Now on one of these days Peter stood up among the brothers and sisters (a gathering of about a hundred and twenty believers was there) and he said,

And the young men [in the congregation] got up and wrapped up the body, and carried it out and buried it.

For some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody [of importance], and a group of about four hundred men allied themselves with him. But he was killed, and all who followed him were scattered and came to nothing.

However, some men from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen (freed Jewish slaves), both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, and some from Cilicia and [the province of] Asia, rose up and questioned and argued with Stephen.

until [the time when] there arose another king over egypt who did not know joseph [nor his history and the merit of his service to Egypt].

Immediately something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he regained his sight. Then he got up and was baptized;

So Peter invited them in and gave them lodging [for the night].

The next day Peter got up and left with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa went with him.

not to all the people, but to witnesses who were chosen and designated beforehand by God, that is, to us who ate and drank together with Him after He rose from the dead.

So then [since they were unaware of these developments] those who were scattered because of the persecution that occurred in connection with [the stoning of] Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, without telling the message [of salvation through Christ] to anyone except Jews.

So Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand, he said,

“Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen!

About that time there occurred no small disturbance concerning the Way (Jesus, Christianity).

When he said this, an angry dispute erupted between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the [whole crowded] assembly was divided [into two factions].

Then the king stood up, and [with him] the governor and Bernice, and those who were sitting with them;