And calling them together, he commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of my Father, which, said he, you have heard from me;

who also said: Men of Galilee, why stand you gazing up into heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, shall come in the same manner in which you saw him go into heaven.

Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a sabbath-day's journey.

beginning from the immersion of John till the day on which he was taken up from us, must one be appointed as a witness with us of his resurrection.

that he may be appointed to this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.

And suddenly there came from heaven a sound as of a rushing, violent wind, and it filled the whole house in which they were sitting.

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

Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus the Nazarene, clearly pointed out to you as a man from God, by mighty deeds and wonders and signs, which God did by him in your midst, as you yourselves also know,

Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn to him with an oath, that he would cause one from the fruit of his loins to sit on his throne;

Therefore, having been exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from his Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this, which you now see and hear.

And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying: Save yourselves from this wicked generation.

And with one consent, they continued daily in the temple; and, breaking bread from house to house, they partook of their food with gladness and simplicity of heart,

And a certain man, lame from his mother's womb, was carried along, whom they laid daily at that gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, that he might ask charity of those who were going into the temple.

And he gave heed to them, expecting to receive something from them.

and you slew the Author of life, whom God has raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses.

Repent, therefore, and turn, in order that your sins may be blotted out, so that seasons of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

For Moses said to the fathers, A prophet like me shall the Lord your God raise up for you from among your brethren; him shall you hear in all things that he shall say to you.

And it shall come to pass, that every soul that will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.

And all the prophets, from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have also foretold these days.

To you first, God, having raised up his Son Jesus, has sent him to bless you, in turning every one of you away from his iniquities.

being vexed because they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by him does this man stand before you in health.

And now I say to you, keep away from these men, and let them alone; for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to an end;

Then, they went from the presence of the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they were thought worthy to suffer shame for his name's sake.

And daily in the temple, and from house to house, they ceased not to teach and to preach Jesus the Christ.

Therefore, brethren, select from among yourselves seven men, of good report, full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business:

Then there arose some who be longed to the synagogue called the synagogue of the Freedmen, and some of the Cyrenians and Alexandrians, and of those who were from Cilicia and Asia, and they disputed with Stephen.

and said to him: Get out from your land, and from your kindred, and come into a land that I will show you.

Then he departed from the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Charran; and thence, after his father died, he removed into this land, in which you now dwell.

and delivered him from all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharoah, king of Egypt: and he made him governor over Egypt, and his whole house.

and they were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulcher which Abraham bought for its value in silver, from the sons of Emmor, the father of Sychem.

Then said the Lord to him: Loose your shoes from your feet; for the place in which you stand is holy ground.

This is that Moses, who said to the sons of Israel, A prophet like me will the Lord your God raise up for you from among your brethren; him shall you hear.

which our fathers, who were with Joshua, received by succession, and brought into the land possessed by the Gentiles, whom God continued to drive out from the face of our fathers till the -days of David,

to whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying: This man is the great power of God.

And an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying: Arise, and go toward the south, to the road that leads from Jerusalem to Gaza; this is desert.

in his humiliation. The sentence against him was taken away; but who shall describe the men of his generation? For his life was taken from the earth.

And as they went along the road, they came to some water; and the eunuch said: See, here is water; what hinders me from being immersed?

And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus; and suddenly there shone round about him a light from heaven.

And Saul arose from the earth, and when his eyes were opened, he saw no one; but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.

But Ananias answered: Lord, I have heard from many of this man, how much evil he has done to thy saints in Jerusalem;

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

And immediately there fell from his eyes something like scales, and he instantly received his sight; and he arose, and was immersed.

Now, while Peter was perplexed within himself about the meaning of the vision which he had seen, behold, the men who had been sent from Cornelius, having made inquiry for the house of Simon, stood before the gate.

They replied: Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that fears God, and of good report among the whole nation of the Jews, was instructed by a holy angel to call you to his house, and to hear words from you.

Then he called them in, and lodged them. On the morrow he arose, and went with them; and some of the brethren from Joppa accompanied him.

that word, you know, which was published through the whole of Judea, beginning from Galilee, after the immersion that John preached;

not to all the people, but to witnesses who were be fore appointed by God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him, after he rose from the dead.

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

But the voice answered me a second time from heaven, What God has cleansed, you must not call common.

And behold, three men who had been sent to me from Caesarea, immediately came to the house where I was.

In those days prophets came from Jerusalem to Antioch.

And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the prison. And he gently struck Peter on the side, and awoke him, saying: Arise quickly; and his chains fell from his hands.

And when they had passed through the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads to the city, which opened to them of its own accord. And they went out, and passed on through one street; and the angel immediately departed from him.

And when Peter came to himself, he said: Now I know, in truth, that the Lord has sent his angel, and has delivered me from the hand of Herod, and from all that was expected by the Jewish people.

But Herod, when he had sought for him, and found him not, examined the keepers, and commanded them to be put to death. And he went down from Judea to Cesarean, and there he remained.

And Barnabas and Saul, after they had fulfilled their ministry, returned from Jerusalem, taking with them John, whose surname was Mark.

But the magician Elymas (for this is his name, when translated) withstood them, desiring to turn away the proconsul from the faith.

And Paul and his companions put to sea from Paphos, and went to Perga in Pamphylia. But John withdrew from them, and returned to Jerusalem.

But having passed through from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia; and on the sabbath-day they went into the synagogue, and sat down.

The God of this people chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they sojourned in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm he brought them out from it.

From the posterity of this man, God, according to his promise, raised up for Israel a Savior, Jesus;

And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulcher.

But God raised him. from the dead.

And he was seen for many days by those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses to the people.

But that he raised him from the dead, no more to return to corruption, he has spoken thus: I will give you the sure mercies of David.

and by him, every one that believes is justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.

And as they were departing from the synagogue, they were requested to speak these things to them on the next sabbath.

But the Jews in cited the devout and influential women, and the first men of the city, and raised a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their borders.

But they shook off the dust from their feet against them, and went to Iconium.

And there was a certain man in Lystra, without strength in his feet, who sat, for he was a cripple from his mother's womb, and had never walked.

and saying: Men, why are you doing these things? We also are human beings, with passions like your own, and we preach the gospel to you, that you may turn from these vanities to the living God, who made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all things that are in them;

and yet he did not leave himself without testimony, doing good, and giving you rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.

And with these words they hardly restrained the multitudes from offering sacrifice to them.

Then came thither, from Antioch and Iconium, Jews, who persuaded the multitudes; and having stoned Paul, they dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.

thence they sailed to Antioch, from which place they had been commended to the grace of God, for the work which they had accomplished.

And certain men came down from Judea, and taught the brethren, saying: Unless you be circumcised, according to the custom of Moses, you can not be saved.

Therefore, after Paul and Barnabas had no little dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain others from among them, should go up to Jerusalem, to the apostles and elders, about this question.

Simeon has declared how God, at the first, did visit the Gentiles, in order to take out from among them a people for his name.

Known to God from eternity are all bis works.

For these reasons, my judgment is, that we give no trouble to those who, from among the Gentiles, have turned to God;

but that we write to them to abstain from pollutions of idols, and from lewdness, and from what is strangled, and from blood.

For, from ancient times, Moses has, in every city, those who preach him, being read in the synagogue every sabbath-day.

Then it pleased the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to send to Antioch, with Paul and Barnabas, chosen men from among themselves; Judas, who was surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren;

Inasmuch as we have heard that certain persons went out from us and troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, That you must be circumcised, and keep the law, to whom we gave no commandment,

That you abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what is strangled, and from lewdness; from which if you keep yourselves carefully, you will do well. Farewell.

And after spending some time, they were dismissed in peace from the brethren, to those who had sent them.

But Paul did not think it proper to take with them him who had departed from them from Pamphylia, and did not go with them to the work.

There was, therefore, a sharp contention, so that they separated from each other: and Barnabas took Mark, and sailed to Cyprus.

Therefore, setting sail from Troas, we came by a straight course to Samothracia, and, on the following day, to Neapolis,

And the jailer, being aroused from sleep, and seeing the doors of the prison open, drew his sword, and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had fled.

And he took them at that hour of the night, and washed the blood from their stripes; and he was immersed, himself and all his, immediately.

and they came, and entreated them, and led them out,. and requested them to depart from the city.

And Paul, according to his custom, went in to them, and, for three sabbath-days, he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

explaining and affirming that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead; and that this Jesus whom I preach to you is the Christ.

and he has made from one blood every nation of men, that they might dwell on all the face of the earth, having marked out their appointed times, and the bounds of their dwelling:

that they might seek for God, if perhaps they would feel after him, and find him, although, indeed, he is not far from every one of us.

because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world, in righteousness, by the man whom he has chosen, giving to all assurance of this, by having raised him from the dead.

And so Paul departed from among them.

After these things, Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;