to whom also He presented Himself alive, after He had suffered, by many certain proofs; being seen among them for forty days, and speaking of the things relating to the kingdom of God.

Cretans and Arabians, we hear them speaking in our own tongues the wonderful works of God.

"And it shall come to pass in the last days (saith God) that I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy; and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:

Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you, by miracles, and prodigies, and signs, which God wrought by Him in the midst of you,

(as ye yourselves also know,) Him being given up by the determinate counsel and fore-knowlege of God ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain.

Whom God hath raised up again, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it.

Therefore being a prophet; and knowing that God had sworn to him with an oath, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up the Messiah, to sit on his throne;

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

Therefore being exalted by the right hand of God, and having received of the Father the promise of the holy Spirit, He hath poured forth this gift, which ye now see and hear.

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

for the promise is to you and to your children, yea and to all that are afar off, even 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 such as should be saved.

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 leaping up he stood firm, and walked; and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.

And all the people saw him walking and praising God:

and knew that it was he who sat to ask for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with astonishment and extasy at what had befallen him.

The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob, the God of our fathers hath glorified his son Jesus, whom ye delivered up, and denied before Pilate, when he determined to release Him.

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

but thus hath God accomplished those things which He had foretold by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer.

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.

For Moses said unto the fathers, the Lord your God will raise up a prophet unto you, of your brethren, like me, Him shall ye hear in all things whatever He shall say unto you;

Now ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant, which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, "And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed:"

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.

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.

But Peter and John answered them, and said, Whether it be right in the sight of God to obey you rather than God, judge ye:

So they threatened them more severely, and let them go; not finding how to punish them, because of the people: for they all glorified God for that which was done.

And when they heard it, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, Thou art God, who hast made heaven and earth, and sea, and all things therein:

And when they had prayed, the place in which they were assembled was shaken; and they were all filled with the holy Spirit, and they spake the word of God with freedom.

While it remained, did it not remain thy own? and when sold, was it not in thy own power? what is the meaning that thou hast taken this into thine heart? Thou hast not lyed to men, but to God.

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

The God of our fathers hath raised up Jesus whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.

Him hath God exalted with his right hand as a prince and saviour, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins:

and we are his witnesses of what we declare; and so is the holy Spirit, whom God hath given to them that obey Him.

And when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to put them to death.

but if it be of God, ye cannot defeat it, least ye be found fighting even against God.

So the twelve called the multitude of the disciples to them and said, It is not seemly that we should leave the word of God and attend at tables.

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 the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem was greatly multiplied; and a great number of the priests became obedient to the faith.

Then they suborned men to say, we heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and against 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 Charran,

And God spake thus unto him, "that his seed should sojourn in a strange country, and they shall in slave and abuse them four hundred years:"

and God said, "I will judge the nation, to which they shall be in slavery; and afterwards they shall come out, and shall worship me in this place."

And the patriarchs, envying him, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

But as the time of the promise drew near, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt.

Now he supposed that his brethren would have understood that God would give them deliverance by his hand: but they understood not.

saying, "I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob;" but Moses trembling durst not look on.

This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? did God send, by the hand of the angel that appeared to him in the bush, to be their ruler and deliverer.

---This is that Moses who said unto the children of Israel, "A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you, of your brethren, like unto me; Him shall ye hear."

Then God turned away, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets, "O house of Israel, did ye offer to me your victims and sacrifices, for the space of forty years in the wilderness?

yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them by: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon."

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,

and was desirous to provide an habitation for the God of Jacob.

And when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart and gnashed their teeth at him.

But he being full of the holy Spirit looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God:

and he said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God.

And they stoned Stephen calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

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

But as they believed Philip, preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women;

Now when the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent to them Peter and John:

But Peter said unto him, Let thy money perish with thee, since thou thoughtest to purchase the gift of God with money.

Thou hast no part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.

Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray to God, if so be the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee:

And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.

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

And there was at Joppa a certain female disciple named Tabitha, who by interpretation is called in Greek Dorcas: and she was full of good works and alms-deeds.

and one that feared God, with all his house; giving also much alms to the people, and praying to God continually.

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

and he looking earnestly at him, and being afraid, said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up as a memorial before God.

And the voice said to him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, do not thou account polluted.

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.

And he said unto them, Ye know how unlawful it is for a man that is a Jew, to associate with or go to the house of one of another nation: but God hath shewn me, that I should not call any man polluted or unclean.

and said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are remembered before God.

Immediately therefore I sent to thee, and thou hast done well that thou art come. And now we are all here present before God, to hear all the things which God hath charged thee with to us.

Then Peter opened his mouth and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:

how God anointed Him with the holy Spirit and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed by the devil: for God was with Him.

Him God raised up the third day, and gave Him to be seen openly; not to all the people,

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

And He commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is He who is appointed by God to be judge of the living and of the dead.

for they heard them speaking in divers languages, and glorifying God.

Now the apostles and brethren that were in Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.

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

As therefore God gave to them the like gift that He did to us, upon our believing on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I should be able to withstand God?

And when they heard these things they acquiesced, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God given to the Gentiles also repentance unto life.

Who, when he was come, and saw the grace of God, rejoiced, and exhorted them all with steadiness of heart to adhere to the Lord.

For he was a good man, and full of the holy Spirit, and of faith: and many were added unto the Lord.

And he cut off James, the brother of John, with the sword.

Peter was therefore kept in custody: but incessant prayer was made to God for him by the church.

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 the people gave a shout, saying, It is 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 being devoured by worms he died.

But the word of God grew and was multiplied.

And when they arrived at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John for their assistant.

Who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an understanding man: who calling for Barnabas and Saul, desired to hear the word of God.

Then Paul stood up, and made a sign with his hand, and said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.

---The God of this people Israel chose our fathers, and raised the people, while they sojourned in the land of Egypt, and with mighty power brought them out of it.

And then they desired a king: and God gave them Saul the Son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for the space of forty years.

Of this man's seed, according to the promise, hath God raised up to Israel Jesus the Saviour:

---Men and brethren, children of the race of Abraham, and all those among you that fear God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.

But God raised Him from the dead:

And we bring you good tidings,