To whom He also, after He suffered, manifested Himself alive in many testimonials, being seen by them forty days, and speaking the things concerning the kingdom of God:

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

And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, I will pour out from 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;

Israelitish men, hear these words, Jesus the Nazarene, a man having been demonstrated unto you from God by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did through Him in your midst, as yourselves know;

Him by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, having been delivered, you having nailed up, slew through the hand of lawless men;

whom God raised up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was impossible that he should be held by it.

Therefore being a prophet and knowing that God swore with an oath, that from the fruit of his loins One should sit upon the throne;

This Jesus God raised up, whose witnesses we are.

Therefore on the right hand of God exalted, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, has poured out this which you both see and hear.

Then let all the house of Israel assuredly know that God hath made this same Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.

And hearing, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the other apostles, Men, brethren, what must we do?

For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all who are afar off, so many as the Lord our God may call.

praising God, and having favor unto all the people. And the Lord was daily adding to them those who were being saved.

And a certain man, being lame from his mother's womb was habitually carried, whom they placed daily at the gate of the temple called Beautiful, to ask alms of those entering into the temple;

And leaping out, he stood, and continued to walk around, and came into the temple with them, walking around and leaping, and praising God.

And all the people saw him walking round and praising God.

And they recognized him, that he was the one sitting for alms at Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with astonishment and delight at that which had happened to him.

The God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, and the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Child, Jesus, who you indeed delivered up and denied before the face of Pilate having decided to release Him.

and you slew the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, whose witnesses we are.

and those things which God proclaimed through the mouth of all the prophets that his Christ should suffer, he hath thus fulfilled.

whom it behooves heaven indeed to receive until the times of the restitution of all things which God spoke through the mouth of all his prophets from the beginning.

Moses indeed said; The Lord our God will raise up to you from your brethren a prophet like unto me; Him you will hear concerning all things so many as he may speak to you.

And it shall come to pass, that every soul whosoever will not hear that prophet, shall be cut off from the people.

Ye are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, In thy seed shall the families of the earth be truly blessed.

To you God, having first raised up his Son, sent him blessing you, in turning each one from your sins.

let it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ, the Nazarene whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, through him this man now stands sound in your presence.

And Peter and John responding said to them, Whether it is right in the sight of God to hearken unto you rather than God, judge ye;

And they having threatened them, in addition sent them away, finding nothing to the end that they can punish them, on account of the people, because all continued to glorify God over that which had taken place;

And having heard, they unanimously lifted up their voice to God, and said, O Lord, thou having created the heaven and the earth and the sea and all things which are in them,

And they praying, the place in which they were assembled was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.

Remaining with thee did it not belong to thee; and having been sold, was it not still in thy control? why hast thou placed this thing in thy heart? thou hast not lied to men, but to God.

But Peter and the apostles responding said, It behooves us to obey God rather than men.

The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you have slain, hanging him on the wood;

Him hath God exalted at His own right hand, a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance and remission of sins to Israel.

And we are witnesses of these words, and the Holy Ghost, whom God has given to those who obey him.

And hearing, they were cut through and were minded to kill them.

but if it be of God, you will not be able to destroy them, lest perchance you may also be found fighting against God.

And the twelve calling to them the multitude of the disciples, said, It is not pleasing that we, leaving the word of God, serve tables.

But brethren, look out seven men from you of good report, full of the Spirit and wisdom, whom we shall appoint over this interest;

And the word of God increased, and the number of the disciples multiplied exceedingly in Jerusalem, and a great multitude of the priests were obedient unto the faith.

Then they bribed men, saying, that we have heard him speaking words blasphemous against Moses and God.

And he said, Men, brothers and fathers, hear ye; The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, while he was in Mesopotamia, before he migrated into Haran, and He said to him;

and God gave him no inheritance in it, not the step of his foot; and he promised to give it to him, and his seed after him, for an inheritance, there being no child to him.

And thus God spoke, that his seed shall sojourn in a strange land, and they will enslave it and oppress it four hundred years.

And the nation whom they shall serve I will judge, says God, and after these things they shall come out and serve me in this place.

and God was with him, and delivered him out of all his troubles, and gave him grace and wisdom before Pharaoh the king of Egypt; and he placed him governor over Egypt and all his house.

When the time of the promise which God made with Abraham drew nigh, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,

During which time Moses was born, and was beautiful to God; who was kept three months in the house of his father.

And he supposed that his brethren would understand that God through his hand is giving them salvation: but they did not recognize it.

I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob. And Moses trembling, did not dare to investigate.

And this Moses whom they denied, saying, Who hath established thee a ruler and a judge? him hath God sent a ruler and deliverer, with the hand of an angel having appeared unto him in a bush.

This Moses is the one having said to the sons of Israel, A prophet will God raise up to you of your brethren, like unto me.

And God turned away, and gave them up to serve the host of the heaven; as has been written in the book of the prophets: Slain victims and sacrifices you have not brought unto me forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel.

And ye took up the shrine of Moloch, and the star of the god Remphan, images which you made to worship them; and I will transport you beyond Babylon.

which our fathers receiving, brought in along with Joshua in the dispossession of the nations, whom God drove out, from the face of our fathers, until the days of David,

who found favor before God, and asked that he should build a tabernacle for the house of Jacob.

And hearing these words, they were cut through their hearts and gnashed their teeth at him.

But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, and looking up to heaven, saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,

and said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.

to whom all from small even unto the great gave heed, saying, This one is the power of God, called Great.

But when they believed Philip preaching the gospel concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

But the apostles in Jerusalem, having heard that Samaria has received the word of God, sent to them Peter and John:

And Peter said to him, Thy silver be unto destruction with thee, because thou hast thought to obtain the gift of God with money.

There is neither part nor lot to thee in this word: for thy heart is not right before God.

and immediately he was preaching Jesus in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.

But there was a certain disciple in Joppa, by name Tabitha, who being interpreted is called Dorcas: and she was full of good works and alms which she was doing.

devout, and fearing God with all his house, and doing many alms to the people, and praying to God always;

saw openly in a vision about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming to him and saying to him, Cornelius.

And he looking upon him, and being afraid, said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Thy prayer and thine alms have come up for a memorial before God.

And the voice again the second time came to him, Whatsoever things God has cleansed, do not count unclean;

And while Peter was at a loss within himself, as to what the vision he saw might be, behold, the men having been sent by Cornelius, making inquiry for the house of Simon, stood at the gate,

And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a man righteous and fearing God, and being of good report by all the nation of the Jews, was warned by a holy angel to send for thee to come into his house, and to hear words with thee.

and he said to them, You know how it is an unlawful thing for a Jewish man to associate with, or come to one of another nation; and God has shown me not to call any man unconsecrated or unclean.

and says, Cornelius, thy prayer has been heard, and thine alms have been remembered before God.

Then I immediately sent for thee; and thou hast done well being present. Now therefore we are all present before God, to hear all things which have been commanded thee of the Lord.

And Peter, opening his mouth, said, In truth I apprehend that God is no respecter of persons:

Jesus, the one from Nazareth, how God anointed Him with the Holy Ghost and power: who went about doing good, and healing all oppressed by the devil: because God is with Him.

God raised him on the third day, and gave him to be made manifest;

not to all the people, but to the witnesses having been chosen of God, to us, who ate and drank along with him after He arose from the dead:

and He commanded us to preach to the people, and to witness that He is the One ordained of God the Judge of the living and the dead.

for they were hearing them speaking with tongues, and magnifying God.

But the apostles and brethren being throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also received the word of God.

And a voice a second time was heard from heaven, Whatsoever things God has cleansed, consider thou not unconsecrated.

Since then God gave unto them the equal gift, as also unto us, believing on the Lord Jesus Christ; who was I, to be able to resist God?

And hearing these things, they acquiesced, and glorified God, saying, Then God has also given unto the Gentiles repentance unto life.

Who, coming, and seeing the grace of God, rejoiced, and continued to exhort all, with purpose of heart to abide with the Lord:

because he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and faith. And a great multitude was added to the Lord.

Then indeed Peter was kept in prison: but prayer to God in his behalf was incessantly made by the church.

And having come through the first guard and the second, they came to the iron gate leading into the city; which opened to them of its own accord: and having come out, they came on to the first street; and the angel immediately departed from him.

And he knocking at the door of the gate, a damsel, by name Rhoda, came to hearken:

and recognizing the voice of Peter, from joy did not open the gate, but running in, she proclaimed that Peter stands before the gate.

and the people shouted, It is the voice of God and not of man.

And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not the glory to God; and being eaten by worms, he breathed out his soul.

And being in Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they also had John as their helper.

who was with Sergius Paulus, the proconsul, an intelligent man. He, having called Barnabas and Saul, sought to hear the word of God;

said, O thou full of all guile and rascality, thou son of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease perverting the right ways of God?

And Paul, rising up, and beckoning with his hand said; Israelitish men, and those fearing God, hear.

The God of this people Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people during their sojourn in the land of Egypt, and with a strong arm led them out of it;

And then they asked for a king: and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, forty years;

Men, brethren, sons of the race of Abraham, and those among you fearing God, unto us the word of this salvation was sent.