And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophecy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:

For thou wilt not leave my soul in Hades, neither wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption.

Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou wilt fill me with joy by thy countenance.

For the man on whom this miracle of healing had been wrought, was above forty years old.

Did not we strictly command you, Not to teach in this name? And lo, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and would bring the blood of this man upon us.

But when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel.

For he supposed his brethren would have understood, that God would deliver them by his hand; but they understood it not.

And the next day, he shewed himself to them, as they were quarrelling, and would have persuaded them to peace, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren: why do ye wrong one another?

Wilt thou kill me, as thou didst the Egyptian yesterday?

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

And he trembling and astonished, said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said to him, Arise and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.

And Lydda being near Joppa, the disciples hearing Peter was there, sent to him two men, desiring that he would not delay to come to them.

And he became very hungry, and would have eaten; but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,

named Agabus stood up, and signified by the Spirit, that there would be a great famine through all the world; which also came to pass under Claudius Cesar.

and fixing his eyes upon him, said, O full of all guile and all mischief, thou son of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

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

Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought bulls and garlands to the gates, and with the multitude, would have sacrificed.

For Moses hath of old time them that preach him in every city, being read in the synagogues every sabbath-day.

Him Paul would have to go forth with him; and he took and circumcised him, because of the Jews who were in those places; for they all knew his father, that he was a Greek.

And they came and comforted them; and conducting them out, requested that they would depart from the city.

But not finding them, they dragged Jason and certain brethren to the rulers of the city, crying aloud, These men, that have turned the world upside down, are come hither also:

Then some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers incountered him: and some said, What would this babler say? Others, he seemeth to be a proclaimer of strange gods; because he preached to them Jesus, and the resurrection.

For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears; we would therefore know, what these things mean?

And when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, If it were an act of injustice or wicked licentiousness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you.

But when some were hardened, and would not believe, but spake reproachfully of the way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, discoursing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.

And when Paul would have gone in to the people, the disciples would not suffer him.

And some also of the principal officers of Asia, being his friends, sent to him and desired, that he would not venture himself into the theatre.

And they thrust Alexander forward from among the multitude, the Jews pushing him on; and Alexander, waving with his hand, would have made a defence to the people.

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

And some of the disciples also from Cesarea went with us, and brought us to one Mnason, a Cyprian, an old disciple, with whom we should lodge.

And when it was day, some of the Jews entering into a conspiracy, bound themselves under a curse, saying, That they would neither eat nor drink, till they had killed Paul.

Now therefore ye with the council signify to the tribune, that he bring him down to you to-morrow, as though ye would more accurately examine the things concerning him: and we, before he came near, are ready to kill him.

And he said, The Jews have agreed to ask thee, to bring down Paul to-morrow to the council, as if they would enquire something concerning him more accurately.

But do not yield to them; for there are more than forty of them lie in wait, who have bound themselves with a curse, neither to eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, expecting a promise from thee.

Who hath also attempted to profane the temple; whom we seized and would have judged according to our law.

And he hoped also that money would have been given him by Paul to release him; therefore he sent for him the oftner, and discoursed with him.

that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying an ambush to kill him by the way.

But Festus answered, That Paul should be kept at Cesarea, and that he himself would depart thither shortly.

And as I doubted of such manner of questions, I asked, If he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged concerning these matters?

Then Agrippa said to Festus, I would also hear the man myself. And he said, To-morrow thou shalt hear him.

all the Jews know, Who knew me from the first, (if they would testify) that I lived a Pharisee, after the strictest sect of our religion.

And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but likewise all that hear me, were this day both almost and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.

However they expected, that he would have swollen, or suddenly fallen down dead: but after having waited a considerable time, seeing no mischief befall him, they changed their minds and said, that he was a god.