I have given an earlier account, O Theophilus, of all the things which Jesus did, and of his teaching from the first,

And when they were all together, with him, he gave them orders not to go away from Jerusalem, but to keep there, waiting till the word of the Father was put into effect, of which, he said, I have given you knowledge:

For the baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit, after a little time.

And he said to them, It is not for you to have knowledge of the time and the order of events which the Father has kept in his control.

But you will have power, when the Holy Spirit has come on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judaea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.

For this reason, of the men who have been with us all the time, while the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

Starting from the baptism of John till he went up from us, one will have to be a witness with us of his coming back from death.

In Phrygia and Pamphylia, in Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and those who have come from Rome, Jews by birth and others who have become Jews,

And it will come about, in the last days, says God, that I will send out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will be prophets, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will have dreams:

And whoever makes his prayer to the Lord will have salvation.

Men of Israel, give ear to these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man who had the approval of God, as was made clear to you by the great works and signs and wonders which God did by him among you, as you yourselves have knowledge,

You have made me see the ways of life; I will be full of joy when I see your face.

And so, being lifted up to the right hand of God, and having the Father's word that the Holy Spirit would come, he has sent this thing, which now you see and have knowledge of.

And Peter said, Let your hearts be changed, every one of you, and have baptism in the name of Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will have the Holy Spirit given to you.

But Peter said, I have no silver or gold, but what I have, that I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up on your feet.

But you would have nothing to do with the Holy and Upright One, and made request for a man of blood to be given to you,

And his name, through faith in his name, has made this man strong, whom you see and have knowledge of: yes, the faith which is through him has made him well, before you all.

But the things which God had made clear before, by the mouth of all the prophets, that the Christ would have to undergo, he has put into effect in this way.

Who is to be kept in heaven till the time when all things are put right, of which God has given word by the mouth of his holy prophets, who have been from the earliest times.

Then sending for Peter and John, they said, By what power and in whose name have you done this?

And in no other is there salvation: for there is no other name under heaven, given among men, through which we may have salvation.

For it is not possible for us to keep from saying what we have seen and have knowledge of.

While you had it, was it not your property? and after you had given it in exchange, was it not still in your power? how has this purpose come into your mind? you have been false, not to men, but to God.

But Peter said to her, Why have you made an agreement together to be false to the Spirit of the Lord? See, the feet of the young men who have put the body of your husband in the earth, are at the door, and they will take you out.

But Peter and the Apostles, answering, said, We have to do the orders of God, not of man.

And the day after, he came to them, while they were having a fight, and would have made peace between them, saying, Sirs, you are brothers; why do you do wrong to one another?

And Moses, seeing it, was full of wonder, and when he came up to have a nearer view of it, the voice of the Lord came to him, saying,

Truly, I have seen the sorrows of my people in Egypt, and their cries have come to my ears, and I have come down to make them free: and now, come, I will send you to Egypt.

This Moses, whom they would not have, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge? him God sent to be a ruler and a saviour, by the hand of the angel whom he saw in the thorn-tree.

And saying to Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: as for this Moses, who took us out of the land of Egypt, we have no idea what has become of him.

Which of the prophets was not cruelly attacked by your fathers? and they put to death those who gave them the news of the coming of the Upright One; whom you have now given up and put to death;

You, to whom the law was given as it was ordered by angels, and who have not kept it.

You have no part in this business, because your heart is not right before God.

Let your heart be changed, and make prayer to God that you may have forgiveness for your evil thoughts.

And Simon, answering, said, Make prayer for me to the Lord, so that these things which you have said may not come on me.

And he said, How is that possible when I have no guide? And he made Philip get up by his side.

And while they were going on their way, they came to some water, and the Ethiopian said, See, here is water; why may I not have baptism?

But get up, and go into the town, and it will be made clear to you what you have to do.

But Ananias said, Lord, I have had accounts of this man from a number of people, how much evil he has done to your saints at Jerusalem:

For I will make clear to him what troubles he will have to undergo for me.

And he, looking on him in fear, said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Your prayers and your offerings have come up to God, and he has kept them in mind.

But Peter said, No, Lord; for I have never taken food which is common or unclean.

Go down, then, and go with them, doubting nothing, for I have sent them.

And Peter went down to the men, and said, I am the man you are looking for: why have you come?

And he said to them, You yourselves have knowledge that it is against the law for a man who is a Jew to be in the company of one who is of another nation; but God has made it clear to me that no man may be named common or unclean:

So, straight away, I sent for you; and you have done well to come. And now, we are all present before God, ready to give attention to all the things which the Lord has given you to say.

That word you yourselves have knowledge of, which was made public through all Judaea, starting from Galilee, after the baptism of which John was the preacher,

To him all the prophets give witness, that through his name everyone who has faith in him will have forgiveness of sins.

Will any man say that these may not have baptism who have been given the Holy Spirit as we have?

And he gave orders for them to have baptism in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they kept him with them for some days.

And the words of the Lord came into my mind, how he said, The baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit.

And hearing these things they said nothing more, but gave glory to God, saying, Then to the Gentiles as to us has God given a change of heart, so that they may have life.

And while they were doing the Lord's work, and going without food, the Holy Spirit said, Let Barnabas and Saul be given to me for the special work for which they have been marked out by me.

Who was with the ruler, Sergius Paulus, an able man. This man sent for Barnabas and Saul, desiring to have knowledge of the word of God.

And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the Synagogue sent to them, saying, Brothers, if you have a word of comfort for the people, say on.

And Paul, getting up and making a sign with his hand, said, Men of Israel, and you who have the fear of God, give ear.

And having put him on one side, he made David their king, to whom he gave witness, saying, I have taken David, the son of Jesse, a man dear to my heart, who will do all my pleasure.

My brothers, children of the family of Abraham, and those among you who have the fear of God, to us the word of this salvation is sent.

Which God has now put into effect for our children, by sending Jesus; as it says in the second Psalm, You are my Son; this day I have given you being.

See, you doubters, have wonder and come to your end; for I will do a thing in your days to which you will not give belief, even if it is made clear to you.

Then Paul and Barnabas without fear said, It was necessary for the word of God to be given to you first; but because you will have nothing to do with it, and have no desire for eternal life, it will now be offered to the Gentiles.

For so the Lord has given us orders, saying, I have given you for a light to the Gentiles so that you may be for salvation to the ends of the earth.

And when a violent attempt was made by the Gentiles and the Jews, with their rulers, to make an attack on them and have them stoned,

And when the people saw what Paul had done, they said in a loud voice, in the language of Lycaonia, The gods have come down to us in the form of men.

Making strong the souls of the disciples, saying to them that they were to keep the faith, and that we have to go through troubles of all sorts to come into the kingdom of God.

But some of the Pharisees, who were of the faith, got up and said, It is necessary for these to have circumcision and to keep the law of Moses.

And when there had been much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, My brothers, you have knowledge that some time back it was God's pleasure that by my mouth the good news might be given to the Gentiles so that they might have faith.

But we have faith that we will get salvation through the grace of the Lord Jesus in the same way as they.

Because we have knowledge that some who went from us have been troubling you with their words, putting your souls in doubt; to whom we gave no such order;

Men who have given up their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

And so we have sent Judas and Silas, who will say the same things to you themselves, by word of mouth.

And after some days, Paul said to Barnabas, Let us go back and see the brothers in every town where we have given the word of God, and see how they are.

Teaching rules of living which it is not right for us to have or to keep, being Romans.

And took them out and said, Sirs, what have I to do to get salvation?

And they said, Have faith in the Lord Jesus, and you and your family will have salvation.

And the keeper said to Paul, The authorities have given orders to let you go: come out now, and go in peace.

But Paul said to them, They have given us who are Romans a public whipping without judging us, and have put us in prison. Will they now send us out secretly? no, truly, let them come themselves and take us out.

And when they were not able to get them, they took Jason and some of the brothers by force before the rulers of the town, crying, These men, who have made trouble all over the world have now come here;

For you seem to us to say strange things, and we have a desire to get the sense of them.

For in him we have life and motion and existence; as certain of your verse writers have said, For we are his offspring.

If then we are the offspring of God, it is not right for us to have the idea that God is like gold or silver or stone, formed by the art or design of man.

And the Lord said to Paul in the night, in a vision, Have no fear and go on preaching:

For I am with you, and no one will make an attack on you to do you damage: for I have a number of people in this town.

And he said to them, Did you get the Holy Spirit when you had faith? And they said to him, No, we have had no knowledge of the Holy Spirit.

And he said, What sort of baptism did you have? And they said, The baptism of John.

And Paul said, John gave a baptism which goes with a change of heart, saying to the people that they were to have faith in him who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus.

And the evil spirit, answering, said to them, I have knowledge of Jesus, and of Paul, but who are you?

Now after these things were ended, Paul came to a decision that when he had gone through Macedonia and Achaia he would go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I have a desire to see Rome.

For you have taken these men, who are not doing damage to the holy place or talking against our goddess.

If, then, Demetrius and the workmen who are with him have a protest to make against any man, the law is open to them, and there are judges; let them put up a cause at law against one another.

And when they had come, he said to them, You yourselves have seen what my life has been like all the time from the day when I first came into Asia,

And now I am conscious that you, among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom, will not see my face again.

For I have not kept back from you anything of the purpose of God.

I have had no desire for any man's silver or gold or clothing.

You yourselves have seen that with these hands I got what was necessary for me and those who were with me.

And hearing it, they gave praise to God; and they said to him, You see, brother, what thousands there are among the Jews, who have the faith; and they all have a great respect for the law:

And they have had news of you, how you have been teaching all the Jews among the Gentiles to give up the law of Moses, and not to give circumcision to their children, and not to keep the old rules.

What then is the position? They will certainly get news that you have come.

Do this, then, which we say to you: We have four men who have taken an oath;

But as to the Gentiles who have the faith, we sent a letter, giving our decision that they were to keep themselves from offerings made to false gods, and from blood, and from the flesh of animals put to death in ways against the law, and from the evil desires of the body.