But, while they stood intently gazing into the sky as He went, suddenly there were two men in white garments standing by them,

who said, "Galilaeans, why stand looking into the sky? This same Jesus who has been taken up from you into Heaven will come in just the same way as you have seen Him going into Heaven."

beginning from His baptism by John down to the day on which He was taken up again from us into Heaven--one should be appointed to become a witness with us as to His resurrection."

The sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, to usher in the day of the Lord-- that great and illustrious day;

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

Seeing Peter and John about to go into the Temple, he asked them for alms.

Leaping up, he stood upright and began to walk, and went into the Temple with them, walking, leaping, and praising God.

This incident struck terror into the whole Church, and into the hearts of all who heard of it.

so that they would even bring out their sick friends into the streets and lay them on light couches or mats, in order that when Peter came by, at least his shadow might fall on one or other of them.

and laid hands upon the Apostles, and put them into the public jail.

Having received that command they went into the Temple, just before daybreak, and began to teach: So when the High Priest and his party came, and had called together the Sanhedrin as well as all the Elders of the descendants of Israel, they sent to the jail to fetch the Apostles.

and said to him, "'Leave your country and your relatives, and go into whatever land I point out to you.'

"Thereupon he left Chaldaea and settled in Haran till after the death of his father, when God caused him to remove into this country where you now live.

"The Patriarchs were jealous of Joseph and sold him into slavery in Egypt. But God was with him

When, however, Jacob heard that there was wheat to be had, he sent our forefathers into Egypt; that was the first time.

and Jacob went down into Egypt. There he died, and so did our forefathers,

dragged him out of the city, and stoned him, the witnesses throwing off their outer garments and giving them into the care of a young man called Saul.

But Saul cruelly harassed the Church. He went into house after house, and, dragging off both men and women, threw them into prison.

for He had not as yet fallen upon any of them. They had only been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.

For I perceive that you have fallen into the bitterest bondage of unrighteousness."

So he stopped the chariot; and both of them--Philip and the eunuch--went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.

He had become unusually hungry and wished for food; but, while they were preparing it, he fell into a trance.

"You went into the houses of men who are not Jews," they said, "and you ate with them."

"'On no account, Lord,' I replied, 'for nothing unholy or impure has ever gone into my mouth.'

And passing through the first ward and the second, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. This opened to them of itself; and, going out, they passed on through one of the streets, and then suddenly the angel left him.

But they themselves, passing through from Perga, came to Antioch in Pisidia. Here, on the Sabbath day, they went into the synagogue and sat down.

At length the people of the city split into parties, some siding with the Jews and some with the Apostles.

the Apostles, having become aware of it, made their escape into the Lycaonian towns of Lystra and Derbe, and the neighbouring country.

But the Apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of it; and tearing their clothes they rushed out into the middle of the crowd, exclaiming, "Sirs, why are you doing all this?

When, however, the disciples had collected round him, he rose and went back into the town. The next day he went with Barnabas to Derbe;

Everywhere they strengthened the disciples by encouraging them to hold fast to the faith, and warned them saying, "It is through many afflictions that we must make our way into the Kingdom of God."

Then passing through Pisidia they came into Pamphylia;

Here, one night, Paul saw a vision. There was a Macedonian who was standing, entreating him and saying, "Come over into Macedonia and help us."

So when he had seen the vision, we immediately looked out for an opportunity of passing on into Macedonia, confidently inferring that God had called us to proclaim the Good News to the people there.

and, after severely flogging them, they threw them into jail and bade the jailer keep them safely.

and bringing the Apostles up into his house, he spread a meal for them, and was filled with gladness, with his whole household, his faith resting on God.

But Paul said to them, "After cruelly beating us in public, without trial, Roman citizens though we are, they have thrown us into prison, and are they now going to send us away privately? No, indeed! Let them come in person and fetch us out."

Jason has received them into his house; and they all set Caesar's authority at defiance, declaring that there is another Emperor-- one called Jesus."

Then, as he had made up his mind to cross over into Greece, the brethren wrote to the disciples in Corinth begging them to give him a kindly welcome. Upon his arrival he rendered valuable help to those who through grace had believed;

"Into what then were you baptized?" he asked. "Into John's baptism," they replied.

On hearing this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus;

Afterwards he went into the synagogue. There for three months he continued to preach fearlessly, explaining in words which carried conviction the truths which concern the Kingdom of God.

There is danger, therefore, not only that this our trade will become of no account, but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana will fall into utter disrepute, and that before long she will be actually deposed from her majestic rank--she who is now worshipped by the whole province of Asia; nay, by the whole world."

The riot and uproar spread through the whole city, till at last with one accord they rushed into the Theatre, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, two Macedonians who were fellow travellers with Paul.

A few of the public officials, too, who were friendly to him, sent repeated messages entreating him not to venture into the Theatre.

Passing through those districts he encouraged the disciples in frequent addresses, and then came into Greece, and spent three months there.

and a youth of the name of Eutychus was sitting at the window. This lad, gradually sinking into deep sleep while Paul preached at unusual length, overcome at last by sleep, fell from the second floor and was taken up dead.

So Paul associated with the men; and the next day, having purified himself with them, he went into the Temple, giving every one to understand that the days of their purification were finished, and there he remained until the sacrifice for each of them was offered.

They laid hands on him, crying out, "Men of Israel, help! help! This is the man who goes everywhere preaching to everybody against the Jewish people and the Law and this place. And besides, he has even brought Gentiles into the Temple and has desecrated this holy place."

(For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, and imagined that Paul had brought him into the Temple.)

Some of the crowd shouted one accusation against Paul and some another, until, as the uproar made it impossible for the truth to be ascertained with certainty, the Tribune ordered him to be brought into the barracks.

When he was about to be taken into the barracks, Paul said to the Tribune, "May I speak to you?" "Do you know Greek?" the Tribune asked.

"Are you not the Egyptian who some years ago excited the riot of the 4,000 cut-throats, and led them out into the Desert?"

I persecuted to death this new faith, continually binding both men and women and throwing them into prison;

And I asked, "'What am I to do, Lord?' "And the Lord said to me, "'Rise, and go into Damascus. There you shall be told of all that has been appointed for you to do.'

"After my return to Jerusalem, and while praying in the Temple, I fell into a trance.

And when they continued their furious shouts, throwing their clothes into the air and flinging dust about,

the Tribune ordered him to be brought into the barracks, and be examined by flogging, in order to ascertain the reason why they thus cried out against him.

But when the struggle was becoming violent, the Tribune, fearing that Paul would be torn to pieces by the people, ordered the troops to go down and take him from among them by force and bring him into the barracks.

But Paul's sister's son heard of the intended attack upon him. So he came and went into the barracks and told Paul about it;

And, wishing to know with certainty the offense of which they were accusing him, I brought him down into their Sanhedrin,

At this point Felix, who was fairly well informed about the new faith, adjourned the trial, saying to the Jews, "When the Tribune Lysias comes down, I will enter carefully into the matter."

I have nothing very definite, however, to tell our Sovereign about him. So I have brought the man before you all--and especially before you, King Agrippa--that after he has been examined I may find something which I can put into writing.

Now when it was decided that we should sail for Italy, they handed over Paul and a few other prisoners into the custody of Julius, a Captain of the Augustan battalion;

The sailors, however, wanted to make their escape from the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea, pretending that they were going to lay out anchors from the bow.

He, however, shook the reptile off into the fire and was unhurt.

After one complete day he invited the leading men among the Jews to meet him; and, when they were come together, he said to them, "As for me, brethren, although I had done nothing prejudicial to our people or contrary to the customs of our forefathers, I was handed over as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the power of the Romans.