And having met with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to await the promise of the Father which you heard from Me.

For John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days from now.

And He said to them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father has put in His own authority.

For it is written in the Book of Psalms, "Let his estate become forsaken, and he not be living in it." And, "Let another take his overseership."

And they were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, Behold, are not these who speak all Galileans?

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

whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it.

For David speaks concerning Him, "I foresaw the Lord always before me, because He is at my right hand, that I should not be moved.

because You will not leave My soul in Hades, nor will You allow Your holy One to see corruption.

seeing this beforehand, he spoke of the resurrection of Christ, that His soul was not left in Hades, nor would His flesh see corruption,

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

And they sold their possessions and goods and distributed them to all, according as anyone had need.

And it shall be that every soul who will not hear that Prophet shall be destroyed from among the people."

And they called them and commanded them not to speak at all, nor to teach in the name of Jesus.

And the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and one soul. And not one said that any of the things which he possessed was his own. But they had all things common.

and they laid them down at the apostles' feet. And distribution was made to every man according as he had need.

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

And it was about the space of three hours afterward, when his wife (not knowing what was done) came in.

But the angel of the Lord opened the prison doors by night and brought them out, and said,

But having come near, the officers did not find them in the prison. And returning, reported,

Then the commander went with the officers and brought them, not with force, for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned.

saying, Did we not strictly command you that you not teach in this name? And behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine and intend to bring this man's blood on us.

And they obeyed him. And calling the apostles, beating them, they commanded not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

And every day in the temple, and from house to house, they did not cease teaching and preaching the gospel: Jesus Christ.

And the Twelve called near the multitude of the disciples and said, It is not pleasing to us, leaving the Word of God, to serve tables.

And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke.

And they set up false witnesses, who said, This man does not cease speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the Law.

And He gave him no inheritance in it, no, not even a foot-breadth. And He promised that He would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, there being no child to him.

until another king arose who did not know Joseph.

Dealing subtly with our race, this one oppressed our fathers, causing their infants to be exposed, so as not to be left alive.

For he thought his brothers would understand that God would give them deliverance by his hand. But they did not understand.

Will you not kill me as you did the Egyptian yesterday?

saying, "I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." But Moses trembled and dared not look.

to whom our fathers would not be obedient, but thrust him away and turned back again to Egypt in their hearts,

saying to Aaron, "Make us gods to go before us, for as for this Moses who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him."

But, the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,

Has not My hand made all these things?"

Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you have now been the betrayers and murderers;

who received the Law through disposition of angels, and did not keep it.

And kneeling down, he cried with a loud voice, Lord, do not lay this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

For as yet He had not fallen on any of them, they were baptized only in the name of the Lord Jesus.

You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart is not right in the sight of God.

And the content of the Scripture which he read was this: "He was led as a sheep to the slaughter, and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so He opened not His mouth.

And he was three days not seeing, and did not eat or drink.

But all who heard him were amazed and said, Is this not he who destroyed those who called on this name in Jerusalem and came here for that reason, that he might bring them bound to the chief priests?

But their plot was known to Saul. And they watched the gates day and night in order to kill him.

Then the disciples took him by night and let him down through the wall in a basket.

And arriving in Jerusalem, Saul attempted to join himself to the disciples. But they were all afraid of him, and did not believe that he was a disciple.

And, because Lydda was near Joppa, hearing that Peter is in it, the disciples sent two men to him, begging him not to delay to come to them.

But Peter said, Not so, Lord, for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.

And the voice spoke to him again the second time, What God has made clean, you do not call common.

And he said to them, You know that it is an unlawful thing for a man, a Jew to keep company with or to come near to one of another nation. But God has shown me not to call any man common or unclean.

not to all the people, but to witnesses hand-picked before by God, even to us who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead.

Can anyone forbid water that these, who have received the Holy Ghost as well as we, should not be baptized?

But I said, Not so, Lord, for nothing common or unclean has at any time entered into my mouth.

But the voice answered me again from the heaven, What God has made clean, you do not call common.

And the Spirit told me to go with them, not discriminating. And these six brothers went with me, and we entered the man's house.

And when Herod was about to bring him out, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains. Also guards were keeping the prison before the door.

And he went out and followed him. And he did not know that this happening through the angel was true, but thought he saw a vision.

And when she knew Peter's voice, she did not open the porch because of gladness, but running in she reported Peter was standing before the porch.

And day coming, there was not a little stir among the soldiers, saying, What, then, became of Peter.

And searching for him, and not finding him, examining the guards, Herod commanded them to be led away to death. And he went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed.

And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god and not of a man!

And immediately the angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give God the glory. And he was eaten by worms and gave up the spirit.

and said, O son of the Devil, full of all deceit and all craftiness, enemy of all righteousness, will you not stop perverting the right ways of the Lord?

And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is on you. And you shall be blind, not seeing the sun for a while. And immediately a mist and a darkness fell on him, and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.

And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Who do you think that I am? I am not He. But behold, One comes after me, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to loose.

For those living in Jerusalem, and their rulers, not having known this One, and the voices of the Prophets being read throughout every sabbath, condemning Him, they fulfilled the Scriptures.

And finding not one cause of death in Him, they begged Pilate to do away with Him.

Therefore he also says in another psalm, "You shall not allow Your Holy One to see corruption."

And by Him all who believe are justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the Law of Moses.

And yet He did not leave Himself without witness, doing good, giving rain and fruitful season to us from heaven, filling our hearts with food and gladness.

And they stayed there not a little time with the disciples.

Therefore dissension and not a little disputation occurring by Paul and Barnabas, they appointed Paul and Barnabas and certain others of them to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders about this question.

Therefore my judgment is that we do not trouble those who have turned to God from among the nations,

But Paul thought it well not to take that one with them, he having withdrawn from them from Pamphylia, and did not go with them to the work.

having come to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia. But the Spirit did not allow them.

And a vision appeared to Paul in the night. A certain man of Macedonia stood, begging him, saying, Come over into Macedonia and help us!

And they teach customs which are not lawful for us to receive nor to do, being Romans.

And taking them in that hour of the night, he washed from their stripes. And he was baptized, he and all his, immediately.

And some of them believed and joined themselves to Paul and Silas, both a great multitude of the worshiping Greeks, and not a few of the chief women.

And not finding them, they drew Jason and certain brothers before the city judges, crying, These who have turned the world upside down have come here too,

And the brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea. They, when they arrived, went into the synagogue of the Jews.

For as I passed by and saw the things you worship, I also found an altar with this inscription: TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Not knowing then whom you worship, I make Him known to you.

The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of Heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands,

to seek the Lord, if perhaps they might feel after Him and find Him, though indeed He is not far from each one of us.

Then being offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like gold or silver or stone, engraved by art and man's imagination.

And the Lord spoke to Paul in the night by a vision, Do not be afraid, but speak, and be not silent.

But if it is a question of a word and names, and of your law, you look to it. For I do not wish to be a judge of such things.

And all the Greeks seized Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio did not care for any of these things.

And they asking him to stay a longer time with them, he did not consent

he said to them, Have you received the Holy Spirit since you believed? And they said to him, We did not so much as hear whether the Holy Spirit is.

But when some were hardened and did not believe, speaking evil of the Way before the multitude, he departed from them and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of one Tyrannus.

And about that time there was not a little a stir about the Way.

For a certain silversmith named Demetrius was making silver temples of Artemis, providing not a little trade for the craftsmen.

And you see and hear that, not only at Ephesus, but almost all Asia, this Paul having persuaded, he has perverted a huge crowd, saying that those which are made with hands are no gods.

And not only is this dangerous to us, our share coming into dispute, but also the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be counted for nothing, and her magnificence is also about to be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worships.

And Paul intending to go in to the mob, the disciples did not allow him.

And some of the chief men of Asia, being his friends, sent to him, begging him not to give himself into the theater.

Then indeed others cried out, some other things; for the assembly was confused, and most of them did not know why they had come together.