And, being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which said He, "Ye heard from Me;

but ye shall 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 utmost limit of the earth."

But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and declared to them, "Men of Judaea, and all those dwelling in Jerusalem, be this known to you, and give ear to my words;

'And it shall be in the last days', saith God, '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 old men shall dream dreams;

yea, and on My servants and on My handmaidens in those days will I pour out of My Spirit, and they shall prophesy.

For David says concerning Him, 'I beheld the Lord in my presence continually; because He is on my right hand, that I should not be moved.

Therefore, my heart was glad, and my tongue greatly rejoiced; moreover my flesh also shall abide in hope:

because Thou wilt not leave My soul behind unto Hades; neither wilt Thou give Thy Holy One to see corruption.

Thou didst make known to Me the ways of life; Thou wilt make Me full of gladness with Thy presence.'

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

Repent ye, therefore, and turn, that your sins may be blotted out, that so there may come seasons of refreshing from the presence of the Lord;

and that He may send forth Christ Jesus who had been before appointed for you;

Moses, indeed, said, 'A prophet will the Lord your God raise up for you from among your brethren, as He did me; to Him shall ye hearken in all things, whatsoever He shall say to you.

by stretching forth Thy hand for healing; and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of Thy Holy Child Jesus."

and Peter made answer to her, "Tell me, if ye sold the place 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, shall they come forth, and they shall serve Me in this place.'

Do you wish to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?'

Surely, I saw the affliction of My people in Egypt, and heard their groaning; and I came down to rescue them. And now come, I will send you into Egypt.'

This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, A Prophet will God raise up for you of your brethren, as He did me.

But God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it has been written in a book of the prophets, 'Did ye offer to Me slain beasts and sacrifices, forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

'Heaven is My throne; and the earth is the footstool of My feet: what manner of house will ye build me? saith the Lord, Or what is the place of My rest?

Did not My hand make all these things?'

And they were stoning Stephen, calling and saying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!"

saying, "Give me also this authority, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit."

Repent, therefore, of this your wickedness, and entreat the Lord, if, perhaps, the thought of your heart may be forgiven you;

And Simon answered and said, "Pray ye to the Lord in my behalf, that none of the things which ye have spoken may come upon me."

But he said, "How, in fact, were I able, unless some one should guide me?" And he besought Philip, having come up, to sit with him.

And, as they were journeying along the way, they came to a certain water; and the eunuch says, "Behold, here is water; what hinders me from being immersed?"

[And Philip said, "If you believe with all your heart, you may." And he answered and said, "I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God."]

and, having fallen upon the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?"

But the Lord said to him, "Go your way; because this man is to Me a chosen vessel to bear My name before nations, and kings, and the sons of Israel;

for I will show him how many things he must suffer for My name's sake.

And Ananias went away, and entered into the house; and, laying his hands on him, said, "Brother Saul, the Lord hath sent me??ven Jesus, Who appeared to you in the way in which you were coming, sent me, that you may receive sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit."

and he says to them, "Ye know that it is unlawful for a Jew to join himself with, or come to, one of another race; and yet God showed me that I should call no man common or unclean.

Wherefore, also, having been sent for, I came without gainsaying. I ask, therefore, with what intent ye sent for me."

And Cornelius said, "Four days ago, until this hour, I was praying during the ninth hour in my house; and, behold, a man stood before me in bright apparel,

"I was in the city of Joppa, praying: and, in a trance, I saw a vision, a certain vessel descending, as a large sheet, let down out of the heaven by four corners; and it came close to me:

And I heard also a voice, saying to me, 'Arising, Peter, kill and eat.'

But I said, 'By no means, Lord; because a common or an unclean thing never entered into my mouth!'

And, behold, immediately there stood three men at the house in which we were, having been sent to me from Caesarea.

And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting. And these six brethren also went with me; and we entered into the man's house.

And the angel said to him, "Gird yourself, and bind on your sandals." And he did so. And he says to him, "Cast your garment around you, and follow me."

And Peter, having come to himself, said, "Now I know truly that the Lord sent forth His angel, and delivered me out of Herod's hand, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

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

and, having removed him, He raised up for them David to be their king; to whom bearing testimony, He said, 'I found David the son of Jesse, a man after My heart, who will do all My will.'

And, as John was fulfilling his course, he said, 'What do ye suppose me to be? I am not He. But, behold, there cometh One after me, the sandals of Whose feet I am not worthy to unloose.'

that God hath fulfilled this for our children, having raised up Jesus; as it has been written in the second Psalm, 'Thou art My Son! To-day have I begotten Thee!'

And, much discussion having arisen, Peter, standing up, said to them, "Brethren, ye well know that, from early days, God made choice among you, that through my mouth the gentiles should hear the word of the Gospel, and believe.

And, after they were silent, James answered, saying, "Brethren, hear me.

that the residue of men may seek after the Lord, even all the gentiles upon whom My name has been called,'

And, when she was immersed, and her household, she besought us, saying, "If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, having entered into my house, abide there." And she constrained us.

And, laying hold of him, they led him upon Mars Hill, saying, "May we know what this new teaching is, that is being spoken by you!

serving the Lord with all humility, and with tears, and with trials which befell me in the plottings of the Jews;

And, now, behold, I, bound by the Spirit, am going to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there;

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

But I make not my soul of any value as dear to myself, so that I may accomplish my course, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify the Gospel of the grace of God.

And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I went about preaching the Kingdom, will see my face no more.

I know that, after my departure, grievous wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock;

Ye yourselves know that these hands ministered to my necessities, and to those who were with me.

Then Paul answered, "What are ye doing, weeping and crushing my heart? For I am ready, not only to be bound, but to die at Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus."

taking these to yourself, be purified with them, and incur expense for them, that they may shave their heads; and all will know that there is nothing in those things of which they have been instructed concerning you; but that you yourself also are walking orderly, keeping the law.

And, when about to be led into the castle, Paul says to the chief captain, "May I say something to you?" And he said, "Do you know Greek?

But Paul said, "I am a Jew, of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city; and I beseech you, permit me to speak to the people."

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

as also the high priest testifies for me, and all the eldership; from whom, having received letters, I was journeying to Damascus, intending to bring those also who were there bound to Jerusalem, that they might be punished.

And it came to pass, that, as I was journeying, and was drawing nigh to Damascus, about midday, there suddenly flashed around me a great light out of the heaven;

and I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?'

And I answered, 'Who art Thou, Lord?' And He said to me, 'I am Jesus, the Nazarene, Whom you are persecuting.'

And those who were with me beheld, indeed, the light, but they did not understand the voice of Him Who spake to me.

And I said, 'What shall I do, Lord?' And the Lord said to me, 'Arising, go into Damascus, and there it shall be told you concerning all things which have been arranged for you to do.'

And, as I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand by those accompanying me, I came into Damascus.

coming to me, and standing by, said to me, 'Brother Saul, look up.' And I, in that very hour, looked up on him.

and saw Him, saying to me, 'Make haste, and go forth quickly out of Jerusalem; because they will not receive your testimony concerning Me.'

And He said to me, 'Depart, because I will send you far hence to the gentiles.'

And the chief captain, going forward, said to him, "Tell me, are you a Roman?" And he said, "Yes."

Then Paul said to him, "God is about to smite you??ou whited wall! And do you sit judging me according to the law, and, in violation of law, command me to be smitten?"

And, on the following night, the Lord, standing by him, said, "Be of good courage; for, as you fully testified as to the things concerning Me at Jerusalem, so you must testify at Rome also."

So he, taking him with him, conducted him to the chief captain, and said, "Paul, the prisoner, calling me to him, asked me to bring this young man to you, as he has something to say to you."

And the chief captain, taking hold of his hand, and going aside privately, was asking him, "What is it that you have to tell me?"

The chief captain, therefore, dismissed the young man, charging him, "Tell no one that you have shown these things to me,"

And, calling to him two of the centurions, he said, "Make ready two hundred soldiers, that they may go as far as Caesarea; and seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen, at the third hour of the night;

to provide beasts also, that, putting Paul thereon, they may bring him safely through to Felix the governor;"

And, a plot that was about to be against the man having been discovered to me, I immediately sent him to you, charging the accusers to speak against him before you."

and neither in the temple did they find me disputing with any one, or causing a stirring up of a multitude, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city;

nor are they able to prove to you the things of which they are now accusing me.

Now, after many years, I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings;

amidst which they found me purified in the temple, neither with a multitude, nor with a tumult; but there were certain Jews from Asia,

who ought to be present before you and accuse me, if they have anything against me.

Or let these themselves say what wrong they found in me when standing before the Sanhedrin,

"Let those, therefore, among you," said he, who are able, going down with me, accuse him, if there is anything amiss in him.

But Festus, wishing to gain favor with the Jews, answering, said to Paul, "Are you willing, having gone up to Jerusalem, to be judged there concerning these things before me?"

If, therefore, I am a wrong-doer, and have perpetrated anything worthy of death, I refuse not to die; but, if there is nothing in the things of which these accuse me, no one can deliver me as a favor to them. I appeal to Caesar."

And Festus says, "King Agrippa, and all men who are here present with us, ye behold this man, concerning whom all the multitude of the Jews made suit to me, both in Jerusalem and here, crying out that it was not proper that he should live any longer.

concerning whom I have nothing certain to write to my lord. Wherefore, I brought him forth before you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, in order that, when the examination has taken place, I may have something to write;

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

"I deem myself happy, King Agrippa, that I am about this day to make my defense before you, concerning all things of which I am being accused by Jews;

especially since you are an expert in all matters relating to Jews, both in customs and questions. Wherefore, I beseech you to hear me patiently.

My manner of life, therefore, from my youth, which from the first was among my own nation and at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;

having known me from the beginning, if they were willing to testify, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

And now, for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers, I have taken my stand to be judged;