until that day in which, having by the Holy Spirit charged the apostles whom he had chosen, he was taken up;

They therefore, being come together, asked him saying, Lord, is it at this time that thou restorest the kingdom to Israel?

Brethren, it was necessary that the scripture should have been fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before, by the mouth of David, concerning Judas, who became guide to those who took Jesus;

And it was known to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that that field was called in their own dialect Aceldama; that is, field of blood.)

It is necessary therefore, that of the men who have assembled with us all the time in which the Lord Jesus came in and went out among us,

but this is that which was spoken through the prophet Joel,

And it shall be in the last days, saith God, that I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your elders shall dream with dreams;

And it shall be that whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Whom God has raised up, having loosed the pains of death, inasmuch as it was not possible that he should be held by its power;

for David says as to him, I foresaw the Lord continually before me, because he is at my right hand that I may not be moved.

Brethren, let it be allowed to speak with freedom to you concerning the patriarch David, that he has both died and been buried, and his monument is amongst us unto this day.

Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn to him with an oath, of the fruit of his loins to set upon his throne;

he, seeing it before, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that neither has he been left in hades nor his flesh seen corruption.

Let the whole house of Israel therefore know assuredly that God has made him, this Jesus whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.

Those then who had accepted his word were baptised; and there were added in that day about three thousand souls.

And all that believed were together, and had all things common,

praising God, and having favour with all the people; and the Lord added to the assembly daily those that were to be saved.

and they recognised him, that it was he who sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

The God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus, whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he had judged that he should be let go.

But ye denied the holy and righteous one, and asked that a man that was a murderer should be granted to you;

And now, brethren, I know that ye did it in ignorance, as also your rulers;

but God has thus fulfilled what he had announced beforehand by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer.

Repent therefore and be converted, for the blotting out of your sins, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

And it shall be that whatsoever soul shall not hear that prophet shall be destroyed from among the people.

And it came to pass on the morrow that their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together at Jerusalem,

be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazaraean, whom ye have crucified, whom God has raised from among the dead, by him this man stands here before you sound in body.

But seeing the boldness of Peter and John, and perceiving that they were unlettered and uninstructed men, they wondered; and they recognised them that they were with Jesus.

saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed an evident sign has come to pass through their means is manifest to all that inhabit Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.

But that it be not further spread among the people, let us threaten them severely no longer to speak to any man in this name.

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;

in that thou stretchest out thy hand to heal, and that signs and wonders take place through the name of thy holy servant Jesus.

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?

While it remained did it not remain to thee? and sold, was it not in thine own power? Why is it that thou hast purposed this thing in thine heart? Thou hast not lied to men, but to God.

And it came to pass about three hours afterwards, that his wife, not knowing what had happened, came in.

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.

so that they brought out the sick into the streets and put them on beds and couches, that at least the shadow of Peter, when he came, might overshadow some one of them.

And the high priest rising up, and all they that were with him, which is the sect of the Sadducees, were filled with wrath,

And when they heard it, they entered very early into the temple and taught. And when the high priest was come, and they that were with him, they called together the council and all the elderhood of the sons of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

And we are his witnesses of these things, and the Holy Spirit also, which God has given to those that obey him.

They therefore went their way from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to be dishonoured for the name.

And every day, in the temple and in the houses, they ceased not teaching and announcing the glad tidings that Jesus was the Christ.

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.

He dealt subtilly with our race, and evil entreated the fathers, casting out their infants that they might not live.

and seeing a certain one wronged, he defended him, and avenged him that was being oppressed, smiting the Egyptian.

For he thought that his brethren would understand that God by his hand was giving them deliverance. But they understood not.

But he that was wronging his neighbour thrust him away, saying, Who established thee ruler and judge over us?

Our fathers had the tent of the testimony in the wilderness, as he that spoke to Moses commanded to make it according to the model which he had seen;

And Saul was consenting to his being killed. And on that day there arose a great persecution against the assembly which was in Jerusalem, and all were scattered into the countries of Judaea and Samaria except the apostles.

Those then that had been scattered went through the countries announcing the glad tidings of the word.

For from many who had unclean spirits they went out, crying with a loud voice; and many that were paralysed and lame were healed.

And there was great joy in that city.

But a certain man, by name Simon, had been before in the city, using magic arts, and astonishing the nation of Samaria, saying that himself was some great one.

And they gave heed to him, because that for a long time he had astonished them by his magic arts.

And the apostles who were in Jerusalem, having heard that Samaria had received the word of God, sent to them Peter and John;

who, having come down, prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit;

But Simon, having seen that by the laying on of the hands of the apostles the Holy Spirit was given, offered them money,

saying, Give to me also this power, in order that on whomsoever I may lay hands he may receive the Holy Spirit.

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 passage of the scripture which he read was this: He was led as a sheep to slaughter, and as a lamb is dumb in presence of him that shears him, thus he opens not his mouth.

And Philip, opening his mouth and beginning from that scripture, announced the glad tidings of Jesus to him.

and asked of him letters to Damascus, to the synagogues, so that if he found any who were of the way, both men and women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

But as he was journeying, it came to pass that he drew near to Damascus; and suddenly there shone round about him a light out of heaven,

and has seen in a vision a man by name Ananias coming in and putting his hand on him, so that he should see.

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 straightway in the synagogues he preached Jesus that he is the Son of God.

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?

But Saul increased the more in power, and confounded the Jews who dwelt in Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.

But their plot became known to Saul. And they watched also the gates both day and night, that they might kill him;

And having arrived at Jerusalem he essayed to join himself to the disciples, and all were afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.

But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles, and related to them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken boldly in the name of Jesus.

Now it came to pass that Peter, passing through all quarters, descended also to the saints who inhabited Lydda.

And it came to pass in those days that she grew sick and died; and, having washed her, they put her in the upper room.

But Lydda being near to Joppa, the disciples having heard that Peter was there, sent two men to him, beseeching him, Thou must not delay coming to us.

And it came to pass that he remained many days in Joppa with a certain Simon, a tanner.

Immediately therefore I sent to thee, and thou hast well done in coming. Now therefore we are all present before God to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.

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

but in every nation he that fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him.

Jesus who was of Nazareth: how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power; who went through all quarters doing good, and healing all that were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.

And he commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that he it is who was determinately appointed of God to be judge of living and dead.

To him all the prophets bear witness that every one that believes on him will receive through his name remission of sins.

And the faithful of the circumcision were astonished, as many as came with Peter, that upon the nations also the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out:

Can any one forbid water that these should not be baptised, who have received the Holy Spirit as we also did?

And the apostles and the brethren who were in Judaea heard that the nations also had received the word of God;

They then who had been scattered abroad through the tribulation that took place on the occasion of Stephen, passed through the country to Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one but to Jews alone.

And having found him, he brought him to Antioch. And so it was with them that for a whole year they were gathered together in the assembly and taught a large crowd: and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.

and one from among them, by name Agabus, rose up and signified by the Spirit that there was going to be a great famine over all the inhabited earth, which also came to pass under Claudius.

At that time Herod the king laid his hands on some of those of the assembly to do them hurt,

And seeing that it was pleasing to the Jews, he went on to take Peter also: (and they were the days of unleavened bread:)

And when Herod was going to bring him forth, that night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards before the door kept the prison.

And going forth he followed him and did not know that what was happening by means of the angel was real, but supposed he saw a vision.

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 having recognised the voice of Peter, through joy did not open the entry, but running in, reported that Peter was standing before the entry.

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

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

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.

And having found no cause of death in him, they begged of Pilate that he might be slain.

that God has fulfilled this to us their children, having raised up Jesus; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son: this day have I begotten thee.