And being assembled together with them, he commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, 'Ye did hear of me;

for it hath been written in the book of Psalms: Let his lodging-place become desolate, and let no one be dwelling in it, and his oversight let another take.

and there appeared to them divided tongues, as it were of fire; it sat also upon each one of them,

for these are not drunken, as ye take it up, for it is the third hour of the day.

and I will give wonders in the heaven above, and signs upon the earth beneath -- blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke,

whom God did raise up, having loosed the pains of the death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it,

for David saith in regard to him: I foresaw the Lord always before me -- because He is on my right hand -- that I may not be moved;

for David did not go up to the heavens, and he saith himself: The Lord saith to my lord, Sit thou at my right hand,

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

And fear came on every soul, many wonders also and signs were being done through the apostles,

they were knowing him also that this it was who for a kindness was sitting at the Beautiful gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what hath happened to him.

reform ye, therefore, and turn back, for your sins being blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

For Moses, indeed, unto the fathers said -- A prophet to you shall the Lord your God raise up out of your brethren, like to me; him shall ye hear in all things, as many as he may speak unto you;

and they laid hands upon them, and did put them in custody unto the morrow, for it was evening already;

and there is not salvation in any other, for there is no other name under the heaven that hath been given among men, in which it behoveth us to be saved.'

for we cannot but speak what we did see and hear.'

And they having further threatened them, let them go, finding nothing how they may punish them, because of the people, because all were glorifying God for that which hath been done,

for above forty years of age was the man upon whom had been done this sign of the healing.

for gathered together of a truth against Thy holy child Jesus, whom Thou didst anoint, were both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with nations and peoples of Israel,

in the stretching forth of Thy hand, for healing, and signs, and wonders, to come to pass through the name of Thy holy child Jesus.'

for there was not any one among them who did lack, for as many as were possessors of fields, or houses, selling them, were bringing the prices of the thing sold,

And Peter said, 'Ananias, wherefore did the Adversary fill thy heart, for thee to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back of the price of the place?

and Ananias hearing these words, having fallen down, did expire, and great fear came upon all who heard these things,

and Peter answered her, 'Tell me if for so much ye sold the place;' and she said, 'Yes, for so much.'

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

then the magistrate having gone away with officers, brought them without violence, for they were fearing the people, lest they should be stoned;

for before these days rose up Theudas, saying, that himself was some one, to whom a number of men did join themselves, as it were four hundred, who was slain, and all, as many as were obeying him, were scattered, and came to nought.

they, indeed, then, departed from the presence of the sanhedrim, rejoicing that for his name they were counted worthy to suffer dishonour,

for we have heard him saying, That this Jesus the Nazarean shall overthrow this place, and shall change the customs that Moses delivered to us;'

and He gave him no inheritance in it, not even a footstep, and did promise to give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him -- he having no child.

'And God spake thus, That his seed shall be sojourning in a strange land, and they shall cause it to serve, and shall do it evil four hundred years,

and did deliver him out of all his tribulations, and gave him favour and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he did set him -- governor over Egypt and all his house.

and at the second time was Joseph made known to his brethren, and Joseph's kindred became manifest to Pharaoh,

and Joseph having sent, did call for his father Jacob, and all his kindred -- with seventy and five souls --

and they were carried over into Sychem, and were laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in money from the sons of Emmor, of Sychem.

in which time Moses was born, and he was fair to God, and he was brought up three months in the house of his father;

and he having been exposed, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up, and did rear him to herself for a son;

and forty years having been fulfilled, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai a messenger of the Lord, in a flame of fire of a bush,

and the Lord said to him, Loose the sandal of thy feet, for the place in which thou hast stood is holy ground;

saying to Aaron, Make to us gods who shall go on before us, for this Moses, who brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, we have not known what hath happened to him.

who found favour before God, and requested to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob;

for unclean spirits came forth from many who were possessed, crying with a loud voice, and many who have been paralytic and lame were healed,

and they were giving heed to him, because of his having for a long time amazed them with deeds of magic.

for as yet he was fallen upon none of them, and only they have been baptized -- to the name of the Lord Jesus;

thou hast neither part nor lot in this thing, for thy heart is not right before God;

for in the gall of bitterness, and bond of unrighteousness, I perceive thee being.'

And Simon answering, said, 'Beseech ye for me unto the Lord, that nothing may come upon me of the things ye have spoken.'

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 he said, 'Who art thou, Lord?' and the Lord said, 'I am Jesus whom thou dost persecute; hard for thee at the pricks to kick;'

and the Lord saith unto him, 'Having risen, go on unto the street that is called Straight, and seek in the house of Judas, one by name Saul of Tarsus, for, lo, he doth pray,

for I will shew him how many things it behoveth him for My name to suffer.'

Then, indeed, the assemblies throughout all Judea, and Galilee, and Samaria, had peace, being built up, and, going on in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied.

and he found there a certain man, Aeneas by name -- for eight years laid upon a couch -- who was paralytic,

and Peter said to him, 'Aeneas, heal thee doth Jesus the Christ; arise and spread for thyself;' and immediately he rose,

and he having looked earnestly on him, and becoming afraid, said, 'What is it, Lord?' And he said to him, 'Thy prayers and thy kind acts came up for a memorial before God,

and now send men to Joppa, and send for a certain one Simon, who is surnamed Peter,

and he doth behold the heaven opened, and descending unto him a certain vessel, as a great sheet, bound at the four corners, and let down upon the earth,

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

And as Peter was perplexed in himself what the vision that he saw might be, then, lo, the men who have been sent from Cornelius, having made inquiry for the house of Simon, stood at the gate,

and Peter having come down unto the men who have been sent from Cornelius unto him, said, 'Lo, I am he whom ye seek, what is the cause for which ye are present?'

And they said, 'Cornelius, a centurion, a man righteous and fearing God, well testified to, also, by all the nation of the Jews, was divinely warned by a holy messenger to send for thee, to his house, and to hear sayings from thee.'

and on the morrow they did enter into Caesarea; and Cornelius was waiting for them, having called together his kindred and near friends,

And he said unto them, 'Ye know how it is unlawful for a man, a Jew, to keep company with, or to come unto, one of another race, but to me God did shew to call no man common or unclean;

therefore also without gainsaying I came, having been sent for; I ask, therefore, for what matter ye did send for me?'

And Cornelius said, 'Four days ago till this hour, I was fasting, and at the ninth hour praying in my house, and, lo, a man stood before me in bright clothing,

send, therefore, to Joppa, and call for Simon, who is surnamed Peter; this one doth lodge in the house of Simon a tanner, by the sea, who having come, shall speak to thee;

for they were hearing them speaking with tongues and magnifying God.

'I was in the city of Joppa praying, and I saw in a trance a vision, a certain vessel coming down, as a great sheet by four corners being let down out of the heaven, and it came unto me;

at which having looked stedfastly, I was considering, and I saw the four-footed beasts of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the fowls of heaven;

he declared also to us how he saw the messenger in his house standing, and saying to him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, who is surnamed Peter,

And Barnabas went forth to Tarsus, to seek for Saul,

and the disciples, according as any one was prospering, determined each of them to send for ministration to the brethren dwelling in Judea,

whom also having seized, he did put in prison, having delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to guard him, intending after the passover to bring him forth to the people.

Peter, therefore, indeed, was kept in the prison, and fervent prayer was being made by the assembly unto God for him,

and Herod having sought for him, and not having found, having examined the guards, did command them to be led away to punishment, and having gone down from Judea to Caesarea, he was abiding there.

who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man; this one having called for Barnabas and Saul, did desire to hear the word of God,

and there withstood them Elymas the magian -- for so is his name interpreted -- seeking to pervert the proconsul from the faith.

and now, lo, a hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season;' and presently there fell upon him a mist and darkness, and he, going about, was seeking some to lead him by the hand;

And after these things, about four hundred and fifty years, He gave judges -- till Samuel the prophet;

and thereafter they asked for a king, and God did give to them Saul, son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years;

and having removed him, He did raise up to them David for king, to whom also having testified, he said, I found David, the son of Jesse, a man according to My heart, who shall do all My will.

for those dwelling in Jerusalem, and their chiefs, this one not having known, also the voices of the prophets, which every sabbath are being read -- having judged him -- did fulfil,

and he was seen for many days of those who did come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people.

for David, indeed, his own generation having served by the will of God, did fall asleep, and was added unto his fathers, and saw corruption,

for so hath the Lord commanded us: I have set thee for a light of nations -- for thy being for salvation unto the end of the earth.'

and thence did sail to Antioch, whence they had been given by the grace of God for the work that they fulfilled;

there having been, therefore, not a little dissension and disputation to Paul and Barnabas with them, they arranged for Paul and Barnabas, and certain others of them, to go up unto the apostles and elders to Jerusalem about this question,

and there having been much disputing, Peter having risen up said unto them, 'Men, brethren, ye know that from former days, God among us did make choice, through my mouth, for the nations to hear the word of the good news, and to believe;

Simeon did declare how at first God did look after to take out of the nations a people for His name,

for Moses from former generations in every city hath those preaching him -- in the synagogues every sabbath being read.'

men who have given up their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ --

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

and they having read, did rejoice for the consolation;

this one did Paul wish to go forth with him, and having taken him, he circumcised him, because of the Jews who are in those places, for they all knew his father -- that he was a Greek.

and this she was doing for many days, but Paul having been grieved, and having turned, said to the spirit, 'I command thee, in the name of Jesus Christ, to come forth from her;' and it came forth the same hour.

and they proclaim customs that are not lawful for us to receive nor to do, being Romans.'

and Paul cried out with a loud voice, saying, 'Thou mayest not do thyself any harm, for we are all here.'

And, having asked for a light, he sprang in, and trembling he fell down before Paul and Silas,

and according to the custom of Paul, he went in unto them, and for three sabbaths he was reasoning with them from the Writings,

and Paul waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, beholding the city wholly given to idolatry,