from the day on which, having given commandment through the Holy Ghost to the apostles whom He had chosen, He was received up.

and being assembled together with them, He commanded them, Not to depart from Jerusalem, but to await the promise of the Father which ye heard from me;

And having spoken these words, they looking, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him from their eyes.

Then they returned into Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, being a journey of a Sabbath day.

beginning from the baptism of John, until the day on which He was taken up from us, it behooveth one of these to be witness of His resurrection along with us.

to receive the place of this ministry and apostleship from which Judas departed to go into his own place.

And suddenly there was a sound from heaven as of a mighty, rushing wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

And Jews were dwelling at Jerusalem, devout men from every nation, of those under the heaven;

And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, I will pour out from my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams;

Israelitish men, hear these words, Jesus the Nazarene, a man having been demonstrated unto you from God by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did through Him in your midst, as yourselves know;

Therefore being a prophet and knowing that God swore with an oath, that from the fruit of his loins One should sit upon the throne;

Therefore on the right hand of God exalted, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, has poured out this which you both see and hear.

And with many other words did he testify and exhort them, saying, Be saved from this wicked generation.

And daily of one accord in the temple they were persevering; and breaking bread from house to house, they received their food with gladness and purity of heart,

And a certain man, being lame from his mother's womb was habitually carried, whom they placed daily at the gate of the temple called Beautiful, to ask alms of those entering into the temple;

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

and you slew the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, whose witnesses we are.

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

whom it behooves heaven indeed to receive until the times of the restitution of all things which God spoke through the mouth of all his prophets from the beginning.

Moses indeed said; The Lord our God will raise up to you from your brethren a prophet like unto me; Him you will hear concerning all things so many as he may speak to you.

And it shall come to pass, that every soul whosoever will not hear that prophet, shall be cut off from the people.

And indeed all the prophets from Samuel and consecutively, so many as spoke, also proclaimed these days.

To you God, having first raised up his Son, sent him blessing you, in turning each one from your sins.

let it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ, the Nazarene whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, through him this man now stands sound in your presence.

And having commanded them to depart out from the assembly, they conferred with one another,

and kept back a part from the price, his wife knowing it along with him; and having brought a certain part, laid it at the feet of the apostles.

But Peter said, Ananias, wherefore hath Satan filled thy heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and keep back a part from the price of the land?

And I now say this to you: Stand aloof from these men, and let them alone; for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to naught;

Then they departed from the face of the sanhedrim, rejoicing indeed, because they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of his name.

And all day in the temple, and from house to house, they ceased not teaching and preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ.

But brethren, look out seven men from you of good report, full of the Spirit and wisdom, whom we shall appoint over this interest;

And certain ones of the synagogues, called Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and those from Cilicia and Asia, stood up disputing with Stephen,

Come out from thy country and from thy kindred, and come hither into the land which I will show unto thee.

And they were carried over into Shechem, and buried in a tomb which Abraham purchased from the sons of Emmor in Shechem with a sum of money.

saying to Aaron, Make us gods who shall go before us: for this Moses, who led us out from the land of Egypt, we know not what happened to him.

which our fathers receiving, brought in along with Joshua in the dispossession of the nations, whom God drove out, from the face of our fathers, until the days of David,

and casting him out from the city, they began to stone him. And the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man, called Saul:

to whom all from small even unto the great gave heed, saying, This one is the power of God, called Great.

And the angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, Arise, and go towards the south unto the way going down from Jerusalem to Gaza; the same is desert.

In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare His generation? because his life is taken from the earth.

Philip opening his mouth, and beginning from the same scripture, preached Jesus to him.

And while they were journeying along the road, they came to a certain water: and the eunuch says, Behold water; what doth hinder me from being baptized?

asked from him letters to Damascus against the synagogues, in order that if he should find any being of the way, both men and women, he might lead them bound to Jerusalem.

And it came to pass, while prosecuting the journey he drew near to Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven shone around him;

And Saul arose from the ground; and his eyes being open, he saw nothing: but leading him by the hand, they led him into Damascus;

And Ananias responded, Lord I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he has done to thy saints in Jerusalem:

and he here has authority from the chief priests to bind all those calling on thy name.

And immediately there fell from his eyes as scales: and he looked up; and having stood up, was baptized,

Then having called them in, he lodged them. And on the following day, rising up he went out with them, and certain ones of the brethren, who were from Joppa went along with him.

And Cornelius said, From the fourth day until this hour, indeed the ninth, I was praying in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in shining apparel,

This word you know, which was throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;

Jesus, the one from Nazareth, how God anointed Him with the Holy Ghost and power: who went about doing good, and healing all oppressed by the devil: because God is with Him.

not to all the people, but to the witnesses having been chosen of God, to us, who ate and drank along with him after He arose from the dead:

I was praying in the city Joppa: and I saw a vision in an ecstasy, A certain vessel, like a great sheet, descending from the heaven, sitting down by four rope ends; and came even unto me:

And a voice a second time was heard from heaven, Whatsoever things God has cleansed, consider thou not unconsecrated.

And, behold, immediately three men were standing at the house in which we were, having been sent to me from Cornelius.

And during those days prophets came from Jerusalem to Antioch.

But at this time king Herod reached forth his hands to persecute some of those from the church.

And, behold, the angel of the Lord stood over him, and a light shone in the house; and having touched the side of Peter, he raised him up, saying; Rise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.

And having come through the first guard and the second, they came to the iron gate leading into the city; which opened to them of its own accord: and having come out, they came on to the first street; and the angel immediately departed from him.

and recognizing the voice of Peter, from joy did not open the gate, but running in, she proclaimed that Peter stands before the gate.

And he, beckoning to them with his hand to keep silent, related how the Lord led him out from the prison: and said, Proclaim these things to James, and the brethren. And having gone out, he departed into another place.

And Herod having sought him, and found him not, condemning the guards, commanded that they should be put to death; and having gone down from Judea to Caesarea, he tarried.

And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, having filled their ministry, taking with them John, called Mark.

but Elymas the magician (for thus his name is interpreted) opposed them, seeking to turn away the proconsul from the faith.

And those around Paul having sailed from Paphos, came into Perge of Pamphylia: and John having departed from them returned to Jerusalem.

And they having come from Perge, arrived into Picidian Antioch, and having come into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, they sat down.

From whose seed according to the promise he led forth Jesus, the Savior, to Israel:

and when they perfected all the things which had been written concerning him, taking him down from the cross, placed him in a sepulchre.

And God raised him from the dead;

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

And because he raised him up from the dead, no longer about to return to corruption, He has thus said, I will give unto you the faithful mercies of David.

and in him every one believing is justified from all things from which ye were not able to be justified by the law of Moses.

And the Jews stirred up the noble godly women, and the first men of the city, and they raised a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their borders.

And having cast off the dust from their feet against them, they came into Iconium.

And there was a certain man sitting there in Lystra, impotent in his feet, being lame from the womb of his mother, who never did walk about.

Men, why are you doing these things? We are also men of like suffering with you, preaching the gospel to you that you should turn from these vanities to the living God, who created the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all things which are in them:

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

And speaking these things they scarcely restrained the multitude from offering sacrifices to them.

But the Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the multitudes, stoned Paul, dragged him out of the city, thinking that he was dead;

And certain ones having come down from Judea were teaching the brethren that, Unless you may be circumcised, according to the custom of Moses, you are not able to be saved.

And certain one of those from the sect of the Pharisees having believed arose up, saying that, It is necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.

And there being much disputation, Peter, having arisen, said to them, Men, brethren, you know that from ancient days God chose among you, that the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel through my mouth, and believe.

Symeon hath related how God in the first place interposed to take a people from the Gentiles, in His name.

known from the beginning.

Therefore I judge, that we should not burden those from the Gentiles turning to God:

but to command them to abstain from things offered to idols, and from fornication, and from strangulation, and from blood.

For Moses from ancient generations, has those preaching him in every city, being read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.

Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, along with the whole church, to send men chosen from them into Antioch along with Paul and Barnabas; Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, leaders among the brethren:

having written through their hand; The apostles and elders, brethren to the brethren who are from the Gentiles throughout Antioch and Syria and Cilicia greeting.

Since we heard that certain ones having come out from us troubled you, disturbing your souls with words which we did not command:

to abstain from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which keeping yourselves, you will do well. Fare ye well.

But Paul thought that he would not take with them, him who having departed from them from Pamphylia, and not having gone along with them into the work.

But there was a paroxysm, so that they parted from one another, and Barnabas, taking Mark, sailed away into Cyprus.

And they traveled through Phrygia and the Galatian country, being prohibited by the Holy Ghost from speaking the word in Asia.

And having embarked from Troas, we sailed directly to Samothrace, and on the following day into Neapolis,

And on the Sabbath day we went out from the gate by the river, where we were accustomed that prayer should be, and having sat down, we spoke to the women having assembled.

And she continued to do this many days. And Paul, being worn out, and turning round, said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out from her. And he came out the same hour.

And taking them that hour of the night, he washed the blood from their stripes; and he and his were baptized immediately:

and having come they called for them, and leading them out, requested them to go away from their city.