And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.

And at this sound the crowd came together, and they were bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in his own language.

And likewise, all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and those who came afterwards, also announced these days.

And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,

But many of those who heard the message believed; and the number of the men came to about five thousand.

When Ananias heard these words, he fell down and died. And great fear came upon all who heard of it.

After an interval of about three hours his wife came in, not knowing what had happened.

Immediately she fell down at his feet and died. When the young men came in they found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.

And great fear came upon the whole church, and upon all who heard of these things.

so that they even carried out the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and pallets, so that as Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on some of them.

And when they heard this, they entered into the temple about daybreak and began to teach. Now when the high priest and his associates came, they called the Council together, even all the Senate of the sons of Israel, and sent orders to the prison house for them to be brought.

But when the officers came, they did not find them in the prison, and they returned and reported back,

And someone came and told them, "Look! The men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people."

For some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and a group of about four hundred men joined him. But he was killed, and all who followed him were dispersed and came to nothing.

They stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes, and they came on him and seized him, and brought him before the council.

Now there came a famine throughout all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, and our fathers could find no food.

"When he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the sons of Israel.

When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight; and as he approached to look more closely, there came the voice of the Lord:

For unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice, came out of many who were possessed; and many who were paralyzed and lame were healed.

who came down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit.

And as they went along the road they came to some water; and the eunuch said, "Look, here is water! What prevents me from being baptized?"

And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away; and the eunuch saw him no more, but went on his way rejoicing.

But Philip found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through he kept preaching the gospel to all the towns until he came to Caesarea.

When he came to Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples; but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.

Now as Peter went through all those regions, he came down also to the saints who lived at Lydda.

A voice came to him, "Get up, Peter. Kill and eat!"

And the voice came to him again a second time, "What God has cleansed, you must not call common."

So when I was sent for, I came without raising any objection. I ask then why you sent for me."

All the circumcised believers who came with Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles.

"I was in the city of Joppa praying; and in a trance I saw a vision, something descending like a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came down to me.

But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who came to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks also, preaching the Lord Jesus.

Now at this time some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.

When they had passed the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened for them by itself, and they went out and passed on through one street; and immediately the angel left him.

When Peter came to himself, he said, "Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting."

And when he knocked at the door of the gate, a servant-girl named Rhoda came to answer.

Now when day came, there was no small disturbance among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter.

Now he was angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; and they came to him in a body, and having persuaded Blastus, the king's chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their country depended on the king's country for food.

When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they came upon a certain magician, a Jewish false prophet, named Bar-Jesus,

Now Paul and his companions put out to sea from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia; but John left them and returned to Jerusalem.

But they passed on from Perga and came to Pisidian Antioch. And on the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down.

and for many days he appeared to those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses to the people.

But Jews came there from Antioch and Iconium; and having won over the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.

They passed through Pisidia, and came into Pamphylia.

But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brethren, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved."

When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all that God had done with them.

The apostles and the elders came together to consider this matter.

And he came also to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer; but his father was a Greek,

And when they came to Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit o Jesus did not allow them;

She continued doing this for many days. But Paul was greatly annoyed, and turned and said to the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!" And it came out at that very moment.

and suddenly there came a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone's chains were unfastened.

So they came and apologized to them, and they took them out and asked them to leave the city.

Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.

But when the Jews of Thessalonica learned that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul in Berea also, they came there too, agitating and stirring up the crowds.

When Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself exclusively to preaching, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.

They came to Ephesus, and he left them there. Now he himself went into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.

Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, well versed in the scriptures.

While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the upper country and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples.

And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.

Many also of those who believed now came, confessing and disclosing their practices.

And a number of those who practiced magic arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all; and they counted the value of them and found it came to fifty thousand pieces of silver.

When he had gone through those parts and had given them much encouragement, he came to Greece.

But we sailed away from Philippi after the Days of Unleavened Bread, and in five days came to them at Troas, where we stayed seven days.

And when he met us at Assos, we took him on board and came to Mitylene.

Sailing from there, we arrived the following day opposite Chios; and the next day we crossed over to Samos; and the day after that we came to Miletus.

And when they came to him, he said to them: "You yourselves know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day that I set foot in Asia,

serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials which came upon me through the plots of the Jews;

When we had parted from them and set sail, we came by a straight course to Cos, and the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.

On the next day we left and came to Caesarea, and entering the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, we stayed with him.

As we were staying there for some days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.

While they were trying to kill him, a report came up to the commander of the Roman cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion.

Then the commander came up and arrested him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains. He inquired who he was and what he had done.

When he came to the steps, he was actually carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob;

But since I could not see because of the brightness of that light, I was led by the hand by those who were with me and came into Damascus.

came to me, and standing near said to me, 'Brother Saul, receive your sight!' And at that very time I looked up at him.

So the commander came and said to him, "Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?" And he said, "Yes."

This man was seized by the Jews, and was about to be killed by them, when I came upon them with the troops and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman citizen.

After five days the high priest Ananias came down with some elders, with an attorney named Tertullus, and they brought their charges against Paul before the governor.

Now after several years I came to bring alms to my nation and to present offerings.

But some days later Felix came with Drusilla, his wife who was a Jewess, and sent for Paul and heard him speak about faith in Christ Jesus.

When therefore they came together here, I did not delay, but on the next day took my seat on the tribunal and ordered the man to be brought in.

So on the next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the audience room with the high ranking officers and the prominent men of the city. At the command of Festus, Paul was brought in.

We sailed along it with difficulty and came to a place called Fair Havens, near which was the city of Lasea.

When a gentle south wind came up, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and began sailing along Crete, close inshore.

But when the fourteenth night came, as we were being driven across the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors began to sense that they were approaching land.

When day came, they could not recognize the land, but they did observe a bay with a beach, and they resolved to drive the ship onto it if they could.

But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and put them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened itself on his hand.

When this had happened, the rest of the people on the island who had diseases also came and were cured.

From there we sailed around and arrived at Rhegium, and a day later a south wind sprang up, and on the second day we came to Puteoli.

There we found some brethren, and were invited to stay with them for seven days. And so we came to Rome.

And the brethren, when they heard of us, came from there as far as the Forum of Appius and Three Taverns to meet us. When Paul saw them, he thanked God and took courage.

And when we came into Rome, Paul was allowed to stay by himself, with the soldier that guarded him.

When they had appointed a day for Paul, they came to him at his lodging in great numbers. And he explained the matter to them from morning till evening, testifying to the kingdom of God and trying to convince them about Jesus both from the law of Moses and from the prophets.

And he stayed there two whole years in his own rented quarters and welcomed all who came to him,