Also, as he ate with them, he charged them not to leave Jerusalem but to wait for what the Father promised ??"for what you have heard me speak of," said he;

"for John baptized with water, but not many days after this you shall be baptized with the holy Spirit."

But he told them, "It is not for you to know the course and periods of time that the Father has fixed by his own authority.

As he went up, their eyes were fixed on heaven; but just then two men stood beside them dressed in white,

With the money paid him for his crime he purchased an estate; but swelling up he burst in two, and all his bowels poured out ??19 a fact which became known to all the residents in Jerusalem, so that the estate got the name, in their language, of Akeldamach or The Ground of Blood.

But Peter stood up along with the eleven, and raising his voice he addressed them thus: "Men of Judaea and residents in Jerusalem, let everyone of you understand this ??attend to what I say:

but God raised him by checking the pangs of death. Death could not hold him.

But Peter said, "I have no silver or gold, but I will give you what I do have. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, [get up and] walk!"

But when Peter saw this, he said to the people, "Men of Israel, why are you surprised at this? Why do you stare at us, as if we had made him walk by any power or piety of ours?

but you repudiated the Holy and Just One; the boon you asked was a murderer,

and you killed the pioneer of Life. But God raised him from the dead, as we can bear witness.

They laid hands on them and, as it was now evening, put them in custody till next morning.

but as they saw the man who had been healed standing beside them, they could say nothing.

But Peter and John replied, "Decide for yourselves whether it is right before God to obey you rather than God.

[Relocated to before vs 34] Now there was but one heart and soul among the multitude of the believers; not one of them considered anything his personal property, they shared all they had with one another.

But a man called Ananias, who with his wife Sapphira had sold some property,

"Ananias," said Peter, "why has Satan filled your heart and made you cheat the holy Spirit by appropriating some of the money paid for the land?

When it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And even after the sale, was the money not yours to do as you pleased about it? How could you think of doing a thing like this? You have not defrauded men but God."

Peter said to her, "How could you arrange to put the Lord's Spirit to the proof? Listen, there are the footsteps of the men who have buried your husband! They are at the door, and they will carry you out as well."

they laid hands on the apostles and put them into the public prison,

but an angel of the Lord opened the prison-doors during the night and brought them out, saying,

But as the attendants did not find them when they got to the prison, they came back to report,

"We found the prison safely locked up with the sentries posted at the doors, but on opening the doors we found no one inside!"

However, someone came and reported to them, "Here are the very men you put in prison, standing in the temple and teaching the people!"

At this the commander went off with the attendants and fetched them ??but without using violence, for fear that the people would pelt them with stones.

But a Pharisee in the Sanhedrin called Gamaliel, a doctor of the Law who was highly respected by all the people, got up and ordered the apostles to be removed for a few moments.

In days gone by Theudas started up, claiming to be a person of importance; a number of men, about four hundred of them, rallied to him, but he was slain, and all his followers were dispersed and wiped out.

After him Judas the Galilean started up at the time of the census, and got people to desert to him; but he perished too, and all his followers were scattered.

whereas, if it really springs from God, you will be unable to put them down. You may even find yourselves fighting God!"

but we will continue to devote ourselves to prayer and the ministry of the word."

but they could not meet the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.

But he did not give him any inheritance in it, not even a foot of the land. All be did was to promise that he would give it as a possession to him and to his offspring after him (he at the time being childless).

But,' said God, 'I will pass sentence on the nation that has made them slaves, and then they will get away to worship me in this Place.'

Out of jealousy the patriarchs sold Joseph into Egypt; but God was with him,

But, hearing there was food in Egypt, Jacob sent our ancestors on their first visit to that country;

they were carried across to Shechem and laid in the tomb which Abraham had bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

then he was exposed, but Pharaoh's daughter adopted him and brought him up as her own son.

(He thought his brothers would understand God was going to bring them deliverance by means of him, but they did not understand.)

But the man who was injuring his neighbour pushed him aside. "Who made you ruler and umpire over us?" he asked.

But the Lord said to him, 'Take the sandals off your feet, for the place where you are standing is sacred ground.

But our fathers would not submit to him; they pushed him aside and hankered secretly after Egypt.

but Saul made havoc of the church by entering one house after another, dragging off men and women, and consigning them to prison.

But when they believed Philip, who preached the gospel of the Reign of God and the name of Jesus, they had themselves baptized, both men and women;

but an angel of the Lord said to Philip, "Get up and go south, along the road from Jerusalem to Gaza" (the desert-route).

and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus empowering him to put any man or woman in chains whom he could find belonging to the Way, and bring them to Jerusalem.

His fellow-travellers stood speechless, for they heard the voice but they could not see anyone.

Saul got up from the ground, but though his eyes were open he could see nothing; so they took his hand and led him to Damascus.

"But, Lord," Ananias answered, "many people have told me about all the mischief this man has done to thy saints at Jerusalem!

And in this city too he has authority from the high priests to put anyone in chains who invokes thy Name!"

But the Lord said to him, "Go; I have chosen him to be the means of bringing my Name before the Gentiles and their kings as well as before the sons of Israel.

Saul became more and more vigorous. He put the Jewish residents in Damascus to confusion by his proof that Jesus was the Christ;

But their plot came to the ears of Saul, and, although they kept watch on the gates day and night in order to make away with him,

He got to Jerusalem and tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, unable to believe he was really a disciple.

he also held conversations and debates with the Hellenists. But when the brothers learned that the Hellenists were attempting to make away with him,

There he found a man called Aeneas who had been bed-ridden for eight years with paralysis.

"Aeneas," said Peter, "Jesus the Christ cures you! Get up and make your bed!" He got up at once.

Peter put them all outside; then he knelt down and prayed, and turning to the body said, "Tabitha, rise." She opened her eyes, and on seeing Peter she sat up.

He became very hungry and longed for some food. But as they were getting the meal ready, a trance came over him.

But Peter said, "No, no, my Lord; I have never eaten anything common or unclean."

Peter was quite at a loss to know the meaning of the vision he had seen; but just then, the messengers of Cornelius, who had made inquiries for the house of Simon, stood at the door

but Peter raised him, saying, "Get up, I am only a man myself."

To them Peter said, "You know yourselves it is illegal for a Jew to join or accost anyone belonging to another nation; but God has shown me that I must not call any man common or unclean,

but that he who reverences Him and lives a good life in any nation is welcomed by Him.

but God raised him on the third day, and allowed him to be seen

not by all the People but by witnesses whom God had previously selected, by us who ate and drank with him after his resurrection from the dead,

Then Peter proceeded to put the facts before them.

But a voice answered me for the second time out of heaven, 'What God has cleansed, you must not regard as common.'

and I remembered the saying of the Lord, that 'John baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the holy Spirit.'

Now those who had been scattered by the trouble which arose over Stephen made their way as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, but they preached the word to none except Jews.

So the disciples put aside money, as each of them was able to afford it, for a contribution to be sent to the brothers in Judaea.

After arresting him he put him in prison, handing him over to a guard of sixteen soldiers, with the intention of producing him to the People after the passover.

But an angel of the Lord flashed on him, and a light shone in the cell; striking Peter on the side he woke him, saying, "Quick, get up!" The fetters dropped from his hands,

and the angel said to him, "Gird yourself and put on your sandals." He did so. Then said the angel, "Put on your coat and follow me."

And he followed him out, not realizing that what the angel did was real, but imagining that he saw a vision.

but as soon as she recognized Peter's voice, instead of opening the door she ran inside from sheer joy and announced that Peter was standing in front of the porch.

"You are mad," they said. But she insisted it was true. "It is his angel," they said.

But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door they were amazed to see him.

Herod made inquiries for him but could not find him; so, after cross-examining the guards, he ordered them off to death. He then went down from Judaea to Caesarea, where he spent some time.

But the sorcerer Elymas (for that is the translation of his name) tried to divert the proconsul from the faith.

but they passed on from Perga and arrived at Pisidian Antioch. On the sabbath they went into the synagogue and sat down;

though they could find him guilty of no crime that deserved death, they begged Pilate to have him put to death,

But God raised him from the dead.

but He whom God raised did not suffer decay.

But when the Jews saw the crowds they were filled with jealousy; they began to contradict what Paul said and to abuse him.

So Paul and Barnabas spoke out fearlessly. "The word of God," they said, "had to be spoken to you in the first instance; but as you push it aside and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, well, here we turn to the Gentiles!

But the Jews incited the devout women of high rank and the leading men in the town, who stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their territory.

[Move to follow vs 3] But the refractory Jews stirred up and exasperated the feeling of the Gentiles against the brothers.

But, when the Gentiles and Jews along with their rulers made a hostile movement to insult and stone them,

But when the apostles, Paul and Barnabas, heard this they rent their clothes and sprang out among the crowd,

shouting, "Men, what is this you are doing? We are but human, with natures like your own! The gospel we are preaching to you is to turn from such futile ways to the living God who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all that in them is.

But Jews from Antioch and Iconium arrived, who won over the crowds, and after pelting Paul with stones they dragged him outside the town, thinking he was dead.

But certain individuals came down from Jerusalem and taught the brothers that "unless you get circumcised after the custom of Moses you cannot be saved."

But some of the believers who belonged to the Pharisaic party got up and said, "Gentiles must be circumcised and told to observe the law of Moses."

and a keen controversy sprang up; but Peter rose and said to them, "Brothers, you are well aware that from the earliest days God chose that of you all I should be the one by whom the Gentiles were to hear the word of the gospel and believe it.

Hence, in my opinion, we ought not to put fresh difficulties in the way of those who are turning to God from among the Gentiles,

but write them injunctions to abstain from whatever is contaminated by idols, from sexual vice, from the flesh of animals that have been strangled, and from tasting blood;

But while Barnabas wanted to take John (who was called Mark) along with them,

when they got as far as Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not allow them,

But when her owners saw their chance of profit was gone, they caught hold of Paul and Silas and dragged them before the magistrates in the forum.

had many lashes inflicted on them and put them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safe.