and, being assembled with them, commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to await the promise of the Father, which said he ye have heard of me.

who also said, Men of Galilee, why do ye stand looking into heaven? This Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven, shall thus come in the manner in which ye have beheld him going into heaven.

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

beginning from the baptism of John until the day in which he was taken up from us, one of these should be a witness with us of his resurrection.

to receive the lot of this service and apostleship, from which Judas transgressing fell to go to his own place.

Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, pious men, from every nation of those under heaven.

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

and a certain man who was lame from his mother's womb was being carried, whom they placed every day at the gate of the temple called Beautiful, to ask alms of those who were going into the temple;

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

but the originator of life ye slew, whom God raised from among the dead, whereof we are witnesses.

Repent therefore and be converted, for the blotting out of your sins, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

And it shall be that whatsoever soul shall not hear that prophet shall be destroyed from among the people.

And indeed all the prophets from Samuel and those in succession after him, as many as have spoken, have announced also these days.

To you first God, having raised up his servant, has sent him, blessing you in turning each one of you from your wickedness.

being distressed on account of their teaching the people and preaching by Jesus the resurrection from among the dead;

be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazaraean, whom ye have crucified, whom God has raised from among the dead, by him this man stands here before you sound in body.

for as for us we cannot refrain from speaking of the things which we have seen and heard.

And now I say to you, Withdraw from these men and let them alone, for if this counsel or this work have its origin from men, it will be destroyed;

but if it be from God, ye will not be able to put them down, lest ye be found also fighters against God.

They therefore went their way from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to be dishonoured for the name.

Look out therefore, brethren, from among yourselves seven men, well reported of, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we will establish over this business:

to whom our fathers would not be subject, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back to Egypt,

which also our fathers, receiving from their predecessors, brought in with Joshua when they entered into possession of the lands of the nations, whom God drove out from the face of our fathers, until the days of David;

For from many who had unclean spirits they went out, crying with a loud voice; and many that were paralysed and lame were healed.

To whom they had all given heed, from small to great, saying, This is the power of God which is called great.

But the angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, Rise up and go southward on the way which goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza: the same is desert.

In his humiliation his judgment has been taken away, and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.

And Philip, opening his mouth and beginning from that scripture, announced the glad tidings of Jesus to him.

And Saul rose up from the earth, and his eyes being opened he saw no one. But leading him by the hand they brought him into Damascus.

And Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard from many concerning this man how much evil he has done to thy saints at Jerusalem;

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

And straightway there fell from his eyes as it were scales, and he saw, and rising up was baptised;

And they said, Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous man, and fearing God, and borne witness to by the whole nation of the Jews, has been divinely instructed by a holy angel to send for thee to his house, and hear words from thee.

Having therefore invited them in, he lodged them. And on the morrow, rising up he went away with them, and certain of the brethren from Joppa went with him.

ye know; the testimony which has spread through the whole of Judaea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism which John preached --

not of all the people, but of witnesses who were chosen before of God, us who have eaten and drunk with him after he arose from among the dead.

and lo, immediately three men were at the house in which I was, sent to me from Caesarea.

Now in these days prophets went down from Jerusalem to Antioch;

and one from among them, by name Agabus, rose up and signified by the Spirit that there was going to be a great famine over all the inhabited earth, which also came to pass under Claudius.

And Herod having sought him and not found him, having examined the guards, commanded them to be executed. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea and stayed there.

And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, having fulfilled the service entrusted to them, taking also with them John, surnamed Mark.

But Elymas the magician (for so his name is by interpretation) opposed them, seeking to turn away the proconsul from the faith.

And having sailed from Paphos, Paul and his company came to Perga of Pamphylia; and John separated from them and returned to Jerusalem.

But they, passing through from Perga, came to Antioch of Pisidia; and entering into the synagogue on the sabbath day they sat down.

And when they had fulfilled all things written concerning him, they took him down from the cross and put him in a sepulchre;

but God raised him from among the dead,

who appeared for many days to those who had come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses to the people.

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

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

And Paul and Barnabas spoke boldly and said, It was necessary that the word of God should be first spoken to you; but, since ye thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the nations;

And a certain man in Lystra, impotent in his feet, sat, being lame from his mother's womb, who had never walked.

and saying, Men, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, preaching to you to turn from these vanities to the living God, who made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all things in them;

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

And saying these things, they with difficulty kept the crowds from sacrificing to them.

But there came Jews from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowds and stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing him to have died.

And certain persons, having come down from Judaea, taught the brethren, If ye shall not have been circumcised according to the custom of Moses, ye cannot be saved.

A commotion therefore having taken place, and no small discussion on the part of Paul and Barnabas against them, they arranged that Paul and Barnabas, and certain others from amongst them, should go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders about this question.

And some of those who were of the sect of the Pharisees, who believed, rose up from among them, saying that they ought to circumcise them and enjoin them to keep the law of Moses.

And much discussion having taken place, Peter, standing up, said to them, Brethren, ye know that from the earliest days God amongst you chose that the nations by my mouth should hear the word of the glad tidings and believe.

known from eternity.

Wherefore I judge, not to trouble those who from the nations turn to God;

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

For Moses, from generations of old, has in every city those who preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath.

Then it seemed good to the apostles and to the elders, with the whole assembly, to send chosen men from among them with Paul and Barnabas to Antioch, Judas called Barsabas and Silas, leading men among the brethren,

having by their hand written thus: The apostles, and the elders, and the brethren, to the brethren who are from among the nations at Antioch, and in Syria and Cilicia, greeting:

Inasmuch as we have heard that some who went out from amongst us have troubled you by words, upsetting your souls, saying that ye must be circumcised and keep the law; to whom we gave no commandment;

to abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what is strangled, and from fornication; keeping yourselves from which ye will do well. Farewell.

And having passed some time there, they were let go in peace from the brethren to those who sent them.

but Paul thought it not well to take with them him who had abandoned them, going back from Pamphylia, and had not gone with them to the work.

There arose therefore very warm feeling, so that they separated from one another; and Barnabas taking Mark sailed away to Cyprus;

Having sailed therefore away from Troas, we went in a straight course to Samothracia, and on the morrow to Neapolis,

And he took them the same hour of the night and washed them from their stripes; and was baptised, he and all his straightway.

And according to Paul's custom he went in among them, and on three sabbaths reasoned with them from the scriptures,

opening and laying down that the Christ must have suffered and risen up from among the dead, and that this is the Christ, Jesus whom I announce to you.

Therefore many from among them believed, and of Grecian women of the upper classes and men not a few.

But when the Jews from Thessalonica knew that the word of God was announced in Berea also by Paul, they came there also, stirring up the crowds.

that they may seek God; if indeed they might feel after him and find him, although he is not far from each one of us:

because he has set a day in which he is going to judge the habitable earth in righteousness by the man whom he has appointed, giving the proof of it to all in having raised him from among the dead.

and finding a certain Jew by name Aquila, of Pontus by race, just come from Italy, and Priscilla his wife, (because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome,) came to them,

And when both Silas and Timotheus came down from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in respect of the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.

But as they opposed and spoke injuriously, he shook his clothes, and said to them, Your blood be upon your own head: I am pure; from henceforth I will go to the nations.

And he drove them from the judgment-seat.

but bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep the coming feast at Jerusalem; I will return to you again, if God will: and he sailed away from Ephesus.

so that even napkins or aprons were brought from his body and put upon the sick, and the diseases left them, and the wicked spirits went out.

whom having brought together, and those who wrought in such things, he said, Men, ye know that our well-living arises from this work,

But from among the crowd they put forward Alexander, the Jews pushing him forward. And Alexander, beckoning with his hand, would have made a defence to the people.

But, recognising that he was a Jew, there was one cry from all, shouting for about two hours, Great is Artemis of the Ephesians.

And the townclerk, having quieted the crowd, said, Ephesians, what man is there then who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple-keeper of Artemis the great, and of the image which fell down from heaven?

but we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and we came to them to Troas in five days, where we spent seven days.

And a certain youth, by name Eutychus, sitting at the window-opening, overpowered by deep sleep, while Paul discoursed very much at length, having been overpowered by the sleep, fell from the third story down to the bottom, and was taken up dead.

But from Miletus having sent to Ephesus, he called over to him the elders of the assembly.

And when they were come to him, he said to them, Ye know how I was with you all the time from the first day that I arrived in Asia,

Wherefore I witness to you this day, that I am clean from the blood of all,

for I have not shrunk from announcing to you all the counsel of God.

and from among your own selves shall rise up men speaking perverted things to draw away the disciples after them.

And when, having got away from them, we at last sailed away, we came by a direct course to Cos, and on the morrow to Rhodes, and thence to Patara.

And we, having completed the voyage, arrived from Tyre at Ptolemais, and having saluted the brethren, we remained one day with them.

And as we stayed there many days, a certain man, by name Agabus, a prophet, came down from Judaea,

And some of the disciples from Caesarea went with us, bringing with them a certain Mnason, a Cyprian, an old disciple, with whom we were to lodge.

And they have been informed concerning thee, that thou teachest all the Jews among the nations apostasy from Moses, saying that they should not circumcise their children, nor walk in the customs.