but ye shall receive power, the Holy Spirit having come upon you, and ye shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and Samaria, and to the utmost limit of the earth."

And they gave lots for them; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

And there appeared to them tongues, as of fire, distributed among them; and it sat upon each one of them.

'And it shall be in the last days', saith God, 'I will pour out of My Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams;

And I will show wonders in the heaven above, and signs upon the earth beneath??lood, and fire, and vapor of smoke.

And fear was coming upon every soul; and many wonders and signs were coming to pass through the apostles.

And Peter, fixing his eyes upon him, with John, said, "Look on us."

But, as they were speaking to the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,

And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings; and grant to Thy servants to speak Thy word with all boldness,

And, with great power, were the apostles giving forth their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus; and great grace also was upon them all.

And Ananias, hearing these words, falling down, expired; and great fear came upon all who heard it;

And great fear came upon the whole assembly, and upon all who heard these things.

saying, "We strictly charged you not to teach in This Name; and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your teaching! and intend to bring upon us the blood of This Man!"

And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the Scribes; and, coming upon him, they seized him, and brought him to the Sanhedrin,

"Now there came a famine upon the whole of Egypt and Canaan, and great tribulation; and our fathers were not finding sustenance.

But, crying out with a loud voice, they closed their ears, and rushed upon him with one accord;

for as yet He had fallen upon no one of them, but they had only been immersed in the name of the Lord Jesus.

And Simon answered and said, "Pray ye to the Lord in my behalf, that none of the things which ye have spoken may come upon me."

and, having fallen upon the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?"

And all who heard were astonished, and said, "Is not this he who destroyed, in Jerusalem, those calling upon this name, and had come here for this purpose, that he might bring them bound to the high priests?"

And he became very hungry, and wished to eat; and, while they were making ready, there came upon him a trance;

and he beholds the heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending, as a great sheet, let down by four corners upon the earth;

And those of the circumcision who believed, as many as came with Peter, were amazed, because that upon the gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Spirit;

But Saul, who is also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looking intently upon him,

And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you; and you shall be blind, not seeing the sun for a season." And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and, going about, he was seeking some to lead him by the hand.

Beware, therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken in the prophets,

Now, therefore, why do ye tempt God, that ye should put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were strong enough to bear?

that the residue of men may seek after the Lord, even all the gentiles upon whom My name has been called,'

For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things:

and, having laid upon them many stripes, they thrust them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely;

And the jailer, being aroused from sleep, and seeing the doors of the prison open, drawing a sword, was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had fled.

And, laying hold of him, they led him upon Mars Hill, saying, "May we know what this new teaching is, that is being spoken by you!

and He made of one every nation of men to dwell upon all the face of the earth, having marked out their appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation;

But, when they resisted, and blasphemed, he, shaking out his garments, said to them, "Your blood be upon your own head! I am pure! Henceforth I will go to the gentiles."

And, when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, "If, indeed, it were some wrong or wicked villainy, O Jews, with reason had I borne with you;

But they all, having laid hold upon Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, were beating him before the judgment-seat. And Gallio was caring for none of these things.

and, Paul having laid hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they were speaking with tongues, and prophesying.

And the man in whom was the evil spirit, leaping upon them, and, overcoming them both, prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

And this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who were dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was being magnified.

And Paul, going down, fell upon him; and, embracing him, said, "Make no tumult! for his soul is in him."

And great weeping arose from all; and, falling upon Paul's neck, they kept kissing him;

and we embarked upon the ship, but they returned to their homes.

And, when the seven days were about to be completed, the Jews from Asia, having beheld him in the temple, were stirring up all the multitude, and they laid their hands upon him,

who, at once, taking with him soldiers and centurions, ran down upon them; and they, seeing the chief captain and the soldiers, ceased beating Paul.

And, when he came upon the stairway, it happened that he was borne along by the soldiers on account of the violence of the multitude;

But arise, and stand upon your feet; for I appeared to you for this end, to appoint you a minister and a witness both of the things in which you saw Me, and of the things in which I will appear to you;

to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the dominion of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins, and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me.'

And, embarking upon a ship of Adramyttium, about to sail along the coasts of Asia, we put to Sea, Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.

But, not long after, there beat down upon it a tempestuous wind, which is called Euroclydon.

And, when neither sun nor stars appeared to us for many days, and no small tempest was pressing upon us, henceforth all hope that we should be saved was being utterly taken away.

But the centurion, wishing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and he commanded that those able to swim, throwing themselves first into the sea, should get out upon the land;

And Paul, having gathered a certain lot of fuel, and put it on the fire, a viper, coming out from the heat, fastened upon his hand.