And He said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or seasons, which the Father hath reserved in his own power.

And having said these things, as they were looking upon Him, He was lifted up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.

And while they were looking stedfastly toward heaven, as He went up, behold two men in white stood by them;

And when they were come in to the city, they went up into an upper room, where Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alpheus, and Simon the zealot, and Jude the brother of James, usually abode.

And in these days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, (now the number of the persons that were together was about an hundred and twenty,)

And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all met together with one accord.

And suddenly there was a sound from heaven as of a strong rushing wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

And there appeared unto them divided tongues, as it were of fire, and it sat upon each of them:

and they were all filled with the holy Spirit, and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

Now there were at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven.

And when this rumor was spread, the multitude came together and were astonished; for every one heard them speaking in his own language.

And they were all amazed and wondered, saying to one another, Behold, are not all these, that are speaking, Galileans?

and how do we every one hear them in our own native tongue?

Cretans and Arabians, we hear them speaking in our own tongues the wonderful works of God.

And they were all amazed and in doubt, saying one to another, What can this mean?

but others scoffing said, they are full of sweet wine.

for these men are not drunk, as ye suppose; for it is but the third hour of the day.

"And it shall come to pass in the last days (saith God) that 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:

This Jesus hath God raised up from the dead, of which we all are witnesses.

Now when they heard this, they were pricked to the heart, and said unto Peter, and to the rest of the apostles, Brethren, what shall we do?

And Peter said unto them, Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of your sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the holy Spirit:

for the promise is to you and to your children, yea and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

They therefore that received his word with readiness were baptized: and in that same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.

And fear came upon all the people: and many miracles and signs were wrought by the apostles.

And all that believed were together, and had all things common.

Now Peter and John were going up to the temple together at the hour of prayer, which is the ninth hour.

And a certain man who had been lame from his birth was carried along; whom they laid every day at the gate of the temple, which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of those that were going into the temple:

And taking him by the right hand, he raised him up: and immediately his feet and ancles were strengthened:

and knew that it was he who sat to ask for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with astonishment and extasy at what had befallen him.

And Peter seeing this said to the people, Men of Israel, why marvel ye at this, or why look ye so earnestly on us, as if by our own power or piety we had made this man able to walk?

The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob, the God of our fathers hath glorified his son Jesus, whom ye delivered up, and denied before Pilate, when he determined to release Him.

and put to death the prince of life; whom God hath raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses.

And now, brethren, I know that ye did it through ignorance, as did also your rulers:

Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out: that seasons of refreshing may come upon you from the presence of the Lord;

For Moses said unto the fathers, the Lord your God will raise up a prophet unto you, of your brethren, like me, Him shall ye hear in all things whatever He shall say unto you;

Now ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant, which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, "And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed:"

and to you first God having raised up his son Jesus, sent Him to bless you; in your turning away every one of you from your iniquities.

And while they were speaking to the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the sadducees came upon them,

And on the morrow their rulers, and elders, and scribes were gathered together at Jerusalem:

and with them Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest.

And when they had set them in the midst, they asked them, By what power, or in what name have ye done this?

and elders of Israel, if we are this day examined about the benefit done to the impotent man,

Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were plain and illiterate men, they were amazed; and they knew them again that they had been with Jesus:

The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against his anointed.

and while signs and wonders are done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.

And when they had prayed, the place in which they were assembled was shaken; and they were all filled with the holy Spirit, and they spake the word of God with freedom.

Neither was there any indigent person among them; for as many as were proprietors of lands or houses, sold them and brought the prices of what were sold,

And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders done among the people: And they all met with one accord in Solomon's portico:

And true believers were the more willingly added to the Lord, even multitudes both of men and women.

And a great number out of the cities round about also came together to Jerusalem, bringing those that were infirm and that were troubled with impure spirits; and they were all cured.

Then the high priest rose up, and all that were with him, (being of the sect of the sadducees,) and were filled with rage:

And hearing this, they went early in the morning into the temple and taught the people. But the high priest being come, and they that were with him, to the council-chamber, they called together the Sanhedrim, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent orders to the prison that they should be brought before them.

Now when the high priest, and the captain of the temple, and the chief priests heard these words, they were in doubt concerning them, what this would come to;

when there came one and told them, saying, behold, the men whom ye put in prison, are in the temple teaching the people.

Then the captain went with the officers and brought them, but not with violence; for they were afraid of the people least they should be stoned:

saying, Did not we strictly charge you not to teach in this name? and behold ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and would bring this man's blood upon us.

The God of our fathers hath raised up Jesus whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.

and we are his witnesses of what we declare; and so is the holy Spirit, whom God hath given to them that obey Him.

And when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to put them to death.

Men of Israel, take heed to yourselves, what ye are about to do, as to these men.

For some time ago one Theudas arose, pretending to be some extraordinary person, to whom was joined a number of men, about four hundred: who was slain, and all that followed him were dispersed and came to nothing.

After him arose Judas the Galilean, at the time of the registring, and drew much people after him: but he also perished, and all that followed him were dispersed.

And therefore as to the present affair I advise you to refrain from these men and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nothing;

And they departed from the presence of the council rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer disgrace for his name.

Now in those days, as the number of disciples increased, there rose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily distribution.

and they were not able to resist the wisdom and spirit by which he spake.

(And all that were sitting in the council, looking stedfastly at him, saw his face like the face of an angel.)

Then said the high priest, Are these things so?

And he said, "Brethren and fathers, hearken,---The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,

And there came a famine over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction; and our fathers could not find sustenance.

But Jacob hearing that there was corn in Egypt, sent out our fathers first:

So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died there, he and our fathers:

and were carried to Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre which he had bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.

Till another king arose, who knew not Joseph. This king formed crafty schemes against our nation,

and oppressed our fathers, causing their children to be exposed, that their race might be extinguished.

And the next day he came to them, as they were two of them fighting, and would have persuaded them to agree, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren, why do ye injure one another?

Upon this Moses fled, and became a sojourner in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons.

And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina, an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.

I have seen the oppression of my people that are in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. Therefore come now, and I will send thee into Egypt."

---This is that Moses who said unto the children of Israel, "A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you, of your brethren, like unto me; Him shall ye hear."

This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the angel that spake to him on mount Sinai, and with our fathers; and who received the oracles of life to give unto us.

To whom our fathers would not be subject, but renounced him, and in their hearts turned back into Egypt,

Then God turned away, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets, "O house of Israel, did ye offer to me your victims and sacrifices, for the space of forty years in the wilderness?

yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them by: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon."

The tabernacle of witness was among our fathers in the wilderness, as He, that spake unto Moses, ordered him to make it according to the model which he had seen in the mount:

and which our fathers receiving, they with Joshua, brought into the territory of the nations, whom God drove out from before the face of our fathers, till the days of David, who found favor in the sight of God,

"Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool; what house will ye build for me, saith the Lord, or what is the place of my rest?

Ye stiff-necked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do ye.

Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and slew those who prophesied concerning the coming of that righteous One, of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers;

And when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart and gnashed their teeth at him.

And Saul was well pleased with his execution. For at that time there was a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all dispersed through the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.

Now they that were dispersed went about preaching the word.

And the people unanimously attended to the things which were spoken by Philip, hearing and seeing the miracles which he wrought:

for impure spirits crying with a loud voice came out of many that were possessed by them; and many paralytic and lame persons were cured.

And they were attentive to him, because he had for a considerable time astonished them by his magic arts.

But as they believed Philip, preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women;

and Simon himself also believed, and was baptized, and kept constantly with Philip: and beholding the signs and miracles that were wrought, he was amazed.

who when they were come down prayed for them that they might receive the holy Spirit: (for He was not yet fallen upon any of them,

only they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus:) and then they laid their hands on them,

And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom doth the prophet say this? of himself, or of some other person?