to whom also he showed himself living, after he had suffered, by many sure proofs, appearing to them during forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.

Cretans and Arabianshow is it that we hear them speaking in our tongues the wonderful works of God?

"It shall be in the last days, saith God, that I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams;

Men of Israel, hear these words! Jesus the Nazarene, a man approved of God to you by miracles, and wonders, and signs, which God wrought by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves know,

this man, being delivered up by the settled purpose and foreknowledge of God, ye, by the hand of godless men, crucified and slew.

But God raised him up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that he should be held by it.

Being then a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn to him with an oath that he would set one sprung from his loins upon his throne,

This Jesus God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.

Being therefore exalted by the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit, he hath poured forth this, which ye both see and hear.

Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God hath made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom ye crucified.

For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all that are afar off, as many as the Lord our God shall call.

praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were in the way of salvation.

And a certain man lame from his birth was carried along, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of those who entered the temple;

And leaping forth he stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking and leaping, praising God.

And all the people saw him walking, and praising God;

and they recognized him as the man that sat for alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened to him.

The God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his servant Jesus, whom ye indeed delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release him.

But the author of life ye killed; whom God raised from the dead, whereof we are witnesses.

But God thus fulfilled what he had before announced by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer.

whom heaven indeed must receive until the times of a restoration of all things; of which times God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from the days of old.

Moses indeed said, "A prophet will the Lord your God raise up to you from among your brethren, as be raised up me; him shall ye hear in all things, whatever he shall speak to you.

Ye are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, "And in thy posterity shall all the families of the earth be blessed."

To you first, God, having raised up his servant, sent him to bless you in turning away every one of you from your iniquities.

If we are this day examined in respect to a good deed done to a cripple, by what means he hath been restored,

be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead,by him doth this man stand here before you sound.

But Peter and John answered and said to them, Whether it is right in the sight of God to hearken to you rather than to God, judge ye.

So, having further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, on account of the people; because all were glorifying God for that which had been done.

And on hearing it, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art he that made heaven and earth and sea, and all things that are in them;

And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.

While it remained, was it not thine own? And after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? Why didst thou conceive this thing in thy heart? Thou didst not lie to men, but to God.

But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew by hanging him on a cross;

him hath God exalted by his right hand, as a Leader and Saviour, to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

And we are his witnesses of these things, and so also is the Holy Spirit which God hath given to those who obey him.

but if it be of God, ye will not be able to overthrow them; lest haply ye be found also fighting against God.

And the twelve called the multitude of the disciples to them, and said, It doth not seem to us proper, that we should leave the word of God, and provide for tables.

Therefore, brethren, look out among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint over this business;

And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem was greatly enlarged; and a great multitude of the priests were obedient to the faith.

Then they suborned men, who said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and God.

And he said, Brethren and fathers, hearken. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,

And God spoke in this manner: "That his posterity should sojourn in a foreign land, and that they would bring them into bondage, and illtreat them four hundred years;

and the nation to which they shall be in bondage will I judge," said God; "and after that they shall come forth, and shall worship me in this place."

And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt; and God was with him,

But as the time of the promise drew near, which God solemnly made to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

For he supposed his brethren would understand that God through his hand would give them salvation; but they understood not.

saying, "I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob." And Moses trembled and durst not behold.

This Moses, whom they denied, saying, "Who made thee a ruler and a judge?" this very man did God send both as a ruler and a redeemer with the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, "A prophet will God raise up to you from among your brethren, as he raised up me."

But God turned away, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the Prophets, "Did ye offer to me slain beasts and sacrifices for forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

And ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of the god Rephan, the figures which ye made to worship them; and I will carry you away beyond Babylon."

which also our fathers received and brought in with Joshua, at their taking possession of the gentiles whom God drove out from before our fathers, until the days of David;

who found favor before God, and asked that he might find a habitation for the God of Jacob.

But, being full of the Holy Spirit, he looked up earnestly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,

and said, Lo, I behold the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.

to whom they gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the Power of God, which is called Great.

But when they believed Philip, publishing the glad tidings concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

And the apostles at Jerusalem, hearing that Samaria had received the word of God, sent to them Peter and John;

But Peter said to him, Thy money perish with thee! because thou didst think to obtain the gift of God with money.

Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter; for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.

And immediately he preached Jesus in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.

Now at Joppa there was a certain disciple named Tabitha, which name being interpreted is the same as Dorcas, that is, Gazelle. This woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did.

a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, giving much alms to the people, and praying to God always,

saw in a vision plainly, about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God coming in to him, and saying to him, Cornelius!

And he, looking steadily at him, and becoming affrighted, said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Thy prayers and thine alms have come up for a memorial before God.

And a voice came to him again, the second time, That which God hath cleansed, call not thou common.

Now, while Peter was doubting within himself what the vision which he had seen meant, lo! the men who were sent from Cornelius had made inquiry for Simons house, and stood before the gate;

And they said, Cornelius a centurion, a righteous man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by a holy angel to send for thee to his house, and to hear words from thee.

And he said to them, Ye know that it is an unlawful thing for a Jew to keep company with one of another nation, or to come near him; but God showed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.

and said, Cornelius, thy prayer hath been heard, and thine alms have been remembered before God.

I therefore sent to thee immediately; and thou hast done well in coming here. Now therefore we are all present before God, to hear all things that have been commanded thee from the Lord.

And Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is not a respecter of persons,

relating to Jesus of Nazareth, that God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power; who went about doing good, and healing all that were overpowered by the Devil; for God was with him.

Him God raised up on the third day, and caused him to be manifested,

not to all the people, but to witnesses before appointed by God, to ourselves, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead;

and he commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that it is he who hath been appointed by God to be judge of the living and the dead.

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

And the apostles and the brethren throughout Judaea heard that the gentiles also had received the word of God.

But a voice answered the second time out of heaven, That which God hath cleansed, call not thou common.

Since then God gave the like gift to them as to us, on believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I could withstand God?

And when they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, So then to the gentiles also God hath granted repentance unto life.

who, when he came, and saw the grace of God, rejoiced, and exhorted all to cleave to the Lord with purpose of heart;

for he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a great multitude was added to the Lord.

Peter therefore was kept guarded in prison; but earnest prayer was made by the church to God in his behalf.

And when they had passed the first, and the second guard, they came to the iron gate that leadeth to the city, which opened to them of itself; and they went out and passed on through one street, and the angel immediately departed from him.

And as he knocked at the door of the gate, a maidservant came to listen, named Rhoda;

and recognizing Peters voice, she opened not the gate for gladness; but ran in, and told them that Peter was standing before the gate.

And thereupon the people shouted, The voice of a god, and not of a man!

But immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory, and he was eaten by worms, and expired.

But the word of God grew and was extended.

And having come to Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews; and they had also John as an assistant.

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

Then Paul stood up, and beckoned with his hand and said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, hearken.

The God of this people chose our fathers, and he exalted the people in their sojourn in the land of Egypt, and with a high arm he brought them out of it;

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

From the seed of this man hath God, according to his promise, brought to Israel a Saviour, Jesus;

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

But God raised him from the dead,

God hath fulfilled to us their children, in raising up Jesus [from the dead]; as it is also written in the first Psalm: "Thou art my Son; I have this day begotten thee."

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

but he whom God raised from the dead did not see corruption.