And being assembled together, he commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, Which, he said, ye heard from me.

And having said these things, as they were watching, he was taken up, and a cloud received him from their eyes.

who also said, Men, Galileans, why stand ye gazing into the sky? This Jesus who was taken up from you into the sky will so come, in that same way as ye saw him going into the sky.

Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem having a Sabbath day journey.

(Indeed therefore this man obtained a field from the reward of his unrighteousness, and having become headlong, he burst open in the middle and all his bowels gushed out.

having begun from the immersion of John to the day that he was taken up from us, for one of these to become a witness with us of his resurrection.

to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas transgressed to go to his own place.

And suddenly there developed a sound from the sky as of a forceful wind moving, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting.

Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem, Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven.

And it will be in the last days, says God, I will pour out from my Spirit upon all flesh. And your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your elders will dream dreams.

And also on my bondmen and on my bondmaids in those days I will pour out from my Spirit, and they will prophesy.

Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, to raise the Christ from the fruit of his loins according to flesh to sit upon his throne.

Therefore, exalted by the right hand of God, and having received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he poured out this that ye now see and hear.

And with many more other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, Be saved from this crooked generation.

And continuing steadfastly, daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they partook of nourishment in gladness and evenness of heart,

And a certain man, being lame from his mother's belly, was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple, called Beautiful, to ask charity from those who entered into the temple,

And he gave attention to them expecting to receive something from them.

And ye killed the Pathfinder of life, whom God raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses.

And now, brothers, I know that ye did it from ignorance, as also your rulers.

Repent ye therefore, and be converted in order to wipe away your sins, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord.

whom heaven must indeed receive until the times of restoration of all things, of which God spoke through the mouth of all his holy prophets from the age.

For Moses indeed said to the fathers, Lord our God will raise up a prophet for you, from your brothers, like me. Ye shall hear him in all things, as many as he might speak to you.

And every soul, whichever it will be, if it will not hear that prophet will be utterly destroyed from the people.

And also all the prophets from Samuel and those in succession, as many as spoke, also proclaimed these days.

To you first, having raised up his Boy Jesus, God sent him blessing you, in turning away each man from your evils.

be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by this, this man stands here before you healthy.

and kept back from the price, his wife also having joint awareness. And having brought a certain part, he placed it at the apostles' feet.

But Peter said, Ananias, why did Satan fill thy heart for thee to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back from the price of the land?

And now I say to you, keep away from these men, and let them go, because if the project or this work is from men, it will be overthrown,

but if it is from God, ye cannot overthrow it, and perhaps ye may be found to be fighting against God.

Indeed therefore they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were considered worthy to be treated shamefully for the name of Jesus.

And every day, in the temple and from house to house, they ceased not teaching and preaching good news, Jesus, the Christ.

Therefore, brothers, seek ye out seven men from you being well reported, full of Holy Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this need.

But some of those from the synagogue called Libertines, and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia and Asia, rose up disputing with Stephen.

And he said to him, Go forth out of thy land, and from thy kinfolk, and come into a land that I will show thee.

Then after coming out of the land of the Chaldeans, he dwelt in Haran. And from there, after his father died, God resettled him in this land in which ye now dwell.

And they were carried into Shechem, and laid in the sepulcher that Abraham bought for a price of silver from the sons of Hamor of Shechem.

And the Lord said to him, Put off the shoes from thy feet, for the place on which thou stand is holy ground.

This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, Lord our God will raise up a prophet for you, from your brothers, like me.

Which also our fathers, having received in succession, brought in with Joshua into the possession of the nations whom God drove out from the presence of our fathers, until the days of David

But Saul was ravaging the church, entering from house to house. Dragging both men and women, he gave them over to prison.

to whom they gave heed, from small to great, saying, This man is the great power of God.

Repent therefore from this thine evil, and beg God, if perhaps the thought of thy heart will be forgiven thee.

And an agent of Lord spoke to Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza. This is a desolate region.

In his lowly condition his justice was taken away. And who will describe his generation, because his life was taken from the earth?

And Philip having opened his mouth, and having begun from this Scripture, he preached the good-news to him--the man Jesus.

he requested letters from him for Damascus, to the synagogues, so that if he found any who were of the Way, both men and women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

And Saul arose from the ground. And when his eyes were opened, he saw no man. But they brought him into Damascus, leading him by the hand.

But Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how many evil things he did to thy sanctified at Jerusalem.

And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call upon thy name.

And straightaway there fell from his eyes, like scales, and he looked up. And immediately after rising up, he was immersed.

Now while Peter was bewildered in himself whatever the vision which he saw might be, that lo, the men who were sent from Cornelius, having inquired the house of Simon, stood at the gate.

And they said, Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous man, and fearing God, and being well testified by the whole nation of the Jews, was divinely warned by a holy agent to summon thee to his house, and to hear sayings from thee.

So, having invited them in, he lodged them. And on the morrow Peter went forth with them, and certain of the brothers from Joppa went with him.

ye know, the word having occurred throughout the whole of Judea beginning from Galilee after the immersion that John preached--

not to all the people, but to witnesses who were previously chosen by God, to us, who ate and drank with him after he arose from the dead.

I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision, a certain container descending, as a great sheet being lowered from heaven by four corners, and it came as far as to me,

And behold, immediately three men stood at the house in which I was, who were sent from Caesarea to me.

Indeed therefore those who were scattered abroad from the persecution that occurred against Stephen passed through as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to none except Jews only.

Now in these days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.

Now about that time Herod the king threw on hands to harm some of those from the church.

And behold, an agent of Lord stood near, and light shone in the room. And after striking the side of Peter, he raised him up, saying, Get up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.

And when they passed a first and a second watch, they came to the iron gate, the one leading to the city, which opened spontaneously to them. And after going out, they advanced one street. And straightaway the agent withdrew from h

And Herod, who sought for him, and not having found, having examined the guards, he commanded them to be led away. And going down from Judea to Caesarea, he remained there.

Now Herod was angry at the Tyrians and Sidonians. But they came with one accord to him, and, having persuaded Blastus the man over the king's bedchamber, they requested peace, because their country was sustained from the monarchy.

Now there were some men from the congregation that was in Antioch, prophets and teachers, including Barnabas, and Simeon called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenian, and Manaen reared with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

Indeed therefore these men, having been sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed for Cyprus.

But Elymas the sorcerer (for so his name is translated) opposed them, seeking to deviate the proconsul from the faith.

Now those around Paul, having launched from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia. But John, having departed from them, returned to Jerusalem.

And they, having passed through from Perga, arrived at Antioch of Pisidia, and after entering into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, they sat down.

From this man's seed according to promise, God brought salvation to Israel,

And when they completed all the things written about him, having taken him down from the tree, they laid him in a tomb.

But God raised him from the dead,

who was seen for more days by those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are witnesses of him to the people.

And because he raised him from the dead, no longer going to return to decay, he has spoken this way: I will give to you the faithful holy things of David.

And from all things of which ye could not be make righteous by the Law of Moses, in this man every man who believes is made righteous.

And as they went out from the synagogue of the Jews, the Gentiles urged that these sayings be spoken to them the next Sabbath.

And a certain man was sitting in Lystra, disabled in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's belly, who had never walked.

and saying, Men, why are ye doing these things? We also are men of like nature with you, proclaiming good-news to you, to turn from these vain things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all the thi

although he did not leave himself without evidence, doing good and giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts of food and gladness.

But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium. And having persuaded the crowds, and having stoned Paul, they dragged him out of the city, after presuming him to be dead.

and from there they sailed to Antioch, from where they were delivered to the grace of God for the work that they fulfilled.

And certain men, who came down from Judea, taught the brothers, Unless ye will be circumcised in the custom of Moses, ye cannot be saved.

Therefore, no small dissension and debate having developed with Paul and Barnabus against them, they appointed Paul and Barnabas, and some other men from them, to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders in Jerusalem about thi

But some of the men who believed from the sect of the Pharisees rose up, saying, It is necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.

And when much debate occurred, Peter having risen up, he said to them, Men, brothers, ye know that from past days among us, God chose the Gentiles to hear through my mouth the word of the good-news, and to believe.

Simeon described how God first came to help, to take from the Gentiles a people for his name.

Known to God from the age are all his works.

Therefore I judge not to trouble those from the Gentiles who are turning to God,

but to write to them, to abstain from the pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from what is strangled, and from blood.

For Moses from generations past, has from city to city those who preach him, being read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.

Then it was decided by the apostles and the elders, with the whole assembly, to send men chosen from them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas, namely, Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, leading men among the brothers,

Since we have heard that certain men who went out from us have troubled you with words, disturbing your souls, saying to be circumcised, and to keep the law, to whom we did not command,

to abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication, keeping yourselves from which, ye will do well. Be strong.

And after spending some time, they were dismissed with peace from the brothers to the apostles.

But Paul thought it not worthy to bring along this man who withdrew from them from Pamphylia, and not having gone with them to the work.

Therefore a provocation developed, so as for them to separate from each other, and Barnabas to sail for Cyprus, after taking Mark,

Therefore, having launched from Troas, we took a straight course to Samothrace, and the next day to Neapolis,

and from there to Philippi, which is a principle city of the district of Macedonia colony. And we were in the same city remaining some days.

And having taken them in that hour of the night, he washed from the stripes, and was immersed, he and all those of him, immediately.