down to the day when, after issuing his orders by the holy Spirit to the disciples whom he had chosen, he was taken up to heaven.

After his sufferings he had shown them that he was alive by a number of proofs, revealing himself to them for forty days and discussing the affairs of God's Realm.

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

Day after day they resorted with one accord to the temple and broke bread together in their own homes; they ate with a glad and simple heart,

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."

After an interval of about three hours his wife happened to come in, quite unconscious of what had occurred.

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.

They gave in to him, and after summoning the apostles and giving them a flogging, they released them with instructions that they were not to speak about the name of Jesus.

these men they presented to the apostles, who, after prayer, laid their hands upon them.

Then he left the land of the Chaldeans and stayed in Haran. From Haran God shifted him, after his father's death, to this land which you now inhabit.

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

In the desert our fathers had the tent of witness as arranged by Him who told Moses to make it after the pattern he had seen.

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

indeed Simon himself believed, and after his baptism kept close to Philip, utterly astonished to see the signs and striking miracles which were taking place.

After bearing their testimony to the word of the Lord and preaching it, the apostles went back to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel to a number of the Samaritan villages;

and the Jews, after a number of days had elapsed, conspired to make away with him.

She happened to take ill and die at this time, and after washing her body they laid it in an upper room.

Then he gave her his hand, raised her, and, after calling the saints and the widows he presented her to them alive.

and after describing all the vision to them, he sent them to Joppa.

you know how it spread over the whole of Judaea, starting from Galilee after the baptism preached by John ??38 how God consecrated Jesus of Nazaret with the holy Spirit and power, and how he went about doing good and curing all who were harassed by the devil; for God was with him.

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,

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.

When they had passed the first guard and the second they came to the iron gate leading into the city, which opened to them of its own accord; they passed out, and after they had gone through one street, the angel immediately left 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.

As there was a bitter feud between him and the inhabitants of Tyre and Sidon, they waited on him unanimously, and after conciliating the royal chamberlain Blastus they made overtures for peace, as their country depended for its food-supply upon the royal territory.

After fulfilling their commission, Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, bringing with them John who is surnamed Mark.

Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and let them go.

and, after the reading of the Law and the prophets, the presidents of the synagogue sent to tell them, "Brothers, if you have any word of counsel for the people, say it."

and after destroying seven nations in the land of Canaan he gave them their land as an inheritance for about four hundred and fifty years.

After that he gave them judges, down to the prophet Samuel.

After deposing him, he raised up David to be their king, to whom he bore this testimony that 'In David, the son of Jessai, I have found a man after my own heart, who will obey all my will.'

And as John was closing his career he said, 'What do you take me for? I am not He; no, he is coming after me, and I am not fit to untie the sandals on his feet!'

and, after carrying out all that had been predicted of him in scripture, they lowered him from the gibbet and laid him in a tomb.

Of course David, after serving God's purpose in his own generation, died and was laid beside his fathers; he suffered decay,

After the synagogue broke up, a number of the Jews and the devout proselytes followed them; Paul and Barnabas talked to them and encouraged them to hold by the grace of God.

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.

and after preaching the gospel to that town and making a number of disciples, they turned back to Lystra, Iconium and Antioch,

and after speaking the word of the Lord in Perga they went down to Attaleia;

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."

After this I will return and rebuild David's fallen tent, its ruins I will rebuild and erect it anew,

When the messengers were despatched, they went down to Antioch and after gathering the whole body they handed them the letter.

Then after some time had passed the brothers let them go with a greeting of peace to those who had sent them.

The crowd also joined in the attack upon them, while the praetors, after having them stripped and after ordering them to be flogged with rods,

and brought them out (after securing the other prisoners). "Sirs," he said, "what must I do to be saved?"

they went to appease them and after taking them out of prison begged them to leave the town.

however, they let Jason and the others go, after binding them over to keep the peace.

After this Paul left Athens and went to Corinth.

But as they opposed and abused him, he shook out his garments in protest, saying, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am not responsible! After this I will go to the Gentiles."

After waiting on for a number of days Paul said goodbye to the brothers and sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila. (As the latter was under a vow, he had his head shaved at Cenchreae.)

After spending some time there he went off on a journey right through the country of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening the disciples.

It was when Apollos was in Corinth that Paul, after passing through the inland districts, came down to Ephesus. There he found some disciples,

"John," said Paul, "baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in Him who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus."

and after Paul laid his hands on them the holy Spirit came upon them, they spoke with 'tongues' and prophesied.

After these events Paul resolved in the Spirit to travel through Macedonia and Achaia on his way to Jerusalem. "After I get there," he said, "I must also visit Rome."

After passing through the districts of Macedonia and encouraging the people at length, he came to Greece,

while we sailed from Philippi, after the days of unleavened bread, and joined them five days later at Troas. There we spent seven days.

Then he went upstairs, broke bread, and ate; finally, after conversing awhile with them till the dawn, he went away.

Sailing thence on the following day we arrived off Chios; next day we crossed over to Samos, and [after stopping at Trogyllium] we went on next day to Miletus.

Only, I know this, that in town after town the holy Spirit testifies to me that bonds and troubles are awaiting me.

and men of your own number will arise with perversions of the truth to draw the disciples after them.

After sighting Cyprus and leaving it on our left, we sailed for Syria, landing at Tyre, where the ship was to unload her cargo.

After these days we packed up and started for Jerusalem,

and after saluting them Paul described in detail what God had done by means of his ministry among the Gentiles.

After a lapse of several years I came up with alms and offerings for my nation,

Three days after Festus entered his province, he went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem.

After staying not more than eight or ten days with them, he went down to Caesarea. Next day he took his seat on the tribunal and ordered Paul to be brought before him.

Then, after conferring with the council, Festus answered, "You have appealed to Caesar? Very well, you must go to Caesar! "

Well, the day after they came here along with me, I took my seat on the tribunal without any loss of time. I ordered the man to be brought in,

Next day we put in at Sidon, where Julius very kindly allowed Paul to visit his friends and be looked after.

When a moderate southerly breeze sprang up, they thought they had secured their object, and after weighing anchor they sailed along the coast of Crete, close inshore.

With these words he took a loaf and after thanking God, in presence of them all, broke it and began to eat.

It was only after our escape that we found out the island was called Malta.

The natives waited for him to swell up or drop down dead in a moment, but after waiting a long while and observing that no harm had befallen him, they changed their minds and declared he was a god.

His father, it so happened, was laid up with fever and dysentery, but Paul went in to see him and after prayer laid his hands on him and cured him.

We set sail, after three months, in an Alexandrian ship, with the Dioscuri on her figure-head, which had wintered at the island.

They meant to release me after examination, as I was innocent of any crime that deserved death.