I WROTE my first account, O Theophilus, of all things which Jesus did and taught,

foreseeing he spoke of the resurrection of Christ, that he was not left in hades neither did his flesh see destruction.

And now, brothers, I know that you did it without knowledge, as did also your rulers;

who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the nations rage and the peoples devise vain things?

Continuing unsold was it not yours, and when it was sold was it not at your disposal? Why did you propose this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God.

But the officers going did not find them in the prison; and returning they reported,

Will you kill me as you did the Egyptian, yesterday?

This is the Moses whom they denied, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge? Him did God send to be a ruler and a redeemer by the hand of the angel that appeared to him in the bush.

And God turned and gave them up to serve the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets; Did you offer victims and sacrifices to me forty years in the wilderness, house of Israel,

Stiff necked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always fight against the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, you also do.

Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you now have become betrayers and murderers,

and we are witnesses of all things which he did, both in the land of Judea, and at Jerusalem, whom also they killed, hanging him on a cross.

This [man] did God raise up on the third day, and permitted him to be made manifest,

which they also did, sending to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

And the angel said to him, Gird yourself, and tie on your sandals. And he did so. And he said to him, Put your cloak about you, and follow me.

and knowing the voice of Peter she did not open the gate from joy, but ran in and told that Peter stood before the gate.

And the multitude seeing what Paul did, lifted up their voice in the language of Lycaonia, saying, The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men;

but Paul thought not best to take with them one who deserted them at Pamphylia and did not go with them to the work.

coming by Mysia they endeavored to go into Bithynia; and the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them;

and this she did for many days. And Paul being grieved turned around and said to the spirit, I command you, in the name of Jesus Christ, to come out of her. And it came out of her in that hour.

And they asking him to stay a longer time with them he did not consent,

And there were some seven sons of Sceva, a Jew, a chief priest, who did this.

And Paul wishing to go in to the people, the disciples did not permit him;

And they did not find me in the temple disputing with any one, or making a disturbance of the multitude, neither in the synagogues nor in the city;

which I also did at Jerusalem, and many of the saints I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests, and when they were killed I gave my vote against them.

And when it was day they did not know the land, but they perceived a bay having a shore, on which they wished if possible to thrust the ship.

and disagreeing among themselves they were dismissed by Paul, saying one word; Well did the Holy Spirit speak by Isaiah the prophet to our fathers,