behold two men, in white apparel, stood by them, Who also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing into heaven? This Jesus who is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come, as ye have seen him going into heaven.

Then they returned to Jerusalem from the Mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath-day's journey.

And it was known to all that dwell at Jerusalem, so that that field is called, in their own tongue, Akeldama, that is, The field of blood.

And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophecy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:

For thou wilt not leave my soul in Hades, neither wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption.

Men and brethren, I may say to you freely of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is among us to this day.

He foreseeing this, spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in Hades, neither did his flesh see corruption.

Being therefore exalted by the right-hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.

And a certain man, lame from his mother's womb, was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple, called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that were entering into the temple, Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple,

And all the people saw him walking and praising God.

And as he held Peter and John, all the people ran together to them, in the portico that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.

And his name, thro' faith in his name, hath strengthened this man, whom ye see and know; yea, the faith which is by him, hath given him this perfect soundness, in the presence of you all.

For Moses truly said to the fathers, The Lord your God shall raise you up a prophet of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things, whatsoever he shall say to you.

And beholding the man who had been healed, standing with them, they had nothing to say against it.

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

And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart, and of one soul: and not so much as one said that ought of the things which he had, was his own, but they had all things common.

And Peter said to her, Tell me, if ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much.

And many signs and wonders were wrought among the people by the hands of the apostles: (and they were all with one accord in Solomon's portico:

So that they brought out the sick along the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that even the shadow of Peter coming by, might overshadow some of them.

And now I say to you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone; for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought.

For we have heard him say, That Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place, and change the rites which Moses delivered us.

And all that were sitting in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face, as the face of an angel.

Then said the high priest, Are these things so? And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken.

And he gave him the covenant of circumcision, and so he begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day, and Isaac Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.

And the second time, Joseph was made known to his brethren, and Joseph's kindred was discovered to Pharoah.

So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he and our fathers,

In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding beautiful, who was nursed three months in his father's house.

And when he was exposed, Pharoah's daughter took him up, and brought him up for her own son.

He brought them out, doing wonders and signs, in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

as your fathers, so do ye.

But he being full of the Holy Ghost, looking up stedfastly to heaven, saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right-hand of God:

And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right-hand of God.

For I see, thou art in the gall of bitterness, and the bond of iniquity.

And he desired Philip to come up, and sit with him. The portion of scripture which he was reading, was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter, and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so he opened not his mouth.

And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more; and he went on his way rejoicing.

And Saul arose from the earth; and his eyes being opened, he saw no man; but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.

For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.

And he arose immediately. And all that dwelt in Lydda and Sharon saw him, and turned to the Lord.

He saw plainly in a vision, about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of the Lord coming in to him, and saying to him, Cornelius.

He lodgeth with one Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the sea.

And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel like a great sheet, tied at the four corners, descending to him, and let down on the earth:

Now while Peter doubted in himself, what the vision he had seen should mean, behold the men sent by Cornelius, having inquired out Simon's house, stood at the gate,

Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, who is surnamed Peter: he lodgeth in the house of Simon a tanner by the sea, who being come, shall speak to thee.

and being in a trance, I saw a vision, a certain vessel descending, as it were a great sheet, let down from heaven by the four corners, and it came even to me:

On which looking stedfastly, I observed and saw four-footed creatures of the earth, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.

And the Spirit bad me go with them, doubting nothing: these six brethren also went with me, and we entered into the man's house.

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

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 about thee, and follow me.

And going out, he followed him. And he knew not, that it was real which was done by the angel, but thought he saw a vision.

And knowing Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for joy, but running in, told them, that Peter stood before the gate.

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

But Peter continued knocking. And opening the door, they saw him and were astonished.

And he was highly incensed against them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and having gained Blastus, the king's chamberlain, sued for peace; because their country was nourished by the king's country.

So being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, they went down to Seleucia, and from thence sailed to Cyprus.

But Elymas, the magician (so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the proconsul from the faith.

Of this man's seed hath God, according to his promise, raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus;

Wherefore he saith also in another Psalm, Thou wilt not suffer thy Holy one to see corruption.

Now David, having served the will of God in his generation, fell asleep, and was added to his fathers, and saw corruption.

But he whom God raised, did not see corruption.

For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set Thee for a light of the Gentiles, that Thou mightest be for salvation to the ends of the earth.

And in Iconium they went together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake that a great multitude both of the Jews and Greeks believed.

And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, having been a cripple from his mother's womb, who had never walked.

We also are men of like passions with you, and preach to you, to turn from these vanities unto the living God, who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all things that are therein: Who, in times past, suffered all nations to walk in their own ways:

So being dismissed they came to Antioch, and having assembled the multitude, they delivered the epistle:

And after certain days 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 do.

And there was a sharp contention, so that they parted from each other; and Barnabas taking Mark with him, sailed away to Cyprus;

But when her owners saw, that the hope of their gain was gone, laying hold of Paul and Silas, they dragged them into the market-place to the magistrates,

And suddenly there was a great earthquake so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed.

These were more ingenuous than those of Thessalonica, receiving the word with all readiness of mind, and daily searching the scriptures, whether those things were so?

Then the brethren sent away Paul immediately, to go as it were to the sea; but Silas and Timothy continued there.

Then some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers incountered him: and some said, What would this babler say? Others, he seemeth to be a proclaimer of strange gods; because he preached to them Jesus, and the resurrection.

Neither is he served by men's hands, as though he needed any thing, he himself giving to all life and breath, and all things.

So Paul departed from among them. Howbeit, some clave to him and believed:

and finding certain disciples, He said to them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost, since ye believed? And they said to him, Nay, we have not so much as heard, Whether there be any Holy Ghost.

He said to them, Into what then were ye baptized? And they said, Into John's baptism.

And this was done for the space of two years, so that all the inhabitants of Asia, both Jews and Greeks, heard the word of the Lord.

So that handkerchiefs or aprons were carried from his body to the sick, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits came out of them.

And the man in whom the evil spirit was, leaping upon them, and getting the mastery of them, prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

So powerfully did the word of God grow and prevail.

After these things were ended, Paul purposed in spirit, having passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must see Rome also.

But ye see and hear, that not at Ephesus only, but almost through all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned aside much people, saying, That they are not gods, which are made with hands.

So that there is danger, not only that this our craft should be set at nought, but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her majesty destroyed, whom all Asia, and the world worshipeth.

And the whole city was filled with confusion; and they rushed with one accord into the theatre, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's fellow-travellers.

And going up again, and having broken bread, he conversed long with them, even till break of day, and so departed.

But we going before into the ship, sailed to Assos, where we were to take up Paul; for so he had appointed, being himself to go on foot.

But none of these things move me; nor do I count my life precious to myself, so I may finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

And now I know that ye all among whom I have conversed, proclaiming the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.

I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.

And they all wept sore, and falling on Paul's neck kissed him,

Sorrowing most for that word which he spake, that they should see his face no more. And they conducted him to the ship.

But when we had finished these days, we departed and went our way; and they all attended us out of the city, with their wives and children: and kneeling down on the sea-shore we prayed.

And coming to us, he took up Paul's girdle, and binding his own feet and hands, said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man whose girdle this is, and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.

Therefore do this that we say to thee: there are with us four men, who have a vow on them:

Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down to them; and when they saw the tribune and the soldiers, they ceased from beating Paul.

And they that were with me, saw the light, and were terrified; but they did not hear the voice of him that spake to me, And I said, What shall I do, Lord?

And as I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand by them that were with me, I came into Damascus.

And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, to know his will, and see that Just one, and hear the voice of his mouth.

I was in a trance, And saw him saying to me, Make haste and depart quickly out of Jerusalem; for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.

The tribune commanded him to be brought into the castle, and ordered him to be examined by scourging, that he might know, for what cause they cried so against him.

But they that stood by said, Revilest thou God's high priest?