And having met with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to await the promise of the Father which you heard from Me.

But this sound occurring, the multitude came together and were confounded, because they each heard them speaking in his own dialect.

Therefore my heart rejoiced and my tongue was glad; and also My flesh shall rest in hope,

And hearing this, they were stabbed in the heart, and said to Peter and to the other apostles, Men, brothers, what shall we do?

And continuing with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they shared food with gladness and simplicity of heart,

But many of those who heard the Word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.

For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.

And having heard, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord and said, Lord, You are the God who made the heaven and earth, and the sea, and all that is in them;

For truly, against Your holy child Jesus, whom You have anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the nations, and the people of Israel, were gathered together

And the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and one soul. And not one said that any of the things which he possessed was his own. But they had all things common.

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

While it remained, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was it not in your own authority? Why have you conceived this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men, but to God.

And hearing these words, Ananias fell down and expired. And great fear came on all those who heard these things.

And great fear came on all the church and on as many as heard these things.

And when the high priest and the temple commander and the chief priests heard these things, they were bewildered about them, what this might be.

But those hearing were cut to the heart, and they took counsel to kill them.

And they induced men to be saying, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.

For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered to us.

And when a period of forty years was fulfilled to him, it arose in his heart to look upon his brothers, the sons of Israel.

"I have seen, the affliction of My people in Egypt, and I have heard their groan; and I came down to pluck them out. And now come, I will send you into Egypt."

O stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so you do.

You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart is not right in the sight of God.

Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.

And Philip ran there to him and heard him read the prophet Isaiah, and said, Do you indeed understand what you are reading?

Philip said, If you believe with all your heart, it is lawful. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.

And he fell to the earth and heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?

And he said, Who are you, lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom you persecute. It is hard for you to kick against the goads.

And Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard from many of this man, how many evil things he has done to Your saints at Jerusalem.

But all who heard him were amazed and said, Is this not he who destroyed those who called on this name in Jerusalem and came here for that reason, that he might bring them bound to the chief priests?

And he said, Cornelius, your prayer is heard, and your merciful deeds have been remembered before God.

For they heard them speak with tongues and magnify God. Then Peter answered,

And the apostles and brothers who were in Judea heard that the nations had also received the Word of God.

And I heard a voice saying to me, Arise, Peter! Kill and eat!

When they heard these things, they were silent and glorified God, saying, Then God has also granted repentance to life to the nations.

And the Word was heard in the ears of the church in Jerusalem. And they sent out Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch;

who was glad when he had come and had seen the grace of God. And he exhorted all with purpose of heart to remain near to the Lord.

And at that time Herod the king threw on his hands to oppress some of those of the church.

And when Herod was about to bring him out, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains. Also guards were keeping the prison before the door.

And having come to himself, Peter said, Now I know surely that the Lord has sent His angel and has delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

And searching for him, and not finding him, examining the guards, Herod commanded them to be led away to death. And he went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed.

And Herod was in bitter hostility with the men of Tyre and Sidon. But they came to him with one accord and, having made Blastus (who had charge of the king's bedroom) their friend, desired peace, because their country was fed by the king's country.

And on a certain day, Herod sat on his throne, dressed in royal clothing, and made a speech to them.

And in Antioch some among the existing church were prophets and teachers. (such as Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch) and Saul.

And when He had removed him, He raised up David to them to be their king; to whom He also witnessed and said, I have found David the son of Jesse to be a man after My own heart, who shall fulfill all My will.

This one heard Paul speaking; and Paul, looking intently at him, and seeing that he had faith to be healed,

Because we have heard that certain ones who went out from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, saying, Be circumcised and keep the law! (to whom we gave no such command);

And a certain woman named Lydia heard us, a seller of purple of the city of Thyatira, who worshiped God; whose heart the Lord opened, so that she attended to the things which were spoken by Paul.

For I am with you, and no one shall set on you to hurt you, for I have many people in this city.

And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. And Aquila and Priscilla heard him, and they took him and expounded to him the way of God more perfectly.

And this happened over two years, so that all those living in Asia heard the Word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.

And when we heard these things, both we and those of the place begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.

Then Paul answered, What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?

For you shall be His witness to all men of what you have seen and heard.

he said, I will hear you when your accusers have also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's Praetorium.

And having heard these things, Felix put them off, knowing more accurately of the Way, saying, When Lysias the chiliarch has come down, I will examine the things concerning you.

Then after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess, he sent for Paul and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.

And all of us falling to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me and saying in the Hebrew dialect, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.

And neither sun nor stars appearing in many days, and no small tempest pressing hard, now all hope that we would be saved was taken away.

For the heart of this people was fattened, and they have heard with their ears dully; and they closed their eyes; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them."