And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, and the eunuch saw him no more: but went on his way rejoicing.

that if he should find any of this persuasion, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

And immediately there fell from his eyes as it were scales; and he instantly recovered his sight, and arose and was baptized.

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 when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he attempted to associate with the disciples: and they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.

Then the churches throughout all Judea, and Galilee, and Samaria, had rest, being edified and walking in the fear of the Lord; and through the consolation of the holy Spirit were multiplied.

and he looking earnestly at him, and being afraid, said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up as a memorial before God.

On the morrow, while they were on their journey, and drawing near to the city, Peter went up on the top of the house to pray, about the sixth hour.

And he was very hungry, and desired something to eat: but while they were getting it ready, he fell into a trance; and saw heaven opened,

in which were all kinds of four-footed creatures, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.

But Peter said, By no means, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing polluted or unclean.

Now while Peter was doubting in himself what might be the meaning of the vision which he had seen, behold the men that were sent from Cornelius, having enquired for Simon's house, stood at the door;

And as Peter was pondering upon the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold there are three men enquiring for thee:

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?

And he said unto them, Ye know how unlawful it is for a man that is a Jew, to associate with or go to the house of one of another nation: but God hath shewn me, that I should not call any man polluted or unclean.

and said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are remembered before God.

Immediately therefore I sent to thee, and thou hast done well that thou art come. And now we are all here present before God, to hear all the things which God hath charged thee with to us.

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.

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:

Now the apostles and brethren that were in Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.

And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, those that were of the circumcision contended with him, saying,

And looking stedfastly upon it, I observed four-footed creatures and wild beasts, and reptiles, and fowls of the air.

But I said, By no means, Lord: for nothing polluted or unclean hath ever entered into my mouth.

And this was done thrice: and then they were all drawn up again to heaven.

And behold at that very time there came three men to the house where I was, sent from Cesarea to me.

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?

Now they that were dispersed by the trouble, which arose about Stephen, travelled as far as Phenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but the Jews only.

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

For he was a good man, and full of the holy Spirit, and of faith: and many were added unto the Lord.

And they assembled in the church a whole year, and taught much people: and the disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.

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.

But Peter continued knocking; and when they opened the door, they saw him, and were astonished.

And Herod was going to make war upon the Tyrians and Sidonians: but they came to him with one consent, and making interest with Blastus the king's chamberlain, they sued for peace; because their territory was supplied with provision by the king's country.

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;

and as they were ministring to the Lord, and fasting, the holy Spirit said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul, for the work to which I have called them.

Now Paul and those that were with him loosing from Paphos, came to Perga in Pamphylia: but John departed from them and returned to Jerusalem.

---The God of this people Israel chose our fathers, and raised the people, while they sojourned in the land of Egypt, and with mighty power brought them out of it.

For the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and their rulers, not knowing Him, have indeed fulfilled the words of the prophets, which are read every sabbath-day, in condemning Him.

And when they had finished all things that were written concerning Him, they took Him down from the cross and laid Him in a tomb.

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.

"Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and vanish; for I do a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though any one should declare it unto you."

But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and contradicted the things which were spoken by Paul, opposing and reviling him.

And when the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were determined for eternal life believed.

And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the holy Spirit.

But the multitude of the city was divided: and some were for the Jews, and some for the apostles:

And the people, seeing what Paul had done, lifted up their voice, saying in the Lycaonian tongue, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.

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,

for He did us good, in giving us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness."

But when the disciples were gathered round him, he rose up and came into the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.

And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they related what God had done by them, and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

And when they came to Jerusalem, they were received by the church, and by the apostles and elders, and they told them all that God had done by them.

So the apostles and elders were assembled together to consider about this matter.

Now therefore why do ye tempt God, in imposing a yoke on the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

Now all his works are known unto God from the beginning of the world:

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

and they wrote by their hand, as follows, The apostles and elders and brethren here to the Gentile brethren which are in Antioch, and Syria, and Cilicia, send greeting.

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;

it seemed good to us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you, with our beloved brethren Barnabas and Paul,

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

And after some time, they were dismissed with peace from the brethren to the apostles.

And after some days Paul said to Barnabas, Let us return and visit our brethren in every city, where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they are.

wherefore Paul was desirous that he should go forth with him, and took and circumcised him because of the Jews that were in those parts; for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

And so the churches were established in the faith, and increased in number daily.

And on the sabbath-day we went out of the city to a river-side, where there used to be prayer: and we sat down and preached to the women that resorted thither.

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.

And when they brought them to the governors, they said, These men cause great disturbance in our city, for they are Jews, and teach customs,

which it is not lawful for us to receive, nor practise, who are Romans.

Now in the middle of the night Paul and Silas were praying and singing praises to God, and the prisoners heard them.

And on a sudden there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bonds were loosed.

The jailor waking, and seeing the prison-doors open, drew his sword and was going to kill himself, thinking that the prisoners were fled.

But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here.

And the serjeants reported these words to the governors: and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans.

And when they were come out of the prison, they went into the house of Lydia: and seeing the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.

Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.

are come hither also, and Jason has privately received them. And they all act contrary to the decrees of Cesar, saying, there is another king, one Jesus.

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night to Berea: who, when they were come thither, went into the synagogue of the Jews.

These were more ingenuous than those at Thessalonica; for they received the word with all readiness of mind, searching the scriptures daily, whether these things were so.

For thou bringest strange things to our ears; we would therefore know what these things mean.

(Now all the Athenians, and strangers sojourning among them, spent their time in nothing else, but to tell or to hear something new.)

Then Paul stood up in the midst of the Areopagus and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that you are indeed over-much religious:

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

Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to imagine that the Deity is like to gold, or silver, or stone, carved by the art and device of man.

Wherefore though God overlooked the times of this ignorance, He now requireth all men every where to repent.

and as he was of the same trade, he staid and worked with them: for they were tent-makers.

But as they opposed and blasphemed, he shook his garment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clear of it: from henceforth I will go to the Gentiles.

But Crispus the ruler of the synagogue believed on the Lord with all his house: and many of the Corinthians hearing the word believed, and were baptized.

And he staid a year and six months, teaching among them the word of God.

And when Paul was going to speak, Gallio said to the Jews, If it were indeed an act of injustice, or some wicked crime, it would be reasonable that I should bear with you.

But if it be a question about words, and names, and your law, settle it yourselves; for I will be no judge of these matters.

Who had been instructed in the way of our Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spake and taught clearly the things of the Lord, though he knew only the baptism of John.

And he said unto them, Into what then were ye baptized? And they said, Into the baptism of John.

And when they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

And as Paul laid his hands on them, the holy Spirit came upon them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied. And the men were in all about twelve.

But as some were hardened and refractory, speaking evil of the way of life before the multitude, he departed from them, and took away the disciples with him, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.

so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were brought from his body to the sick, and the diseases lest them, and evil spirits went out of them.

Now there were seven sons of one Sceva a Jewish priest, who did this.

But the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are ye?