On entering the city they went to the upper room where they were accustomed to meet. They were Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James, son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.

"Thou hast made known to me the paths of life, Thou wilt fill me with gladness in thy presence.

"Therefore let the whole House of Israel know assuredly that Gods has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you have crucified."

When he saw this, Peter said to the people. "Men of Israel, why are you wondering at this? Why do you stare at us, as if by our own power or piety we had made this man to walk?

"And his name, on the ground of faith in his name, has made strong this man, whom you now see and know; yes, the faith that is through him has made this man sound and strong again, in the presence of you all.

"You are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, "And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

Then they made the men stand before them and demanded, "By what power, or in what name, have you fellows done this?"

and distribution would be made to each according to his need.

Many signs and wonders continued to be wrought among the people by the hands of the apostles, and by common consent they all would meet in Solomon's Porch,

In consequence people would even bring out their sick into the streets, and place them upon beds and pallets as Peter was passing, that at least his shadow might fall upon some of them.

"On their second visit Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and Pharaoh was informed of Joseph's parentage.

"but as the time drew near for the fulfilment of the promise which God made to Abraham, the people multiplied and increased in Egypt;

"But the man who was ill-treating his neighbor thrust him aside, saying, "'Who made you a magistrate and ruler over us?

"But at the end of forty years there appeared to him, in the desert of Mt. Sinai, an angel in a flame of fire, in a bush.

"This Moses whom they refused when they said, Who made you to be a ruler and a judge? that same Moses we find God sending as a ruler and a redeemer by the hand in the bush.

"This is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness along with the angel who spoke to him in Mt. Sinai, and with our ancestors to whom he gave living words to hand down to us.

"And they made a calf in those days, and offered a sacrifice to this idol, and began to rejoice over what they had made with their hands.

No, it was the Tabernacle of Moloch and the star-symbol of the god Rempha that you lifted up??he images which you made in order to worship them; so I will carry you away beyond Babylon.

"Yet the Most High does not dwell in houses made with hands; as said the prophet.

Devout men buried Stephen, and made loud lamentations over him.

Who came down and prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit,

His hearers were all astonished, and began to say. "Is not this the very man who in Jerusalem made havoc of those who called upon the Name? Did he not come hither for the express purpose of carrying them all in chains to the high priests?"

And when many days were fulfilled the Jews made a plot to kill Saul;

Now while Peter was greatly perplexed to know what the vision which he had been sent by Cornelius, and had made inquiries for the house of Simon, stood at the gate,

When Peter entered the house Cornelius met him, fell at his feet, and worshiped him;

"But him God raised up on the third day, and permitted him to be made manifest,

So Peter was kept in prison, but earnest prayer to God was made by the church for him.

When he knocked at the door of the gate, a maid servant named Rhoda came to answer.

"You are mad," they said. But she confidently insisted that it was so. "It is his angel," they said.

Then Herod had search made for him, and could not find him. After sharply questioning the guards, he ordered them off to execution. He then went down from Judea to Caesarea, where he stayed for some time.

"The God of this people of Israel chose our forefathers and made this people great, while they sojourned in the land of Egypt. And with an uplifted arm he led them out of it.

"And we bring you glad tidings of the promise made to our forefathers,

As Paul and Barnabas left the synagogue, the people earnestly begged that these words might be repeated to them on the following Sabbath.

And when both the Gentiles and the Jews with their ruler made a hostile move to maltreat and to stone them,

the apostles got wind of it, and made their escape to the Lycaonian towns of Derbe and Lystra and the neighboring country.

He was listening while Paul was preaching, and Paul, looking intently at him, and perceiving that he had faith to be made whole,

"Men, why are you doing all this? We also are men, with natures like your own! We are bringing you good tidings, that you are to turn from these empty things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and the sea and all that in them is.

The apostles and elders met to consider the matter;

and after there had been a long discussion, Peter rose and said: "Brothers, you know how a good while ago God made choice among you, that from my lips the Gentiles were to hear the message of the gospel and believe.

"and he made no distinction between us and them, in cleansing their hearts by faith.

"but that we should write to them to abstain from the pollution of idols and from fornication, from meat killed by strangling, and from blood.

Now as we were going to the place of prayer, a certain slave girl met us, who had a spirit of divination, and who brought her masters great gain by fortune-telling.

On receiving so strict an order he cast them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

He argued in the synagogues with the Jews and the devout proselytes, and also daily in the market-place with those that met him there.

"The God who made the universe and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands,

"He has made of one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed seasons and the bounds of their habitation,

"so that they might seek God, if perhaps they might feel after him and find him, though he is not far from every on of us;

There was a man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Diana, and brought rich profit to his workmen.

"And you see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but almost throughout all of Asia, this fellow Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, by telling them that they are no gods at all who are made with hands.

And they brought Alexander out of the crowd, whom the Jews had pushed forward. And Alexander, motioning with his hand, would have made a defense to the people,

On the first day of the week we met for the breaking of bread, and Paul, who was going away the next morning, began preaching to them, and prolonged his discourse until midnight.

And when he met us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene.

When day dawned the Jews made a conspiracy, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.

"who ought to have been here before you, and to have made accusations if they had anything against me.

"So when a number of them came together here, I made no delay, but the next day took my seat in the tribunal, and commanded the man to be brought.

"Today I am standing trial because of the hope of the promise made by God to our ancestors,

"In all the synagogues also I punished them oftentimes, and tried to make them blaspheme; and in my mad fury I was pursuing them even to foreign cities.

As Paul thus made his defense, Festus exclaimed in a loud voice. "Paul, you are raving mad; your great learning is driving you mad."

"I am not mad, most noble Festus," said Paul,

"Long or short," answered Paul, "my prayer to God is that not only you but all who are my hearers this day might become such as I am, save for these chains."

And Agrippa said to Festus, "If he had not appealed to Caesar, he might have been set free."

But coming to a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; the bow struck and remained fixed, but the stern began to break up under the violence of the waves.

The foreign-speaking people showed us uncommon kindness, for they lighted a fire and made us all welcome, because of the rain and because of the cold.

From there the brothers, when they heard about us, came out to meet us as far as the Appian Forum and the Three Taverns. When Paul saw them he thanked God and took courage.