And once while He was eating with them, He charged them not to leave Jerusalem but to wait for what the Father had promised. "You have heard me speak of it," He said,

"for John baptized people in water, but in a few days you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit."

but you are going to receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you must be witnesses for me in Jerusalem and all over Judea and Samaria, and to the very ends of the earth."

(This man bought a piece of land with the money which he took for his treachery, and he fell there face downward and his body broke in two, and all his intestines poured out.

But others in derision were saying, "They are running over with new wine."

But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

but God raised Him up by loosing Him from the pangs of death, since it was impossible for Him to be held by the power of death.

So, as he was a prophet and knew that God with an oath had promised to put one of his descendants on his throne,

For David did not go up to heaven, but he himself says: 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand,

But Peter said, "No silver or gold have I, but what I do have I will give you. In the name of Jesus of Nazareth start walking."

and you killed the Prince of life, but God raised Him from the dead, to which fact we are witnesses.

But in this way God fulfilled what He by the lips of all the prophets foretold, that the Christ should suffer.

So they arrested them and put them into prison until next morning, for it was already evening.

But many of those who heard their message believed, and the number of the men grew to about five thousand.

you and all the people of Israel must know that it is by the authority of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead -- yes, I repeat it, it is by His authority that this man stands here before you well.

They were surprised to see the courage shown by Peter and John and to find that they were uneducated men, and especially untrained in the schools, but they recognized the fact that they had been companions of Jesus,

But they ordered the prisoners to step outside the council, and they conferred together

But to keep it from spreading farther among the people, let us severely threaten them not to say anything at all to anyone else about this person."

But Peter and John answered them, "You must decide whether it is right in the sight of God to obey you instead of Him,

Now there was but one heart and soul in the vast number of those who had become believers, and not one of them claimed that anything that he had was his own, but they shared everything that they had as common property.

and to put it at the disposal of the apostles; then distribution was continuously made to everyone in proportion to his need.

sold the farm he had and brought the money and put it at the disposal of the apostles.

But a man named Ananias, in partnership with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property,

and, with his wife's full knowledge of it, kept back for themselves a part of the money and brought only a part of it and put it at the disposal of the apostles.

As long as it was unsold, was it not yours, and when it was sold, was not the money at your disposal? How could you have the heart to do such a thing! You did not lie to men but to God!"

but still a vast number of people, both men and women, who believed in the Lord, continued to join them,

they had the apostles arrested and put into the common jail.

But in the night the angel of the Lord threw open the jail doors and let them out, and said to them,

But the attendants who went for them could not find them in the jail, and so came back and

reported, "We found the prison safely locked and the keepers on duty at the doors, but on opening the doors we found no one on the inside."

But somebody came by and reported to them, "The men that you put in jail are standing right here in the temple square, teaching the people."

Then the military commander went with his attendants and brought them back, but without any violence, for they were afraid of being pelted with stones by the people.

But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, highly respected by all the people, got up in the council and gave orders to put the men out of the council a little while;

For in the days gone by Theudas appeared, claiming that he was a man of importance, and a considerable number of men, about four hundred, espoused his cause, but he was slain and all his followers were dispersed and as a party annihilated.

After him, at the time of the enrollment for the Roman tax, Judas the Galilean appeared and influenced people to desert and follow him, but he too perished and all his followers were scattered.

but if it has its origin in God, you can never stop it. It is to be feared that you may find yourselves fighting God."

But members of the synagogue known as that of the Libyans, Cyreneans, and Alexandrians, and men from Cilicia and Asia, got to debating with Stephen,

but they could not cope with his good practical sense and the spiritual power with which he usually spoke.

Then they put up false witnesses who said, "This man never stops saying things against this holy place and against the law,

But God further promised: 'I will pass sentence on the nation that enslaves them, and after that they will leave that country and worship me on this very spot.'

And the patriarchs became jealous of Joseph and sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him

But Jacob heard that there was food in Egypt and sent our forefathers on their first visit down there.

and were carried back to Shechem and laid in the tomb which Abraham had bought with a sum of money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

He supposed that his brothers would understand that God through his instrumentality was going to deliver them, but they did not.

But the man who was harming his brother pushed him aside, saying, 'Who made you our ruler and referee?

But our forefathers would not listen to him, but pushed him aside, and in their hearts they hankered after Egypt;

but it was Solomon who came to build a house for Him.

But the Most High does not live in buildings built by human hands. As the prophet says:

But since he was full of the Holy Spirit, he looked right into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at God's right hand.

But they raised a great shout and held their ears, and all together rushed upon him,

Saul heartily approved of his being put to death. So on that day a severe persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all of them, except the apostles, were scattered over Judea and Samaria.

But Saul continued to harass the church, and by going from house to house and dragging off men and women he continued to put them into prison.

But when the people came to believe the good news proclaimed by Philip about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, both men and women were constantly baptized.

for as yet He had not come upon any of them, but they had been baptized merely in the name of the Lord Jesus.

But Peter said to him, "Your money go to perdition with you for even dreaming you could buy the gift of God with money!

but Philip was found at Ashdod, and he went on telling the good news in all the towns until he reached Caesarea.

But get up and go into the city, and there it will be told you what you ought to do."

His fellow-travelers stood speechless, for they heard the voice but could not see anyone.

Then Saul got up off the ground, but he could not see anything, although his eyes were wide open. So they took him by the hand and led him into Damascus,

But Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard many people tell of this man, especially the great sufferings he has brought on your people in Jerusalem.

Now he is here and has authority from the high priests to put in chains all who call upon your name."

But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name to the heathen and their kings, and to the descendants of Israel.

But Saul grew stronger and stronger and continued to put to utter confusion the Jews who lived in Damascus, by proving that Jesus is the Christ.

but their plot was found out by Saul. Day and night they kept guarding the city gates, to murder him,

but his disciples took him one night and let him down through the city wall, by lowering him in a hamper-basket.

Now when Saul arrived at Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples there, but they were all afraid of him, because they did not believe that he was really a disciple.

and he continued to speak courageously in the name of the Lord, and to speak and debate with the Greek-speaking Jews. But they kept trying to murder him.

So Peter said to him, "Aeneas, Jesus Christ now cures you! Get up and make your bed!" And at once he got up.

Then Peter put them all out of the room, knelt down and prayed, and, turning to the body, said, "Tabitha, get up!" Then she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.

But he got very hungry and wanted something to eat. While they were getting it ready, he fell into a trance

But Peter said, "Never by any means, sir, for I have never eaten anything common, or not ceremonially cleansed."

But Peter lifted him to his feet, saying, "Get up, I too am just a man myself."

and he said to him, "You know that it is against the law for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or to visit one, but God has taught me not to call any man vulgar or ceremonially unclean;

but in every nation the man who reveres God and practices doing right is acceptable to Him.

But God raised Him to life on the third day, and permitted Him to be dearly seen,

not by all the people but by witnesses whom God had beforehand appointed, namely, by us who ate and drank with Him after His resurrection from the dead.

But I answered, 'Never by any means, sir, for nothing common or not ceremonially cleansed has ever passed my lips.'

and I remembered the saying of the Lord, 'John baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit.'

When they heard this, they had no answer to make, but gave God the glory, saying, "So God has given even the heathen the repentance that leads to life."

Now the fugitives from the persecution that started over Stephen went all the way to Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, telling the message to none but Jews.

But there were some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, who on reaching Antioch began to speak to the Greeks too, and proceeded to tell them the good news about the Lord Jesus.

He had him seized and put into prison, and turned him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him, planning after the Passover to bring him out again to the people.

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

Then the angel said to him, "Tighten your belt and put on your shoes? He did so. Then the angel said to him, "Put on your coat and follow me!"

So he kept following him out, but he was not conscious that what was being done by the angel was real; he thought he was dreaming it.

and on recognizing Peter's voice, in her joy she failed to open the door but ran and told them that Peter was standing at the door.

They said to her, "You are crazy!" But she persistently insisted that it was so. Then they said, "It is his guardian angel!"

But Peter, meanwhile, kept on knocking. So they opened the door, and when they saw him, they were astounded.

Herod had search made for him, and when he could not find him, he examined the guards and ordered them to be put to death. Then he left Judea for Caesarea, and stayed there.

But the angel of the Lord at once struck him down, because he did not give the glory to God; he was eaten by worms, and so died.

But the message of the Lord continued to grow and spread.

But Elymas the magician -- for this is the meaning of his name -- continued to oppose them by trying to keep the governor from accepting the faith.

but they went on from Perga and arrived at Antioch in Pisidia. On the sabbath they went to the synagogue and took seats.

As John was closing his career, he said, 'What do you take me to be? I am not the Christ; no, but He is coming after me, and I am not fit to untie the shoes on His feet.'

and although they could not find Him guilty of a capital offense, they begged Pilate to have Him put to death.

But God raised Him from the dead,

but He whom God raised to life did not experience it.

But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were completely overcome by their jealousy and began to contradict the statements made by Paul, and even to abuse him.

Then Paul and Barnabas courageously spoke out, "God's message had to be spoken to you Jews first, but since you continue to thrust it from you and since you show yourselves unworthy to receive eternal life, now and here we turn to the heathen.

But the Jews stirred up the devout women of high rank and the men of first rank in town, and so started a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their district.