And, being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which said He, "Ye heard from Me;

And, having said these things, while they were beholding, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him from their sight.

who also said, "Men of Galilee, why do ye stand looking into the heaven? This Jesus, Who was taken up from you into Heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye beheld Him ascending into Heaven."

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

beginning from the immersion of John, until the day on which He was taken up from us??hould become a witness, with us, of His resurrection."

to take the place of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place."

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

Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt, and the parts of Lybia about Cyrene, and sojourners from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,

"Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus, the Nazarene, a man accredited from God to you by miracles, and wonders, and signs, which God did through Him in the midst of you, even as ye yourselves know;

Being, therefore, exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He was pouring forth this which ye both see and hear.

Also with many other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying, "Be saved from this perverse generation!"

And a certain man, lame from his mother's womb, was being carried along, whom they were wont to lay daily at the gate of the temple??hich was called "Beautiful"??o ask alms of those entering the temple;

And he was giving heed to them, expecting to receive something from them.

and the Prince of life ye killed; Whom God raised from the dead??f which fact we are witnesses.

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

Whom Heaven must retain, until the times of restoration of all things of which God spake through the mouth of all His holy prophets from the beginning.

Moses, indeed, said, 'A prophet will the Lord your God raise up for you from among your brethren, as He did me; to Him shall ye hearken in all things, whatsoever He shall say to you.

And it shall be, that every soul that will not hearken to that Prophet, shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.'

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

To you first, God, having raised up His Child, sent Him forth, blessing you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities."

being greatly troubled because of their teaching the people, and declaring in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

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, in Him does this man stand here before you well!

And now I say to you, refrain from these men, and let them alone; for, if this counsel or this work be of men, it will be overthrown;

They, therefore, were going from the presence of the Sanhedrin, rejoicing because they were accounted worthy to suffer dishonor in behalf of The Name.

but look ye out, brethren, from among yourselves, seven well-attested men, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint over this business;

But there arose some of those who were of the synagogue called the synagogue of the Freedmen, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia and Asia, disputing with Stephen.

and said to him, 'Go forth from your country, and from your kindred, and came into the land which I will show you,'

Then, having come forth out of the land of the Chaldaeans, he dwelt in Haran; and, from thence, after his father died, He removed him into this land, in which ye now dwell;

and they were removed to Shechem, and were laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a sum of money from the sons of Emmor, in Shechem.

And the Lord said to him, 'Loose the sandals from your feet; for the place on which you have been standing is holy ground.

For unclean spirits came forth from many of those possessing them, crying with a loud voice; and many paralyzed and lame persons were healed;

to whom all were giving heed, from small to great, saying, "This man is the power of God, which is called Great."

But an angel of the Lord spake to Philip, saying, "Arise, and go toward the south, on the way that leads down from Jerusalem to Gaza:" this is a wilderness.

In His humiliation, His judgment was taken away; His generation who shall declare? because His life is being taken away from the earth."

And Philip, opening his mouth, and, beginning from this Scripture, proclaimed to him the good news of Jesus.

And, as they were journeying along the way, they came to a certain water; and the eunuch says, "Behold, here is water; what hinders me from being immersed?"

asked from him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that, if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

And, as he was journeying, it came to pass, that he was drawing nigh to Damascus; and suddenly there flashed around him a light from Heaven;

And Saul arose from the earth; and, his eyes being opened, he beheld nothing; but, taking him by the hand, they led him into Damascus.

And Ananias answered, "Lord, I heard from many concerning this man, how many evils he did to Thy saints in Jerusalem;

and here he has authority from the high priests to bind all those calling on Thy name."

and straightway there fell from his eyes as it were scales, and he received sight; and, arising, he was immersed; and, having taken food, he was strengthened.

And they said, "Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous man, and one fearing God, well reported of also by all the nation of the Jews, was divinely warned by a holy angel to send for you to his house, and to hear words from you."

Having called them in, therefore, he lodged them. And, on the morrow, arising, he went with them; and some of the brethren from Joppa went with him.

not to all the people, but to witnesses before appointed by God??o us who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead.

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

And in those days prophets came from Jerusalem to Antioch;

And, behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shined in the cell; and, smiting the side of Peter, he raised him up, saying, "Rise up quickly!" And his chains fell off from his hands.

And, having passed the first and second watch; they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which opened to them of its own accord; and, going out, they passed on through one street, and straightway the angel departed from him.

And Peter, having come to himself, said, "Now I know truly that the Lord sent forth His angel, and delivered me out of Herod's hand, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

And Herod, having sought for him, and not finding him, having examined the guards, ordered that they be led away to death. And, going down from Judaea to Caesarea, he tarried there.

And Barnabus and Saul returned from Jerusalem, having fulfilled their ministry, taking with them John who was surnamed Mark.

but Elymas, the sorcerer (for so his name is interpreted) withstood them, seeking to turn aside the proconsul from the faith.

Now setting sail from Paphos, Paul's company came to Perga in Pamphylia; and John, withdrawing from them, returned to Jerusalem.

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

From the seed of this one, God, according to promise, brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus;

And, when they fulfilled all things that were written concerning Him, having taken Him down from the tree, they laid Him in a tomb.

But God raised Him from the dead;

Who was seen, during many days, by those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem; who, indeed, are now His witnesses to the people.

And that He raised Him up from the dead no more to return to corruption, He hath thus spoken, 'I will give to you the holy and faithful promises of David.'

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

Speaking boldly, both Paul and Barnabas said, "It was necessary that the word of God should first be spoken to you. Inasmuch as ye thrust it away from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the gentiles;

And at Lystra there was sitting a certain man, impotent in his feet; lame from his mother's womb, who never walked.

and saying, "Men, why do ye these things? We also are men of like nature with you, proclaiming to you glad tidings, that ye should 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 left not Himself without witness, doing good, giving you rains from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness."

And, saying these things, they with difficulty restrained the multitude from offering sacrifice to them.

But there came thither Jews from Antioch and Iconium; and, having persuaded the multitudes, and having stoned Paul, they drew him outside the city, supposing him to have died.

And some, coming down from Judaea, were teaching the brethren, "Unless ye be circumcised after the custom of Moses, ye cannot be saved."

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

And, much discussion having arisen, Peter, standing up, said to them, "Brethren, ye well know that, from early days, God made choice among you, that through my mouth the gentiles should hear the word of the Gospel, and believe.

saith the Lord, Who maketh these things known from of old.

Wherefore, I judge that we should not trouble those who from among the gentiles are turning to God;

but that we write to them to abstain from the pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from anything strangled, and from blood;

for Moses, from ancient generations, has in every city those preaching him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath."

Then it seemed good to the apostles and elders, with the whole assembly, to send men, chosen from themselves, to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; Judas who is surnamed Barsabas, and Silas??eading men among the brethren;

having written through their hand thus: "The apostles, and the elders, brethren, to the brethren from the gentiles throughout Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greeting:

Forasmuch as we heard that some from among us troubled you with words, unsettling your souls??o whom we gave no directions;

that ye abstain from idol-sacrifices, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication; from which keeping yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well."

And, having spent a time there, they were sent away with peace from the brethren to those who had sent them.

But Paul was not thinking it proper to take him with them, who withdrew from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.

And there arose a sharp contention, so that they parted one from the other; and Barnabas, taking with him Mark, sailed away to Cyprus.

Having set sail, therefore, from Troas, we ran in a straight course to Samothrace, and on the following day to Neapolis;

And this she was doing for many days. But Paul, having been troubled, and turning, said to the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out from her." And it came out that very hour!

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

and, coming, they besought them; and, leading them forth, they kept asking them to go away from the city.

And, coming out from the prison, they entered into the house of Lidia; and, seeing the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.

and, according to Paul's custom, he went in to them; and for three sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

opening and setting forth that it was necessary that the Christ should suffer, and rise again from the dead; and that "This Jesus Whom I am proclaiming to you, is the Christ."

and, having taken security from Jason and the rest, they released them.

But, when the Jews from Thessalonica knew that also in Beraea the word of God was proclaimed by Paul, they came there also, stirring up and troubling the multitudes,

that they should seek God, if, perhaps, they might feel after Him, and find Him, although, in truth, He is not far from each one of us;

inasmuch as He appointed a day in which He intendeth to judge the inhabited earth in righteousness, by a Man Whom He appointed, having given assurance to all by raising Him from the dead."

After these things, departing from Athens, he came to Corinth.

And, finding a certain Jew, Aquila by name, a native of Pontus, having recently come from Italy, and Priscilla his wife (because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart out of Rome), he came to them;

And, when both Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was being constrained by the word, fully testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.

And he drove them from the judgment-seat.

but, taking leave of them, and saying, "I will return to you again, God willing," he sailed from Ephesus;

But, when some were hardening themselves and were disbelieving, speaking evil of the Way before the multitude, he, withdrawing from them, separated the disciples; reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.

So that there were even carried from his body to the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out.

But, when they perceived that he was a Jew, one voice arose from all, crying aloud for about two hours, "Great is Diana of the Ephesians!"