Till the day when he was taken up to heaven after he had given his orders, through the Holy Spirit, to the Apostles of whom he had made selection:

And when they were all together, with him, he gave them orders not to go away from Jerusalem, but to keep there, waiting till the word of the Father was put into effect, of which, he said, I have given you knowledge:

And when he had said these things, while they were looking, he was taken up, and went from their view into a cloud.

And in those days Peter got up among the brothers (there were about one hundred and twenty of them), and said,

(Now this man, with the reward of his evil-doing, got for himself a field, and falling head first, came to a sudden and violent end there.

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.)

And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like the rushing of a violent wind, and all the house where they were was full of it.

Now there were living at Jerusalem, Jews, God-fearing men, from every nation under heaven.

And when this sound came to their ears, they all came together, and were greatly surprised because every man was hearing the words of the disciples in his special language.

And how is it that every one of us is hearing their words in the language which was ours from our birth?

Now when these words came to their ears their hearts were troubled, and they said to Peter and the other Apostles, Brothers, what are we to do?

Then those who gave hearing to his words had baptism: and about three thousand souls were joined to them that day.

And they kept their attention fixed on the Apostles' teaching and were united together in the taking of broken bread and in prayer.

And exchanging their goods and property for money, they made division of it among them all, as they had need.

And day by day, going in agreement together regularly to the Temple and, taking broken bread together in their houses, they took their food with joy and with true hearts,

And a certain man who from birth had had no power in his legs, was taken there every day, and put down at the door of the Temple which is named Beautiful, requesting money from those who went into the Temple;

And his name, through faith in his name, has made this man strong, whom you see and have knowledge of: yes, the faith which is through him has made him well, before you all.

You are the sons of the prophets, and of the agreement which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, Through your seed a blessing will come on all the families of the earth.

And Annas, the high priest, was there, and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all the relations of the high priest.

Take note, all of you, and all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you put to death on the cross, whom God gave back from the dead, even through him is this man now before you completely well.

And in no other is there salvation: for there is no other name under heaven, given among men, through which we may have salvation.

And, seeing that the man who had been made well was there with them, they were not able to say anything against it.

And when they had been made free, they came back to their friends, and gave an account of all the things which the chief priests and the authorities had said to them.

Who has said, by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of our father David your servant, Why are the nations so violently moved, and why are the thoughts of the people so foolish?

And now, Lord, take note of their cruel words, and give your servants power to be preachers of your word without fear,

While your hand is stretched out to do works of mercy; so that signs and wonders may be done through the name of your holy servant Jesus.

And when their prayer was ended, the place where they were was violently moved, and they all became full of the Holy Spirit, preaching the word of God without fear.

And about three hours after, his wife, having no knowledge of what had taken place, came in.

Saying, The doors of the prison were safely shut, and the keepers were at the doors, but when they were open, there was nobody inside.

But when these words came to their ears, they were cut to the heart, and had a mind to put them to death.

For before this there was Theudas, who said he was someone important, to whom about four hundred men gave their support: he was put to death, and his band was broken up and came to nothing.

After this man, there was Judas of Galilee, at the time of the numbering, and some of the people went after him: he was put to death, and all his supporters were put to flight.

Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was increasing, protests were made by the Greek Jews against the Hebrews, because their widows were not taken care of in the distribution of food every day.

These they took to the Apostles, who, after prayer, put their hands on them.

Then he came out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and went into Haran; and from there, when his father was dead, he was guided by God into this land, where you are living now:

Now there was no food to be had in all Egypt and Canaan, and there was great trouble: and our fathers were not able to get food.

But Jacob, hearing that there was grain in Egypt, sent out our fathers the first time.

And Jacob went down to Egypt, and came to his end there, and so did our fathers;

He, having evil designs against our nation, was cruel to our fathers, and they were forced to put out their young children, so that they might not go on living.

At which time Moses came to birth, and he was very beautiful; and he was kept for three months in his father's house:

And he was hoping that his brothers would see that God had sent him to be their saviour; but they did not see.

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

Truly, I have seen the sorrows of my people in Egypt, and their cries have come to my ears, and I have come down to make them free: and now, come, I will send you to Egypt.

By whom our fathers would not be controlled; but they put him on one side, turning back in their hearts to Egypt,

And they made the image of a young ox in those days, and made an offering to it, and had joy in the work of their hands.

Which our fathers, in their turn, took with them when, with Joshua, they came into the heritage of the nations whom God was driving out before the face of our fathers, till the time of David,

But with loud cries, and stopping their ears, they made an attack on him all together,

Driving him out of the town and stoning him: and the witnesses put their clothing at the feet of a young man named Saul.

And there was much joy in that town.

But there was a certain man named Simon, who in the past had been a wonder-worker and a cause of surprise to the people of Samaria, saying that he himself was a great man:

Now when the Apostles at Jerusalem had news that the people of Samaria had taken the word of God into their hearts, they sent to them Peter and John;

Who, when they came there, made prayer for them, that the Holy Spirit might be given to them:

Then they put their hands on them, and the Holy Spirit came on them.

Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the touch of the Apostles' hands, he made them an offering of money, saying,

So they, having given their witness and made clear the word of the Lord, went back to Jerusalem, giving the good news on their way in a number of the small towns of Samaria.

But an angel of the Lord said to Philip, Get up, and go to the south, to the road which goes from Jerusalem to Gaza, through the waste land.

And he went and there was a man of Ethiopia, a servant of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, and controller of all her property, who had come up to Jerusalem for worship;

And while they were going on their way, they came to some water, and the Ethiopian said, See, here is water; why may I not have baptism?

But Philip came to Azotus, and went through all the towns, preaching the good news, till he came to Caesarea.

And made a request for letters from him to the Synagogues of Damascus, so that if there were any of the Way there, men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

And for three days he was not able to see, and he took no food or drink.

Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and the Lord said to him in a vision, Ananias! and he said, Here I am, Lord.

But Saul got knowledge of their design. And they kept watch day and night on the roads out of the town, so that they might put him to death:

And so the church through all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was made strong; and, living in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, was increased greatly.

And it came about that while Peter was going through all parts of the country he came to the saints who were living at Lydda.

And there was a certain man there, named Aeneas, who for eight years had been in bed, without power of moving.

Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, that is, Dorcas: this woman was given to good works and acts of mercy at all times.

And because Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, having knowledge that Peter was there, sent two men to him, requesting him to come to them straight away.

And Peter went with them. And when he had come, they took him into the room: and all the widows were there, weeping and putting before him the coats and clothing which Dorcas had made while she was with them.

And news of it went all through Joppa, and a number of people had faith in the Lord.

Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, named Cornelius, the captain of the Italian band of the army;

Now the day after, when they were on their journey and were near the town, Peter went up to the top of the house for prayer, about the sixth hour:

And this was done three times: and then the vessel was taken back into heaven.

To see if Simon, named Peter, was living there.

And, while Peter was turning the vision over in his mind, the Spirit said to him, See, three men are looking for you.

The word which he sent to the children of Israel, giving the good news of peace through Jesus Christ (who is Lord of all)--

That word you yourselves have knowledge of, which was made public through all Judaea, starting from Galilee, after the baptism of which John was the preacher,

To him all the prophets give witness, that through his name everyone who has faith in him will have forgiveness of sins.

And this was done three times, and they were all taken up again into heaven.

And at that minute, three men, sent from Caesarea, came to the house where we were.

Who will say words to you through which you and all your family may get salvation.

Who, when he came and saw the grace of God, was glad; and he made clear to them the need of keeping near the Lord with all the strength of their hearts:

And when he had come across him, he took him to Antioch. And they were with the church there for a year, teaching the people; and the disciples were first given the name of Christians in Antioch.

And one of them, named Agabus, said publicly through the Spirit that there would be serious need of food all over the earth: which came about in the time of Claudius.

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.

Now he was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon: and they came to him, all together, and having made friends with Blastus, the controller of the king's house, they made a request for peace, because their country was dependent on the king's country for its food.

And Barnabas and Saul came back from Jerusalem, when their work was ended, taking with them John named Mark.

Now there were at Antioch, in the church there, prophets and teachers, Barnabas, and Symeon who was named Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, a relation of Herod the king, and Saul.

Then, after prayer and going without food they put their hands on them, and sent them away.

So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia; and from there they went by ship to Cyprus.

And when they had gone through all the island to Paphos, they came across a certain wonder-worker and false prophet, a Jew whose name was Bar-Jesus;

Then Paul and those who were with him went by ship from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia: and there John went away from them and came back to Jerusalem.

But they, going through from Perga, came to Antioch in Pisidia; and they went into the Synagogue on the Sabbath and were seated.

The God of this people Israel made selection of our fathers, lifting the people up from their low condition when they were living in the land of Egypt, and with a strong arm took them out of it.

And for about forty years he put up with their ways in the waste land.

And having put to destruction seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them the land for their heritage for about four hundred and fifty years.

Then at their request for a king, God gave them Saul, the son of Kish, a man of the family of Benjamin, who was their king for forty years.

And having put him on one side, he made David their king, to whom he gave witness, saying, I have taken David, the son of Jesse, a man dear to my heart, who will do all my pleasure.

For the men of Jerusalem and their rulers, having no knowledge of him, or of the sayings of the prophets which come to their ears every Sabbath day, gave effect to them by judging him.

And so, let it be clear to you, my brothers, that through this man forgiveness of sins is offered to you: