And He said to them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father has put in His own authority.

who also said, Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into the heaven? This same Jesus who is taken up from you into Heaven, will come in the way you have seen Him going into Heaven.

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

And they prayed and said, You, Lord, knower of all hearts, show which one You chose from these two,

But others mocking said, These men are full of sweet wine.

But Peter, standing up with the Eleven, lifted up his voice and said to them, Men, Jews, and all who dwell at Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to my words.

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

And hearing this, they were stabbed in the heart, and said to Peter and to the other apostles, Men, brothers, what shall we do?

Then Peter said to them, Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ to remission of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

And fastening his eyes on him, Peter with John said, Look on us!

But Peter said, Silver and gold have I none, but what I have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!

For Moses truly said to the fathers, "The Lord your God shall raise up a Prophet to you from your brothers, One like me. You shall hear Him in all things, whatever He may 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 answered and said to them, Whether it is right before God to listen to you more than to God, you judge.

And being let go, they went to their own company and reported what the chief priests and elders had said to them.

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

who by the mouth of Your servant David has said, "Why did the nations rage and the people imagine vain things?

And the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and one soul. And not one said that any of the things which he possessed was his own. But they had all things common.

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

And Peter answered her, Tell me whether you sold the land for so much? And she said, Yes, for so much.

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

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

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

And he said to them, Men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what you intend to do regarding these men.

And the Twelve called near the multitude of the disciples and said, It is not pleasing to us, leaving the Word of God, to serve tables.

And they set up false witnesses, who said, This man does not cease speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the Law.

Then the high priest said, Then do you so hold these things?

And he said, Men, brothers, and fathers, listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran.

And He said to him, "Go out from your land and from your kindred, and come into a land which I shall show you."

And God said, "I will judge the nation to whom they shall be in bondage," and "after these things they will come out and will serve Me in this place."

Then the Lord said to him, "Loosen the sandal on your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground."

This is that Moses who said to the sons of Israel, "The Lord your God shall raise up a Prophet to you from your brothers, One like me; you shall hear Him."

And he said, Behold, I see Heaven opened and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God.

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

But Peter said to him, May your silver perish with you, because you have thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.

And answering Simon said, You pray to the Lord for me that none of these things which you have spoken may come on me.

Then the Spirit said to Philip, Go near and join yourself to this chariot.

And Philip ran there to him and heard him read the prophet Isaiah, and said, Do you indeed understand what you are reading?

And he said, How can I unless some man should guide me? And he asked Philip to come up and sit with him.

And the eunuch answered Philip and said, I beg you, of whom does the prophet speak this? Of himself or of some other man?

And as they passed along the way, they came on some water. And the eunuch said, See, here is water, what hinders me from being baptized?

Philip said, If you believe with all your heart, it is lawful. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.

And he said, Who are you, lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom you persecute. It is hard for you to kick against the goads.

And trembling and astonished, he said, Lord, what will You have me to do? And the Lord said to him, Arise and go into the city, and you shall be told what you must do.

And there was a certain disciple in Damascus named Ananias. And the Lord said to him in a vision, Ananias! And he said, Behold me, Lord.

And the Lord said to him, Arise and go into the street which is called Straight and inquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul of Tarsus. For behold, he is praying,

But the Lord said to him, Go! For this one is a chosen vessel to Me, to bear My name before nations and kings and the sons of Israel.

And Ananias went and entered into the house. And putting his hands on him, he said, Brother Saul, the Lord, Jesus, who appeared to you in the way in which you came, has sent me to you that you might see and be filled with the Holy Spirit.

But all who heard him were amazed and said, Is this not he who destroyed those who called on this name in Jerusalem and came here for that reason, that he might bring them bound to the chief priests?

And Peter said to him, Aeneas, Jesus the Christ heals you; rise up and spread for yourself! And he arose immediately.

And putting them all out, Peter knelt down and prayed. And turning to the body he said, Tabitha, arise! And she opened her eyes. And when she saw Peter, she sat up.

And he was gazing at him, and becoming terrified, he said, What is it, lord? And he said to him, Your prayers and your merciful deeds have come up for a memorial before God.

But Peter said, Not so, Lord, for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.

And while Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said to him, Behold, three men are looking for you.

And going down to the men, those sent to him from Cornelius, Peter said, Behold, I am the one you are seeking. For what reason have you come?

And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man and one who fears God, and one of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and to hear words from you.

And he said to them, You know that it is an unlawful thing for a man, a Jew to keep company with or to come near to one of another nation. But God has shown me not to call any man common or unclean.

And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour. And at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing.

And he said, Cornelius, your prayer is heard, and your merciful deeds have been remembered before God.

Then Peter opened his mouth and said, Truly I see that God is no respecter of persons;

But I said, Not so, Lord, for nothing common or unclean has at any time entered into my mouth.

And he declared to us how he had seen an angel in his house, who stood and said to him, Send men to Joppa and call for Simon whose last name is Peter,

And I remembered the Word of the Lord, how He said, John indeed baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit.

And the angel said to him, Gird yourself and put on your sandals. And he did so. And he says to him, Throw your robe around you and follow me.

And having come to himself, Peter said, Now I know surely that the Lord has sent His angel and has delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

And they said to her, You are mad. But she kept on saying that it was so. And they said, It is his angel.

But, waving to them with his hand to be quiet, he declared to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go tell these things to James and to the brothers. And he departed and went into another place.

As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, So, then, separate Barnabas and Saul to Me for the work to which I have called them.

and said, O son of the Devil, full of all deceit and all craftiness, enemy of all righteousness, will you not stop perverting the right ways of the Lord?

And rising up and signaling with his hand, Paul said, Men, Israelites, and those fearing God, listen.

And when He had removed him, He raised up David to them to be their king; to whom He also witnessed and said, I have found David the son of Jesse to be a man after My own heart, who shall fulfill all My will.

And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Who do you think that I am? I am not He. But behold, One comes after me, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to loose.

But speaking boldly, Paul and Barnabas said, It was necessary for the Word of God to be spoken to you first. But since indeed you put it far from you and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the nations.

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

And after much disputing, Peter rose up and said to them, Men, brothers, you recognize that from ancient days God chose among us that through my mouth the nations should hear the Word of the gospel, and believe.

And some days afterward, Paul said to Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brothers in every city where we have announced the Word of the Lord, to see how they are holding to it.

And she did this many days. But being distressed, and turning to the demonic spirit, Paul said, I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her! And it came out in that hour.

And bringing them near to the judges, they said, These men, being Jews, are exceedingly troubling our city.

And leading them outside, he said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?

And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved, and your household.

But Paul said to them, Having beaten us publicly, men who are Romans and uncondemned, they threw us into prison. And now do they put us out secretly? No indeed! But coming themselves, let them bring us out.

And certain philosophers from the Epicureans and from the Stoics met him. And some said, What will this babbler say? And others said, He seems to be an announcer of foreign demons (because he preached Jesus and the resurrection to them).

And standing in the middle of the Areopagus, Paul said, Men, Athenians, I see that you are fearful of gods in everything.

For in Him we live and move and have our being, as also certain of your own poets have said, For we are also His offspring.

And hearing of a resurrection of the dead, some indeed mocked; and others said, We will hear you again concerning this.

And they resisting and blaspheming, shaking his garment, he said to them, Your blood is on your own heads. I am pure from it. From now on I will go to the nations.

And Paul being about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, If indeed then, it was anything wrong or wicked criminality, O Jews, according to reason I would endure you.

he said to them, Have you received the Holy Spirit since you believed? And they said to him, We did not so much as hear whether the Holy Spirit is.

And he said to them, Then to what were you baptized? And they said, To John's baptism.

And Paul said, John truly baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe into Him coming after him, that is, into Jesus Christ.

But answering the evil spirit said, Jesus I know, and I comprehend Paul, but who are you?

And assembling the workmen about such things, he said, Men, you know that from this trade is our wealth.

And quieting the crowd, the town clerk said, Men, Ephesians! What one of you does not know that the city of the Ephesians is a worshiper of the great goddess Artemis, and of That Fallen from the Sky?

And Paul went down and fell on him, and embracing him said, Do not be terrified, for his soul is in him.

And when they had come to him, he said to them, You know how I was with you at all times, from the first day I arrived in Asia,

I have shown you all things, that working in this way we ought to help 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 finding disciples, we stayed there seven days; who said to Paul through the Spirit that he should not go up to Jerusalem.

And coming to us, and taking Paul's belt, and binding his hands and feet, he said, The Holy Spirit says these things: So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man whose belt this is, and will deliver him into the hands of the nations.

And hearing, they glorified the Lord, and said to him, You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who believe, and they are all zealous of the Law.

And as Paul was about to be led into the fortress, he said to the chiliarch, Is it lawful for me to say a thing to you? And he said, Do you know Greek?