Then they went back to Jerusalem from the hill called the Olive-orchard, which is near Jerusalem, half a mile away.

Then they proposed two men, Joseph called Barsabbas, who was known as Justus, and Matthias.

Then they drew lots between them, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was added to the eleven apostles.

Then how is it that each of us hears his own native tongue?

Then Peter stood up with the eleven around him, and raising his voice addressed them. "Men of Judea," he said, "and all you residents of Jerusalem, let me explain this to you, and pay attention to what I say.

Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.'

Peter said to them, "You must repent, and every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, in order to have your sins forgiven; then you will receive the gift of the holy Spirit,

Yet I know, brothers, that you did not know what you were doing, any more than your leaders did;

Then Peter, filled with the holy Spirit, said to them, "Leaders of the people and members of the council,

for the man on whom this wonder of healing had been done was more than forty years old.

and put them at the disposal of the apostles; then they were shared with everyone in proportion to his need.

Then the commander and his men went and brought them back, but without using violence, for they were afraid of being stoned by the people.

Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men.

and then said, "Men of Israel, take care what you propose to do with these men.

They were convinced by him, and they called the apostles in and had them flogged, and warned them not to speak about the name of Jesus, and then let them go.

Then they brought forward false witnesses, who said, "This man is constantly saying things against this holy place and against the Law,

Then a famine spread all over Egypt and Canaan, and there was great suffering, and our forefathers could not find any food.

Then Joseph sent and invited his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all,

Then the Lord said to him, 'Take off your shoes, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.

Then falling on his knees, he cried out, "Lord, do not lay this sin up against them!" With these words he fell asleep.

Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the holy Spirit.

Then the Spirit said to Philip, "Go up and stay by that car."

Then Philip began, and starting from this passage, he told him the good news about Jesus.

and he fell to the ground. Then he heard a voice saying to him, "Saul! Saul! Why do you persecute me?"

But Peter put them all out of the room. Then he knelt down and prayed, and then turning to the body he said, "Tabitha, stand up!" She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up.

This happened three times; then the thing was taken right up into the sky.

Then Peter went down to see the men, and said to them, "I am the man you are asking for. What is the reason for your coming?"

Then Peter began and said, "Now I really understand that God shows no partiality,

for they heard them speaking in foreign languages and declaring the greatness of God. Then Peter said,

And he directed that they should be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay on there a few days.

Then Peter explained the matter to them from beginning to end. He said,

Then the voice from heaven answered again, 'Do not call what God has cleansed unclean!'

This happened three times; then it was all drawn back again into the sky.

Then he told us how he had seen the angel stand in his house and say, 'Send to Joppa for a man named Simon who is also called Peter,

When they heard this, they made no further objection, but they gave honor to God, and said, "Then God has given even the heathen repentance and the hope of life!"

Then Barnabas went over to Tarsus to seek out Saul,

and the angel said to him, "Put on your belt and your sandals!" And he did so. Then he said to him, "Put on your coat and follow me!"

They passed the first guard and then the second, and came to the iron gate that led into the city. It opened to them of itself, and they passed out and went along one street, when suddenly the angel left him.

Then Peter came to himself, and he said, "Now I am certain that the Lord sent his angel and rescued me from the power of Herod and all that the Jewish people were expecting."

But they said to her, "You are crazy!" But she insisted that it was so. Then they said, "Then it is his guardian angel!"

He motioned to them to be quiet, and then related to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. "Tell all this to James and the brothers," he said. Then he left them and went somewhere else.

Herod had inquiries made for him, and when he could not find him, he examined the guards and ordered them to be put to death. Then he left Judea for Caesarea, and stayed there.

Then the governor, seeing what had happened, believed, and was thunderstruck at the Lord's teaching.

Then Paul got up, and motioning with his hand, said, "Men of Israel, and you who reverence God, listen!

The God of this people of Israel chose our forefathers, and made the people great during their stay in Egypt, and then with uplifted hand led them out of Egypt.

Then after he had taken care of them for forty years in the desert,

Then they demanded a king and for forty years God gave them Saul, the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin.

Then he removed him and raised David up to be their king, bearing this testimony to him: 'I have found in David the son of Jesse a man after my own heart, who will do all that I desire.'

" 'Look, you scoffers! Then wonder and begone! For I am doing something in your times Which you will never believe even when it is related to you!' "

Then Paul and Barnabas spoke out plainly, and said, "God's message had to be told to you first, but since you thrust it off and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, we now turn to the heathen.

They proclaimed the good news in that town and made a number of disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,

Then they crossed Pisidia and entered Pamphylia.

They told their message in Perga, then went on to Attalia,

Then why do you now try to test God, by putting on the necks of these disciples a yoke that neither our forefathers nor we have been able to bear?

Then the apostles and elders with the whole church resolved to select representatives and send them with Paul and Barnabas to Antioch. They were Judas who was called Barsabbas, and Silas, both leading men among the brothers.

Then he called for lights and rushed in, and fell trembling at the feet of Paul and Silas.

Then they told God's message to him and to all the members of his household.

And right then in the night, he took them and washed their wounds, and he and all his household were baptized immediately.

Then he took them up to his house and offered them food, and he and all his household were very happy over their new faith in God.

After leaving the jail they went to Lydia's house, and saw the brothers and encouraged them. Then they left the town.

The Jews there were more high-minded than those at Thessalonica, and received the message with great eagerness and studied the Scriptures every day, to find out whether it was true.

Then the brothers immediately sent Paul off to the coast, while Silas and Timothy stayed behind.

Then Paul stood up in the middle of the council and said, "Men of Athens, from every point of view I see that you are extremely religious.

Then they all seized Sosthenes, the leader of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the court. But Gallio paid no attention to it.

Paul stayed some time longer, and then bade the brothers goodbye and sailed for Syria, with Priscilla and Aquila. At Cenchreae he had his hair cut, because of a vow he had been under.

He bade them goodbye, saying, "I will come back to you again if it is God's will." Then he sailed from Ephesus.

When he reached Caesarea, he went up to Jerusalem and paid his respects to the church, and then went on to Antioch.

"How then were you baptized?" he asked. "With John's baptism," they answered.

When the confusion was over, Paul sent for the disciples and encouraged them. Then he bade them goodbye and started for Macedonia.

Then he went upstairs again, and broke the bread, and ate, and after a long talk with them that lasted until daylight, he went away.

I showed you in every way that by hard work like that we must help those who are weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, for he said, 'It makes one happier to give than to be given to.' "

for they were especially saddened at his saying that they would never see his face again. Then they accompanied him to the ship.

then we bade one another goodbye, and we went on board the ship, and they went home.

Then Paul answered, "What do you mean by crying and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound at Jerusalem but to die there for the sake of the Lord Jesus."

What then? They will be sure to hear that you have come.

Join them, undergo the rites of purification with them, and pay their expenses so that they can have their heads shaved. Then everybody will understand that there is no truth in the stories about you, but that you yourself observe the Law.

Then Paul joined the men and went through the rites of purification with them and the next day went to the Temple to give notice of the time when, upon the offering of the sacrifice for each one of them, their days of purification would be over.

Then the colonel came up and seized him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains, and then inquired who he was and what he had been doing.

Then I said, 'What am I to do, sir?' The Lord said to me, 'Get up and go into Damascus. There you will be told of all you are destined to do.'

came to see me, and standing by my side, said to me, 'Saul, my brother, regain your sight!' Then instantly I regained my sight and looked at him,

They had listened to him until he said that, but then they shouted, "Kill him and get him out of the world! A creature like that ought not to be allowed to live!"

Then the colonel came to Paul and said, "Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?" "Yes," he said.

Then the men who had been going to examine him immediately left him, and the colonel himself was alarmed to find that Paul was a Roman citizen and that he had had him bound.

Then Paul said to him, "God will strike you, you white-washed wall! Do you sit there to try me by the Law, and order them to strike me in violation of the Law?"

There were more than forty of them involved in this plot,

But do not let them persuade you, for more than forty of them are lying in wait for him, and they have taken an oath not to eat or drink till they have killed him. They are all ready now, and are only waiting to get your promise."

Then he called in two of his officers and said to them, "Get two hundred men ready to march to Caesarea, with seventy mounted men and two hundred spear-men, by nine o'clock tonight."

Then the soldiers took Paul, as they had been ordered to do, and escorted him as far as Antipatris that night.

for it is not more than twelve days ago, as you can easily satisfy yourself, that I went up to worship at Jerusalem,

Then Felix, who was somewhat well informed about the Way, adjourned the trial, saying to the Jews, "When Lysias, the colonel, comes down here, I will decide your case."

Then Festus, wishing to gratify the Jews, said to Paul, "Will you go up to Jerusalem and be tried there before me on these charges?"

Then Festus after conferring with the council answered, "You have appealed to the emperor, and to the emperor you shall go!"

Then Festus said, "King Agrippa and all who are present, you see here the man about whom the whole Jewish people have applied to me both at Jerusalem and here, clamoring that he ought not to live any longer.

Then Agrippa said to Paul, "You are at liberty to speak in your own defense." So Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense.

when on the road at noon, your Majesty, I saw a light from heaven brighter than the sun flash around me and my fellow-travelers.

but first to the people of Damascus and Jerusalem and then all over Judea, and even to the heathen I preached that they must repent and turn to God and live as men who have repented should.

Then the king rose, with the governor and Bernice and those who had sat with them,

For a number of days we made slow progress and had some difficulty in arriving off Cnidus. Then as the wind kept us from going on, we sailed under the lee of Crete, off Cape Salmone,

But the officer was more influenced by the pilot and the captain than by what Paul had to say,

Then, when they had gone a long time without food, Paul got up among them, and said, "Gentlemen, you ought to have listened to me and not to have sailed from Crete and incurred this disaster and loss.