In my former treatise, I gave an account, O Theophilus, of all the actions and doctrine of Jesus, to the time of his assumption,

up until the day He returned to heaven. [Just before that time] He had given [certain] instructions to His [specially] selected apostles through [the direction of] the Holy Spirit.

Now, following His death on the cross [and resurrection], Jesus appeared alive [to His apostles] for forty days, and demonstrated by many convincing proofs [that He had been raised bodily from the dead]. [During that time] He also spoke to them about the [coming] kingdom of God.

For the baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit, after a little time.

When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?

He said to them, “It is not for you to know the times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority.

At that time, Peter got up among the brothers (there were about 120 people present) and said,

(Now this man [Judas] paid for [in a sense] a [burial] field with the reward money he had received for his sinful act [of betraying Jesus, See Matt. 27:3-10]. [Then, some time after Judas hanged himself, See Matt. 27:5] he fell down headlong, [his swollen body] bursting so that his intestines gushed out.

And this came to the knowledge of all those who were living in Jerusalem, so that the field was named in their language, Akel-dama, or, The field of blood.)

Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

from his baptism by John to the time when he was caught up from us, must join us as a witness to his resurrection."

For these men [i.e., the twelve apostles] are not drunk as you suppose, since it is only nine o'clock in the morning. [Note: The use of Jewish time calculations are employed in this verse].

and even upon My bondservants, both men and women, at that time, I will pour out My Spirit, and they shall prophesy.

[In that day] the sun will become dark and the moon will [appear] as blood. [This will all happen] before the great and wonderful day when the Lord comes. [Note: Some view these last two verses as a reference to events occurring at the end of time. See Matt. 24:29-30].

And the time will come when every person who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved' [i.e., whoever appeals to God through obedient faith in Christ].

They would sell their lands and other property, and distribute the proceeds among all, just as any one from time had need.

And Peter and John were going up at the same time to the temple, at the hour of the prayer, the ninth hour,

Repent ye, therefore, and turn: that your sins may be done away when the time of refreshing cometh, which we shall have of the presence of the Lord,

whom heaven indeed must receive till the times of the restoring of all things, of which God has spoken by the mouth of his holy prophets since time began.

[Deut. 18:19 says], 'And it will be [at that time] that every person who does not listen to that prophet will be completely destroyed [spiritually] from among [God's] people.'

Yes, and all the Prophets, from Samuel onwards--all who have spoken--have also announced the coming of this present time.

when they heard that, they entred into the temple early in the morning, and taught. in the mean time, the high priest, and those of his party, being arrived at the council-chamber, summon'd all the Jewish senate to meet, and sent to the prison to bring the apostles before them.

But a certain man stood up in the Sanhedrin, a Pharisee {named} Gamaliel, a teacher of the law respected by all the people, [and] gave orders to put the men outside for a short time.

For some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody [of importance], and a group of about four hundred men allied themselves with him. But he was killed, and all who followed him were scattered and came to nothing.

After this man, Judas the Galilean rose up, [and led an uprising] during the time of the census, and drew people after him; he was also killed, and all his followers were scattered.

but if it is from God, you cannot destroy them; lest you be found at some time to be fighting against God.

Now about this time, when the number of disciples was increasing, a complaint was made by the Hellenists (Greek-speaking Jews) against the [native] Hebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily serving of food.

Then we will give all our time to prayer and the teaching of the word.

So he left the country of the Chaldeans and for a time made his home in Haran. Then after the death of his father, God had him move to this country in which you now live.

But he gave him no inheritance in it, no, not a single square yard of ground. And yet He promised to bestow the land as a permanent possession on him and his posterity after him--and promised this at a time when Abraham was childless.

"[And when] these patriarchs, [still living in Canaan as young men], became jealous of [their brother] Joseph, they sold him [as a slave to traveling merchants who took him] to Egypt. But God was with him [during all that time],

in the mean time a famine spread over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, so that our fathers did not know where to get provisions.

But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent forth our fathers the first time.

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

But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

until [the time when] there arose another king over egypt who did not know joseph [nor his history and the merit of his service to Egypt].

In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father's house three months:

But when he was about forty years old he felt led to visit his relatives, the Israelites [i.e., called Hebrews at that time].

And at these words, Moses went in flight to the land of Midian, and was living there for a time, and had two sons.

"Moreover they made a calf at that time, and offered a sacrifice to the idol and kept rejoicing in the gods which their own hands had made.

Our fathers also brought it in [with them into the land] with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations whom God drove out before our fathers, [and so it remained here] until the time of David,

And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.

The crowds gathered and were paying close attention to everything Philip said, as they heard [the message] and saw the [miraculous] signs which he was doing [validating his message].

Now for some time past there had been a man named Simon living there, who had been practising magic and astonishing the Samaritans, pretending that he was more than human.

And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.

For up to that time he had not come on any of them; only baptism had been given to them in the name of the Lord Jesus.

The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:

By humbling himself he had his doom removed. Who can tell his family? For his life is cut off from the earth.

to ask for letters [authorizing him to go] to Damascus and to enter [Jewish] synagogues looking for people of "the Way" [Note: This was a designation for Christians at that time]. And if he found any, whether men or women, he would tie them up and take them to Jerusalem.

Meanwhile the men who travelled with Saul were standing dumb with amazement, hearing a sound, but seeing no one.

after which he took food and regained his strength. Then he remained some little time with the disciples in Damascus.

He lost no time in preaching throughout the synagogues that Jesus was the Son of God ??21 to the amazement of all his hearers, who said, "Is this not the man who in Jerusalem harried those who invoke this Name, the man who came here for the express purpose of carrying them all in chains to the high priests?"

After considerable time had passed [about three years or so], the Jews plotted together to kill him,

During that time it happened that she became sick and died; and when they had washed her body, they laid it in an upstairs room.

And so it was that Peter stayed in Joppa for many days with Simon, a tanner.

About three o'clock one afternoon [Note: This is based on Jewish time calculations; if Roman time were employed, it would have been

AM if calculating by Roman time], to the top of the house to pray [Note: The roofs of houses were flat areas, often used for resting, meals, prayer, etc.].

And Peter said, 'Not so, Lord; because at no time did I eat anything common or unclean;'

And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.

and this took place the third time; and immediately the vessel was received up into the heaven.

Upon this Peter invited them in and entertained them. The next day he lost no time in setting out with them, accompanied by some of the Brethren from Jaffa;

Cornelius said, “Four days ago to this hour, I was praying in my house during the ninth hour (3:00-4:00 p.m.); and a man [dressed] in bright, dazzling clothing suddenly stood before me,

And he directed that they should be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they begged him to remain with them for a time.

In the mean time, the apostles, and the brethren, who were in Judea, heard that the Gentiles had likewise receiv'd the word of God.

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

But a voice answered the second time out of heaven, What God hath cleansed, make not thou common.

This was done the third time, and all was drawn up again into heaven.

"Then, just about that time, three men sent from Caesarea to get me, walked up to the house where we were [staying].

Then those who had gone away at the time of the trouble about Stephen, went as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus, preaching to the Jews only.

and having found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it came to pass, that during a whole year they were jointly employed in that church, and taught a vast multitude, and they called for the first time in Antioch the disciples Christians.

At that time certain Prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch,

and one of them, by name Agabus, having stood up, did signify through the Spirit a great dearth is about to be throughout all the world -- which also came to pass in the time of Claudius Caesar --

Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church.

And when he saw that this was pleasing to the Jews he went on to take Peter in addition. This was at the time of the feast of unleavened bread.

And Herod, when he sent for him, and he was not there, after questioning the watchmen, gave orders that they were to be put to death. Then he went down from Judaea to Caesarea for a time.

Therefore, at a set time Herod put on his royal robes, sat down on the royal seat, and made a speech to them.

but at the instant an angel of the Lord smote him, because he did not glorify God: so that he became a prey to worms and died. In the mean time, the

Now, watch! The hand of the Lord is on you, and you will be blind, [so blind that you will be] unable to see the sun for a time.” Immediately a mist and darkness fell upon him, and he groped around, seeking people to lead him by the hand.

After the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the President of the Synagogue sent them this message--"Brothers, if you have any helpful words to address to the people, now is the time to speak."

And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness.

and afterwards He gave them judges down to the time of the Prophet Samuel.

And, from that time, they asked for themselves a king, and God gave them Saul, son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, during forty years;

Howbeit David, after he had in his time fulfilled the will of God, he slept, and was laid with his fathers, and saw corruption.

Behold, you despisers, be astonished and perish, because I am carrying on a work in your time--a work which you will utterly refuse to believe, though it be fully declared to you.'"

And it came to pass in Iconium at this time, they came together into the synagogue of the Jews, and spoke in such a manner, that a great multitude both of the Jews and Greeks believed.

Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

[Along the way] they strengthened the hearts of the disciples, urging them to continue [to believe and practice] the faith and [explaining] that entering God's [heavenly] kingdom [See II Tim. 4:18] requires enduring many trials.

And there they abode long time with the disciples.

And when there had been much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, My brothers, you have knowledge that some time back it was God's pleasure that by my mouth the good news might be given to the Gentiles so that they might have faith.

For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.

And after they had spent some time there , they were dismissed in peace from the brethren unto those that had sent them forth.

After some time Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the brothers and sisters (believers) in every city where we preached the message of the Lord, and see how they are doing.”

and thence to Philippi, which is a city in Macedonia, the first in its district, a Roman colony. And there we stayed some little time.

At a later time, when we were going to that [same] place of prayer, we met a certain young woman who was dominated by an [evil] spirit, [claiming to be] able to tell people's fortunes. This [claimed] power was the source of considerable income for the girl's slave-owner.

This she persisted in for a considerable time, until Paul, wearied out, turned round and said to the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her." And it came out immediately.

Then he took them, even at that time of night, washed their wounds, and he and all his household were immediately baptized;

But immediately at that time the brethren sent away Paul to travel even to the sea: and Silas and Timothy remained there.

(For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)

And He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands and territories.

And the time of this ignorance God regarded not: but now he biddeth all men everywhere to repent,