and, being assembled with them, commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to await the promise of the Father, which said he ye have heard of me.

but ye will receive power, the Holy Spirit having come upon you, and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.

But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice and spoke forth to them, Men of Judaea, and all ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give heed to my words:

And it shall be in the last days, saith God, that I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your elders shall dream with dreams;

yea, even upon my bondmen and upon my bondwomen in those days will I pour out of my Spirit, and they shall prophesy.

for David says as to him, I foresaw the Lord continually before me, because he is at my right hand that I may not be moved.

Therefore has my heart rejoiced and my tongue exulted; yea more, my flesh also shall dwell in hope,

for thou wilt not leave my soul in hades, nor wilt thou give thy gracious one to see corruption.

Thou hast made known to me the paths of life, thou wilt fill me with joy with thy countenance.

For David has not ascended into the heavens, but he says himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit at my right hand

For to you is the promise and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God may call.

Repent therefore and be converted, for the blotting out of your sins, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

and he may send Jesus Christ, who was foreordained for you,

Moses indeed said, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up to you out of your brethren like me: him shall ye hear in everything whatsoever he shall say to you.

And Peter answered her, Tell me if ye gave the estate for so much? And she said, Yes, for so much.

and the nation to which they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God; and after these things they shall come forth and serve me in this place.

Dost thou wish to kill me as thou killedst the Egyptian yesterday?

I have surely seen the ill treatment of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groan, and have come down to take them out of it; and now, come, I will send thee to Egypt.

This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, A prophet shall God raise up to you out of your brethren like me him shall ye hear.

But God turned and delivered them up to serve the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, Have ye offered me victims and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

The heaven is my throne and the earth the footstool of my feet: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord, or where is the place of my rest?

has not my hand made all these things?

And they stoned Stephen, praying, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

saying, Give to me also this power, in order that on whomsoever I may lay hands he may receive the Holy Spirit.

Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and supplicate the Lord, if indeed the thought of thy heart may be forgiven thee;

And Simon answering said, Supplicate ye for me to the Lord, so that nothing may come upon me of the things of which ye have spoken.

And he said, How should I then be able unless some one guide me? And he begged Philip to come up and sit with him.

And as they went along the way, they came upon a certain water, and the eunuch says, Behold water; what hinders my being baptised?

and falling on the earth he heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why dost thou persecute me?

And the Lord said to him, Go, for this man is an elect vessel to me, to bear my name before both nations and kings and the sons of Israel:

for I will shew to him how much he must suffer for my name.

And Ananias went and entered into the house; and laying his hands upon him he said, Saul, brother, the Lord has sent me, Jesus that appeared to thee in the way in which thou camest, that thou mightest see, and be filled with the Holy Spirit.

And he said to them, Ye know how it is unlawful for a Jew to be joined or come to one of a strange race, and to me God has shewn to call no man common or unclean.

Wherefore also, having been sent for, I came without saying anything against it. I inquire therefore for what reason ye have sent for me.

And Cornelius said, Four days ago I had been fasting unto this hour, and the ninth I was praying in my house, and lo, a man stood before me in bright clothing,

I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in an ecstasy I saw a vision, a certain vessel descending like a great sheet, let down by four corners out of heaven, and it came even to me:

And I heard also a voice saying to me, Rise up, Peter, slay and eat.

And I said, In no wise, Lord, for common or unclean has never entered into my mouth.

and lo, immediately three men were at the house in which I was, sent to me from Caesarea.

And the Spirit said to me to go with them, nothing doubting. And there went with me these six brethren also, and we entered into the house of the man,

And the angel said to him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And he did so. And he says to him, Cast thine upper garment about thee and follow me.

And Peter, being come to himself, said, Now I know certainly that the Lord has sent forth his angel and has taken me out of the hand of Herod and all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

And as they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me now Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.

And having removed him he raised up to them David for king, of whom also bearing witness he said, I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who shall do all my will.

And as John was fulfilling his course he said, Whom do ye suppose that I am? I am not he. But behold, there comes one after me, the sandal of whose feet I am not worthy to loose.

that God has fulfilled this to us their children, having raised up Jesus; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son: this day have I begotten thee.

And much discussion having taken place, Peter, standing up, said to them, Brethren, ye know that from the earliest days God amongst you chose that the nations by my mouth should hear the word of the glad tidings and believe.

And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Brethren, listen to me:

so that the residue of men may seek out the Lord, and all the nations on whom my name is invoked, saith the Lord, who does these things

And when she had been baptised and her house, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and abide there. And she constrained us.

And leading them out said, Sirs, what must I do that I may be saved?

And the jailor reported these words to Paul: The praetors have sent that ye may be let go. Now therefore go out and depart in peace.

For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears. We wish therefore to know what these things may mean.

that they may seek God; if indeed they might feel after him and find him, although he is not far from each one of us:

serving the Lord with all lowliness, and tears, and temptations, which happened to me through the plots of the Jews;

And now, behold, bound in my spirit I go to Jerusalem, not knowing what things shall happen to me in it;

only that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city, saying that bonds and tribulations await me.

But I make no account of my life as dear to myself, so that I finish my course, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the glad tidings of the grace of God.

And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.

For I know this, that there will come in amongst you after my departure grievous wolves, not sparing the flock;

Yourselves know that these hands have ministered to my wants, and to those who were with me.

But Paul answered, What do ye, weeping and breaking my heart? for I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

take these and be purified with them, and pay their expenses, that they may have their heads shaved; and all will know that of those things of which they have been informed about thee nothing is true; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, keeping the law.

But as he was about to be led into the fortress, Paul says to the chiliarch, Is it allowed me to say something to thee? And he said, Dost thou know Greek?

But Paul said, I am a Jew of Tarsus, citizen of no insignificant city of Cilicia, and I beseech of thee, allow me to speak to the people.

Brethren and fathers, hear my defence which I now make to you.

as also the high priest bears me witness, and all the elderhood: from whom also, having received letters to the brethren, I went to Damascus to bring those also who were there, bound, to Jerusalem, to be punished.

And it came to pass, as I was journeying and drawing near to Damascus, that, about mid-day, there suddenly shone out of heaven a great light round about me.

And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus the Nazaraean, whom thou persecutest.

But they that were with me beheld the light, and were filled with fear, but heard not the voice of him that was speaking to me.

And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, Rise up, and go to Damascus, and there it shall be told thee of all things which it is appointed thee to do.

And as I could not see, through the glory of that light, being led by the hand of those who were with me, I came to Damascus.

coming to me and standing by me, said to me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And I, in the same hour, received my sight and saw him.

and saw him saying to me, Make haste and go quickly out of Jerusalem, for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.

And he said to me, Go, for I will send thee to the nations afar off.

And the chiliarch coming up said to him, Tell me, Art thou a Roman? And he said, Yes.

Then Paul said to him, God will smite thee, whited wall. And thou, dost thou sit judging me according to the law, and breaking the law commandest me to be smitten?

But the following night the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good courage; for as thou hast testified the things concerning me at Jerusalem, so thou must bear witness at Rome also.

Now therefore do ye with the council make a representation to the chiliarch so that he may bring him down to you, as about to determine more precisely what concerns him, and we, before he draws near, are ready to kill him.

He therefore, having taken him with him, led him to the chiliarch, and says, The prisoner Paul called me to him and asked me to lead this youth to thee, who has something to say to thee.

And the chiliarch having taken him by the hand, and having gone apart in private, inquired, What is it that thou hast to report to me?

The chiliarch then dismissed the youth, commanding him, Utter to no one that thou hast represented these things to me.

And having called to him certain two of the centurions, he said, Prepare two hundred soldiers that they may go as far as Caesarea, and seventy horsemen, and two hundred light-armed footmen, for the third hour of the night.

But that I may not too much intrude on thy time, I beseech thee to hear us briefly in thy kindness.

and neither in the temple did they find me discoursing to any one, or making any tumultuous gathering together of the crowd, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city;

neither can they make good the things of which they now accuse me.

But this I avow to thee, that in the way which they call sect, so I serve my fathers' God, believing all things which are written throughout the law, and in the prophets;

And after a lapse of many years I arrived, bringing alms to my nation, and offerings.

Whereupon they found me purified in the temple, with neither crowd nor tumult. But it was certain Jews from Asia,

who ought to appear before thee and accuse, if they have anything against me;

or let these themselves say what wrong they found in me when I stood before the council,

But Festus, desirous of obliging the Jews, to acquire their favour, answering Paul, said, Art thou willing to go up to Jerusalem, there to be judged before me concerning these things?

If then I have done any wrong and committed anything worthy of death, I do not deprecate dying; but if there is nothing of those things of which they accuse me, no man can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar.

And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men who are here present with us, ye see this person, concerning whom all the multitude of the Jews applied to me both in Jerusalem and here, crying out against him that he ought not to live any longer.

concerning whom I have nothing certain to write to my lord. Wherefore I have brought him before you, and specially before thee, king Agrippa, so that an examination having been gone into I may have something to write:

for it seems to me senseless, sending a prisoner, not also to signify the charges against him.

especially because thou art acquainted with all the customs and questions which are among the Jews; wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.

My manner of life then from my youth, which from its commencement was passed among my nation in Jerusalem, know all the Jews,

who knew me before from the outset of my life, if they would bear witness, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.