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

My brothers, the word of God had to be put into effect, which the Holy Spirit had said before, by the mouth of David, about Judas, who was guide to those who took Jesus,

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.)

Men of Parthia, Media, and Elam, and those living in Mesopotamia, in Judaea and Cappadocia, in Pontus and Asia,

In Phrygia and Pamphylia, in Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and those who have come from Rome, Jews by birth and others who have become Jews,

Till I put all those who are against you under your feet.

For the word of God is for you and for your children and for all those who are far off, even all those who may be marked out by the Lord our God.

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

And all those who were of the faith kept together, and had all things in common;

Giving praise to God, and having the approval of all the people; and every day the number of those who had salvation was increased by the Lord.

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 all the prophets from Samuel and those who came after, every one of them, gave word of these days.

But a number of those who gave hearing to the word had faith; and they were now about five thousand.

And on the day after, the rulers and those in authority and the scribes came together in Jerusalem;

And all those who were of the faith were one in heart and soul: and not one of them said that any of the things which he had was his property only; but they had all things in common.

And numbers of people came together from the towns round about Jerusalem, with those who were ill and those who were troubled with unclean spirits: and they were all made well.

But the high priest and those who were with him (the Sadducees) were full of envy,

And hearing this, they went into the Temple at dawn, and were teaching. But the high priest and those who were with him got together the Sanhedrin and the representatives of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to get them.

And we are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who keep his laws.

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.

But some of those who were of the Synagogue named that of the Libertines, and some of the men of Cyrene and of Alexandria and those from Cilicia and Asia, had arguments with Stephen.

And all those who were in the Sanhedrin, looking at him, saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

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 of the prophets was not cruelly attacked by your fathers? and they put to death those who gave them the news of the coming of the Upright One; whom you have now given up and put to death;

But those who had gone in flight went everywhere preaching the word.

For unclean spirits came out from those who had them, crying with a loud voice; and a number of those who were ill and broken in body were made well.

And all those hearing him were full of wonder and said, Is not this the man who in Jerusalem was attacking all the worshippers of this name? and he had come here so that he might take them as prisoners before the chief priests.

And all those living in Lydda and Sharon saw him, and were turned to the Lord.

And it came about, in those days, that she got ill and came to her death: and when she had been washed, they put her in a room which was high up.

And when the angel who said these words to him had gone away, he sent for two of his house-servants, and a God-fearing man of the army, one of those who were waiting on him at all times;

While Peter was saying these words, the Holy Spirit came on all those who were hearing the word.

And when Peter came to Jerusalem, those who kept the rule of circumcision had an argument with him,

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.

Now in those days prophets came from Jerusalem to Antioch.

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.

My brothers, children of the family of Abraham, and those among you who have the fear of God, to us the word of this salvation is sent.

And for a number of days he was seen by those who came with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses before the people.

And through him everyone who has faith is made free from all those things, from which the law of Moses was not able to make you free.

And the Gentiles, hearing this, were glad and gave glory to the word of God: and those marked out by God for eternal life had faith.

But the Jews, working up the feelings of the God-fearing women of high position and of the chief men of the town, got an attack started against Paul and Barnabas, driving them out of those parts.

But those Jews who had not the faith, made the minds of the Gentiles bitter against the brothers.

For this reason my decision is, that we do not put trouble in the way of those who from among the Gentiles are turned to God;

And when they had been there for some time, they were sent back in peace by the brothers to those who had sent them.

Paul had a desire for him to go with him, and he gave him circumcision because of the Jews who were in those parts: for they all had knowledge that his father was a Greek.

But those who went with Paul took him as far as Athens, and then went away, with orders from him to Silas and Timothy to come to him quickly.

So he had discussions in the Synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and every day in the market-place with those who were there.

And some of those who were supporters of the theories of the Epicureans and the Stoics, had a meeting with him. And some said, What is this talker of foolish words saying? And others, He seems to be a preacher of strange gods: because he was preaching of Jesus and his coming back from the dead.

Those times when men had no knowledge were overlooked by God; but now he gives orders to all men in every place to undergo a change of heart:

And when he had a desire to go over into Achaia, the brothers gave him help, and sent letters to the disciples requesting them to take him in among them: and when he had come, he gave much help to those who had faith through grace:

And this went on for two years, so that all those who were living in Asia had knowledge of the word of the Lord, Greeks as well as Jews.

But some of the Jews who went from place to place driving out evil spirits, took it on themselves to make use of the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, I give you orders, by Jesus, whom Paul is preaching.

And this came to the ears of all those, Jews and Greeks, who were living at Ephesus; and fear came on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was made great.

And a number of those who had faith came and made a public statement of their sins and all their acts.

And a great number of those who were experts in strange arts took their books and put them on the fire in front of everyone: and when the books were valued they came to fifty thousand bits of silver.

And you see, for it has come to your ears, that not only at Ephesus, but almost all through Asia, this Paul has been teaching numbers of people and turning them away, saying that those are not gods who are made by men's hands:

And when he had gone through those parts and given them much teaching, he came into Greece.

You yourselves have seen that with these hands I got what was necessary for me and those who were with me.

And hearing these things, we and those who were living in that place made request to him not to go to Jerusalem.

Of which the high priest will be a witness, and all the rulers, from whom I had letters to the brothers; and I went into Damascus, to take those who were there as prisoners to Jerusalem for punishment.

And those who were with me saw the light, but the voice of him who was talking to me came not to their ears.

And because I was unable to see because of the glory of that light, those who were with me took me by the hand, and so I came to Damascus.

And I said, Lord, they themselves have knowledge that I went through the Synagogues putting in prison and whipping all those who had faith in you:

And when Stephen your witness was put to death, I was there, giving approval, and looking after the clothing of those who put him to death.

Then those who were about to put him to the test went away: and the chief captain was in fear, seeing that he was a Roman, and that he had put chains on him.

And the high priest, Ananias, gave orders to those who were near him to give him a blow on the mouth.

And those who were near said, Do you say such words against God's high priest

And when news was given to me that a secret design was being made against the man, I sent him straight away to you, giving orders to those who are against him to make their statements before you.

I will give hearing to your cause, he said, when those who are against you have come. And he gave orders for him to be kept in Herod's Praetorium.

So, he said, let those who have authority among you go with me, and if there is any wrong in the man, let them make a statement against him.

To whom I gave answer that it is not the Roman way to give a man up, till he has been face to face with those who are attacking him, and has had a chance to give an answer to the statements made against him.

And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all those who are present here with us, you see this man, about whom all the Jews have made protests to me, at Jerusalem and in this place, saying that it is not right for him to be living any longer.

In the middle of the day, on the road I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining round me and those who were journeying with me.

But get up on your feet: for I have come to you for this purpose, to make you a servant and a witness of the things in which you have seen me, and of those in which you will see me;

To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me.

But I went about, first to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, and through all the country of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, preaching a change of heart, so that they, being turned to God, might give, in their works, the fruits of a changed heart.

And Paul said, It is my prayer to God that, in little or great measure, not only you, but all those hearing me today might be even as I am, but for these chains.

And the king and the ruler and Bernice and those who were seated with them got up;

Saying, Have no fear, Paul, for you will come before Caesar, and God has given to you all those who are sailing with you.

But the captain, desiring to keep Paul safe, kept them from their purpose, and gave orders that those who had knowledge of swimming were to go off the ship and get first to land:

And for the space of two years, Paul was living in the house of which he had the use, and had talk with all those who went in to see him,