And while in assembly with them, he commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for what had been promised by the Father, which [said he] ye heard from me;

But he said to them, It belongeth not to you to know times or seasons, which the Father appointed by his own authority.

who said, Men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? This Jesus, who hath been taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same manner in which ye beheld him going into heaven.

And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the brethren, and said, (the number of the names together was about one hundred and twenty,)

Others making sport of it, said, They are full of new wine.

But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said to them, Men of Judea, and all that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known to you, and hearken to my words.

For David did not ascend into the heavens; but he himself saith, The Lord said to my lord, "Sit thou on my right hand,

And when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, Brethren, what must we do?

But Peter said to them, Repent, and let every one of you be baptized to the name of Jesus Christ for forgiveness of sins, and ye will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

And Peter fixing his eyes upon him, with John, said, Look upon us.

Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but what I have I give thee. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, rise up and walk.

Moses indeed said, "A prophet will the Lord your God raise up to you from among your brethren, as be raised up me; him shall ye hear in all things, whatever he shall speak to you.

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

But Peter and John answered and said to them, Whether it is right in the sight of God to hearken to you rather than to God, judge ye.

And being released they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them.

And on hearing it, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art he that made heaven and earth and sea, and all things that are in them;

who by the mouth of thy servant David said, "Why did the heathen rage, and the peoples meditate vain things?

And the multitude of those who believed were of one heart, and of one soul; and not one of them said that aught of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.

But Peter said, Ananias, why did Satan fill thy heart that thou shouldst lie to the Holy Spirit, and keep back part of the price of the land?

Peter said to her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much. And she said, Yes, for so much.

And Peter said to her, Why is it that ye agreed together to try the Spirit of the Lord? Lo! the feet of those who have buried thy husband are at the door, and they will carry thee out.

But an angel of the Lord in the night opened the prisondoors, and brought them forth and said,

But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

and said to them [of the council], Men of Israel, take heed to yourselves as to what ye are about to do in respect to these men.

And the twelve called the multitude of the disciples to them, and said, It doth not seem to us proper, that we should leave the word of God, and provide for tables.

And what was said pleased the whole multitude. And they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus a proselyte of Antioch,

Then they suborned men, who said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and God.

and set up false witnesses, who said, This man ceaseth not to speak words against the holy place, and the Law.

And the highpriest said, Are then these things so?

And he said, Brethren and fathers, hearken. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,

and said to him, "Go forth from thy country and thy kindred, and come into the land which I will show thee."

and the nation to which they shall be in bondage will I judge," said God; "and after that they shall come forth, and shall worship me in this place."

And the Lord said to him, "Loose the sandals from thy feet; for the place where thou standest is holy ground.

This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, "A prophet will God raise up to you from among your brethren, as he raised up me."

and said, Lo, I behold the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.

But Peter said to him, Thy money perish with thee! because thou didst think to obtain the gift of God with money.

And Simon answering said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of the things which ye have spoken may come upon me.

And the Spirit said to Philip, Go near and join thyself to this chariot.

And Philip ran up, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, Well, but dost thou understand what thou art reading?

And he said, How can I, unless some one shall guide me? And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

And the eunuch answering said, I pray thee, of whom doth the prophet say this? Of himself, or of some other man?

And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And he answered, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.

And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias, and to him the Lord said in a vision, Ananias! And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord.

And the Lord said to him, Arise, and go into the street called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus; for lo! he prayeth,

But the Lord said to him, Go; for this man is to me a chosen vessel, to bear my name before nations, and kings, and the sons of Israel.

And Ananias went away, and entered the house; and putting his hands on him, he said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus who appeared to thee in the way thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mayst receive sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit.

And all that heard him were amazed, and said, Is not this he that destroyed in Jerusalem those who called on this name? And he hath come hither for this purpose, that he may bring them bound to the chief priests.

And Peter said to him, Aeneas, Jesus the Christ healeth thee; arise, and make thy bed. And he arose immediately.

But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down and prayed; and turning to the body he said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes; and seeing Peter, she sat up.

And he, looking steadily at him, and becoming affrighted, said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Thy prayers and thine alms have come up for a memorial before God.

But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything common and unclean.

And while Peter was meditating on the vision, the Spirit said to him, Behold, men are seeking thee;

And Peter went down to the men and said, Behold, I am he whom ye are seeking; for what cause have ye come?

And they said, Cornelius a centurion, a righteous man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by a holy angel to send for thee to his house, and to hear words from thee.

And he said to them, Ye know that it is an unlawful thing for a Jew to keep company with one of another nation, or to come near him; but God showed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.

And Cornelius said, Four days ago, I was fasting till this hour; and at the ninth hour was praying in my house; and lo! a man stood before me in bright clothing,

and said, Cornelius, thy prayer hath been heard, and thine alms have been remembered before God.

And Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is not a respecter of persons,

But I said, Not so, Lord; for nothing common or unclean ever entered my mouth.

And I remembered the word of the Lord, that he said, John indeed baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit.

And the angel said to him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals; and he did so. And he saith to him, Throw thy garment round thee, and follow me.

And when Peter had come to himself, he said, Now I know certainly, that the Lord hath sent forth his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

And they said to her, Thou art mad. But she positively affirmed that it was even so. Then they said, It is his angel.

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

And while they were ministering to the Lord, and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.

and said, O full of all deceit, and of all mischief, son of the Devil, enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

Then Paul stood up, and beckoned with his hand and said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, hearken.

And as John was finishing his course, he said, Who do ye think that I am? I am not He. But lo I there cometh after me one, the sandal of whose feet I am not worthy to loose.

Then Paul and Barnabas said boldly and plainly, It was necessary that the word of God should first be spoken to you; but seeing ye thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of the everlasting life, lo! we turn to the gentiles.

said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped up and walked.

and thence set sail for Antioch, whence they had been commended to the grace of God, for the work which they had accomplished.

And after much debate, Peter rose up and said to them, Brethren, ye know that a long time ago God made choice among you, that by my mouth the gentiles should hear the word of the glad tidings, and believe.

And some days after, Paul said to Barnabas, Let us go again and visit the brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they are.

And setting sail from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothrace, and on the day following to Neapolis;

And this she did for many days. But Paul, being much displeased, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And it came out immediately.

and having brought them before the magistrates, said, These men are grievously disturbing our city, being Jews;

and having brought them out, he said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?

And they said, Believe in the Lord Jesus, and thou wilt be saved, and thy household.

But Paul said to them, They have publicly beaten us uncondemned, although we are Romans, and have thrust us into prison; and now do they thrust us out secretly? No; but let them come themselves, and bring us out.

And some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also conversed with him. And some said, What doth this babbler mean to say? and others, He seemeth to be a setter forth of foreign gods; because he brought the glad tidings of Jesus and the resurrection.

Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars hill, and said, Men of Athens, in all things I perceive that ye are very devout.

For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as also some of your own poets have said: "For we are also his offspring."

And when they heard of a resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but ethers said, We will hear thee again about this matter.

And when they set themselves against him, and reviled, he shook his garments, and said to them, Your blood be upon your own heads! I am clean; from this time I will go to the gentiles.

And the Lord said to Paul through a vision in the night, Be not afraid, but speak on, and be not silent;

And as Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, If it were some act of injustice or wicked misdeed, O Jews, with reason I should bear with you;

but having taken leave of them, saying, I will return to you, if God will, he set sail from Ephesus.

he said to them, Did ye receive the Holy Spirit when ye believed? And they said to him, No, we did not even hear whether there is a Holy Spirit.

And he said, Into what then were ye baptized? And they said, Into Johns baptism.

Then said Paul, John indeed baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people, that they should believe on him that was coming after him; that is, on Jesus.

And the evil spirit answering said, Jesus I knew, and Paul I well know; but who are ye?

And having called them together, with the workmen of like occupation, he said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth;

But when the Recorder had quieted the multitude, he said, Men of Ephesus, who is there among men that doth not know that the city of the Ephesians is guardian of the great Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?

And when he had stayed three months, a plot having been laid for him by the Jews as he was about to sail for Syria, he resolved to return through Macedonia.

But we set sail from Philippi, after the days of unleavened bread, and came to them at Troas in five days, where we abode seven days.

But Paul went down and fell on him, and having embraced him, said, Make no lamentations; for his life is in him.

For Paul had determined to sail past Ephesus, that he might not be detained in Asia; for he was hastening, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.

And when they had come to him, he said to them: Ye yourselves know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you the whole time,

In all ways I showed you that so laboring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

and coming to us, he took off Pauls girdle, and bound his own feet and hands, and said, Thus saith the Holy Spirit: So will the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and will deliver him into the hands of the gentiles.