And while they were looking earnestly to ward heaven, as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white raiment,

who also said: Men of Galilee, why stand you gazing up into heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, shall come in the same manner in which you saw him go into heaven.

Therefore, of these men who have associated with us during the whole time in which the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

And they were all in amazement and doubt, and said, one to another: What can this mean?

But Peter standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice and said to them: Men of Judea, and all you that dwell in Jerusalem, be this known to you, and give ear to my words.

For these men are not drunk, as you suppose: for it is the third hour of the day.

And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, that I will pour out of my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.

The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and terrible day of the Lord comes.

Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus the Nazarene, clearly pointed out to you as a man from God, by mighty deeds and wonders and signs, which God did by him in your midst, as you yourselves also know,

And a certain man, lame from his mother's womb, was carried along, whom they laid daily at that gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, that he might ask charity of those who were going into the temple.

This man, seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked charity.

But when Peter saw it, he answered the people: Men of Israel, why are you astonished at this? or, why do you look so earnestly on us, as if by our own power or godliness we had caused this man to walk?

And his name, by faith in his name, has made this man strong whom you see and know; even the faith which is by him, has given him this entire soundness in the presence of you all.

But many of those who heard the word, believed: and the number of the men was about five thousand.

if we are this day examined with respect unto the good deed done to the infirm man, by what means he has been saved,

be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by him does this man stand before you in health.

And there is salvation in no other; nor, indeed, is there another name under heaven, given among men, by which we must be saved.

Now, when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and plain men, they were astonished; and they also recognized them, that they had been with Jesus;

and, seeing the man who had been cured standing with them, they had nothing to say in reply.

saying: What shall we do with these men? For that an evident sign has been done by them, is manifest to all that dwell in Jerusalem, and we can not deny it.

But that it may spread no further among the people, let us severely threaten them, so that they speak no more to any man in this name.

for the man on whom this sign of healing had been performed was more than forty years old.

having land, sold it, and brought the money and laid it at the feet of the apostles.

But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,

While it remained unsold, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was it not at your own disposal? Why have you purposed this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men, but to God.

And the young men arose and wound him in his mantle, and carried him out, and buried him.

And she immediately fell down at his feet, and expired. And the young men came in and found her dead; and they carried her out, and buried her by the side of her husband.

And believers in the Lord were more and more added to them, multitudes both of men and women;)

When the priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were in doubt about them, what this could mean.

And some one came and reported to them: Behold, the men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.

saying: Did we not strictly charge you not to teach in this name? And behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man's blood upon us.

But Peter and the apostles answered and said: "We must obey God rather than men.

Then arose a certain man in the Sanhedrin, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, who was honored by all the people; and he commanded them to put the apostles out for a little while,

and said to them: Men of Israel, consider well with yourselves what you are about to do to these men.

For before these days Theudas arose, declaring himself to be some great one; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves; and he was slain; and all, as many as believed him, were scattered and brought to naught.

After this man, Judas the Galilean arose, in the days of the enrollment, and drew over many people after him; and he was destroyed, and all, as many as believed him, were scattered.

And now I say to you, keep away from these men, and let them alone; for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to an end;

Therefore, brethren, select from among yourselves seven men, of good report, full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business:

And the speech pleased the whole multitude; and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip and Prochorus and Nicanor and Timon and Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte of Antioch,

Then they instigated men to say: We have heard him speak impious words against Moses, and against God.

And they brought forward false witnesses, who said: This man ceases not to speak words against this holy place, and the law.

And on the next day he showed himself to them, as they were fighting, and endeavored to persuade them to peace, saying, Men, you are brothers: why do you injure one another?

and he said: Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God.

and drove him out of the city, and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man called Saul.

But devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.

But Saul attempted to destroy the church; entering every house, and dragging men and women, he delivered them up to prison.

But there was a certain man, named Simon, who had, be fore this time, been practicing magic in the city, and astonishing the people of Samaria, saying that he was some great one;

to whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying: This man is the great power of God.

But when they believed Philip, who preached the good news concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were immersed, both men and women.

And when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the hands of the apostles, he offered them money,

But Peter said to him: Your money perish with you, because you thought that the gift of God might be purchased with money.

And he arose and went. And be hold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, the queen of the Ethiopians, who had charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem to worship,

in his humiliation. The sentence against him was taken away; but who shall describe the men of his generation? For his life was taken from the earth.

And the eunuch answered Philip, and said: I pray you, of whom speaks the prophet this? Of himself, or of some other man?

and asked of him letters to Damascus, for the synagogues, that, if he should find any who were of this persuasion, either men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

The men who journeyed with him stood amazed; for they heard a voice, but saw no one.

and he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias, coming in and laying his hand on him, that he may receive his sight.

But Ananias answered: Lord, I have heard from many of this man, how much evil he has done to thy saints in Jerusalem;

And he found there a certain man named Aeneas, who was a paralytic, and had kept his bed for eight years.

And as Lydda was near to Joppa, the disciples, having heard that Peter was there, sent two men to him, requesting him to make no delay in coming to them.

Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, named Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band,

a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, who did many acts of charity to the people, and prayed to God always.

And now send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, who is surnamed Peter;

Now, while Peter was perplexed within himself about the meaning of the vision which he had seen, behold, the men who had been sent from Cornelius, having made inquiry for the house of Simon, stood before the gate.

While Peter was thinking of the vision, the Spirit said to him: Behold, three men ask for you:

And Peter came down to the men, and said: Behold, I am he whom you seek; what is the cause of your coming?

They replied: Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that fears God, and of good report among the whole nation of the Jews, was instructed by a holy angel to call you to his house, and to hear words from you.

But Peter raised him up, saying: Stand up; I also am a man.

And he said to them: You know that it is unlawful for a Jew to associate with one of another nation, or to go into his house. But God has showed me that I must not call any man common or unclean.

And Cornelius replied: Four days ago, I was fasting till this hour; and, at the ninth hour, I was praying in my house; and behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,

saying: You went in to uncircumcised men, and ate with them.

And behold, three men who had been sent to me from Caesarea, immediately came to the house where I was.

And the Spirit commanded me to go with them without hesitation. And these six brethren accompanied me. And we entered the man's house:

But some of them were men of Cyprus and Gyrene, who, when they had come to Antioch, spoke to the Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesus.

For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a great multitude was added to the Lord.

And the people shouted: It is the voice of God, and not of man.

and he was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, who was a man of intelligence. This man called for Barnabas and Saul, and expressed an earnest wish to hear the word of God.

Then Paul arose, and waving his hand, said: Men of Israel, and you who fear God, give audience.

And afterward they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul the son of Kis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king; to whom he gave this testimony: I have found David the son of Jesse a man after my own heart, who will do all my will.

From the posterity of this man, God, according to his promise, raised up for Israel a Savior, Jesus;

Be it known to you, therefore, brethren, that through this man is preached to you the remission of sins:

But the Jews in cited the devout and influential women, and the first men of the city, and raised a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their borders.

And there was a certain man in Lystra, without strength in his feet, who sat, for he was a cripple from his mother's womb, and had never walked.

This man heard Paul speak, who, looking earnestly on him, and seeing that he had faith to be saved,

"When the multitude saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voice, and said, in the Carletonian language: The Gods have come down to us in the likeness of men.

and saying: Men, why are you doing these things? We also are human beings, with passions like your own, and we preach the gospel to you, that you may turn from these vanities to the living God, who made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all things that are in them;

And certain men came down from Judea, and taught the brethren, saying: Unless you be circumcised, according to the custom of Moses, you can not be saved.

that the rest of men may seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name has been called, says the Lord, who does all these things.

Then it pleased the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to send to Antioch, with Paul and Barnabas, chosen men from among themselves; Judas, who was surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren;

it has seemed good to us, having come together with one mind, to send chosen men to you, with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

men who have en dangered their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

So when these men were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and having assembled the multitude, they delivered this letter.

This man Paul wished to go with him: and he took him and circumcised him, on account of the Jews that were in those places: for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

And, during the night, a vision appeared to Paul. A certain man of Macedonia stood and besought him, saying: Come over to Macedonia and help us.

She followed Paul and us, and cried out, saying: These men are the servants of the most High God, who show us the way of salvation.

And having brought them to the magistrates, they said: These men, who are Jews, do greatly trouble our city;

But when it was day, the magistrates sent the lictors, saying: Release those men.

But the unbelieving Jews, taking with them some evil men, who were loungers about the markets, and collecting a mob, set the city in an uproar; and having assaulted the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the people.

But not finding them, they dragged Jason and certain brethren before the rulers of the city, crying out: These men, who have thrown the world into confusion, have come hither also;