In my first volume, Theophilus, I dealt with all that Jesus did and taught from the beginning

"Men of Israel, listen to what I say. Jesus of Nazareth, as you know, was a man whom God commended to you by the wonders, portents, and signs that God did right among you through him.

"For David did not go up to heaven, but he said, 'The Lord said to my lord, Sit at my right hand,

Peter fixed his eyes on him, as John did also, and said to him, "Look at us!"

Yet I know, brothers, that you did not know what you were doing, any more than your leaders did;

and who said through the holy Spirit by the lips of our forefather David, your slave, " 'Why did the heathen rage, And the peoples form vain designs?

As long as it was unsold was it not yours, and after it was sold was not the money under your control? How could you think of doing such a thing? You did not lie to men but to God!"

Peter said to her, "Tell me, did you sell the land for such and such a sum?" "Yes," she said, "that was it."

and they did not for a single day stop teaching and preaching in the Temple and in private houses the good news of Jesus, the Christ.

Stephen, greatly strengthened by God's favor, did remarkable signs and wonders among the people.

He supposed that his brothers would understand that God was using him as the means of delivering them, but they did not.

Do you mean to kill me as you did that Egyptian yesterday?'

'I am the God of your forefathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.' Moses was terrified and did not dare to look at it.

It was he who brought them out of Egypt, and did wonders and signs there, and at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the desert.

You stubborn people, with heathen hearts and ears, you are always opposing the holy Spirit, just as your forefathers did!

Which of the prophets did your forefathers not persecute? They killed the men who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, whom you have now betrayed and killed??53 you who had the Law given to you by angels, and did not obey it!"

He was a devout man, who feared God, as did all the members of his household. He was liberal in charities to the people, and always prayed to God.

We are witnesses of everything that he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. Yet they put him upon a cross and killed him.

"Can anyone refuse the use of water to baptize these people when they have received the holy Spirit just as we did?"

When I began to speak to them, the holy Spirit fell upon them just as it did upon us at the beginning,

and this they did, sending it to the elders by Barnabas and Saul.

and the angel said to him, "Put on your belt and your sandals!" And he did so. Then he said to him, "Put on your coat and follow me!"

and when she recognized Peter's voice, in her joy she did not stop to open the door, but ran in and told them that Peter was standing outside.

But the angel of the Lord struck him down immediately, because he did not give the honor to God; and he was eaten by worms and died.

Now David, after serving God's purposes in his own generation, fell asleep and was laid among his forefathers and did undergo decay,

but he whom God raised to life did not undergo it.

though he did not fail to give some evidence about himself, through his kindnesses to you, in sending you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, giving you food and happiness to your heart's content."

But Paul did not approve of taking with them a man who had deserted them in Pamphylia instead of going on with them to their work.

She did this for a number of days, until Paul, very much annoyed, turned and said to the spirit in her, "In the name of Jesus Christ I order you to come out of her!" And it came out instantly.

Many of them became believers and so did no small number of Greek women of position, and men too.

But Crispus, the leader of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, and so did all his household, and many of the people of Corinth heard Paul and believed and were baptized.

he said to them, "Did you receive the holy Spirit when you became believers?" "No," they said to him, "we never even heard that there was a holy Spirit."

God did such extraordinary wonders by means of Paul,

The men who were with me saw the light, but they did not hear the voice of the one who was speaking to me.

"I did not know, brothers," said Paul, "that he was high priest, for the Scripture says, 'You shall not say anything against any ruler of your people.' "

But when his accusers got up, they did not charge him with any such crimes as I had expected.

That was what I did at Jerusalem when on the authority of the high priests I put many of God's people in prison. When they were put to death, I cast my vote against them,

Therefore, King Agrippa, I did not disobey that heavenly vision,

The king knows about this, and I can speak to him with freedom. I do not believe that he missed any of this, for it did not happen in a corner!