In my former treatise, I gave an account, O Theophilus, of all the actions and doctrine of Jesus, to the time of his assumption,

up until the day He returned to heaven. [Just before that time] He had given [certain] instructions to His [specially] selected apostles through [the direction of] the Holy Spirit.

Now, following His death on the cross [and resurrection], Jesus appeared alive [to His apostles] for forty days, and demonstrated by many convincing proofs [that He had been raised bodily from the dead]. [During that time] He also spoke to them about the [coming] kingdom of God.

For the baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit, after a little time.

So when they had come together, they asked Him, “Lord, are You restoring the kingdom to Israel at this time?”

And he said to them, It is not for you to have knowledge of the time and the order of events which the Father has kept in his control.

At that time the disciples being assembled, to the number of about an hundred and twenty, Peter rose up in the midst of them,

(Now this man [Judas] paid for [in a sense] a [burial] field with the reward money he had received for his sinful act [of betraying Jesus, See Matt. 27:3-10]. [Then, some time after Judas hanged himself, See Matt. 27:5] he fell down headlong, [his swollen body] bursting so that his intestines gushed out.

“Therefore, from among the men who have accompanied us during the whole time the Lord Jesus went in and out among us—

from the time of His baptism by John down to the day when He was taken up from us, must be added to our number as a witness to His resurrection."

For these men [i.e., the twelve apostles] are not drunk as you suppose, since it is only nine o'clock in the morning. [Note: The use of Jewish time calculations are employed in this verse].

and even upon My bondservants, both men and women, at that time, I will pour out My Spirit, and they shall prophesy.

[In that day] the sun will become dark and the moon will [appear] as blood. [This will all happen] before the great and wonderful day when the Lord comes. [Note: Some view these last two verses as a reference to events occurring at the end of time. See Matt. 24:29-30].

And the time will come when every person who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved' [i.e., whoever appeals to God through obedient faith in Christ].

They would sell their lands and other property, and distribute the proceeds among all, just as any one from time had need.

And Peter and John were going up at the same time to the temple, at the hour of the prayer, the ninth hour,

Repent ye, therefore, and turn: that your sins may be done away when the time of refreshing cometh, which we shall have of the presence of the Lord,

but must reside in heaven, till the time of the restitution of all things, of which God has spoken from the beginning by the mouth of his holy prophets.

For the time will come, that every soul which shall not hear that same prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.'

Yes, and all the Prophets, from Samuel onwards--all who have spoken--have also announced the coming of this present time.

when they heard that, they entred into the temple early in the morning, and taught. in the mean time, the high priest, and those of his party, being arrived at the council-chamber, summon'd all the Jewish senate to meet, and sent to the prison to bring the apostles before them.

when a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of law, who was respected by all the people, rose up in the council, and moved the apostles might withdraw for some time.

for some time ago one Theudas started up, pretending to be something extraordinary, who was join'd indeed by about four hundred men: but he was no sooner put to death, than his followers all dispers'd, and were reduc'd to nothing.

after this man, Judas of Galilee appear'd, at the time of the registry, and seduc'd many people: he also perished, and all his followers were dispersed.

but if it is from God, you cannot destroy them; lest you be found at some time to be fighting against God.

At that time, as the number of the disciples was multiplied, the Hellenists murmured against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the distribution that was made daily.

Then we will give all our time to prayer and the teaching of the word.

So he left the country of the Chaldeans and for a time made his home in Haran. Then after the death of his father, God had him move to this country in which you now live.

And God gave him no heritage in it, not even enough to put his foot on: but he gave him an undertaking that he would give it to him and to his children after him, though he had no child at that time.

"[And when] these patriarchs, [still living in Canaan as young men], became jealous of [their brother] Joseph, they sold him [as a slave to traveling merchants who took him] to Egypt. But God was with him [during all that time],

in the mean time a famine spread over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, so that our fathers did not know where to get provisions.

When Jacob heard there was grain in Egypt, he sent our ancestors the first time.

The second time, Joseph was revealed to his brothers, and Joseph’s family became known to Pharaoh.

“As the time was drawing near to fulfill the promise that God had made to Abraham, the people flourished and multiplied in Egypt

until [the time when] there arose another king over egypt who did not know joseph [nor his history and the merit of his service to Egypt].

At this time Moses was born, and he was beautiful in God’s sight. He was cared for in his father’s home three months,

But when a forty year time span was fulfilled by him, it came into his heart to go help his brothers, the sons of Israel.

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

At that time they made a calf and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and were rejoicing in the works of their hands.

which our fathers and Joshua having receiv'd, they carry'd it into the territory of those nations whom God drove out upon their arrival: where it staid to the time of David, who was favoured by God,

And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.

The crowds gathered and were paying close attention to everything Philip said, as they heard [the message] and saw the [miraculous] signs which he was doing [validating his message].

But there was a certain man, named Simon, who had, be fore this time, been practicing magic in the city, and astonishing the people of Samaria, saying that he was some great one;

They were attentive to him because he had astounded them with his sorceries for a long time.

For up to that time he had not come on any of them; only baptism had been given to them in the name of the Lord Jesus.

in his humiliation he was judged, he was taken off: and who shall describe the men of his time? for the land has taken away his life."

to ask for letters [authorizing him to go] to Damascus and to enter [Jewish] synagogues looking for people of "the Way" [Note: This was a designation for Christians at that time]. And if he found any, whether men or women, he would tie them up and take them to Jerusalem.

and when he had taken some food, he was refresh'd. after which Saul staid some time with the disciples at Damascus.

He lost no time in preaching throughout the synagogues that Jesus was the Son of God ??21 to the amazement of all his hearers, who said, "Is this not the man who in Jerusalem harried those who invoke this Name, the man who came here for the express purpose of carrying them all in chains to the high priests?"

After some time had passed, the Jews made a plot to kill him,

she happen'd to fall sick at that time, and died: after they had bath'd her body, they laid her out in an upper chamber.

so that Peter staid there a considerable time with one Simon a tanner.

About three o'clock one afternoon [Note: This is based on Jewish time calculations; if Roman time were employed, it would have been

AM if calculating by Roman time], to the top of the house to pray [Note: The roofs of houses were flat areas, often used for resting, meals, prayer, etc.].

And Peter said, 'Not so, Lord; because at no time did I eat anything common or unclean;'

And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.

and this took place the third time; and immediately the vessel was received up into the heaven.

Upon this Peter invited them in and entertained them. The next day he lost no time in setting out with them, accompanied by some of the Brethren from Jaffa;

Cornelius answered, "Three days ago, just at this time of day, I was praying in my house about three o'clock, when a man in dazzling clothing stood before me,

so he directed they should be baptized in the name of the Lord. after which they desired him to stay some time with them.

In the mean time, the apostles, and the brethren, who were in Judea, heard that the Gentiles had likewise receiv'd the word of God.

But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.

But a voice answered from heaven a second time, ‘What God has made clean, you must not call common.’

This was done the third time, and all was drawn up again into heaven.

"Then, just about that time, three men sent from Caesarea to get me, walked up to the house where we were [staying].

In the mean time they who were dispers'd upon the persecution that arose after Stephen's time, had travell'd as far as Phenicia, Cyprus and Antioch, without preaching the gospel to any, but Jews only.

and having found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it came to pass, that during a whole year they were jointly employed in that church, and taught a vast multitude, and they called for the first time in Antioch the disciples Christians.

About that time some prophets came from Jerusalem to Antioch:

Then one of them, named Agabus, stood up and predicted by the Spirit that there would be a severe famine throughout the Roman world. This took place during the time of Claudius.

Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church.

and when he saw that this was agreeable to the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter too -- it was at the time of the feast of Unleavened Bread.

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.

Therefore, at a set time Herod put on his royal robes, sat down on the royal seat, and made a speech to them.

but at the instant an angel of the Lord smote him, because he did not glorify God: so that he became a prey to worms and died. In the mean time, the

Now, look! The Lord’s hand is against you. You are going to be blind, and will not see the sun for a time.” Suddenly a mist and darkness fell on him, and he went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand.

After the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the President of the Synagogue sent them this message--"Brothers, if you have any helpful words to address to the people, now is the time to speak."

And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness.

after these transactions, which lasted about four hundred and fifty years, he gave them judges to the time of the prophet Samuel:

And, from that time, they asked for themselves a king, and God gave them Saul, son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, during forty years;

for David, after he had serv'd in his time the designs of providence, died and was buryed with his fathers, and was subject to corruption.

Behold, you despisers, be astonished and perish, because I am carrying on a work in your time--a work which you will utterly refuse to believe, though it be fully declared to you.'"

And it came to pass in Iconium at this time, they came together into the synagogue of the Jews, and spoke in such a manner, that a great multitude both of the Jews and Greeks believed.

So they stayed there for some time and spoke boldly in reliance on the Lord, who testified to the message of His grace by granting that signs and wonders be performed through them.

[Along the way] they strengthened the hearts of the disciples, urging them to continue [to believe and practice] the faith and [explaining] that entering God's [heavenly] kingdom [See II Tim. 4:18] requires enduring many trials.

And they spent a considerable time with the disciples.

and after the question had been much canvass'd, Peter rose up, and said, my brethren, you know that a considerable time since God chose me from among you to preach the gospel to the Gentiles, and bring them to the faith.

For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.

After spending some time there, they were sent back in peace by the brothers to those who had sent them. But Paul and Barnabas, along with many others, remained in Antioch teaching and proclaiming the message of the Lord.

After some time had passed, Paul said to Barnabas, “Let’s go back and visit the brothers in every town where we have preached the message of the Lord and see how they’re doing.” Barnabas wanted to take along John Mark. But Paul did not think it appropriate to take along this man who had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not gone on with them to the work. There was such a sharp disagreement that they parted company, and Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed off to Cyprus. Then Paul chose Silas and departed, after being commended to the grace of the Lord by the brothers. He traveled through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.

After some time had passed, Paul said to Barnabas, “Let’s go back and visit the brothers in every town where we have preached the message of the Lord and see how they’re doing.”

and from there to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, a colony. And we continued spending time in that city some days.

At a later time, when we were going to that [same] place of prayer, we met a certain young woman who was dominated by an [evil] spirit, [claiming to be] able to tell people's fortunes. This [claimed] power was the source of considerable income for the girl's slave-owner.

This she persisted in for a considerable time, until Paul, wearied out, turned round and said to the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her." And it came out immediately.

at the same time of night he washed their stripes, and immediately he was baptized, he, and all that belong'd to him.

But immediately at that time the brethren sent away Paul to travel even to the sea: and Silas and Timothy remained there.

Now all the Athenians and the foreigners residing there spent their time on nothing else but telling or hearing something new.

and hath made of one blood all nations of men, for to dwell on all the face of the earth; and hath assigned before: how long time, and also the ends of their inhabitation.

And the time of this ignorance God regarded not: but now he biddeth all men everywhere to repent,

For He has appointed a [certain] day when He will judge the people of the world according to [a standard of] true justice by the man [i.e., Jesus] whom He has appointed [as Judge, See II Tim. 4:8]. [And] He has given assurance to all people [that He will do this] by raising Jesus from the dead."

Now on hearing about the coming back from death, some of them made sport of it, but others said, Let us go more fully into this another time.

By the time Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul was wholly absorbed in preaching the message and was enthusiastically assuring the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.