And he said to them, It is not your [province] to know the times or seasons which the Father has appointed by his own authority;

And having said these words, as they were looking on he was taken up, and a cloud received him from their sight.

And when they came, they went up into the upper room where staid Peter and John, and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alpheus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas the [brother] of James.

This man therefore purchased a field with the price of the wickedness, and falling headlong burst in the middle and all his bowels were poured out;

AND when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one mind together.

And suddenly there came from heaven a sound as of a violent wind borne along, and it filled all the house where they were sitting;

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

And there were Jews living at Jerusalem, pious men, of every nation under heaven;

and when this sound was [heard], the multitude came together and were astonished, for they each one heard them speaking in his own language.

And they were astonished and wondered, saying, Are not all these that speak Galileans?

And how do we hear each one in our own language in which we were born,

Cretes and Arabs, do we hear them speak in our tongues of the great works of God.

And they were all astonished and perplexed, saying one to another, What does this mean?

But others mocking said, They are full of sweet wine.

For these are not drunk as you suppose, for it is the third hour of the day [9 A.M.],

In the last days, says God, 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;

This Jesus has God raised up, whose witnesses we all are.

till I make your enemies your footstool.

And hearing [this] they were distressed in mind, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, Men and brothers, what shall we do?

And Peter said to them, Change your minds, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

For the promise is to you and your children, and to all that are afar off, as many as the Lord our God shall call.

Then those that received his word were baptized, and there were added on that day about three thousand souls;

And fear was on every soul, and many prodigies and miracles were performed by the apostles.

And all who believed were together and had all things common;

And taking him by the right hand he raised him up; and immediately his feet and ankles were strengthened,

and they knew him, that he was the one who sat for charity at the beautiful gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and astonishment at what had happened to him.

And Peter seeing it answered the people, Men of Israel, why do you wonder at this? or why do you look intently at us as if by our power or piety we had made him walk?

The God of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified his servant Jesus, whom you delivered up and denied before Pilate when he decided to release him;

but killed the Prince of life, whom God has raised from the dead, whose witnesses we are.

And now, brothers, I know that you did it without knowledge, as did also your rulers;

Change your minds, therefore, and turn yourselves, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

Moses indeed said, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up to you, of your brothers, like me; him shall you hear in all things which he shall speak to you;

You are the children of the prophets, and of the promise which God promised to our fathers, saying to Abraham, And in your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

God having raised up his servant has sent him to you first, to bless you by turning each [one of you] from your evil ways.

And while they were speaking to the people, the priests, and the commander of the temple, and the Sadducees came upon them,

assembled at Jerusalem, and Annas the chief priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and all that were of the family of the chief priesthood,

and placing them in the midst, asked, By what power, or by what name, have you done this?

if we are to-day examined concerning the good work done to the sick man, by what means he has been cured,

And seeing the boldness of Peter and John, and supposing that they were illiterate and common men, they wondered, and perceived that they had been with Jesus;

And calling them, they charged them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

the kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were assembled together against the Lord, and against his anointed.

For of a truth, in this city, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the gentiles and people of Israel, were assembled together against thy holy servant Jesus whom thou hast anointed,

And when they had prayed the place was shaken in which they were assembled, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and spoke the word of God with boldness.

For no one among them was needy; for those who possessed lands or houses sold and brought the prices of the things sold,

But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart that you should lie to the Holy Spirit, and that you should keep back a part of the price of the land?

Continuing unsold was it not yours, and when it was sold was it not at your disposal? Why did you propose this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God.

And Peter said to her, Why have you agreed together to try the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those that buried your husband are at the door, and they shall carry you out.

And many miracles and prodigies were performed among the people by the hands of the apostles; and they were all of one accord in Solomon's porch;

and believers were added the more to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women;

And the multitude came together from the cities about Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those troubled by impure spirits, all of whom were cured.

And the chief priest arose, and all those with him, being the sect of the Sadducees, and were filled with wrath,

But some one came and told them, Behold, the men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.

saying, We charged you strictly not to teach in this name, and behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and wish to bring this man's blood on us.

The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you took and hung on a cross;

And we are his witnesses of these things, and also the Holy Spirit which God has given to those that obey him.

And when they heard this they were highly offended, and took counsel to kill them.

and he said to them, Men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what you are about to do to these men.

After him arose Judas the Galilean, in the days of the census, and drew away people after him; and he was destroyed, and all who obeyed him were dispersed.

And now I tell you, abstain from these men, and let them alone; because if this design, or this work, is from men, it will be destroyed;

And they were persuaded by him, and calling the apostles and scourging them, they charged them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and dismissed them.

They went therefore from the presence of the Sanhedrim, rejoicing that they were accounted worthy to suffer shame for the name of [Christ];

AND in those days the disciples being multiplied, there was a complaint of the Hellenists against the Hebrews, that their widows were neglected in the daily service.

and were not able to resist the wisdom and spirit with which he spoke.

And the chief priest said, Are these things then so?

And he said, Men, brothers, and fathers, hear. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,

and said to him, Go out from your country and your kindred, and come to a land which I will show you.

And there came a famine on all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, and our fathers found no provisions.

But Jacob hearing that there was grain in Egypt, sent our fathers the first time;

And Jacob went down to Egypt, and died, he and our fathers;

This [king] dealt deceitfully with our race, and treated injuriously our fathers, causing their infants to be exposed that they might not be preserved alive.

On the following day also he showed himself to them as they contended, and urged them to peace, saying, Men, you are brothers; why do you injure one another?

And Moses fled at that saying, and lived a stranger in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons.

I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob. And Moses being afraid dared not look at it.

And the Lord said to him, Put off your shoes from your feet; for the place on which you stand is holy ground.

This is the Moses who said to the children of Israel, A prophet shall God raise up for you, of your brothers, like me.

This is he that was with the assembly in the wilderness, with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, who received the living oracles to give us,

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

Our fathers in the wilderness received the tabernacle of the testimony, as he that spoke to Moses charged him to make it according to the pattern which he had seen;

which also our fathers receiving it in succession brought with Joshua into the possession of the nations, whom God expelled before the face of our fathers till the days of David;

Heaven is my throne, and the earth my footstool; what house will you build me, says the Lord, or what is the place of my rest?

Stiff necked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always fight against the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, you also do.

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

And when they heard these things they were enraged in their minds and gnashed their teeth upon him.

And Saul consented to his death. And at that time there was a great persecution of the church at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad through the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.

For impure spirits came out of many who had them, crying with a loud voice; and many paralytics and lame persons were cured;

But because they believed Philip preaching the good news of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized both men and women.

And Simon also himself believed, and being baptized attended constantly on Philip; and beholding the mighty works and miracles that were performed, he was astonished.

for it had not yet fallen on any of them, only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

But Peter said to him, Your money go to perdition with you; because you have thought to purchase the gift of God with money.

You have no part nor inheritance in this work; for your heart is not right before God.

Turn your mind therefore from this your wickedness, and pray the Lord if perhaps the thought of your mind may be forgiven you;

for I see you are in the gall of bitterness and bond of wickedness.

And the eunuch answered and said to Philip, Of whom I pray you does the prophet say this? of himself or of some other one?

And he said, Who are you, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom you persecute.

And Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he has done to your saints at Jerusalem;

and here he has power from the chief priests to bind all that call on your name.

And immediately there fell from his eyes as it were scales, and he received his sight, and rising up was baptized,

And all that heard him were astonished and said, Is not this he that destroyed those who called on this name at Jerusalem, and has come here for this purpose, that he might lead them bound to the chief priests?

Then had the church peace in all Judea and Galilee and Samaria, and being built up, and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied.

And Peter said to him, AEneas, Jesus Christ cures you; arise and make your bed for yourself. And he immediately arose;