And when they had entered, they went up to the upper room, where they were staying; Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot and Judas the son of James.

In those days Peter stood up among the brethren (the company of persons was in all about a hundred and twenty), and said,

But Peter, taking his stand with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them: "Men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you and give heed to my words.

Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brethren, what shall we do?"

And Peter said to them, "Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.

When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked for alms.

And Peter, along with John, directed his gaze at him, and said, "Look at us."

But Peter said, "I do not have silver and gold, but I give you what I have; in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk."

While he clung to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch called Solomon's, astounded.

And when Peter saw this he addressed the people, "Men of Israel, why do you wonder at this, or why do you stare at us, as if by our own power or piety we had made him walk?

Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "Rulers of the people and elders,

Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished; and they recognized that they had been with Jesus.

But Peter and John answered them, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge;

But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back some of the price of the land?

Peter said to her, "Tell me whether you sold the land for such and such a price." And she said, "Yes, that was the price."

Then Peter said to her, "How is it that you have agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out."

so that they even carried out the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and pallets, so that as Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on some of them.

But Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men.

Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent them Peter and John,

But Peter said to him, "May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!

Now as Peter went through all those regions, he came down also to the saints who lived at Lydda.

Peter said to him, "Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you; get up and make your bed." Immediately he got up.

Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, having heard that Peter was there, sent two men to him, imploring him, "Please come to us without delay."

So Peter rose and went with them. And when he arrived, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood beside him, weeping and showing the tunics and other garments that Dorcas made while she was with them.

But Peter sent them all out and knelt down and prayed; then turning to the body, he said, "Tabitha, arise." And she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.

And Peter stayed for many days in Joppa with a tanner named Simon.

Now send men to Joppa, and bring a man named Simon who is called Peter;

The next day, as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the housetop about the sixth hour to pray.

A voice came to him, "Get up, Peter. Kill and eat!"

But Peter said, "No, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean."

Now while Peter was inwardly perplexed as to what the vision which he had seen might mean, behold, the men that were sent by Cornelius, having made inquiry for Simon's house, appeared at the gate.

They called out, asking whether Simon who was known as Peter was staying there.

While Peter was reflecting on the vision, the Spirit said to him, "Behold, three men are looking for you.

Peter went down to the men and said, "Behold, I am the one you are looking for; what is the reason you have come?"

When Peter entered, Cornelius met him and fell down at his feet and worshipped him.

But Peter raised him up, saying, "Stand up; I too am just a man."

Send therefore to Joppa and ask for Simon who is called Peter; he is lodging in the house of Simon, a tanner, by the sea.'

And opening his mouth, Peter said: "I most certainly understand now that God is not one to show partiality,

While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the message.

All the circumcised believers who came with Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles.

For they heard them speaking in tongues and praising God. Then Peter said,

So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers criticized him,

But Peter began and explained to them in order:

Then I heard a voice saying to me, 'Get up, Peter. Kill and eat!'

And he told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house and saying, 'Send to Joppa and bring Simon, who is also called Peter;

When he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during the days of Unleavened Bread.

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

The very night when Herod was about to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison.

And behold, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared, and a light shone in the cell; and he struck Peter's side and woke him up, saying, "Get up quickly." And the chains fell off his hands.

When Peter came to himself, he said, "Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting."

When she recognized Peter's voice, in her joy she did not open the gate, but ran in and announced that Peter was standing in front of the gate.

But Peter continued knocking; and when they opened the door, they saw him and were amazed.

Now when day came, there was no small disturbance among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter.

After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, "Brethren, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the word of the gospel and believe.

When we had parted from them and set sail, we came by a straight course to Cos, and the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.