till the day in which He was taken up, after He had by the holy Spirit given instructions to the apostles whom He had chosen:

to whom also He presented Himself alive, after He had suffered, by many certain proofs; being seen among them for forty days, and speaking of the things relating to the kingdom of God.

for John indeed baptized with water, but ye shall within a few days be baptized with the holy Spirit.

But ye shall receive power from the holy Spirit coming upon you: and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and to the uttermost part of the earth.

And while they were looking stedfastly toward heaven, as He went up, behold two men in white stood by them;

and said, Men and brethren, it was necessary that this scripture should be fulfilled, which the holy Ghost spake by the mouth of David, concerning Judas, who was guide to them that apprehended Jesus:

for it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let none dwell in it; and again, Let another take his office.)

from the baptism of John, till the day that He was taken up from us, should be joined with us as a witness of his resurrection.

to take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas is fallen by his transgression, that he might go to his own place.

But Peter standing up with the eleven, raised his voice and said unto them, Ye men of Judea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and listen to my words:

But this is that which was spoken of by the prophet Joel,

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

And whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord, shall be saved."

Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you, by miracles, and prodigies, and signs, which God wrought by Him in the midst of you,

(as ye yourselves also know,) Him being given up by the determinate counsel and fore-knowlege of God ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain.

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

For David saith concerning Him, "I set the Lord always before me, for He is at my right hand, that I should not be moved: therefore my heart rejoiced, and my tongue was glad;

Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; and Thou wilt fill me with joy by the light of thy countenance."

Therefore being exalted by the right hand of God, and having received of the Father the promise of the holy Spirit, He hath poured forth this gift, which ye now see and hear.

And Peter said unto them, Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of your sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the holy Spirit:

And fear came upon all the people: and many miracles and signs were wrought by the apostles.

praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.

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

And Peter seeing this said to the people, Men of Israel, why marvel ye at this, or why look ye so earnestly on us, as if by our own power or piety we had made this man able to walk?

But ye refused the holy and righteous One, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you:

but thus hath God accomplished those things which He had foretold by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer.

Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out: that seasons of refreshing may come upon you from the presence of the Lord;

whom heaven must indeed receive till the times of settling all things, of which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets from the beginning.

and every soul, who will not hearken to that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people: yea and all the prophets from Samuel,

Now ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant, which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, "And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed:"

And when they had set them in the midst, they asked them, By what power, or in what name have ye done this?

by what means he is cured, be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, but whom God hath raised from the dead, even by Him doth this man stand here before you whole.

This is the stone that was set at nought by you builders, which is become the head of the corner.

And there is salvation in no other; for there is no other name under heaven given among men, by which we can be saved.

and conferred among themselves, saying, What shall we do with these men? for that indeed an evident miracle hath been wrought by them is manifest to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.

But Peter and John answered them, and said, Whether it be right in the sight of God to obey you rather than God, judge ye:

who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?

(whom Thou hast anointed,) to do whatever thy hand and thy counsel had before determined to be done.

and while signs and wonders are done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.

So Joses who was by the apostles sirnamed Barnabas, which is a son of consolation,

a Levite, by birth a Cyprian, having an estate, sold it and brought the money, and laid it at the feet of the apostles.

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

And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders done among the people: And they all met with one accord in Solomon's portico:

insomuch that they brought the sick out into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at lest the shadow of Peter, as he came by, might pass over some of them.

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

And hearing this, they went early in the morning into the temple and taught the people. But the high priest being come, and they that were with him, to the council-chamber, they called together the Sanhedrim, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent orders to the prison that they should be brought before them.

Then the captain went with the officers and brought them, but not with violence; for they were afraid of the people least they should be stoned:

But a certain pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, held in much esteem by all the people, stood up in the council, and ordered the apostles to be taken out a little while; and then he said unto them,

For some time ago one Theudas arose, pretending to be some extraordinary person, to whom was joined a number of men, about four hundred: who was slain, and all that followed him were dispersed and came to nothing.

And therefore as to the present affair I advise you to refrain from these men and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nothing;

but if it be of God, ye cannot defeat it, least ye be found fighting even against God.

and they were not able to resist the wisdom and spirit by which he spake.

and God said, "I will judge the nation, to which they shall be in slavery; and afterwards they shall come out, and shall worship me in this place."

and oppressed our fathers, causing their children to be exposed, that their race might be extinguished.

Now he supposed that his brethren would have understood that God would give them deliverance by his hand: but they understood not.

This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? did God send, by the hand of the angel that appeared to him in the bush, to be their ruler and deliverer.

To whom our fathers would not be subject, but renounced him, and in their hearts turned back into Egypt,

yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them by: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon."

who received the law by the ministration of angels, and yet have not kept it.

And the people unanimously attended to the things which were spoken by Philip, hearing and seeing the miracles which he wrought:

for impure spirits crying with a loud voice came out of many that were possessed by them; and many paralytic and lame persons were cured.

And they were attentive to him, because he had for a considerable time astonished them by his magic arts.

And when Simon saw that the holy Spirit was given by the imposition of the hands of the apostles, he offered them money,

Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray to God, if so be the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee:

And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt Thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise and go into the city, and it shall be told thee, what thou must do.

And Saul rose from the earth, but when he opened his eyes he could not see: so they led him by the hand, and brought him to Damascus.

And Ananias went away and came into the house; and putting his hands on him, said, "Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, who appeared to thee on the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the holy Spirit."

but the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall, in a basket.

And there was at Joppa a certain female disciple named Tabitha, who by interpretation is called in Greek Dorcas: and she was full of good works and alms-deeds.

He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea-side: he shall tell thee what thou must do.

But Peter said, By no means, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing polluted or unclean.

Now while Peter was doubting in himself what might be the meaning of the vision which he had seen, behold the men that were sent from Cornelius, having enquired for Simon's house, stood at the door;

And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a righteous man, and one that feareth God, and of a good character among all the nation of the Jews, hath been warned from God by an holy angel, to send for thee to his house, and to hear what thou shalt say.

Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, who is sirnamed Peter, (he lodgeth in the house of one Simon a tanner, by the sea-side,) who when he cometh, will talk with thee.

According to the declaration which He made to the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.

how God anointed Him with the holy Spirit and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed by the devil: for God was with Him.

Him God raised up the third day, and gave Him to be seen openly; not to all the people,

but to witnesses before appointed by God, even to us, who did eat and drink with Him, after He rose from the dead.

And He commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is He who is appointed by God to be judge of the living and of the dead.

Then said Peter, Can any one forbid water, that these persons should not be baptized, who have received the holy Spirit, as well as we?

And he ordered them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. And they desired him to stay there some days.

saying, I was praying in the city of Joppa; and in a trance I saw a vision, some thing like a large sheet descending from heaven, let down by the four corners; and it came close to me.

But I said, By no means, Lord: for nothing polluted or unclean hath ever entered into my mouth.

whose sirname is Peter, who will tell thee things, by which thou shalt be saved and all thy family.

Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how He said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the holy Spirit.

As therefore God gave to them the like gift that He did to us, upon our believing on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I should be able to withstand God?

Now they that were dispersed by the trouble, which arose about Stephen, travelled as far as Phenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but the Jews only.

And one of them, named Agabus, stood up and signified by the Spirit, that there would be a great famine over all the earth: which accordingly came to pass in the reign of Claudius Cesar.

Which they also did, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

Peter was therefore kept in custody: but incessant prayer was made to God for him by the church.

And behold an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the room; and smiting Peter on the side, he waked him, and said, Rise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.

So he went out and followed him; and he did not know, that what was done by the angel was real, but thought he saw a vision.

But he made a sign to them with his hand to be silent, and related to them, how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go, tell these things to James and to the other brethren. And he departed and went to another place.

And Herod searching for him, and not finding him, brought the keepers to a trial, and ordered them to be executed. Then he went down from Judea to Cesarea, and abode there.

And Herod was going to make war upon the Tyrians and Sidonians: but they came to him with one consent, and making interest with Blastus the king's chamberlain, they sued for peace; because their territory was supplied with provision by the king's country.

but immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and being devoured by worms he died.

These therefore being sent forth by the holy Spirit came down to Seleucia, and from thence they sailed away to Cyprus.

And now behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing even the sun for a time. And immediately there fell upon him a mist and darkness; and groping about he sought for somebody to lead him by the hand.

And as John was fulfilling his course, he said, Whom do ye take me to be? I am not He: but behold there cometh one after me, the shoes of whose feet I am not worthy to unloose.

And though they found in Him no capital offence, yet they desired of Pilate that He might be put to death.