and, being assembled with them, commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to await the promise of the Father, which said he ye have heard of me.

And he said to them, It is not yours to know times or seasons, which the Father has placed in his own authority;

And having said these things he was taken up, they beholding him, and a cloud received him out of their sight.

who also said, Men of Galilee, why do ye stand looking into heaven? This Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven, shall thus come in the manner in which ye have beheld him going into heaven.

And in those days Peter, standing up in the midst of the brethren, said, (the crowd of names who were together was about a hundred and twenty,)

And they prayed, and said, Thou Lord, knower of the hearts of all, shew which one of these two thou hast chosen,

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

For David has not ascended into the heavens, but he says himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit at my right hand

And having heard it they were pricked in heart, and said to Peter and the other apostles, What shall we do, brethren?

And Peter said to them, Repent, and be baptised, each one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, for remission of sins, and ye will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

And Peter, looking stedfastly upon him with John, said, Look on us.

But Peter said, Silver and gold I have not; but what I have, this give I to thee: In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazaraean rise up and walk.

Moses indeed said, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up to you out of your brethren like me: him shall ye hear in everything whatsoever he shall say to you.

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

But Peter and John answering said to them, If it be righteous before God to listen to you rather than to God, judge ye;

And having been let go, they came to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them.

And they, having heard it, lifted up their voice with one accord to God, and said, Lord, thou art the God who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that is in them;

who hast said by the mouth of thy servant David, Why have the nations raged haughtily and the peoples meditated vain things?

And the heart and soul of the multitude of those that had believed were one, and not one said that anything of what he possessed was his own, but all things were common to them;

But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled thy heart that thou shouldest lie to the Holy Spirit, and put aside for thyself a part of the price of the estate?

And Peter answered her, Tell me if ye gave the estate for so much? And she said, Yes, for so much.

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

But an angel of the Lord during the night opened the doors of the prison, and leading them out, said,

But Peter answering, and the apostles, said, God must be obeyed rather than men.

and said to them, Men of Israel, take heed to yourselves as regards these men what ye are going to do;

And the twelve, having called the multitude of the disciples to them, said, It is not right that we, leaving the word of God, should serve tables.

And the high priest said, Are these things then 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 Charran,

and said to him, Go out of thy land and out of thy kindred, and come into the land which I will shew thee.

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

And the Lord said to him, Loose the sandal of thy feet, for the place on which thou standest is holy ground.

This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, A prophet shall God raise up to you out of your brethren like me him shall ye hear.

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

And kneeling down, he cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And having said this, he fell asleep.

And Peter said to him, Thy money go with thee to destruction, because thou hast thought that the gift of God can be obtained by money.

And Simon answering said, Supplicate ye for me to the Lord, so that nothing may come upon me of the things of which ye have spoken.

And the Spirit said to Philip, Approach and join this chariot.

And Philip, running up, heard him reading the prophet Esaias, and said, Dost thou then know what thou art reading of?

And he said, How should I then be able unless some one guide me? And he begged Philip to come up and sit with him.

And the eunuch answering Philip said, I pray thee, concerning whom does the prophet say this? of himself or of some other?

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

And there was a certain disciple in Damascus by name Ananias. And the Lord said to him in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, here am I, Lord.

And the Lord said to him, Rise up and go into the street which is called Straight, and seek in the house of Judas one by name Saul, he is of Tarsus: for, behold, he is praying,

And the Lord said to him, Go, for this man is an elect vessel to me, to bear my name before both nations and kings and the sons of Israel:

And Ananias went and entered into the house; and laying his hands upon him he said, Saul, brother, the Lord has sent me, Jesus that appeared to thee in the way in which thou camest, that thou mightest see, and be filled with the Holy Spirit.

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

And Peter said to him, Aeneas, Jesus, the Christ, heals thee: rise up, and make thy couch for thyself. And straightway he rose up.

But Peter, putting them all out, and kneeling down, prayed. And, turning to the body, he said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes, and, seeing Peter, sat up.

But he, having fixed his eyes upon him, and become full of fear, said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Thy prayers and thine alms have gone up for a memorial before God.

And Peter said, In no wise, Lord; for I have never eaten anything common or unclean.

But as Peter continued pondering over the vision, the Spirit said to him, Behold, three men seek thee;

And Peter going down to the men said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause for which ye come?

And they said, Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous man, and fearing God, and borne witness to by the whole nation of the Jews, has been divinely instructed by a holy angel to send for thee to his house, and hear words from thee.

And he said to them, Ye know how it is unlawful for a Jew to be joined or come to one of a strange race, and to me God has shewn to call no man common or unclean.

And Cornelius said, Four days ago I had been fasting unto this hour, and the ninth I was praying in my house, and lo, a man stood before me in bright clothing,

and said, Cornelius, thy prayer has been heard, and thy alms have come in remembrance before God.

And Peter opening his mouth said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons,

And I said, In no wise, Lord, for common or unclean has never entered into my mouth.

And the Spirit said to me to go with them, nothing doubting. And there went with me these six brethren also, and we entered into the house of the man,

And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, John baptised with water, but ye shall be baptised with the Holy Spirit.

And the angel said to him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And he did so. And he says to him, Cast thine upper garment about thee and follow me.

And Peter, being come to himself, said, Now I know certainly that the Lord has sent forth his angel and has taken me out of the hand of Herod and all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

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

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

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

said, O full of all deceit and all craft: son of the devil, enemy of all righteousness; wilt thou not cease perverting the right paths of the Lord?

And Paul, rising up and making a sign with the hand, said, Israelites, and ye that fear God, hearken.

And having removed him he raised up to them David for king, of whom also bearing witness he said, I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who shall do all my will.

And as John was fulfilling his course he said, Whom do ye suppose that I am? I am not he. But behold, there comes one after me, the sandal of whose feet I am not worthy to loose.

But the Jews, seeing the crowds, were filled with envy, and contradicted the things said by Paul, contradicting and speaking injuriously.

And Paul and Barnabas spoke boldly and said, It was necessary that the word of God should be first spoken to you; but, since ye thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the nations;

said with a loud voice, Rise up straight upon thy feet: and he sprang up and walked.

And much discussion having taken place, Peter, standing up, said to them, Brethren, ye know that from the earliest days God amongst you chose that the nations by my mouth should hear the word of the glad tidings and believe.

But after certain days Paul said to Barnabas, Let us return now and visit the brethren in every city where we have announced the word of the Lord, and see how they are getting on.

And this she did many days. And Paul, being distressed, turned, and said to the spirit, I enjoin thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And it came out the same hour.

and having brought them up to the praetors, said, These men utterly trouble our city, being Jews,

And leading them out said, Sirs, what must I do that I may be saved?

And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus and thou shalt be saved, thou and thy house.

But Paul said to them, Having beaten us publicly uncondemned, us who are Romans, they have cast us into prison, and now they thrust us out secretly? no, indeed, but let them come themselves and bring us out.

But some also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers attacked him. And some said, What would this chatterer say? and some, He seems to be an announcer of foreign demons, because he announced the glad tidings of Jesus and the resurrection to them.

And Paul standing in the midst of Areopagus said, Athenians, in every way I see you given up to demon worship;

for in him we live and move and exist; as also some of the poets amongst you have said, For we are also his offspring.

And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked, and some said, We will hear thee again also concerning this.

But as they opposed and spoke injuriously, he shook his clothes, and said to them, Your blood be upon your own head: I am pure; from henceforth I will go to the nations.

And the Lord said by vision in the night to Paul, Fear not, but speak and be not silent;

But as Paul was going to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, If indeed it was some wrong or wicked criminality, O Jews, of reason I should have borne with you;

he said to them, Did ye receive the Holy Spirit when ye had believed? And they said to him, We did not even hear if the Holy Spirit was come.

And he said, To what then were ye baptised? And they said, To the baptism of John.

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

But the wicked spirit answering said to them, Jesus I know, and Paul I am acquainted with; but ye, who are ye?

whom having brought together, and those who wrought in such things, he said, Men, ye know that our well-living arises from this work,

And the townclerk, having quieted the crowd, said, Ephesians, what man is there then who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple-keeper of Artemis the great, and of the image which fell down from heaven?

And having said these things, he dismissed the assembly.

But Paul descending fell upon him, and enfolding him in his arms, said, Be not troubled, for his life is in him.

And when they were come to him, he said to them, Ye know how I was with you all the time from the first day that I arrived in Asia,

I have shewed you all things, that thus labouring we ought to come in aid of 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 having said these things, he knelt down and prayed with them all.

specially pained by the word which he had said, that they would no more see his face. And they went down with him to the ship.

And having found out the disciples, we remained there seven days; who said to Paul by the Spirit not to go up to Jerusalem.

and coming to us and taking the girdle of Paul, and having bound his own hands and feet, said, Thus saith the Holy Spirit, The man whose this girdle is shall the Jews thus bind in Jerusalem, and deliver him up into the hands of the Gentiles.