Also, as he ate with them, he charged them not to leave Jerusalem but to wait for what the Father promised ??"for what you have heard me speak of," said he;

"for John baptized with water, but not many days after this you shall be baptized with the holy Spirit."

But he told them, "It is not for you to know the course and periods of time that the Father has fixed by his own authority.

As he went up, their eyes were fixed on heaven; but just then two men stood beside them dressed in white,

With the money paid him for his crime he purchased an estate; but swelling up he burst in two, and all his bowels poured out ??19 a fact which became known to all the residents in Jerusalem, so that the estate got the name, in their language, of Akeldamach or The Ground of Blood.

But Peter stood up along with the eleven, and raising his voice he addressed them thus: "Men of Judaea and residents in Jerusalem, let everyone of you understand this ??attend to what I say:

but God raised him by checking the pangs of death. Death could not hold him.

But Peter said, "I have no silver or gold, but I will give you what I do have. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, [get up and] walk!"

But when Peter saw this, he said to the people, "Men of Israel, why are you surprised at this? Why do you stare at us, as if we had made him walk by any power or piety of ours?

but you repudiated the Holy and Just One; the boon you asked was a murderer,

and you killed the pioneer of Life. But God raised him from the dead, as we can bear witness.

but as they saw the man who had been healed standing beside them, they could say nothing.

But Peter and John replied, "Decide for yourselves whether it is right before God to obey you rather than God.

[Relocated to before vs 34] Now there was but one heart and soul among the multitude of the believers; not one of them considered anything his personal property, they shared all they had with one another.

But a man called Ananias, who with his wife Sapphira had sold some property,

When it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And even after the sale, was the money not yours to do as you pleased about it? How could you think of doing a thing like this? You have not defrauded men but God."

but an angel of the Lord opened the prison-doors during the night and brought them out, saying,

But as the attendants did not find them when they got to the prison, they came back to report,

"We found the prison safely locked up with the sentries posted at the doors, but on opening the doors we found no one inside!"

At this the commander went off with the attendants and fetched them ??but without using violence, for fear that the people would pelt them with stones.

But a Pharisee in the Sanhedrin called Gamaliel, a doctor of the Law who was highly respected by all the people, got up and ordered the apostles to be removed for a few moments.

In days gone by Theudas started up, claiming to be a person of importance; a number of men, about four hundred of them, rallied to him, but he was slain, and all his followers were dispersed and wiped out.

After him Judas the Galilean started up at the time of the census, and got people to desert to him; but he perished too, and all his followers were scattered.

but we will continue to devote ourselves to prayer and the ministry of the word."

but they could not meet the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.

But he did not give him any inheritance in it, not even a foot of the land. All be did was to promise that he would give it as a possession to him and to his offspring after him (he at the time being childless).

But,' said God, 'I will pass sentence on the nation that has made them slaves, and then they will get away to worship me in this Place.'

Out of jealousy the patriarchs sold Joseph into Egypt; but God was with him,

But, hearing there was food in Egypt, Jacob sent our ancestors on their first visit to that country;

then he was exposed, but Pharaoh's daughter adopted him and brought him up as her own son.

(He thought his brothers would understand God was going to bring them deliverance by means of him, but they did not understand.)

But the man who was injuring his neighbour pushed him aside. "Who made you ruler and umpire over us?" he asked.

But the Lord said to him, 'Take the sandals off your feet, for the place where you are standing is sacred ground.

But our fathers would not submit to him; they pushed him aside and hankered secretly after Egypt.

but Saul made havoc of the church by entering one house after another, dragging off men and women, and consigning them to prison.

But when they believed Philip, who preached the gospel of the Reign of God and the name of Jesus, they had themselves baptized, both men and women;

but an angel of the Lord said to Philip, "Get up and go south, along the road from Jerusalem to Gaza" (the desert-route).

His fellow-travellers stood speechless, for they heard the voice but they could not see anyone.

Saul got up from the ground, but though his eyes were open he could see nothing; so they took his hand and led him to Damascus.

"But, Lord," Ananias answered, "many people have told me about all the mischief this man has done to thy saints at Jerusalem!

But the Lord said to him, "Go; I have chosen him to be the means of bringing my Name before the Gentiles and their kings as well as before the sons of Israel.

But their plot came to the ears of Saul, and, although they kept watch on the gates day and night in order to make away with him,

He got to Jerusalem and tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, unable to believe he was really a disciple.

he also held conversations and debates with the Hellenists. But when the brothers learned that the Hellenists were attempting to make away with him,

He became very hungry and longed for some food. But as they were getting the meal ready, a trance came over him.

But Peter said, "No, no, my Lord; I have never eaten anything common or unclean."

Peter was quite at a loss to know the meaning of the vision he had seen; but just then, the messengers of Cornelius, who had made inquiries for the house of Simon, stood at the door

but Peter raised him, saying, "Get up, I am only a man myself."

To them Peter said, "You know yourselves it is illegal for a Jew to join or accost anyone belonging to another nation; but God has shown me that I must not call any man common or unclean,

but that he who reverences Him and lives a good life in any nation is welcomed by Him.

but God raised him on the third day, and allowed him to be seen

not by all the People but by witnesses whom God had previously selected, by us who ate and drank with him after his resurrection from the dead,

But a voice answered me for the second time out of heaven, 'What God has cleansed, you must not regard as common.'

and I remembered the saying of the Lord, that 'John baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the holy Spirit.'

Now those who had been scattered by the trouble which arose over Stephen made their way as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, but they preached the word to none except Jews.

But an angel of the Lord flashed on him, and a light shone in the cell; striking Peter on the side he woke him, saying, "Quick, get up!" The fetters dropped from his hands,

And he followed him out, not realizing that what the angel did was real, but imagining that he saw a vision.

but as soon as she recognized Peter's voice, instead of opening the door she ran inside from sheer joy and announced that Peter was standing in front of the porch.

"You are mad," they said. But she insisted it was true. "It is his angel," they said.

But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door they were amazed to see him.

Herod made inquiries for him but could not find him; so, after cross-examining the guards, he ordered them off to death. He then went down from Judaea to Caesarea, where he spent some time.

But the sorcerer Elymas (for that is the translation of his name) tried to divert the proconsul from the faith.

but they passed on from Perga and arrived at Pisidian Antioch. On the sabbath they went into the synagogue and sat down;

But God raised him from the dead.

but He whom God raised did not suffer decay.

But when the Jews saw the crowds they were filled with jealousy; they began to contradict what Paul said and to abuse him.

So Paul and Barnabas spoke out fearlessly. "The word of God," they said, "had to be spoken to you in the first instance; but as you push it aside and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, well, here we turn to the Gentiles!

But the Jews incited the devout women of high rank and the leading men in the town, who stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their territory.

[Move to follow vs 3] But the refractory Jews stirred up and exasperated the feeling of the Gentiles against the brothers.

But, when the Gentiles and Jews along with their rulers made a hostile movement to insult and stone them,

But when the apostles, Paul and Barnabas, heard this they rent their clothes and sprang out among the crowd,

shouting, "Men, what is this you are doing? We are but human, with natures like your own! The gospel we are preaching to you is to turn from such futile ways to the living God who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all that in them is.

But Jews from Antioch and Iconium arrived, who won over the crowds, and after pelting Paul with stones they dragged him outside the town, thinking he was dead.

But certain individuals came down from Jerusalem and taught the brothers that "unless you get circumcised after the custom of Moses you cannot be saved."

But some of the believers who belonged to the Pharisaic party got up and said, "Gentiles must be circumcised and told to observe the law of Moses."

and a keen controversy sprang up; but Peter rose and said to them, "Brothers, you are well aware that from the earliest days God chose that of you all I should be the one by whom the Gentiles were to hear the word of the gospel and believe it.

but write them injunctions to abstain from whatever is contaminated by idols, from sexual vice, from the flesh of animals that have been strangled, and from tasting blood;

But while Barnabas wanted to take John (who was called Mark) along with them,

when they got as far as Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not allow them,

But when her owners saw their chance of profit was gone, they caught hold of Paul and Silas and dragged them before the magistrates in the forum.

But about midnight, as Paul and Silas were praying and singing to God, while the prisoners listened,

but Paul shouted aloud, "Do not harm yourself, we are all here!"

But Paul replied, "They flogged us in public and without a trial, flogged Roman citizens! They put us in prison, and now they are going to get rid of us secretly! No indeed! Let them come here themselves and take us out!"

But the Jews were aroused to jealousy; they got hold of some idle rascals to form a mob and set the town in an uproar; they attacked Jason's house in the endeavour to bring them out before the populace,

but as they failed to find Paul and Silas they haled Jason and some of the brothers before the politarchs, yelling, "These upsetters of the whole world have come here too!

But when the Jews of Thessalonica heard that Paul was proclaiming the word of God at Beroea as well, they came to create a disturbance and a riot among the crowds at Beroea too.

Such ages of ignorance God overlooked, but he now charges men that they are all everywhere to repent,

But on hearing of a 'resurrection of dead men,' some sneered, while others said, "We will hear you again on that subject."

But as they opposed and abused him, he shook out his garments in protest, saying, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am not responsible! After this I will go to the Gentiles."

But Crispus the president of the synagogue believed in the Lord, as did all his household, and many of the Corinthians listened, believed, and were baptized.

But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia the Jews without exception rose against Paul and brought him up before the tribunal,

But as these are merely questions of words and persons and your own Law, you can attend to them for yourselves. I decline to adjudicate upon matters like that."

Then all [the Greeks] caught hold of Sosthenes the president of the synagogue and beat him in front of the tribunal; but Gallio took no notice.

who asked him to stay for a while. But he would not consent;

In the synagogue he was very outspoken at first; but when Aquila and Priscilla listened to him, they took him home and explained more accurately to him what the Way of God really meant.

But as some grew stubborn and disobedient, decrying the Way in presence of the multitude, he left them, withdrew the disciples, and continued his argument every day from eleven to four in the lecture-room of Tyrannus.

But the evil spirit retorted, "Jesus I know and Paul I know, but you ??who are you?"

You also see and hear that not only at Ephesus but almost all over Asia this fellow Paul has drawn off a considerable number of people by his persuasions. He declares that hand-made gods are not gods at all.

Now the danger is not only that we will have our trade discredited but that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will fall into contempt and that she will be degraded from her majestic glory, she whom all Asia and the wide world worship."

(Paul wanted to enter the popular assembly, but the disciples would not allow him.