And being assembled with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard from me.

For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days hence.

And he said to them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.

And they were all amazed, and marveled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these who speak Galileans?

For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.

Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be held by it.

For David speaketh concerning him, I saw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:

Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thy Holy One to see corruption:

He seeing this before, spoke of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither did his flesh see corruption.

For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he saith himself, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,

And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.

And it shall come to pass, that every soul who will not hear that Prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.

And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all, nor teach in the name of Jesus.

And laid them down at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made to every man according as he had need.

While it remained, was it not thy own? and after it was sold, was it not in thy own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thy heart? thou hast not lied to men, but to God.

And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in.

But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison-doors, and brought them forth, and said,

But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned, and told,

Saying, Did we not strictly command you, that ye should not teach in this name? and behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.

And to him they assented: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.

Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.

And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spoke.

And set up false witnesses, who said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:

And he gave him no inheritance in it, no not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his offspring after him, when as yet he had no child.

Till another king arose, who knew not Joseph.

The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and ill-treated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.

For he supposed his brethren to understand that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.

Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.

Whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,

Saying to Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.

Yet, the Most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands, as saith the prophet,

Hath not my hand made all these things?

Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them who showed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers;

Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.

And he kneeled down and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.

The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so he opened not his mouth:

But all that heard him were amazed, and said, Is not this he that destroyed them who called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound to the chief priests?

But their laying in wait, was known to Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.

Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.

And when Saul had come to Jerusalem, he essayed to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple.

And as Lydda was nigh to Joppa, and the disciples had heard that Peter was there, they sent to him two men, desiring him that he would not delay to come to them.

And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending to him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:

But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.

And the voice spoke to him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.

And he said to them, Ye know that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come to one of another nation; but God hath shown me that I should not call any man common or unclean.

Not to all the people, but to witnesses chosen before by God, even to us, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.

Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we?

But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.

But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.

And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains; and the keepers before the door kept the prison.

And he went out, and followed him, and knew not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision.

And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in, and told that Peter stood before the gate

And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judea to Cesarea, and there abode.

And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.

And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten by worms, and died.

And said, O full of all subtilty, and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

And now behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.

And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. But behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose.

For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the words of the prophets which are read every sabbath, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.

Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou wilt not suffer thy Holy One to see corruption.

And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.

Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.

Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, who from among the Gentiles are turned to God:

But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.

After they had come to Mysia, they essayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.

And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.

And teach customs which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.

And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, without delay.

And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas: and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.

But the Jews who believed not, moved with envy, took to them certain vile fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city in an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.

And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren to the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down, have come hither also;

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

Therefore many of them believed; also of honorable women who were Greeks, and of men not a few.

God that made the world, and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;

That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he is not far from every one of us:

Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like to gold, or silver, or stone graven by art and man's device.

Then the Lord spoke to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:

When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he consented not:

He said to them, Have ye received the Holy Spirit since ye believed? And they said to him, We have not so much as heard whether there is any Holy Spirit.

But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spoke evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.

Moreover, ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away many people, saying, that they are no gods which are made with hands.

So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at naught; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia, and the world worshipeth.

And when Paul would have entered in to the people, the disciples suffered him not.

And certain of the chief of Asia, who were his friends, sent to him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself into the theater.

Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused, and the greater part knew not why they had come together.

And when the town-clerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not that the city of the Ephesians is a worshiper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?

And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him, said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him.

And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted.

For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.

And now behold, I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:

For I have not shunned to declare to you all the counsel of God.

For I know this, that after my departure grievous wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.

And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.

And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.

Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep, and to break my heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.

And they are informed concerning thee, that thou teachest all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying, That they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs.