Those then who had accepted his word were baptised; and there were added in that day about three thousand souls.

and they laid hands on them, and put them in ward till the morrow; for it was already evening.

But many of those who had heard the word believed; and the number of the men had become about five thousand.

And they, having heard it, lifted up their voice with one accord to God, and said, Lord, thou art the God who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that is in them;

And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings, and give to thy bondmen with all boldness to speak thy word,

And when they had prayed, the place in which they were assembled shook, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and spoke the word of God with boldness.

And the twelve, having called the multitude of the disciples to them, said, It is not right that we, leaving the word of God, should serve tables.

but we will give ourselves up to prayer and the ministry of the word.

And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem was very greatly multiplied, and a great crowd of the priests obeyed the faith.

Those then that had been scattered went through the countries announcing the glad tidings of the word.

And the apostles who were in Jerusalem, having heard that Samaria had received the word of God, sent to them Peter and John;

They therefore, having testified and spoken the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and announced the glad tidings to many villages of the Samaritans.

And Philip, running up, heard him reading the prophet Esaias, and said, Dost thou then know what thou art reading of?

And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus, whom thou persecutest.

The word which he sent to the sons of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ, (he is Lord of all things,)

While Peter was yet speaking these words the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who were hearing the word.

And the apostles and the brethren who were in Judaea heard that the nations also had received the word of God;

And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, John baptised with water, but ye shall be baptised with the Holy Spirit.

They then who had been scattered abroad through the tribulation that took place on the occasion of Stephen, passed through the country to Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one but to Jews alone.

And they said to her, Thou art mad. But she maintained that it was so. And they said, It is his angel.

But the word of God grew and spread itself.

And being in Salamis, they announced the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John also as their attendant.

who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. He, having called Barnabas and Saul to him, desired to hear the word of God.

And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, Brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation to the people, speak.

Brethren, sons of Abraham's race, and those who among you fear God, to you has the word of this salvation been sent:

that God has fulfilled this to us their children, having raised up Jesus; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son: this day have I begotten thee.

And on the coming sabbath almost all the city was gathered together to hear the word of God.

And Paul and Barnabas spoke boldly and said, It was necessary that the word of God should be first spoken to you; but, since ye thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the nations;

And those of the nations, hearing it, rejoiced, and glorified the word of the Lord, and believed, as many as were ordained to eternal life.

And the word of the Lord was carried through the whole country.

They stayed therefore a good while, speaking boldly, confiding in the Lord, who gave witness to the word of his grace, giving signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

and having spoken the word in Perga, they came down to Attalia;

And much discussion having taken place, Peter, standing up, said to them, Brethren, ye know that from the earliest days God amongst you chose that the nations by my mouth should hear the word of the glad tidings and believe.

We have therefore sent Judas and Silas, who themselves also will tell you by word of mouth the same things.

And Paul and Barnabas stayed in Antioch, teaching and announcing the glad tidings, with many others also, of the word of the Lord.

But after certain days Paul said to Barnabas, Let us return now and visit the brethren in every city where we have announced the word of the Lord, and see how they are getting on.

And having passed through Phrygia and the Galatian country, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia,

And they spoke to him the word of the Lord, with all that were in his house.

And these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, receiving the word with all readiness of mind, daily searching the scriptures if these things were so.

But when the Jews from Thessalonica knew that the word of God was announced in Berea also by Paul, they came there also, stirring up the crowds.

Being therefore the offspring of God, we ought not to think that which is divine to be like gold or silver or stone, the graven form of man's art and imagination.

And when both Silas and Timotheus came down from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in respect of the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.

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

And this took place for two years, so that all that inhabited Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.

Thus with might the word of the Lord increased and prevailed.

And now I commit you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and give to you an inheritance among all the sanctified.

specially pained by the word which he had said, that they would no more see his face. And they went down with him to the ship.

What is it then? a multitude must necessarily come together, for they will hear that thou art come.

Thou art not then that Egyptian who before these days raised a sedition and led out into the wilderness the four thousand men of the assassins?

And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus the Nazaraean, whom thou persecutest.

And they heard him until this word, and lifted up their voice, saying, Away with such a one as that from the earth, for it was not fit he should live.

And the centurion, having heard it, went and reported it to the chiliarch, saying, What art thou going to do? for this man is a Roman.

And the chiliarch coming up said to him, Tell me, Art thou a Roman? And he said, Yes.

But Festus, desirous of obliging the Jews, to acquire their favour, answering Paul, said, Art thou willing to go up to Jerusalem, there to be judged before me concerning these things?

especially because thou art acquainted with all the customs and questions which are among the Jews; wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.

And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest:

And as he answered for his defence with these things, Festus says with a loud voice, Thou art mad, Paul; much learning turns thee to madness.

And being disagreed among themselves they left; Paul having spoken one word, Well spoke the Holy Spirit through Esaias the prophet to our fathers,