And while they were looking earnestly to ward heaven, as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white raiment,

beginning from the immersion of John till the day on which he was taken up from us, must one be appointed as a witness with us of his resurrection.

And suddenly there came from heaven a sound as of a rushing, violent wind, and it filled the whole house in which they were sitting.

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

For these men are not drunk, as you suppose: for it is the third hour of the day.

Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus the Nazarene, clearly pointed out to you as a man from God, by mighty deeds and wonders and signs, which God did by him in your midst, as you yourselves also know,

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 they sold their possessions and goods, and distributed them to all, as each had need.

And a certain man, lame from his mother's womb, was carried along, whom they laid daily at that gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, that he might ask charity of those who were going into the temple.

But when Peter saw it, he answered the people: Men of Israel, why are you astonished at this? or, why do you look so earnestly on us, as if by our own power or godliness we had caused this man to walk?

And now, brethren, I know that through ignorance you did this, as did also your rulers.

And all the prophets, from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have also foretold these days.

and Annas the chief priest, and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and as many as were of the family of the chief priest, met together in Jerusalem.

Nor, indeed, was there any needy person among them; for as many as were owners of lands or houses, sold them, and brought the prices of what had been sold,

and laid them down at the feet of the apostles; and distribution was made to every one as he had need.

so that they brought the sick out along the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that even the shadow of Peter, as he passed along, might fall on some of them.

For before these days Theudas arose, declaring himself to be some great one; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves; and he was slain; and all, as many as believed him, were scattered and brought to naught.

After this man, Judas the Galilean arose, in the days of the enrollment, and drew over many people after him; and he was destroyed, and all, as many as believed him, were scattered.

And he gave him no inheritance in it, not a foot breadth: and yet he promised to give it for a possession to him, and to his posterity after him, when as yet he had no child.

And as the time of the promise which God had made with an oath to Abraham drew near, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,

But having been exposed, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up, and educated him as her own son.

And on the next day he showed himself to them, as they were fighting, and endeavored to persuade them to peace, saying, Men, you are brothers: why do you injure one another?

Do you intend to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?

When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight, and as he was drawing near to observe it, the voice of the Lord came to him:

This Moses, whom they rejected, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge? him God sent as a ruler and as a redeemer, by the hand of the angel that appeared to him in the bush.

saying to Aaron: Make us gods that shall go be fore us; for, as for this Moses, who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what has become of him.

But God turned and delivered them up to serve the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: Your victims and your sacrifices did you offer to me for forty years in the wilderness, house of Israel?

The tabernacle of the testimony was with our fathers in the wilderness, built as he who spoke to Moses commanded him to build it, according to the pattern which he had seen:

Yet the Most High dwells not in temples made with hands, as says the prophet:

You stiff-necked, and uncircumcised in heart and in ears, you do always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so also do you.

The passage of the scripture which he was reading, was this: As a sheep for the slaughter was he led; and as a lamb before his shearer is dumb, so opened he not his mouth

And as they went along the road, they came to some water; and the eunuch said: See, here is water; what hinders me from being immersed?

And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus; and suddenly there shone round about him a light from heaven.

And as Lydda was near to Joppa, the disciples, having heard that Peter was there, sent two men to him, requesting him to make no delay in coming to them.

And on the morrow, as they were going on their journey, and were drawing near to the city, Peter went up on the house top to pray, about the sixth hour.

While Peter was thinking of the vision, the Spirit said to him: Behold, three men ask for you:

And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and did him homage.

For this reason, when I was sent for, I came without making objection. I ask, therefore, for what purpose have you sent for me?

And he commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that this is he who has been appointed by God as the judge of the living and the dead.

And the believers that were of the circumcision, as many as had come with Peter, were astonished, because on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Spirit:

Can any one for bid the water, that these should not be immersed, who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we?

And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, as on us at the beginning.

Then I remembered the word of the Lord, as he said, John immersed in water, but you shall be immersed in the Holy Spirit.

Now those who had been dispersed by the persecution that arose after the death of Stephen, traveled as far as Phenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to none but Jews.

And the report concerning them came to the ears of the church that was in Jerusalem; and they sent out Barnabas to go as far as Antioch.

And every one of the disciples determined, as he had the means, to send relief to the brethren that dwelt in Judea;

And when it was day, there was no little confusion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter.

And while they were in Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogue of the Jews; and they had John as their attendant.

And having gone through the island as far as Paphos, they found a certain magician, a Jewish false prophet, whose name was Bar-jesus;

And as John was finishing his course, he said: Who do you suppose that I am? I am not he; but behold, there is coming after me one, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to loose.

that God has fulfilled the same to us, their children, by raising up Jesus, as it is written in the second Psalm: Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.

And as they were departing from the synagogue, they were requested to speak these things to them on the next sabbath.

When the Gentiles heard this they rejoiced, and glorified the word of the Lord; and as many as were determined to obtain eternal life, believed.

And God, who knows the heart, became a witness for them, by giving them the Holy Spirit, as he gave it also to us;

But we believe that we shall be saved, even as they, through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.

And with this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,

and they wrote by their hands as follows: The apostles, and the elders, and the brethren, to the brethren of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greeting:

Inasmuch as we have heard that certain persons went out from us and troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, That you must be circumcised, and keep the law, to whom we gave no commandment,

And as they went through the cities, they delivered to them the decrees that had been resolved on by the apostles and elders at Jerusalem, that they might keep them.

and on the sabbath-day we went out of the city to the side of a river, where, as usual, was the house of prayer; and we sat down and spoke to the women who had come together.

And it came to pass, that as we were going to the house of prayer, there met us a certain maid-servant that had a spirit of Python, who brought much gain to her masters, by giving responses.

Then the brethren immediately sent Paul away, to go as if to the sea; but Silas and Timothy remained there.

And those who conducted Paul brought him to Athens: and having received a commandment for Silas and Timothy, that they should come to him as soon as possible, they departed.

For as I was passing through, and looking attentively at the objects of your worship, I dis covered also an altar with this inscription: TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore you ignorantly worship, him I make known to you.

nor is he ministered to by the hands of men, as if he needed any thing: for he himself gives to all life, and breath, and all things:

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

But as some were hardened, and did not believe, and spoke evil of that way before the multitude, he withdrew from them, and separated the disciples, and discoursed daily in the school of one Tyrannus.

As these things, then, can not be contradicted, you ought to be quiet, and do nothing rashly.

And having remained there three months, he determined to return through Macedonia, because a plot had been laid for him by the Jews, as he was about to sail to Syria.

And a certain young man, named Eutychus, was sitting in the window, overpowered with deep sleep: and, as Paul was discoursing a long time, being oppressed with sleep, he fell from the third story, and was taken up dead.

And as we remained there many days, there came down, from Judea, a certain prophet, named Agabus;

And as he would not be persuaded, we kept silence, and said: The will of the Lord be done.

But as Paul was about to be led into the fortress, he said to the officer: May I speak to you? He replied: Do you understand Greek?

I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, yet educated in this city, at the feet of Gamaliel, and instructed according to the strict discipline of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, as you all are this day.

as the chief priest and the whole body of elders will testify for me. From them I also received letters to the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring those, also, who were there, bound to Jerusalem, that they might be punished.

But it came to pass, that, as I was on my journey, and was drawing near to Damascus, about midday, there suddenly shone from heaven a great light round about me;

And as I could not see for the glory of that light, I was led by the hand by those who were with me, and went into Damascus.

And as they were crying out, and tossing off their clothes, and throwing dust into the air,

But Paul said to the centurion who stood by, as he caused him to be bent forward to the straps: Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and uncondemned?

And on the following night, the Lord stood by him, and said: Take courage; for as you have testified of me in Jerusalem, so must you testify also in Rome.

Now, therefore, do you, together with the Sanhedrin, give notice to the officer, that he bring him down to you to-morrow, as if you intended to inquire more accurately into the matters concerning him: and before he comes near, we are ready to kill him.

He answered: The Jews have agreed to request you to bring Paul down into the Sanhedrin to-morrow, as if they intended to inquire some thing more accurately concerning him.

And as I was informed that a plot was about to be laid against the man by the Jews, I immediately sent him to you, and commanded his accusers to say in your presence what they had against him. Farewell.

Then the soldiers took Paul, as they were commanded, and brought him by night to Antipatris.

And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and the judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered: For the present withdraw; when I have a convenient season, I will call for you.

But, after two years, Felix received Portius Festus as his successor; and Felix, wishing to confer a favor on the Jews, left Paul bound.

And Paul answered: I am standing at the judgment-seat of Caesar, where I ought to be judged. To the Jews I have done no wrong, as you very well know.

And as they remained there many days, Festus made known to the king the facts concerning Paul, saying: There is a certain man, who was left in bonds by Felix,

And when his accusers stood up, they brought no such charge against him as I expected;

But finding that he had done nothing worthy of death, and as he himself has appealed to Augustus, I have determined to send him.

And as he spoke these things in his defense, Festus said, with a loud voice; Paul, you are mad; much learning drives you to madness.

And Paul replied: I could pray to God, that not only you, but also all that hear me to day, were both almost and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.

And as it was determined that we should sail to Italy, they delivered Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan band, named Julius.

And as the harbor was not commodious to winter in, the majority advised that they should put to sea from that place also, if, by any means, they might reach Phoenix, and winter there, which is a harbor of Crete, lying toward the south-west and north-west.

And as we were greatly tossed by the tempest, on the next day they threw overboard the cargo;

And as neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small tempest lay upon us, all hope of our being saved was at length taken away.

For this reason, men, be cheerful; for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told to me.

And as the sailors were attempting to flee from the ship, and were letting down the boat into the sea, under the pretext that they were about to let down anchors from the prow,

And they also honored us with many honors; and, when we put to sea, they supplied us with such things as we needed.

And from this place, the brethren, having heard of us, came out as far as Appii Forum and the Three Taverns, to meet us. When Paul saw the brethren, he thanked God, and took courage.