to whom He also presented Himself living after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them through forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.

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

"And it shall be in the last days, says 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.

Men, Israelites, hear these words. Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by powerful works, and wonders and miracles, which God did through Him in your midst, as you yourselves also know,

this One given to you by the before-determined counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken and by lawless hands, crucifying Him, you put Him to death;

whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it.

Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, He would raise up Christ to sit upon his throne,

God raised up this Jesus, of which we all are witnesses.

Therefore being exalted to the right of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has poured out this which you now see and hear.

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

For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all those afar off, as many as the Lord our God shall call.

praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.

And a certain man, who was lame from his mother's womb, was being carried. And they laid him daily at that temple gate which is called Beautiful, to ask alms from those who entered into the temple.

And leaping up, he stood and walked and entered with them into the temple, walking and leaping and praising God.

And all the people saw him walking and praising God.

And they recognized him, that it was him who sat for alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple. And they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His son Jesus, whom you delivered up, denying Him in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to let Him go.

And you killed the Prince of Life, whom God has raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses.

But those things which God before had shown by the mouth of all His prophets, that Christ should suffer, He fulfilled in this manner.

whom Heaven truly needs to receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of His holy prophets since the world began.

For Moses truly said to the fathers, "The Lord your God shall raise up a Prophet to you from your brothers, One like me. You shall hear Him in all things, whatever He may say to you.

You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, "And in your Seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed."

Having raised up His son Jesus, God sent Him to you first, to bless you in turning every one of you away from his iniquities.

if we are examined today on a good work for an infirm man, by what this one has been healed,

be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, in this name does this man stand before you whole.

But Peter and John answered and said to them, Whether it is right before God to listen to you more than to God, you judge.

So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way as to how they might punish them, because of the people. For all glorified God for that which was done.

And having heard, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord and said, Lord, You are the God who made the heaven and earth, and the sea, and all that is in them;

And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the Word of God with boldness.

While it remained, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was it not in your own authority? Why have you conceived this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men, but to God.

And Peter and the apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed and hanged on a tree.

This One God has exalted to be a Ruler and Savior to His right hand in order to give repentance and remission of sins to Israel.

And we are His witnesses of these things. And so also is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.

But those hearing were cut to the heart, and they took counsel to kill them.

But if it is of God, you cannot overthrow it, lest perhaps you be found even to fight against God.

And the Twelve called near the multitude of the disciples and said, It is not pleasing to us, leaving the Word of God, to serve tables.

And the Word of God was increasing. And the number of the disciples in Jerusalem was multiplying exceedingly; even a great crowd of the priests obeyed the faith.

And they induced men to be saying, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.

And he said, Men, brothers, and fathers, listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran.

And God spoke in this way, that his seed would be a tenant in another land, and that they would enslave it and oppress it four hundred years.

And God said, "I will judge the nation to whom they shall be in bondage," and "after these things they will come out and will serve Me in this place."

And being jealous of Joseph, the patriarchs sold Joseph into Egypt. But God was with him

But as the time was drawing near, of the promise which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

In this time Moses was born, and was beautiful to God, who was brought up three months in his father's house.

For he thought his brothers would understand that God would give them deliverance by his hand. But they did not understand.

saying, "I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." But Moses trembled and dared not look.

This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge? God has sent this one to be a ruler and a redeemer by the hand of the Angel who appeared to him in the Bush.

This is that Moses who said to the sons of Israel, "The Lord your God shall raise up a Prophet to you from your brothers, One like me; you shall hear Him."

Then God turned and gave them over to serve the host of the heavens, as it is written in the book of the Prophets: "O house of Israel, have you offered to Me slain beasts and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness?

Yea, you took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, images which you made in order to worship them; and I will remove you beyond Babylon."

The tabernacle of witness was among our fathers in the wilderness, as commanded by God, speaking to Moses to make it according to the pattern that he had seen.

Which also having received it by inheritance with Joshua, our fathers, with Joshua, in taking possession of the nations whom God drove out before the face of our fathers until the days of David,

who found favor with God and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob;

And hearing these things, they were cut to their hearts. And they gnashed on him with their teeth.

But being full of the Holy Spirit, looking up intently into Heaven, he saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.

And he said, Behold, I see Heaven opened and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God.

And they stoned Stephen, who was calling on God and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

All gave heed to him, from the least to the greatest, saying, This one is the great power of God.

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

And the apostles in Jerusalem hearing that Samaria had received the Word of God, they sent Peter and John to them;

But Peter said to him, May your silver perish with you, because you have thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.

You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart is not right in the sight of God.

Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.

Philip said, If you believe with all your heart, it is lawful. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.

And immediately he proclaimed Christ in the synagogues, that He is the Son of God.

And in Joppa was a certain disciple named Tabitha (which translated is called Dorcas). She was full of good works and kind deeds which she did.

one devout and fearing God, with all his household, both doing many merciful deeds to the people, and praying continually to God.

About the ninth hour of the day he saw plainly in a vision an angel of God coming to him and saying to him, Cornelius!

And he was gazing at him, and becoming terrified, he said, What is it, lord? And he said to him, Your prayers and your merciful deeds have come up for a memorial before God.

And the voice spoke to him again the second time, What God has made clean, you do not call common.

And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man and one who fears God, and one of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and to hear words from you.

And he said to them, You know that it is an unlawful thing for a man, a Jew to keep company with or to come near to one of another nation. But God has shown me not to call any man common or unclean.

And he said, Cornelius, your prayer is heard, and your merciful deeds have been remembered before God.

Therefore I immediately sent to you, and you have done well to come. Now therefore we are all here present before God to hear all things that are commanded you by God.

Then Peter opened his mouth and said, Truly I see that God is no respecter of persons;

You know the Word which God sent to the sons of Israel, preaching the gospel of peace by Jesus Christ (He is Lord of all!);

how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and He went about doing good, and healing all those who were oppressed by the Devil, for God was with Him.

but God raised Him up the third day and showed Him openly,

not to all the people, but to witnesses hand-picked before by God, even to us who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead.

And He commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that it is He who was ordained of God to be the Judge of the living and the dead.

For they heard them speak with tongues and magnify God. Then Peter answered,

And the apostles and brothers who were in Judea heard that the nations had also received the Word of God.

But the voice answered me again from the heaven, What God has made clean, you do not call common.

If God gave to them the same gift as to us, they having believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to be able to prevent God?

When they heard these things, they were silent and glorified God, saying, Then God has also granted repentance to life to the nations.

who was glad when he had come and had seen the grace of God. And he exhorted all with purpose of heart to remain near to the Lord.

For he was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and faith. And many people were added to the Lord.

Then, indeed, Peter was kept in prison. But earnest prayer was made to God for him by the church.

When they were past the first and second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads to the city, which opened to them of its own accord. And they went out and passed on through one street. And immediately the angel departed from him.

But, waving to them with his hand to be quiet, he declared to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go tell these things to James and to the brothers. And he departed and went into another place.

And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god and not of a man!

And immediately the angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give God the glory. And he was eaten by worms and gave up the spirit.

But the Word of God grew and increased.

And when they were at Salamis, they announced the Word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they also had John as an assistant.

who was with the proconsul of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man. He called for Barnabas and Saul and asked to hear the Word of God.

And rising up and signaling with his hand, Paul said, Men, Israelites, and those fearing God, listen.

The God of this people Israel chose our fathers and exalted the people in their residency in the land of Egypt, and He brought them out of it with a high arm.

And afterward they asked for a king. And God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

Of this man's seed God has raised to Israel, according to His promise, a Savior, Jesus;