But ye shall receive power, when the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses for me, both in Jerusalem, and throughout all Judea, and Samaria, and unto the extremity of the earth.

And as he was speaking these things, while they were looking upon him, he was taken up; and a cloud enveloping him hid him from their eyes.

"And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour our of my spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:

and upon my servants and my handmaidens in those days will I pour out of my spirit; and they shall prophesy:

Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn to him with an oath, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up the Messiah to sit upon his throne;

Then Peter observing it, addressed himself to the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why gaze ye upon us, as if by our own power or piety we had enabled this man to walk?

AND as they were thus speaking, the priests, and the captain of the temple-guard, and the Sadducees, came upon them,

For the man was more than forty years of age, upon whom this miracle of healing was performed.

And as to the present transactions, Lord, look upon their threatnings: and grant thy servants power with all boldness to speak thy word,

And with great power bore the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.

Then Ananias, hearing those words, sunk down and expired: and great dread fell upon all who heard these things.

saying, Did we not lay our strict injunction upon you, that you should not teach in this name? and, lo, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and would fain bring this man's blood upon us.

whom they presented before the apostles: and having prayed, they laid their hands upon them.

And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and coming upon him, they seized him together, and dragged him to the sanhedrim;

And fixing their eyes upon him, all who sat in the sanhedrim, beheld his face as the face of an angel.

Then came a famine upon all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great distress: and our fathers found no provisions.

Now when they heard these things, they were cut through their hearts as with a saw, and gnashed upon him with their teeth.

Then they screamed out with a great cry, and stopped their ears, and rushed all together upon him,

Then they laid their hands upon them, and they received the Holy Ghost.

Then Simon answering said, Pray ye for me unto the Lord, that none of the things which ye have spoken may come upon me.

and hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming to him, and laying his hand upon him, that he may recover his sight.

and here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call upon thy name.

Then went Ananias, and entered into the house; and laying his hands upon him, said, Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who was seen by thee in the way that thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest recover thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.

But Peter putting them all out, fell upon his knees, and prayed; and turning to the body, said, Tabitha, arise! And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up.

But when the angel departed who spake to Cornelius, he called two of his domestics, and a pious soldier, persons who constantly were in attendance upon him;

and he grew very hungry, and desired something to eat: but whilst they were getting it ready, a sacred ecstacy fell upon him.

And he saw heaven opened, and there descended to him a certain vessel, as a great sheet with chains at the four corners, and resting upon the earth:

But while Peter was musing upon the vision, the Spirit said to him, Lo! three men are inquiring after thee.

And one of them named Agabus, rising up, signified by the spirit that a great famine was coming upon the whole habitable globe: which also came in the reign of Claudius Caesar.

Then Saul (now Paul), filled with the Holy Ghost, and fixing his eyes upon him,

And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, seeing the sun no more for a season. And instantly there fell on him a thick mist and darkness; and groping about he sought some to lead him by the hand.

Take heed then, that this come not upon you, which is spoken by the prophets;

Simon hath fully related, how at first God graciously looked upon [the Gentiles], to take from them a people for his name.

For it hath seemed good to the Holy Ghost and to us, to lay upon you no other burden except these things which are of absolute necessity;

And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the very foundations of the prison were shaken: and instantly all the doors flew open, and every man's chains were loosed.

Then the jailor being roused from sleep, and seeing the doors of the prison open, drew his sword, going to destroy himself, supposing the prisoners had escaped.

And hath made from one man's blood all the nations of mankind, to dwell upon the whole face of the earth, fixing the predetermined periods of their existence, and the boundaries of their several abodes;

But as they continued opposing and blaspheming, he shook his garments, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am pure from it: from this moment will I go to the Gentiles.

Then Paul being about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews,

And Paul laying on them his hands, the Holy Ghost came upon them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.

And the man sprang upon them, in whom was the evil spirit, and getting the mastery over them, prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

Then he dispatched into Macedonia two of those who attended upon him, Timothy and Erastus; while he himself continued a while longer in Asia.

But Paul came down, and fell upon him, and taking him in his arms, said, Trouble not yourselves, for his life is yet in him.

And all of them shed floods of tears, and fell upon Paul's neck, and kissed him again and again,

Do this therefore which we say to thee: we have four men, who have a vow upon themselves;

But as the seven days were now drawing to their period, some Jews from Asia seeing him in the temple, excited all the populace to tumult, and laid hands upon him,

And now why delay? arise, to be baptised, and wash away thy sins, calling upon the name of the Lord.

And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all you, sirs, who are present with us, behold the man, concerning whom the whole multitude of the Jews have set upon me, both at Jerusalem and in this place, clamouring that he ought not to live a moment longer.

to open their eyes, to convert them from darkness to light, and from the dominion of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins, and an inheritance with those who are sanctified by faith which is in me.

And the harbour not being well situated for a winter station, the greater part advised to sail from thence, if they possibly could reach as far as Phenice to pass the winter, a harbour open to the south-west and north-west.

And it so happened that the father of Publius was then confined to his bed with an attack of fever and dysentery: unto whom Paul went in, and after praying, laid his hands upon him, and healed him.