongue was glad, and my flesh, moreover, shall also live in hope;

And commanding them to withdraw from the Sanhedrim, they conferred one with another,

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

for he was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a great multitude were added to the Lord.

and coming down to Caesarea, and going up and saluting the church, he went down to Antioch;

but being exposed, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up and nourished him as her own son.

But when the time of the promise which God made with an oath to Abraham was at hand, the people increased and became numerous in Egypt,

And while Peter was considering of the vision, the Spirit said to him, Behold, men seek you;

But when they heard of a resurrection of the dead, some scoffed; but others said, We will hear you again of this.

saying, What shall we do to these men? for that a notable miracle has been performed by them is manifest to all that live at Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it;

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

but certain men adhering to him believed, among whom were Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

take them and be purified with them, and pay their expenses, that they may shave their heads, and all will know that the information which they have of you is not correct, but that you walk also yourself keeping the law.

but that it spread no further among the people, let us threaten them severely, [and charge them] to speak no more to any man in this name.

And a certain man lame from his birth was carried and placed daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask charity of those going into the temple;

being displeased because they taught the people and declared by Jesus the resurrection of the dead;

And they said, Cornelius a centurion, a righteous man, and one that fears God, and esteemed by all the nation of the Jews, was divinely instructed by a holy angel to send for you to his house and hear words from you.

At that time Moses was born, and was beautiful in the sight of God, and was nourished three months in his father's house;

Since we heard that some going out from us have troubled you with words subverting your souls, to whom we gave no charge,

but the disciples took him by night and sent him away by the wall, letting him down in a store-basket.

and some of the rulers of Asia also, who were friendly to him, sending to him, besought him not to expose himself in the theatre.

till another king arose who knew not Joseph.

and thence sailed to Antioch, whence they had been commended to the favor of God for the work which they performed.

AND on the next day, wishing to know the truth in respect to what he was accused of by the Jews, [the chiliarch] released him, and commanded the chief priests and all the Sanhedrim to come together; and bringing Paul down he set him before them.

But when they extended him with cords, he said to the centurion standing by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man, a Roman, and uncondemned?

crying, Men of Israel, help; this is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place, and besides he has brought Greeks into the temple, and defiled this holy place.

And when some days had passed, the Jews took counsel to kill him;

And going out of the prison they entered into the house of Lydia, and having seen the brothers they exhorted them, and departed.

And Peter went down to the men and said, Behold, I am the man whom you seek; what is the cause for which you have come?

for he argued powerfully against the Jews, publicly showing by the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.

But an angel of the Lord opening the prison doors by night led them out and said,

For those living at Jerusalem, and their rulers, not knowing him and the words of the prophets which are read every sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning [him];

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

and departing they conversed with each other, saying, This man has done nothing deserving death or bonds.