Truly, I made the first history, O Theophilus, concerning all things which Jesus began both to do and to teach,

But you shall receive the power of the Holy Ghost having come upon you, and shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and all Judea, and in Samaria, and into the extremity of the earth.

And while they were gazing up into the heaven, He going, and behold, two men stood by them in white garments, who also said,

Ye Galilean men, why stand you looking up into the heaven? this same Jesus, the One having been received up into the heaven, will so come in the manner in which you saw Him going up into the heaven.

They were all persevering of one accord in prayer along with the women, and Mary, the mother of Jesus, and His brothers.

Then indeed he purchased a field by the reward of iniquity, and falling headlong, burst asunder in the middle, and all his bowels burst out;

which indeed was known to all those dwelling at Jerusalem, so that field, in their own dialect, is called Acheldamach; that is, field of blood.

Therefore the men having come together with us all the time in which the Lord Jesus came in unto us and went out,

And praying they said, Thou, O Lord, Heart-searcher of all, show up the one of these two, whom thou hast chosen

And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all of one accord in the same place.

And suddenly there was a sound from heaven as of a mighty, rushing wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

And they were all astounded and marveled, saying, Are not all these who are speaking, Galileans?

And all were astounded and bewildered, saying one to another, What does this wish to be?

And Peter standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and spoke to them: Judean men and all ye dwelling at Jerusalem, let this be known unto you, and know my words.

And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, I will pour out from 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;

and upon my servants and my handmaidens I will pour out of my Spirit on those days, and they shall prophesy.

And I will give wonders in the heavens above, and signs on the earth beneath, blood and fire, and vapor of smoke.

Then let all the house of Israel assuredly know that God hath made this same Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.

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

And fear came upon every soul; and many wonders and signs were wrought by the apostles in Jerusalem; and there was a great fear upon all.

And all those who believed were together and had all things common,

and they sold their possessions and personalities, and divided the same unto all, as each one had need.

praising God, and having favor unto all the people. And the Lord was daily adding to them those who were being saved.

And all the people saw him walking round and praising God.

And he holding on to Peter and John; all the people ran together to them in the porch called Solomon's, exceedingly astonished.

And through the faith of his name, his name hath made sound this one who you see and know, and through him faith has given unto him this soundness, in the presence of you all.

and those things which God proclaimed through the mouth of all the prophets that his Christ should suffer, he hath thus fulfilled.

whom it behooves heaven indeed to receive until the times of the restitution of all things which God spoke through the mouth of all his prophets from the beginning.

Moses indeed said; The Lord our God will raise up to you from your brethren a prophet like unto me; Him you will hear concerning all things so many as he may speak to you.

And it shall come to pass, that every soul whosoever will not hear that prophet, shall be cut off from the people.

And indeed all the prophets from Samuel and consecutively, so many as spoke, also proclaimed these days.

let it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ, the Nazarene whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, through him this man now stands sound in your presence.

saying, What can we do to these men? for that a notable miracle has been wrought by them is indeed manifest to all dwelling at Jerusalem, and we are not able to deny it;

And having called them, they command them, not at all to speak or teach in the name of Jesus.

And they having threatened them, in addition sent them away, finding nothing to the end that they can punish them, on account of the people, because all continued to glorify God over that which had taken place;

And having heard, they unanimously lifted up their voice to God, and said, O Lord, thou having created the heaven and the earth and the sea and all things which are in them,

And now, Lord, look upon their threats and grant to thy servants with all boldness to speak thy word,

while, reaching forth thy hand unto healings, both miracles and wonders are wrought through the name of thy holy child Jesus.

And they praying, the place in which they were assembled was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.

And of the multitude who believed there was one heart and soul, and no one was saying that any of those things which belonged to him were his own, but all things were common to them.

And with great power the apostles continued to give witness of the resurrection of Jesus Christ the Lord; and great grace was upon them all.

And Ananias hearing these words, having fallen down, breathed out his soul. And great fear came on all hearing;

And Peter said to her; Why has it been agreed with you to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of those having buried thy husband are at the door, and they will carry thee out.

And great fear came on all the church, and on all those hearing these things.

And many miracles and wonders were wrought by the hands of the apostles among the people. And they were all of one accord in Solomon's porch.

Then a multitude, of the cities around about Jerusalem, came together, carrying their sick and those tormented by unclean spirits, who were all being healed.

And the high priest and all those being with him, being the sect of the Sadducees, were filled with rage,

Go, and standing in the temple, speak to the people all the words of this life.

And hearing, they came into the temple at daydawn, and were teaching. And the high priest coming and those with him, called together the sanhedrim and all the eldership of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to bring them.

saying; We found the prison closed with all safety, and the guards standing at the doors, and having opened, we found no one within.

But a certain Pharisee, Gamaliel by name, a teacher of the law, honorable to all the people, rising in the sanhedrim command them to put the men out for a short time,

For before these days Theudas arose, saying that he was somebody, to whom a number of men, about four hundred, adhered, who were slain, and all, so many as confided in him, were dispersed, and came to nothing.

After him Judas the Galilean arose, in the days of the enrollment, and led the people after him; he also perished, and all, so many as confided in him, were scattered abroad.

And I now say this to you: Stand aloof from these men, and let them alone; for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to naught;

but if it be of God, you will not be able to destroy them, lest perchance you may also be found fighting against God.

And all day in the temple, and from house to house, they ceased not teaching and preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ.

and we will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the word.

And the word was pleasing before all the multitude, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas,

for we have heard him saying, that this Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this place, and change the customs which Moses delivered unto us.

And all sitting in the council, having fixed their eyes on him, saw his face as the face of an angel.

And he said, Men, brothers and fathers, hear ye; The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, while he was in Mesopotamia, before he migrated into Haran, and He said to him;

Come out from thy country and from thy kindred, and come hither into the land which I will show unto thee.

And thus God spoke, that his seed shall sojourn in a strange land, and they will enslave it and oppress it four hundred years.

And the nation whom they shall serve I will judge, says God, and after these things they shall come out and serve me in this place.

and God was with him, and delivered him out of all his troubles, and gave him grace and wisdom before Pharaoh the king of Egypt; and he placed him governor over Egypt and all his house.

And the famine came into all the land and Canaan, and great distress: and our fathers found no sustenance.

And Joseph sending, called to him Jacob his father, and all the family, seventy-five souls.

And Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians; and was mighty in his words and works.

Seeing, I have seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and heard their groaning, and have come down to deliver them. And come now, I will send thee into Egypt.

This Moses is the one having said to the sons of Israel, A prophet will God raise up to you of your brethren, like unto me.

And ye took up the shrine of Moloch, and the star of the god Remphan, images which you made to worship them; and I will transport you beyond Babylon.

Heaven is my throne, and earth the footstool of my feet: What house will you build for me? says the Lord; Or what shall be the place of my rest?

Hath not my hand made all of these things?

And Saul was consenting unto his death. And there was a great persecution in that day against the church in Jerusalem: and all were dispersed abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.

And the multitudes were unanimously giving heed to the things spoken by Philip, while they were hearing and seeing the miracles which he was performing.

to whom all from small even unto the great gave heed, saying, This one is the power of God, called Great.

And rising up, he departed. And, behold, an Ethiopian man, a eunuch, an officer of Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasury, had been to Jerusalem to worship,

And while they were journeying along the road, they came to a certain water: and the eunuch says, Behold water; what doth hinder me from being baptized?

And Philip was found at Azotus: and going through he preached the gospel to all the cities, until he came to Caesarea.

And it came to pass, while prosecuting the journey he drew near to Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven shone around him;

and he here has authority from the chief priests to bind all those calling on thy name.

for I will show him how many things it behooves him to suffer for my name's sake.

And all those hearing were astonished, and continued to say, Is not this the one laying waste those calling on this name in Jerusalem? and has come hither for this, that he may lead them bound to the chief priests.

and his disciples taking him, let him down through the wall in the night, lowering him in a basket.

And arriving in Jerusalem, he was endeavoring to join himself to the disciples: and all were afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.

Then indeed the church had peace throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria, being edified and progressing in the fear of the Lord; and was being multiplied by the exhortation of the Holy Ghost.

And it came to pass, that Peter going through all parts, came down also to the saints living at Lydda.

And all those dwelling at Lydda and Sharon, whosoever saw him, turned to the Lord.

And Peter rising up came along with them; whom, on arrival, they led to the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and showing him the chitoons and himations, so many as Dorcas made, while with them.

And Peter having put them all out, and putting down his knees, prayed; and having turned toward the body, said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and seeing Peter sat up.

And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed on the Lord.

devout, and fearing God with all his house, and doing many alms to the people, and praying to God always;

and having related all things to them, he sent them away to Joppa.

in which were all quadrupeds, and creeping things of the earth, and birds of the heaven.

And while Peter was at a loss within himself, as to what the vision he saw might be, behold, the men having been sent by Cornelius, making inquiry for the house of Simon, stood at the gate,

And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a man righteous and fearing God, and being of good report by all the nation of the Jews, was warned by a holy angel to send for thee to come into his house, and to hear words with thee.

Then I immediately sent for thee; and thou hast done well being present. Now therefore we are all present before God, to hear all things which have been commanded thee of the Lord.

the word which he sent to the sons of Israel, preaching peace through Jesus Christ: he is Lord of all.

This word you know, which was throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;