And meeting them together He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, said He, ye have heard from me;

But ye shall receive power from the holy Spirit coming upon you: and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and to the uttermost part of the earth.

who said, Ye men of Galilee, why do ye stand gazing up to heaven? This Jesus who is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in the manner ye have seen Him going into heaven.

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

from the baptism of John, till the day that He was taken up from us, should be joined with us as a witness of his resurrection.

to take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas is fallen by his transgression, that he might go to his own place.

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

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

Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers from Rome, Jews and proselytes,

This Jesus hath God raised up from the dead, of which we all are witnesses.

And with many other words did he press and exhort them, saying, Save yourselves from this perverse generation.

And continuing daily with one accord 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 who had been lame from his birth was carried along; whom they laid every day at the gate of the temple, which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of those that were going into the temple:

And he fixed his eyes upon them, expecting to receive something from them.

and put to death the prince of life; whom God hath raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses.

Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out: that seasons of refreshing may come upon you from the presence of the Lord;

whom heaven must indeed receive till the times of settling all things, of which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets from the beginning.

and every soul, who will not hearken to that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people: yea and all the prophets from Samuel,

and to you first God having raised up his son Jesus, sent Him to bless you; in your turning away every one of you from your iniquities.

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

by what means he is cured, be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, but whom God hath raised from the dead, even by Him doth this man stand here before you whole.

Therefore they ordered them to withdraw from the council,

And therefore as to the present affair I advise you to refrain from these men and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nothing;

And they departed from the presence of the council rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer disgrace for his name.

And every day in the temple and from house to house they ceased not from teaching and preaching that Jesus was the Christ.

Wherefore, brethren, look out from among you seven men of good character, full of the holy Spirit, and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this matter:

and said to him, Depart from thy native country and from thy kindred, and come into the country which I shall shew thee.

Then he came out of the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, after his father died, He removed him into this land in which ye now dwell:

And the Lord said to him, "Take off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place on which thou standest is holy ground.

and which our fathers receiving, they with Joshua, brought into the territory of the nations, whom God drove out from before the face of our fathers, till the days of David, who found favor in the sight of God,

Whom they all greatly regarded, from the lest to the greatest, saying, This man is as the great power of God.

And an angel of the Lord spake to Philip, saying, Arise and go southward to the way that leads down from Jerusalem to Gaza, which is desert.

in his humiliation his judgement was taken away, and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken away from the earth."

And as they went on their way, they came to a certain water: and the eunuch said, See here is water, what hindereth me from being baptized?

And as he was on his journey, and came near to Damascus, suddenly there shone round about him a light from heaven;

And Saul rose from the earth, but when he opened his eyes he could not see: so they led him by the hand, and brought him to Damascus.

And Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard from many of this man, how much mischief he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem:

and here too he hath authority from the chief priests to apprehend all that call upon thy name.

And immediately there fell from his eyes as it were scales; and he instantly recovered his sight, and arose and was baptized.

Now while Peter was doubting in himself what might be the meaning of the vision which he had seen, behold the men that were sent from Cornelius, having enquired for Simon's house, stood at the door;

Then Peter went down to the men that were sent to him from Cornelius, and said, Behold I am the person whom ye seek: what is the cause for which ye are come?

And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a righteous man, and one that feareth God, and of a good character among all the nation of the Jews, hath been warned from God by an holy angel, to send for thee to his house, and to hear what thou shalt say.

Then he invited them in, and entertained them that night. And on the morrow Peter set out with them; and some of the brethren from Joppa went with him.

Ye know the report that was spread through all Judea, having begun from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached: concerning Jesus of Nazareth,

but to witnesses before appointed by God, even to us, who did eat and drink with Him, after He rose from the dead.

saying, I was praying in the city of Joppa; and in a trance I saw a vision, some thing like a large sheet descending from heaven, let down by the four corners; and it came close to me.

And the voice answered me a second time from heaven, What God hath cleansed do not thou call polluted.

And behold at that very time there came three men to the house where I was, sent from Cesarea to me.

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

And behold an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the room; and smiting Peter on the side, he waked him, and said, Rise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.

And passing through the first and second guard, they came to the iron gate, that leadeth into the city, which of its own accord opened to them: and they went out and passed on through one street; and then the angel departed from him.

And Peter being come to himself said, Now I know truly, that the Lord hath sent his angel and hath delivered me from the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

And Herod searching for him, and not finding him, brought the keepers to a trial, and ordered them to be executed. Then he went down from Judea to Cesarea, and abode there.

And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their charge, taking along with them John who was sirnamed Mark.

These therefore being sent forth by the holy Spirit came down to Seleucia, and from thence they sailed away to Cyprus.

But Elymas the magician (for so his name signifies) withstood them endeavouring to turn away the proconsul from the faith.

Now Paul and those that were with him loosing from Paphos, came to Perga in Pamphylia: but John departed from them and returned to Jerusalem.

And they passing on from Perga came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath-day, and sat down.

And when they had finished all things that were written concerning Him, they took Him down from the cross and laid Him in a tomb.

But God raised Him from the dead:

and He was seen for many days by those that came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses to the people.

And that He raised Him from the dead, no more to return to the place of corruption, He hath said thus, "I will give you the sure mercies of David."

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

And there was sitting at Lystra, a man disabled in his feet, who had never walked at all, being lame from his birth.

crying out, and saying, "Sirs, why do ye these things? we also are men subject to the like infirmities with you, and we preach the gospel unto you, that ye may turn from these vanities to the living God, who made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea,

for He did us good, in giving us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness."

And saying these things, they with difficulty restrained the people from sacrificing to them.

But there came thither some Jews from Antioch and Iconium, and persuading the multitude, stoned Paul, and dragged him out of the city, supposing him to be dead.

And from thence they sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been recommended to the grace of God, for the work which they had now fulfilled.

Now some that came down from Judea, taught the brethren, saying, Except ye be circumcised according to the law of Moses, ye cannot be saved.

Now all his works are known unto God from the beginning of the world:

wherefore my advice is, not to trouble those who from among the Gentiles are converted to God; but to write to them,

that they abstain from the pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from what is strangled, and from blood.

For Moses hath had from ancient times those that preach him in every city, and is still read in the synagogues every sabbath-day.

Then it seemed good to the apostles, and elders, and the whole church, to send men chose from among themselves to Antioch along with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas sirnamed Barsabas, and Silas; leading men among the brethren:

Forasmuch as we have heard, that some who went out from us, have troubled you by their discourses, unsettling your minds, saying, ye must be circumcised, and keep the law; to whom we gave no such commission;

That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from what has been strangled, and from fornication: from which ye will do well to keep yourselves. Farewel.

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

And there was a sharp dispute, so that they separated from each other; and Barnabas took Mark and sailed to Cyprus: but Paul chose Silas and departed,

Therefore we set sail from Troas, and came in a direct course to Samothracia, and the day following to Neapolis;

and from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a Roman colony. And we staid some time in this city.

And according to his custom Paul went in among them, and for three sabbath-days discoursed to them from the scriptures;

opening them and shewing, that the Messiah was to suffer and rise again from the dead: and that this is the Christ even, Jesus, whom, said he, I preach unto you.

that they might seek the Lord, if possibly they might trace Him, and find Him: though indeed He is not far from every one of us.

Because He hath fixed a day, in which He will judge the world in righteousness, by that man whom He hath appointed thereto; having given assurance of it to all men, by raising Him from the dead.

After these things Paul departed from Athens and came to Corinth.

And finding there a certain Jew, named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who was lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla, (because Claudius Cesar had ordered all the Jews to depart from Rome,) he went to them;

And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was very urgent in spirit, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Messiah.

But as they opposed and blasphemed, he shook his garment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clear of it: from henceforth I will go to the Gentiles.

And he ordered them away from the tribunal.

And after Paul had staid there yet a considerable time, he took leave of the brethren, and sailed from thence to Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila, after he had shaved his head at Cenchrea; for he had a vow.

saying, I must by all means keep the approaching feast at Jerusalem; but I will return to you again, God willing. So he sailed from Ephesus;

But as some were hardened and refractory, speaking evil of the way of life before the multitude, he departed from them, and took away the disciples with him, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.

so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were brought from his body to the sick, and the diseases lest them, and evil spirits went out of them.

And when the Secretary had appeased the multitude, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there who doth not know that the city of the Ephesians is devoted to the service of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?

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

And a young man named Eutychus, who sat in a window, falling into a deep sleep, as Paul was discoursing for a long time, sunk down and fell from the third story, and was taken up dead.

And sailing from thence we came the next day over against Chios; and the day following we arrived at Samos, and stopping at Trogyllium, we came the day after to Miletus.

But he sent from Miletus to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.

And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know in what manner I behaved among you all the time, from the first day that I came into Asia.