until the day in which He was taken up, after having given commandment, through the Holy Spirit, to the apostles whom He chose;

to whom He also presented Himself alive, after He suffered, by many proofs; being seen by them during forty days, and speaking the things concerning the Kingdom of God.

And, being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which said He, "Ye heard from Me;

He said to them, "It is not yours to know times or seasons, which the Father placed in His own authority;

And, having said these things, while they were beholding, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him from their sight.

And, as they were gazing intently into the heaven, while He was ascending, behold, also two men stood by them in white apparel,

because he was numbered among us, and obtained the portion of this ministry.

This man, therefore, acquired a field with the reward of unrighteousness; and, falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out;

"It is needful, therefore, that one of these men??ho accompanied us all the time that the Lord went in and out among us,

beginning from the immersion of John, until the day on which He was taken up from us??hould become a witness, with us, of His resurrection."

to take the place of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place."

And they gave lots for them; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

And how do we hear, each in our own language in which we were born;

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

For David says concerning Him, 'I beheld the Lord in my presence continually; because He is on my right hand, that I should not be moved.

"Brethren! It is permitted to speak to you freely concerning the patriarch David, that he both died, and was buried; and his tomb is among us till this day;

he, foreseeing it, spake concerning the resurrection of Christ, that neither was He left behind unto Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption.

Being, therefore, exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He was pouring forth this which ye both see and hear.

For David did not ascend into Heaven; but he himself says, 'The Lord said to my Lord, sit at My right hand,

Also with many other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying, "Be saved from this perverse generation!"

Now Peter and John were going up into the temple at the hour of prayer??he ninth hour.

And he was giving heed to them, expecting to receive something from them.

And, seizing him by the right hand, he raised him up; and instantly his feet and ankles were strengthened;

and, leaping forth, he stood, and was walking about; and he entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.

and they were recognizing him, that this was he who was wont to sit for alms, at the Beautiful gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened to him.

And, as he was holding Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch, which is called Solomon's, greatly astonished.

The God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified His Child Jesus, Whom ye, indeed, delivered up, and denied before Pilate's face, when he gave judgment to release Him;

but God thus fulfilled what He before announced through the mouth of all His prophets, that His Christ should suffer.

and that He may send forth Christ Jesus who had been before appointed for you;

Moses, indeed, said, 'A prophet will the Lord your God raise up for you from among your brethren, as He did me; to Him shall ye hearken in all things, whatsoever He shall say to you.

and Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest.

And, being released, they went to their own friends, and reported all that the high priests and the elders said to them.

and kept back part of the price, his wife also knowing it; and, bringing a certain part, he laid it at the apostles' feet.

And the multitude of the cities round about were coming together to Jerusalem, bearing the sick, and those harassed by unclean spirits ??ho, indeed, were being healed, every one.

And the high priest, rising up, and all those with him, being the sect of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy,

And, having heard this, they entered at dawn, into the temple, and were teaching. And the high priest, having come, and those with him, called together the Sanhedrin, and all the senate of the sons of Israel, and sent to the prison-house to have them brought.

Now, when both the captain of the temple and the high priests heard these words, they were thoroughly perplexed concerning them, what this might become.

and, having brought them, they set them before the Sanhedrin. And the high priest asked them,

And he said to them, "Men of Israel, take heed to yourselves with regard to these men, what ye are about to do;

for before these days arose Theudas, alleging that he himself was somebody, to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves; who was slain, and all, as many as obeyed him, were disbanded, and came to nothing.

After this arose Judas, the Galilean, in the days of the enrollment, and drew away people after him; he also perished; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered abroad.

And they were not able to withstand the wisdom and the spirit with which he was speaking.

And the high priest said, "Are these things so?"

But he said, "Brethren and fathers, the God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, while he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,

Then, having come forth out of the land of the Chaldaeans, he dwelt in Haran; and, from thence, after his father died, He removed him into this land, in which ye now dwell;

and He gave him no inheritance in it, not even a foot-breadth; and He promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his Seed after him, when he had no child.

And He gave him a covenant of circumcision; and so he begat Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac, Jacob; and Jacob, the twelve patriarchs.

and delivered him out of all his tribulations, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt; and he appointed him governor over Egypt and all his house.

And Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he and our fathers;

but, when he was cast out, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up, and nourished him as her own son.

And, seeing a certain one wrongly treated, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, having smitten the Egyptian.

And he was supposing that his brethren understood that God, through his hand, would give them deliverance; but they understood not.

On the following day, also, he appeared to them while they were fighting and he was urging them to peace, saying, 'Men, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one another?'

But he who was wronging his neighbor thrust him away, saying, 'Who appointed you a ruler and a judge over us?

And Moses fled at this saying, and became a sojourner in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons.

And Moses, seeing it, wondered at the sight; and, as he drew near to observe it, there came a voice of the Lord,

This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, A Prophet will God raise up for you of your brethren, as He did me.

This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spake to him on mount Sinai, and with our fathers; who received living oracles to give to us:

And ye took up the tent of Moloch, and the star of the god Rephan??he figures which ye made to worship them; and I will remove you beyond Babylon.'

"Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, even as He, directed, Who spake to Moses, that he should make it according to the model which he had seen;

who found favor in the sight of God, and asked that he might find 'A habitation for the God of Jacob.'

Yet the Most High dwelleth not in houses made with hands; as says the prophet,

But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looking intently into Heaven, saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God;

and he said, "Behold I see Heaven opened, and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God!"

And, kneeling down, he cried with a loud voice, "Lord, lay not this sin to them!" And, having said this, he fell asleep.

And the multitudes, with one accord, were giving heed to the things spoken by Philip, when they heard and saw the things which he was doing.

And Simon also himself believed; and, having been immersed, he was adhering closely to Philip; and, beholding the signs and great miracles being done, he was amazed.

for as yet He had fallen upon no one of them, but they had only been immersed in the name of the Lord Jesus.

saying, "Give me also this authority, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit."

And, having arisen, he went on; and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch, a state-officer of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship;

he was also returning, and, sitting on his chariot, was reading the prophet Isaiah.

But he said, "How, in fact, were I able, unless some one should guide me?" And he besought Philip, having come up, to sit with him.

Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this: "He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and, as a lamb dumb before its shearer, so He openeth not His mouth.

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

And he commanded the chariot to stand still; and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he immersed him.

And, when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, and the eunuch saw him no more; for he was going on his way rejoicing.

And Philip was found at Azotus; and, passing through, he was publishing the good news to all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.

And Saul, yet breathing threatening and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, going to the high priest,

asked from him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that, if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

And, as he was journeying, it came to pass, that he was drawing nigh to Damascus; and suddenly there flashed around him a light from Heaven;

and, having fallen upon the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?"

And he said, "Who art Thou, Lord?" And He said, "I am Jesus Whom you are persecuting.

And Saul arose from the earth; and, his eyes being opened, he beheld nothing; but, taking him by the hand, they led him into Damascus.

And he was three days without seeing; and he neither ate, nor drank.

And there was a certain disciple in Damascus, Ananias by name; and the Lord said to him in a vision, "Ananias?" And he said, "Behold, I am here, Lord!"

And the Lord said to him, "Arise, go to the street that is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one named Saul of Tarsus; for, behold, he is praying;

and in a vision he saw a man, Ananias by name, coming in, and laying his hands on him, that he might receive sight."

And Ananias answered, "Lord, I heard from many concerning this man, how many evils he did to Thy saints in Jerusalem;

and here he has authority from the high priests to bind all those calling on Thy name."

for I will show him how many things he must suffer for My name's sake.

and straightway there fell from his eyes as it were scales, and he received sight; and, arising, he was immersed; and, having taken food, he was strengthened.

And he was with the disciples in Damascus some days;

and straightway in the synagogues he was preaching Jesus, that He is the Son of God.

And all who heard were astonished, and said, "Is not this he who destroyed, in Jerusalem, those calling upon this name, and had come here for this purpose, that he might bring them bound to the high priests?"

Now, having come to Jerusalem, he was trying to join himself to the disciples; and they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.

But Barnabas, taking him, brought him to the apostles, and narrated to them how he saw the Lord in the way, and that He spake to him; and how, in Damascus, he spake boldly in the name of Jesus.

And he was with them, going in and going out at Jerusalem,

preaching boldly in the name of the Lord; and he was speaking and disputing with the Helenists; but they were attempting to kill him;

And he found there a certain man, Aeneas by name, for eight years lying prostrate on a couch, who was paralyzed.

And Peter said to him, "Aeneas, Jesus Christ healeth you; arise, and make your bed." And straightway he arose.