And he said to them, It is not your [province] to know the times or seasons which the Father has appointed by his own authority;

but you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and all Judea, and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.

And praying, they said, Do thou, Lord, the searcher of all hearts, show which of these two thou hast chosen

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

Thou hast made me know the ways of life, thou wilt fill me with joy with thy presence.

This Jesus has God raised up, whose witnesses we all are.

Being therefore exalted on the right hand of God, and receiving the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he has poured this out which you both see and hear.

Let all the house of Israel therefore know certainly, that God has made this Jesus whom you crucified both Lord and Christ.

but killed the Prince of life, whom God has raised from the dead, whose witnesses we are.

And by the faith of his name, his name has made strong this man whom you behold and know, and the faith which is by him has given him this entire soundness before you all.

but what God had before declared by the mouth of all the prophets that his Anointed should suffer, he has so accomplished.

whom heaven must receive till the times of the restoration of all things of which God has spoken by the mouth of his holy prophets since the world began.

God having raised up his servant has sent him to you first, to bless you by turning each [one of you] from your evil ways.

if we are to-day examined concerning the good work done to the sick man, by what means he has been cured,

be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazoraean, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by him has this man stood before you sound.

This is the stone rejected by you builders, which has become the head of a corner.

saying, What shall we do to these men? for that a notable miracle has been performed by them is manifest to all that live at Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it;

And when they heard it they lifted up their voice with one consent to God, and said, Master, thou who hast made heaven, and the earth, the sea, and all things in them,

who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the nations rage and the peoples devise vain things?

For of a truth, in this city, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the gentiles and people of Israel, were assembled together against thy holy servant Jesus whom thou hast anointed,

But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart that you should lie to the Holy Spirit, and that you should keep back a part of the price of the land?

him has God exalted, a Prince and Saviour at his right hand, to give a change of mind to Israel and the forgiveness of sins.

And we are his witnesses of these things, and also the Holy Spirit which God has given to those that obey him.

saying to Aaron, Make us gods to go before us; for this Moses who led us up out of Egypt, we know not what has happened to him.

has not my hand made all these things?

and has seen a man by the name of Ananias coming and putting a hand on him, that he might receive his sight.

And Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he has done to your saints at Jerusalem;

and here he has power from the chief priests to bind all that call on your name.

And Ananias went and entered into the house, and laying hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord has sent me, Jesus who appeared to you on the way which you came, that you may receive sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.

And all that heard him were astonished and said, Is not this he that destroyed those who called on this name at Jerusalem, and has come here for this purpose, that he might lead them bound to the chief priests?

And a voice came to him again, a second time, What God has purified, regard not common.

and he said to them, You know that it is not lawful for a Jew to associate with a man of another nation, or come into his house; and God has taught me not to call any man common or impure;

Send therefore to Joppa and call Simon who is called Peter; he lodges at the house of Simon a tanner, by the sea, who when he has come will speak to you.

Immediately therefore I sent to you, and you have done well to come. Now therefore we are all present before God to hear all things which God has commanded you.

To him all the prophets bear witness, that every one who believes in him has forgiveness of sins through his name.

And I said, By no means, Lord, for nothing common or impure has ever entered into my mouth.

And a voice answered from heaven a second time, What God has purified do not you regard common.

And hearing these things they were silent, and glorified God, saying, Then to the gentiles also has God indeed given the change of mind to life.

And Peter coming to himself said, Now I know that the Lord has really sent his angel and delivered me from the hand of Herod and all the expectation of the Jews.

Of the posterity of this man, according to his promise, has God raised up to Israel a Saviour, Jesus;

that God has fulfilled this to us their children in raising up Jesus, as it is written also in the first psalm, You are my son, to-day have I begotten you.

For thus has the Lord commanded us; I have set you for a light of nations, that you should be a salvation even to the end of the earth.

Simeon has related how God first visited the gentiles to take a people for his name.

that the rest of men may seek the Lord, even all the nations on whom my name has been called, says the Lord who does these things,

For Moses from ancient times has those who preach him in every city, being read in the synagogues every sabbath.

and Jason has received them; and they all do things contrary to the ordinances of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.

because he has appointed a day in which he is about to judge the world in righteousness, by the man whom he has appointed, giving assurance to all by raising him from the dead.

and you see and hear, that not only at Ephesus, but in almost all Asia, this Paul has led away a great multitude by persuasion, saying that things which are made by hands are not gods.

Take heed to yourselves, therefore, and to all the flock in which the Holy Spirit has made you bishops, to feed the church of the Lord which he has purchased with his blood.

crying, Men of Israel, help; this is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place, and besides he has brought Greeks into the temple, and defiled this holy place.

And there was a great cry, and the scribes of the party of the Pharisees rising up contended, saying, We find no evil in this man; but [what] if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?

And Paul calling one of the centurions, said, Lead this young man to the chiliarch, for he has something to tell him.

He therefore took him and led him to the chiliarch, and said, Paul the prisoner called me and asked me to lead this young man to you, who has something to tell you.

to whom I answered, It is not the custom of the Romans to give up any man before the accused has the accusers face to face, and is allowed an opportunity to defend himself against the accusation.

And when Paul had said these words, Festus said with a loud voice, You are mad, Paul; much learning has driven you to madness.

and departing they conversed with each other, saying, This man has done nothing deserving death or bonds.

and said, Fear not, Paul; you must stand before Caesar, and behold, God has given you all that sail with you.

Wherefore, men, be of good courage; for I believe God, that it will be as he has told me;

And when the barbarians saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said one to another, This man is undoubtedly a murderer, whom though saved from the sea justice has not permitted to live.

And they said to him, We have neither received letters concerning you from Judea, nor has any one of the brothers come and reported or told any evil of you.

for the heart of this people has become hard, and they hear imperfectly with their ears, and they have shut their eyes, lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I should cure them.