So when they had come together, they asked him, "Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?"

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the ends of the earth."

They also said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in just the same way as you have watched him go into heaven."

When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place.

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.

The sun will be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord shall come.

Repent therefore, and turn again, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

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,

Now when the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard these words, they were much perplexed about them, wondering what would come of this.

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.

'But I will judge the nation which they serve,' said God, 'and after that they will come out and worship me in this place.'

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:

I have certainly seen the oppression of my people in Egypt and have heard their groaning, and I have come down to rescue them. Come now, and I will send you to Egypt.'

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 Simon answered, "Pray for me to the Lord, so that nothing of what you have said may come upon me."

So he got up and went. And there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure; and he had come to Jerusalem to worship,

And he said, "How can I, unless someone guides me?" And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

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.

and in a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come in and lay his hands on him so that he might regain his sight."

All those who heard him were amazed, and said, "Is this not he who made havoc in Jerusalem of those who called on this name, and who had come here for the purpose of bringing them bound before the chief priests?"

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.

Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, having heard that Peter was there, sent two men to him, imploring him, "Please come to us without delay."

About the ninth hour of the day he clearly saw in a vision an angel of God who had just come in and said to him, "Cornelius!"

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."

Peter went down to the men and said, "Behold, I am the one you are looking for; what is the reason you have come?"

They said, "Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous and God-fearing man, who is well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house, and to hear what you have to say."

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

So I sent for you immediately, and you have been kind enough to come. Now therefore we are all here present in the sight of God, to hear all that you have been commanded by the Lord."

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.

Therefore take care, so that what is said in the prophets may not come upon you:

And when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the Lycaonian language, "The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!"

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.

it has seemed good to us, having come to one accord, to choose men and send them to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

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;

A vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia was standing and begging him, and saying, "Come over to Macedonia and help us."

and on the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to the riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer; and we sat down and began speaking to the women who had come together.

When she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay." And she prevailed upon us.

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.

And the jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, "The chief magistrates have sent to release you. Therefore come out now and go in peace."

But Paul said to them, "They have beaten us publicly, without trial, men who are Roman citizens, and have thrown us into prison; and do they now cast us out secretly? No! Let them come themselves and take us out."

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.

When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brethren before the city authorities, shouting, "These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also,

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.

Now those who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens; and receiving a command for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they left.

And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, having recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. He went to see them,

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.

Now some were shouting one thing, some another; for the assembly was in confusion, and most of the people did not know why they had come together.

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;

I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock;

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.

When we had come in sight of Cyprus, leaving it on the left we sailed to Syria, and landed at Tyre; for there the ship was to unload its cargo.