And while they were looking up to heaven with great attention, two men came to them, in white clothing,

And said, O men of Galilee, why are you looking up into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken from you into heaven, will come again, in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.

(Now this man, with the reward of his evil-doing, got for himself a field, and falling head first, came to a sudden and violent end there.

For in the book of Psalms it says, Let his house be waste, and let no man be living in it: and, Let his position be taken by another.

For this reason, of the men who have been with us all the time, while the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

And they made prayers and said, Lord, having knowledge of the hearts of all men, make clear which of these two has been marked out by you,

Now there were living at Jerusalem, Jews, God-fearing men, from every nation under heaven.

And when this sound came to their ears, they all came together, and were greatly surprised because every man was hearing the words of the disciples in his special language.

And they were full of wonder and said, Are not all these men Galilaeans?

Men of Parthia, Media, and Elam, and those living in Mesopotamia, in Judaea and Cappadocia, in Pontus and Asia,

Men of Crete and Arabia, to all of us they are talking in our different languages, of the great works of God.

But Peter, getting up, with the eleven, said in a loud voice, O men of Judaea, and all you who are living in Jerusalem, take note of this and give ear to my words.

For these men are not overcome with wine, as it seems to you, for it is only the third hour of the day;

And it will come about, in the last days, says God, that I will send out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will be prophets, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will have dreams:

And on my men-servants and my women-servants I will send my Spirit, and they will be prophets.

The sun will become dark and the moon will be turned to blood, before that great day of the Lord comes in glory:

Men of Israel, give ear to these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man who had the approval of God, as was made clear to you by the great works and signs and wonders which God did by him among you, as you yourselves have knowledge,

Him, when he was given up, by the decision and knowledge of God, you put to death on the cross, by the hands of evil men:

And exchanging their goods and property for money, they made division of it among them all, as they had need.

And a certain man who from birth had had no power in his legs, was taken there every day, and put down at the door of the Temple which is named Beautiful, requesting money from those who went into the Temple;

And they saw that it was the man who made requests for money at the door of the Temple, and they were full of wonder and surprise at what had taken place.

And when Peter saw it he said to the people, You men of Israel, why are you so greatly surprised at this man? or why are you looking at us as if by our power or virtue we had given him the use of his legs?

But you would have nothing to do with the Holy and Upright One, and made request for a man of blood to be given to you,

And his name, through faith in his name, has made this man strong, whom you see and have knowledge of: yes, the faith which is through him has made him well, before you all.

Then Peter, being full of the Holy Spirit, said to them, O you rulers of the people and men of authority,

If we are questioned today about a good work done to a man who was ill, as to how he has been made well,

Take note, all of you, and all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you put to death on the cross, whom God gave back from the dead, even through him is this man now before you completely well.

And in no other is there salvation: for there is no other name under heaven, given among men, through which we may have salvation.

Now when they saw that Peter and John were without fear, though they were men of no education or learning, they were greatly surprised; and they took note of them that they had been with Jesus.

And, seeing that the man who had been made well was there with them, they were not able to say anything against it.

Saying, What are we to do with these men? for certainly it is clear to all who are living in Jerusalem that a most important sign has been done by them, and it is not possible to say that it is not so.

And when they had said more sharp words to them, they let them go, not seeing what punishment they might give them, because of the people; for all men were giving praise to God for what had taken place.

For the man on whom this act of power was done was more than forty years old.

And no one among them was in need; for everyone who had land or houses, exchanging them for money, took the price of them,

And Joseph, who was given by the Apostles the name of Barnabas (the sense of which is, Son of comfort), a Levite and a man of Cyprus by birth,

Having a field, got money for it and put the money at the feet of the Apostles.

But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, got money for his property,

While you had it, was it not your property? and after you had given it in exchange, was it not still in your power? how has this purpose come into your mind? you have been false, not to men, but to God.

And the young men went and made ready his body, and took it out, and put it in the earth.

And Peter said to her, Give me an answer: was this amount of money the price of the land? And she said, Yes, it was.

But Peter said to her, Why have you made an agreement together to be false to the Spirit of the Lord? See, the feet of the young men who have put the body of your husband in the earth, are at the door, and they will take you out.

And straight away she went down at his feet, and her life went from her: and the young men came in and saw her dead, and they took her out and put her in the earth with her husband.

And a great number of men and women had faith, and were joined to the Lord;

But the men who were sent saw that they were not in the prison, and came back with the news,

And someone came and said to them, The men, whom you put in prison, are in the Temple teaching the people.

We gave you very clear orders not to give teaching in this name: and now Jerusalem is full of your teaching, and you are attempting to make us responsible for this man's death.

But Peter and the Apostles, answering, said, We have to do the orders of God, not of man.

But one of the Sanhedrin, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a man of learning in the law, of whom all the people had a high opinion, got up and made a suggestion for the men to be put outside for a little time.

And he said to them, Men of Israel, take care what you do about these men.

For before this there was Theudas, who said he was someone important, to whom about four hundred men gave their support: he was put to death, and his band was broken up and came to nothing.

After this man, there was Judas of Galilee, at the time of the numbering, and some of the people went after him: he was put to death, and all his supporters were put to flight.

And now I say to you, Do nothing to these men, but let them be: for if this teaching or this work is of men, it will come to nothing:

Take then from among you seven men of good name, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, to whom we may give control of this business.

And this saying was pleasing to all of them: and they made selection of Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip and Prochorus and Nicanor and Timon and Parmenas and Nicolas of Antioch, who had become a Jew:

But some of those who were of the Synagogue named that of the Libertines, and some of the men of Cyrene and of Alexandria and those from Cilicia and Asia, had arguments with Stephen.

Then they got men to say, He has said evil against Moses and against God, in our hearing.

And they got false witnesses who said, This man is for ever saying things against this holy place and against the law:

And the brothers, moved with envy against Joseph, gave him to the Egyptians for money: but God was with him,

But the man who was doing wrong to his neighbour, pushing him away, said, Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?

This man took them out, having done wonders and signs in Egypt and in the Red Sea and in the waste land, for forty years.

This is the man who was in the church in the waste land with the angel who was talking to him in Sinai, and with our fathers; and to him were given the living words of God, so that he might give them to you.

And he said, Now I see heaven open, and the Son of man at the right hand of God.

Driving him out of the town and stoning him: and the witnesses put their clothing at the feet of a young man named Saul.

And God-fearing men put Stephen's body in its last resting-place, making great weeping over him.

But Saul was burning with hate against the church, going into every house and taking men and women and putting them in prison.

But there was a certain man named Simon, who in the past had been a wonder-worker and a cause of surprise to the people of Samaria, saying that he himself was a great man:

To whom they all gave attention, from the smallest to the greatest, saying, This man is that power of God which is named Great.

But when they had faith in the good news given by Philip about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, a number of men and women had baptism.

Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the touch of the Apostles' hands, he made them an offering of money, saying,

But Peter said, May your money come to destruction with you, because you had the idea that what is freely given by God may be got for a price.

And he went and there was a man of Ethiopia, a servant of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, and controller of all her property, who had come up to Jerusalem for worship;

And made a request for letters from him to the Synagogues of Damascus, so that if there were any of the Way there, men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

And the men who were with him were not able to say anything; hearing the voice, but seeing no one.

And he has seen a man named Ananias coming in and putting his hands on him, so that he may be able to see.

But Ananias said, Lord, I have had accounts of this man from a number of people, how much evil he has done to your saints at Jerusalem:

And all those hearing him were full of wonder and said, Is not this the man who in Jerusalem was attacking all the worshippers of this name? and he had come here so that he might take them as prisoners before the chief priests.

And there was a certain man there, named Aeneas, who for eight years had been in bed, without power of moving.

And because Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, having knowledge that Peter was there, sent two men to him, requesting him to come to them straight away.

Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, named Cornelius, the captain of the Italian band of the army;

A serious-minded man, fearing God with all his family; he gave much money to the poor, and made prayer to God at all times.

Now send men to Joppa, and get one Simon, named Peter,

And when the angel who said these words to him had gone away, he sent for two of his house-servants, and a God-fearing man of the army, one of those who were waiting on him at all times;

Now while Peter was in doubt as to the purpose of this vision, the men who were sent by Cornelius, having made search for Simon's house, came to the door,

And, while Peter was turning the vision over in his mind, the Spirit said to him, See, three men are looking for you.

And Peter went down to the men, and said, I am the man you are looking for: why have you come?

And they said, Cornelius, a captain, an upright and God-fearing man, respected by all the nation of the Jews, had word from God by an angel to send for you to his house, and to give hearing to your words.

But Peter, lifting him up, said, Get up, for I am a man as you are.

And he said to them, You yourselves have knowledge that it is against the law for a man who is a Jew to be in the company of one who is of another nation; but God has made it clear to me that no man may be named common or unclean:

And Cornelius said, Four days from now I was in my house in prayer at the ninth hour; and I saw before me a man in shining clothing,

But in every nation, the man who has fear of him and does righteousness is pleasing to him.

Will any man say that these may not have baptism who have been given the Holy Spirit as we have?

Saying, You went to men without circumcision, and took food with them.

And at that minute, three men, sent from Caesarea, came to the house where we were.

And the Spirit gave me orders to go with them, doubting nothing. And these six brothers came with me; and we went into that man's house:

But some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, when they came to Antioch, gave the good news about the Lord Jesus to the Greeks.

For he was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith: and a great number were joined to the Lord.

And having taken him, he put him in prison, with four bands of armed men to keep watch over him; his purpose being to take him out to the people after the Passover.

And when Herod was about to take him out, the same night Peter was sleeping in chains between two armed men, and the watchmen were keeping watch before the door of the prison.

Now when it was day, the armed men were greatly troubled about what had become of Peter.

And the people, with loud cries, said, It is the voice of a god, not of a man.