who also said to them, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up to heaven? this Jesus, who hath been taken up from you into heaven, shall so come, in the same manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.

Then they returned unto Jerusalem, from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, about a sabbath-day's journey distant.

And it was a fact known to all who dwelt at Jerusalem; so that this field is called in their own dialect, Aceldama, that is, The field of blood.

So they appointed two persons, Joseph called Barsabas, whose sirname was Justus, and Matthias.

SO when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with unanimity assembled together.

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

that thou wilt not leave my soul in the mansion of the dead, nor permit that Holy One of thine to see corruption.

he, foreseeing this, spake of the resurrection of the Messiah, that his soul should not be left in the mansion of the dead, and that his flesh should not see corruption.

He therefore being exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, hath poured out this, which ye now see and hear.

when a certain man who was lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple called Beautiful, to ask alms of those who were entering into the temple;

So he attentively regarded them, expecting to receive something from them.

But as the lame man that was cured held fast Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them into the portico called Solomon's, in vast amazement.

and Annas the high-priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were the high-priest's relations.

So calling them in, they charged them not to speak in any manner, nor to teach, in the name of Jesus.

Now when they heard it, they lifted up their united voice to God, and said, Lord, thou art the God which made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all things which are in them:

who by the mouth of David thy servant saidst, Why do the heathen so furiously rage, and the people meditate vain things?

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

Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have conspired together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? see, the feet of them who have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.

saying, Did we not lay our strict injunction upon you, that you should not teach in this name? and, lo, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and would fain bring this man's blood upon us.

But when they heard this, they were cut asunder as with a saw, and took counsel how to make away with them.

And as to the matters now before you, I say unto you, Abstain from these men, and leave them to themselves: for if this design or this work be of men, it will come to nothing:

Then they went rejoicing from the presence of the sanhedrim, that for his name's sake, they had been counted worthy to suffer this injurious treatment.

Then they suborned men to say, We heard him speak blasphemous things against Moses, and against God.

THEN said the high-priest, Are these things so?

Yet he gave him no inheritance in it, not so much as the print of his foot: yet he promised to give it for a possession to him and to his seed after him, when he had no son.

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

And the second time Joseph was made known unto his brethren; and Joseph's family was made known unto Pharaoh.

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

This man, forming crafty designs against our nation, grievously treated our fathers, so as to cause them to expose their children, in order to exterminate the race.

and when he was exposed, Pharaoh's daughter took him home, and brought him up for herself, as a son.

But when Moses saw it, he marvelled at the sight: and as he was drawing nearer to observe it, a voice from the Lord came to him,

He brought them forth, after performing miracles and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and in ears, ye do always oppose yourselves against the Holy Ghost: as your fathers, so are ye.

Now when they heard these things, they were cut through their hearts as with a saw, and gnashed upon him with their teeth.

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

and he said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God.

And the multitudes with united minds were very attentive to the things spoken by Philip, when they heard him, and saw the miracles which he did.

Now when Simon saw, that by the imposition of the apostles' hands, the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,

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

The portion of scripture which he had been reading was this: "He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and as a lamb before him who sheareth it is dumb, so he opened not his mouth:

But when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught up Philip, and the eunuch saw him no more: then he went on his way rejoicing.

So advancing on his journey, he was drawing nigh to Damascus: and suddenly there shone around him a light from heaven:

Then Paul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man: but leading him by the hand, they brought him into Damascus.

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

And all who dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and they turned to the Lord.

But Peter putting them all out, fell upon his knees, and prayed; and turning to the body, said, Tabitha, arise! And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up.

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

he lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is near the sea: this man will tell thee what thou must do.

And he saw heaven opened, and there descended to him a certain vessel, as a great sheet with chains at the four corners, and resting upon the earth:

Send therefore to Joppa, and invite Simon, whose surname is Peter, to come to thee; he lodgeth in the house of Simon the tanner, near the sea: who, when he is come will talk with thee.

So he commanded them to be baptised in the name of the Lord. Then they entreated him to tarry there some days.

I was in the city of Joppa praying and I saw in a trance a vision, a certain vessel descending as a vast sheet let down from heaven by its four corners; and it came close to me:

on which looking attentively, I perceived, and saw the quadrupeds of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the reptiles, and the birds of the air.

And the Spirit bade me go with them, making no hesitation. But with me went also these six brethren, and we entered into the man's house:

So when I had begun to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, just as on us at the beginning.

So when they heard these things they were satisfied, and glorified God, saying, Well! then hath God even to the Gentiles given repentance unto life.

So then Peter was kept in prison: but fervent prayer was offered up by the church to God for him.

And, lo! an angel of the Lord stood there, and light glared through the apartment: then with a stroke on Peter's side, he roused him up, and said, Arise quickly. And his chains fell from his hands.

And the angel said to him, Gird thyself up, and bind on thy sandals. And he did so. And he said unto him, Wrap thyself in thy mantle, and follow me.

And going out, he followed him; and knew not that it was a reality which was done by the angel; but he supposed he saw a vision.

So passing through the first ward and the second, they came to the iron door which leads into the city, which opened to them spontaneously: and being come out, they walked forward through one street; and immediately the angel departed from him.

And well knowing Peter's voice, she opened not the door for joy; but running in, told that Peter was standing before the door.

But they said, Thou art raving. But she confidently persisted that it was so. Then they said, It is his angel.

But Peter continued knocking: and they opened the door and saw him, and were astonished.

Now Herod was fiercely bent on war against the Tyrians and Sidonians: but they presented themselves unanimously before him, and ingratiating themselves with Blastus who was over the king's bedchamber, they begged for peace; because their country received all their supply of provisions from the king's territories.

NOW there were at Antioch, according to the established church, prophets and teachers; such as Barnabas, and Simeon called Niger the black, and Lucius a Cyrenian, and Manaen, Herod the tetrarch's foster-brother, and Saul.

Then when the proconsul saw what was done, he believed, being struck with the doctrine of the Lord.

From this man's seed according to the promise hath God raised up to Israel a Saviour, Jesus:

Wherefore also he saith in another place, "Thou wilt not permit thy Holy One to see corruption."

For David indeed, after having served his own generation by the will of God, fell asleep, and was placed with his fathers, and saw corruption.

But he, whom God raised up, saw no corruption.

For so hath the Lord enjoined us, "I have set thee for a light of the Gentiles, that thou mightest be for salvation unto the extremity of the earth."

So the word of the Lord was diffused through the whole region.

So the multitude was divided: some indeed were with the Jews, but others with the apostles.

And there was a certain man at Lystra, who having lost the use of his feet was sitting, being lame from his mother's womb, and who had never been able to walk:

and saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We too are mortals subject to the same infirmities with you; preaching to you the gospel, that ye should turn from these vain things unto the living God, who made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things which are therein:

So when they arrived they called the church together, and related what great things God had done by them, and that he had opened to the heathen the door of faith.

Then after certain days said Paul to Barnabas, Let us now return and visit our brethren in every city among whom we have preached the word of the Lord, that we may see how they hold on.

So there grew up a sudden quarrel, insomuch that they separated from each other: and Barnabas, taking Mark with him, sailed away to Cyprus:

So as they passed through the cities, they delivered to them for their observance the ordinances decreed by the apostles and presbyters that were at Jerusalem.

So passing through Phrygia and the region of Galatia, being forbidden by the Holy Ghost to speak the word in Asia,

But when he saw the vision, immediately we sought to go forth into Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the gospel to them.

So when she was baptised, and her house, she entreated, saying, Since ye have judged that I am faithful to the Lord, come and abide at my house. And she constrained us.

But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they laid hold on Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the forum before the chief rulers,

And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the very foundations of the prison were shaken: and instantly all the doors flew open, and every man's chains were loosed.

So they came and spoke kindly to them, and fetching them out, besought them to depart from the city.

SO journeying through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of Jews:

whom Jason has entertained in his house: and the practice of all these fellows is in direct opposition to all Caesar's ordinances, for they affirm that another is king, one Jesus.

So after taking sufficient security from Jason and the rest, they dismissed them.

Now these were more liberally minded men than those of Thessalonica, for they received the word with all readiness of mind, daily, examining the Scriptures if these things were really so.

Then immediately on this the brethren sent off Paul, to go as if by sea: but Silas and Timothy abode there still.

Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit within him was greatly grieved, beholding the city so devoted to idolatry.

Then certain of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers attacked him: and some said, What will this chattering fellow say? but others, He seemeth to be a preacher of foreign deities, because he preached to them Jesus and the resurrection.

So they took him and led him to the hill of Mars, saying, May we know what this novel doctrine taught by thee is?

The God who created the world, and all things in it, he that is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples of man's construction;

And hath made from one man's blood all the nations of mankind, to dwell upon the whole face of the earth, fixing the predetermined periods of their existence, and the boundaries of their several abodes;

And so Paul departed from the midst of them.

but took his leave of them, saying, I must by any means keep the approaching feast at Jerusalem: but I mean to return to you again, if God so please. So he sailed from Ephesus.

So this man began to speak with great boldness in the synagogue: but when Aquila and Priscilla heard him, they took him home with them, and more accurately expounded to him the way of the Lord.

And he asked them, Into what then were ye baptised? And they replied, Into John's baptism.