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;

For it has been written in a book of Psalms, 'Let his habitation become desolate, and let no one dwell in it.' And, 'His charge, let another take.'

And they gave lots for them; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

And there appeared to them tongues, as of fire, distributed among them; and it sat upon each one of them.

for these are not drunken, as ye suppose, for it is the third hour of the day;

And I will show wonders in the heaven above, and signs upon the earth beneath??lood, and fire, and vapor of smoke.

For David says concerning Him, 'I beheld the Lord in my presence continually; because He is on my right hand, that I should not be moved.

For David did not ascend into Heaven; but he himself says, 'The Lord said to my Lord, sit at My right hand,

till I make Thy foes a footstool for Thy feet.'

for the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all those afar off??s many as the Lord our God shall call to Him."

And fear was coming upon every soul; and many wonders and signs were coming to pass through the apostles.

and they were recognizing him, that this was he who was wont to sit for alms, at the Beautiful gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened to him.

and that He may send forth Christ Jesus who had been before appointed for you;

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 they laid hands on them, and put them in custody till the next day; for it was now evening.

And in no one else is there salvation; for neither is there any other name under Heaven, that has been given among men, in Which we must be saved."

saying, "What shall we do to these men? for, indeed, that a notable sign has been done through them is manifest to all those dwelling in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it;

for we cannot but speak the things which we saw and heard."

And they, when they had further threatened them, released them, finding no way to punish them, on account of the people; because all were glorifying God for what had taken place;

for the man, on whom this sign of healing had been done, was more than forty years old.

For, of a truth, there were gathered together in this city, against Thy Holy Child Jesus, Whom Thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the gentiles and peoples of Israel??28 to do whatsoever Thy hand and Thy counsel predetermined to come to pass.

by stretching forth Thy hand for healing; and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of Thy Holy Child Jesus."

For neither was any one among them in want; for as many as were possessors of lands or houses, selling them, were bringing the prices of the things sold,

And Ananias, hearing these words, falling down, expired; and great fear came upon all who heard it;

and Peter made answer to her, "Tell me, if ye sold the place for so much?" And she said, "Yes, for so much."

And great fear came upon the whole assembly, and upon all who heard these things.

Then the captain, having gone away with the officers, brought them, not with violence, for they were fearing the people, lest they should be stoned;

for before these days arose Theudas, alleging that he himself was somebody, to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves; who was slain, and all, as many as obeyed him, were disbanded, and came to nothing.

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;

for we have heard him say, that This Jesus, the Nazarene, will overthrow this place, and will change the customs which Moses delivered to us."

and He gave him no inheritance in it, not even a foot-breadth; and He promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his Seed after him, when he had no child.

And God spake thus; that his seed would be a sojourner in a foreign land; and they would bring it into servitude, and ill-use it four hundred years.

and delivered him out of all his tribulations, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt; and he appointed him governor over Egypt and all his house.

and, at the second time, Joseph was made known to his brothers; and Joseph's race became known to Pharaoh.

And Joseph, sending, called for Jacob his father, and all his kindred, seventy-five souls.

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.

but, when he was cast out, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up, and nourished him as her own son.

And, forty years having been fulfilled, there appeared to him, in the wilderness of mount Sinai, an angel in a flame of fire in a bush.

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

This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, A Prophet will God raise up for you of your brethren, as He did me.

saying to Aaron, 'Make us gods who shall go before us; for as for this Moses who brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, we know not what happened to him.'

who found favor in the sight of God, and asked that he might find 'A habitation for the God of Jacob.'

But Solomon built a house for Him.

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

And they were giving heed to him, because of his having for a long time amazed them with his sorceries.

who, indeed, having come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit;

for as yet He had fallen upon no one of them, but they had only been immersed in the name of the Lord Jesus.

You have no part nor lot in this matter; for your heart is not right before God.

for I see that you are in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity."

And, when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, and the eunuch saw him no more; for he was going on his way rejoicing.

And the Lord said to him, "Arise, go to the street that is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one named Saul of Tarsus; for, behold, he is praying;

for I will show him how many things he must suffer for My name's sake.

And all who heard were astonished, and said, "Is not this he who destroyed, in Jerusalem, those calling upon this name, and had come here for this purpose, that he might bring them bound to the high priests?"

The assembly, therefore, throughout the whole of Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, was having peace, being built up; and, walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the consolation of the Holy Spirit, was being multiplied.

And he found there a certain man, Aeneas by name, for eight years lying prostrate on a couch, who was paralyzed.

And he, looking intently on him, and becoming much afraid, said, "What is it, lord?" And he said to him, "Your prayers and alms went up for a memorial before God.

and he beholds the heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending, as a great sheet, let down by four corners upon the earth;

in which were all the four-footed beasts, and creeping things of the earth, and birds of the heaven.

Now, as Peter was much perplexed in himself as to what the vision which he saw might mean, behold, the men who were sent by Cornelius, having made inquiry for Simon's house, stood at the gate;

And Peter, going down to the men, said, "Behold, I am he whom ye are seeking; what is the cause for which ye are present?"

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."

and he says to them, "Ye know that it is unlawful for a Jew to join himself with, or come to, one of another race; and yet God showed me that I should call no man common or unclean.

Wherefore, also, having been sent for, I came without gainsaying. I ask, therefore, with what intent ye sent for me."

And Cornelius said, "Four days ago, until this hour, I was praying during the ninth hour in my house; and, behold, a man stood before me in bright apparel,

Send, therefore, to Joppa, and call for Simon, who is surnamed Peter; the same is lodging in the house of Simon, a tanner, by the sea.'

for they heard them speaking with tongues, and magnifying God. Then Peter answered,

"I was in the city of Joppa, praying: and, in a trance, I saw a vision, a certain vessel descending, as a large sheet, let down out of the heaven by four corners; and it came close to me:

into which gazing intently, I was considering, and saw the four-footed beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and the birds of the heaven.

And he told us how he saw the angel in his house, standing and saying, 'Send to Joppa, and call for Simon who is surnamed Peter,

Those, therefore, who were dispersed by reason of the tribulation that arose about Stephen, traveled as far as Phoenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to none but Jews only.

And the report concerning them came to the ears of the assembly which was in Jerusalem; and they sent forth Barnabas as far as Antioch;

And he departed to Tarsus to seek for Saul;

and, having found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it came to pass that, even for a whole year, they met together in the assembly, and taught a great multitude; and that the disciples got the name "Christian" first in Antioch.

And, having seized him, he put him in prison, delivering him to four quaternions of soldiers to guard him; intending, after the passover, to bring him up to the people.

And, recognizing the voice of Peter, she opened not the gate for joy; but, running in, she told them that Peter was standing before the gate.

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.

Now he was very angry with the Tyrians and Sidonians; and they came with one accord to him; and, having made Blastus, the king's chamberlain, their friend, they asked for peace, because their country was being maintained by that of the king.

And, while they were ministering to the Lord, and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Separate now to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."

And, having gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-Jesus,

who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man; the same having called for Barnabas and Saul, desired to hear the word of God;

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

And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you; and you shall be blind, not seeing the sun for a season." And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and, going about, he was seeking some to lead him by the hand.

And, after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, "Brethren, if there is among you any word of exhortation for the people, speak."

And Paul, standing up, and beckoning with his hand, said, "Men of Israel, and ye who fear God, hearken!

And for about the time of forty years He bore them as a nursing father in the wilderness.

And, having destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He distributed by lot their land to them for about four hundred and fifty years.

And afterward they asked for a king; and God gave them Saul, a son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years;

and, having removed him, He raised up for them David to be their king; to whom bearing testimony, He said, 'I found David the son of Jesse, a man after My heart, who will do all My will.'

Brethren, sons of Abraham's race, and those among you who fear God, to us the word of this salvation was sent forth.

For those dwelling in Jerusalem, and their rulers, not knowing Him, nor the voices of the prophets which are being read every sabbath, fulfilled them, in having condemned Him;

that God hath fulfilled this for our children, having raised up Jesus; as it has been written in the second Psalm, 'Thou art My Son! To-day have I begotten Thee!'

For David, indeed, having served his own generation according to the will of God, fell asleep, and was added to his fathers, and saw corruption;

for so hath the Lord commanded us, 'I have set Thee for a Light of the gentiles, that Thou mayest be for salvation to the uttermost part of the earth.'"

And, having appointed elders for them in every assembly; and, having prayed with fastings, they commended them to the Lord on Whom they had believed.

and thence they sailed to Antioch, whence they had been committed to the grace of God for the work which they accomplished.

Simeon declared how God first visited the gentiles, to take out of them a people for His name.

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

For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things:

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."

this one Paul wished to go forth with him; and, taking him, he circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places; for they all knew that his father was a Greek.