And meeting them together He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, said He, ye have heard from me;

And when this rumor was spread, the multitude came together and were astonished; for every one heard them speaking in his own language.

For David saith concerning Him, "I set the Lord always before me, for He is at my right hand, that I should not be moved: therefore my heart rejoiced, and my tongue was glad;

Now when they heard this, they were pricked to the heart, and said unto Peter, and to the rest of the apostles, Brethren, what shall we do?

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

But many of them 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 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:

For of a truth both Herod and Pontius Pilate, the Gentiles and the people of Israel, combined against thy holy child Jesus,

And the heart and soul of the multitude that believed was one: no one called any of his possessions his own property, but they had all things common.

But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan so filled thine heart, that thou shouldst lie to the holy Ghost, and keep back part of the price of the land?

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.

And Ananias at the hearing of these words fell down and expired: and great fear came on all that heard these things.

And great fear came upon the whole assembly, and upon all that heard these things.

Now when the high priest, and the captain of the temple, and the chief priests heard these words, they were in doubt concerning them, what this would come to;

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

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

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

And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.

I have seen the oppression of my people that are in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. Therefore come now, and I will send thee into Egypt."

Ye stiff-necked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do ye.

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

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

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:

heard him reading the prophet Esaias, and said, Dost thou understand what thou readest?

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 fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

And he said, Who art Thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus the Nazarene whom thou art persecuting: it is hard for thee to kick against the goads.

And Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard from many of this man, how much mischief he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem:

But all that heard him, were amazed, and said, Is not this he that persecuted those in Jerusalem who called on this name, and came hither for this end, that he might carry them bound to the chief priests?

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

While Peter was yet speaking these words, the holy Spirit fell upon all them that heard the word.

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 I heard a voice saying to me, Rise, Peter, kill and eat.

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.

About that time Herod the king exerted his power to distress some of the church.

And when Herod was about to bring him forth, that very night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the guards at the door watched the prison.

And Peter being come to himself said, Now I know truly, that the Lord hath sent his angel and hath delivered me from the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

And Herod searching for him, and not finding him, brought the keepers to a trial, and ordered them to be executed. Then he went down from Judea to Cesarea, and abode there.

And Herod was going to make war upon the Tyrians and Sidonians: but they came to him with one consent, and making interest with Blastus the king's chamberlain, they sued for peace; because their territory was supplied with provision by the king's country.

And upon a set day, Herod arrayed in his royal robes, and sitting upon his throne, made an oration to them.

Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers, as Barnabas, and Simeon called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenean, and Manaen who had been educated with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul;

And having removed him, He raised up David for their king, to whom also He gave testimony and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my own heart, who will perform all my will.

And when the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were determined for eternal life believed.

This man heard Paul speaking; who looking earnestly at him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed,

But the apostles Barnabas and Paul, when they heard of it, rent their clothes, and ran in among the people,

And God who knoweth the heart, bare witness to them, giving them the holy Spirit, as He had done also to us:

Forasmuch as we have heard, that some who went out from us, have troubled you by their discourses, unsettling your minds, saying, ye must be circumcised, and keep the law; to whom we gave no such commission;

And a certain woman named Lydia, a purple-seller of the city of Thyatira, who worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened to attend to the things that were spoken by Paul.

Now in the middle of the night Paul and Silas were praying and singing praises to God, and the prisoners heard them.

And the serjeants reported these words to the governors: and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans.

And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some laughed at it: and others said, We will hear thee again concerning this matter.

for I am with thee, and no man shall lay hands on thee to hurt thee; for I have much people in this city."

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

and finding some disciples there, he said unto them, Have ye received the holy Spirit since ye embraced the faith? And they said unto him, Nay, we had not even heard whether the holy Spirit be yet given.

And when they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

And this he did for two years; so that all the inhabitants of Asia, both Jews and Greeks, heard the word of the Lord Jesus.

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

But Paul answered, What do ye mean, 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 when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said to him, Thou seest, brother, how many myriads there are of the believing Jews, and they are all zealous for the law.

And they have heard of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews, who are among the Gentiles, to forsake the law of Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children, nor to walk after our customs.

and join in their expences, that they may shave their head: and that all may know, that there is nothing in what they have heard of thee; but thou thyself walkest according to the law.

---(and when they heard that he spake to them in the Hebrew dialect, they the more readily kept silence, and he said,)

and I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

For thou shalt be his witness unto all men, of what thou hast seen and heard.

And they heard him to this word, and then they exalted their voice, saying, Away with such a fellow from the earth; for it is not fit that he should live.

I will hear thee, when thine accusers are also come. And he ordered him to be kept in Herod's palace.

And when Felix heard these things he put them off, (for he had been more particularly informed concerning this way of religion,) and said, When Lysias the tribune comes down, I will thoroughly examine your matters.

Some days after Felix coming with his wife Drusilla, a Jewess, sent for Paul, and heard him concerning faith in Christ.

And when we were all fallen down to the earth, I heard a voice speaking to me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why dost thou persecute me? It is hard for thee to kick against the goads.

But he shook off the creature into the fire, and suffered no hurt.

They however were expecting that he would swell, or suddenly fall down dead: but when they had waited a good while, and saw no hurt come to him, they changed their opinion and said that he was a god.

And when the brethren heard of us, they came from thence to meet us, some as far as Appii-forum, and others to the Three-taverns: whom when Paul saw, he thanked God and took courage.

saying, Go to this people and say, Ye shall hear by the hearing of the ear, and not understand; and in seeing ye shall see, and not perceive: for the heart of this people is stupified,

and they hear heavily with their ears, and have closed their eyes; least they should see at all with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.