until the day he was taken up to heaven, after he had given orders by the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen.

After he had said this, while they were watching, he was lifted up and a cloud hid him from their sight.

and said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand here looking up into the sky? This same Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven will come back in the same way you saw him go into heaven."

In those days Peter stood up among the believers (a gathering of about one hundred and twenty people) and said,

beginning from his baptism by John until the day he was taken up from us -- one of these must become a witness of his resurrection together with us."

But Peter stood up with the eleven, raised his voice, and addressed them: "You men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, know this and listen carefully to what I say.

But God raised him up, having released him from the pains of death, because it was not possible for him to be held in its power.

This Jesus God raised up, and we are all witnesses of it.

Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time for prayer, at three o'clock in the afternoon.

And a man lame from birth was being carried up, who was placed at the temple gate called "the Beautiful Gate" every day so he could beg for money from those going into the temple courts.

But Peter said, "I have no silver or gold, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, stand up and walk!"

Then Peter took hold of him by the right hand and raised him up, and at once the man's feet and ankles were made strong.

He jumped up, stood and began walking around, and he entered the temple courts with them, walking and leaping and praising God.

Moses said, 'The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must obey him in everything he tells you.

Every person who does not obey that prophet will be destroyed and thus removed from the people.'

God raised up his servant and sent him first to you, to bless you by turning each one of you from your iniquities."

While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the commander of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,

But Peter and John replied, "Whether it is right before God to obey you rather than God, you decide,

Before it was sold, did it not belong to you? And when it was sold, was the money not at your disposal? How have you thought up this deed in your heart? You have not lied to people but to God!"

So the young men came, wrapped him up, carried him out, and buried him.

Now the high priest rose up, and all those with him (that is, the religious party of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy.

But Peter and the apostles replied, "We must obey God rather than people.

The God of our forefathers raised up Jesus, whom you seized and killed by hanging him on a tree.

And we are witnesses of these events, and so is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him."

But a Pharisee whose name was Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was respected by all the people, stood up in the council and ordered the men to be put outside for a short time.

For some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men joined him. He was killed, and all who followed him were dispersed and nothing came of it.

But some men from the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, as well as some from Cilicia and the province of Asia, stood up and argued with Stephen.

At that time Moses was born, and he was beautiful to God. For three months he was brought up in his father's house,

and when he had been abandoned, Pharaoh's daughter adopted him and brought him up as her own son.

This is the Moses who said to the Israelites, 'God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.'

Our ancestors were unwilling to obey him, but pushed him aside and turned back to Egypt in their hearts,

You received the law by decrees given by angels, but you did not obey it."

Then an angel of the Lord said to Philip, "Get up and go south on the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza." (This is a desert road.)

So he got up and went. There he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasury. He had come to Jerusalem to worship,

So Philip ran up to it and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. He asked him, "Do you understand what you're reading?"

The man replied, "How in the world can I, unless someone guides me?" So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

Now when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him any more, but went on his way rejoicing.

But stand up and enter the city and you will be told what you must do."

So Saul got up from the ground, but although his eyes were open, he could see nothing. Leading him by the hand, his companions brought him into Damascus.

Then the Lord told him, "Get up and go to the street called 'Straight,' and at Judas' house look for a man from Tarsus named Saul. For he is praying,

Immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he could see again. He got up and was baptized,

Peter said to him, "Aeneas, Jesus the Christ heals you. Get up and make your own bed!" And immediately he got up.

So Peter got up and went with them, and when he arrived they brought him to the upper room. All the widows stood beside him, crying and showing him the tunics and other clothing Dorcas used to make while she was with them.

But Peter sent them all outside, knelt down, and prayed. Turning to the body, he said, "Tabitha, get up." Then she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.

He gave her his hand and helped her get up. Then he called the saints and widows and presented her alive.

Staring at him and becoming greatly afraid, Cornelius replied, "What is it, Lord?" The angel said to him, "Your prayers and your acts of charity have gone up as a memorial before God.

About noon the next day, while they were on their way and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray.

Then a voice said to him, "Get up, Peter; slaughter and eat!"

This happened three times, and immediately the object was taken up into heaven.

But get up, go down, and accompany them without hesitation, because I have sent them."

So Peter invited them in and entertained them as guests. On the next day he got up and set out with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa accompanied him.

But Peter helped him up, saying, "Stand up. I too am a mere mortal."

but God raised him up on the third day and caused him to be seen,

So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers took issue with him,

I also heard a voice saying to me, 'Get up, Peter; slaughter and eat!'

This happened three times, and then everything was pulled up to heaven again.

One of them, named Agabus, got up and predicted by the Spirit that a severe famine was about to come over the whole inhabited world. (This took place during the reign of Claudius.)

Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared, and a light shone in the prison cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, "Get up quickly!" And the chains fell off Peter's wrists.

So Paul stood up, gestured with his hand and said, "Men of Israel, and you Gentiles who fear God, listen:

For a period of about forty years he put up with them in the wilderness.

After removing him, God raised up David their king. He testified about him: 'I have found David the son of Jesse to be a man after my heart, who will accomplish everything I want him to do.'

but the one whom God raised up did not experience decay.

When the meeting of the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and God-fearing proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking with them and were persuading them to continue in the grace of God.

But the Jews incited the God-fearing women of high social standing and the prominent men of the city, stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out of their region.

But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.

he said with a loud voice, "Stand upright on your feet." And the man leaped up and began walking.

But after the disciples had surrounded him, he got up and went back into the city. On the next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.

When Paul and Barnabas had a major argument and debate with them, the church appointed Paul and Barnabas and some others from among them to go up to meet with the apostles and elders in Jerusalem about this point of disagreement.

But some from the religious party of the Pharisees who had believed stood up and said, "It is necessary to circumcise the Gentiles and to order them to observe the law of Moses."

After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, "Brothers, you know that some time ago God chose me to preach to the Gentiles so they would hear the message of the gospel and believe.

As they went through the towns, they passed on the decrees that had been decided on by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the Gentile believers to obey.

When the jailer woke up and saw the doors of the prison standing open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, because he assumed the prisoners had escaped.

When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city officials, screaming, "These people who have stirred up trouble throughout the world have come here too,

and when he arrived at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church at Jerusalem and then went down to Antioch.

Large numbers of those who had practiced magic collected their books and burned them up in the presence of everyone. When the value of the books was added up, it was found to total fifty thousand silver coins.

A young man named Eutychus, who was sitting in the window, was sinking into a deep sleep while Paul continued to speak for a long time. Fast asleep, he fell down from the third story and was picked up dead.

And now I entrust you to God and to the message of his grace. This message is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

They all began to weep loudly, and hugged Paul and kissed him,

He came to us, took Paul's belt, tied his own hands and feet with it, and said, "The Holy Spirit says this: 'This is the way the Jews in Jerusalem will tie up the man whose belt this is, and will hand him over to the Gentiles.'"

When we heard this, both we and the local people begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.

Then Paul replied, "What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be tied up, but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."

After these days we got ready and started up to Jerusalem.

When the seven days were almost over, the Jews from the province of Asia who had seen him in the temple area stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,

The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple courts, and immediately the doors were shut.

While they were trying to kill him, a report was sent up to the commanding officer of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion.

Then the commanding officer came up and arrested him and ordered him to be tied up with two chains; he then asked who he was and what he had done.

"I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated with strictness under Gamaliel according to the law of our ancestors, and was zealous for God just as all of you are today.

I persecuted this Way even to the point of death, tying up both men and women and putting them in prison,

So I asked, 'What should I do, Lord?' The Lord said to me, 'Get up and go to Damascus; there you will be told about everything that you have been designated to do.'

came to me and stood beside me and said to me, 'Brother Saul, regain your sight!' And at that very moment I looked up and saw him.

And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and have your sins washed away, calling on his name.'

Then those who were about to interrogate him stayed away from him, and the commanding officer was frightened when he realized that Paul was a Roman citizen and that he had had him tied up.

There was a great commotion, and some experts in the law from the party of the Pharisees stood up and protested strongly, "We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?"

This man was seized by the Jews and they were about to kill him, when I came up with the detachment and rescued him, because I had learned that he was a Roman citizen.

For we have found this man to be a troublemaker, one who stirs up riots among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.

As you can verify for yourself, not more than twelve days ago I went up to Jerusalem to worship.

They did not find me arguing with anyone or stirring up a crowd in the temple courts or in the synagogues or throughout the city,

Now three days after Festus arrived in the province, he went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.

But Festus, wanting to do the Jews a favor, asked Paul, "Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and be tried before me there on these charges?"

When his accusers stood up, they did not charge him with any of the evil deeds I had suspected.