To these He also presented Himself alive after His suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking of the things concerning the kingdom of God.

And after He had said these things, He was lifted up while they were looking on, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.

These all with one mind were continually devoting themselves to prayer, along with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.

beginning with the baptism of John until the day that He was taken up from us—one of these must become a witness with us of His resurrection.”

And they prayed and said, “You, Lord, who know the hearts of all men, show which one of these two You have chosen

They were amazed and astonished, saying, “Why, are not all these who are speaking Galileans?

For these men are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only the third hour of the day;

“Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man attested to you by God with miracles and wonders and signs which God performed through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know—

And likewise, all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and his successors onward, also announced these days.

saying, “What shall we do with these men? For the fact that a noteworthy miracle has taken place through them is apparent to all who live in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.

And as he heard these words, Ananias fell down and breathed his last; and great fear came over all who heard of it.

And great fear came over the whole church, and over all who heard of these things.

Now when the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard these words, they were greatly perplexed about them as to what would come of this.

And we are witnesses of these things; and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.”

And he said to them, “Men of Israel, take care what you propose to do with these men.

So in the present case, I say to you, stay away from these men and let them alone, for if this plan or action is of men, it will be overthrown;

And these they brought before the apostles; and after praying, they laid their hands on them.

The high priest said, “Are these things so?”

‘Was it not My hand which made all these things?’

While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who were listening to the message.

“Surely no one can refuse the water for these to be baptized who have received the Holy Spirit just as we did, can he?”

The Spirit told me to go with them without misgivings. These six brethren also went with me and we entered the man’s house.

But motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he described to them how the Lord had led him out of the prison. And he said, “Report these things to James and the brethren.” Then he left and went to another place.

After these things He gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.

For those who live in Jerusalem, and their rulers, recognizing neither Him nor the utterances of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled these by condemning Him.

As Paul and Barnabas were going out, the people kept begging that these things might be spoken to them the next Sabbath.

and saying, “Men, why are you doing these things? We are also men of the same nature as you, and preach the gospel to you that you should turn from these vain things to a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.

Even saying these things, with difficulty they restrained the crowds from offering sacrifice to them.

‘After these things I will return,
And I will rebuild the tabernacle of David which has fallen,
And I will rebuild its ruins,
And I will restore it,

Says the Lord, who makes these things known from long ago.

“For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay upon you no greater burden than these essentials:

Following after Paul and us, she kept crying out, saying, “These men are bond-servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation.”

and when they had brought them to the chief magistrates, they said, “These men are throwing our city into confusion, being Jews,

And the jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, “The chief magistrates have sent to release you. Therefore come out now and go in peace.”

The policemen reported these words to the chief magistrates. They were afraid when they heard that they were Romans,

When they did not find them, they began dragging Jason and some brethren before the city authorities, shouting, “These men who have upset the world have come here also;

They stirred up the crowd and the city authorities who heard these things.

Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.

For you are bringing some strange things to our ears; so we want to know what these things mean.”

After these things he left Athens and went to Corinth.

but if there are questions about words and names and your own law, look after it yourselves; I am unwilling to be a judge of these matters.”

And they all took hold of Sosthenes, the leader of the synagogue, and began beating him in front of the judgment seat. But Gallio was not concerned about any of these things.

Now after these things were finished, Paul purposed in the Spirit to go to Jerusalem after he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, saying, “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.”

these he gathered together with the workmen of similar trades, and said, “Men, you know that our prosperity depends upon this business.

So, since these are undeniable facts, you ought to keep calm and to do nothing rash.

For you have brought these men here who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of our goddess.

But these had gone on ahead and were waiting for us at Troas.

You yourselves know that these hands ministered to my own needs and to the men who were with me.

When he had said these things, he knelt down and prayed with them all.

After these days we got ready and started on our way up to Jerusalem.

So the commander let the young man go, instructing him, “Tell no one that you have notified me of these things.”

When these had come to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they also presented Paul to him.

ordering his accusers to come before you.] By examining him yourself concerning all these matters you will be able to ascertain the things of which we accuse him.”

The Jews also joined in the attack, asserting that these things were so.

having a hope in God, which these men cherish themselves, that there shall certainly be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.

Or else let these men themselves tell what misdeed they found when I stood before the Council,

But Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, answered Paul and said, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and stand trial before me on these charges?”

If, then, I am a wrongdoer and have committed anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die; but if none of those things is true of which these men accuse me, no one can hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar.”

Being at a loss how to investigate such matters, I asked whether he was willing to go to Jerusalem and there stand trial on these matters.

For the king knows about these matters, and I speak to him also with confidence, since I am persuaded that none of these things escape his notice; for this has not been done in a corner.

And Paul said, “I would wish to God, that whether in a short or long time, not only you, but also all who hear me this day, might become such as I am, except for these chains.”

Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, “Unless these men remain in the ship, you yourselves cannot be saved.”

[When he had spoken these words, the Jews departed, having a great dispute among themselves.]