Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus the Nazarene, clearly pointed out to you as a man from God, by mighty deeds and wonders and signs, which God did by him in your midst, as you yourselves also know,

him, delivered up by the fixed purpose and foreknowledge of God, you took, and with wicked hands did crucify and slay:

foreseeing this, he spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that his soul was not left in hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.

And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying: Save yourselves from this wicked generation.

and you slew the Author of life, whom God has raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses.

And now, brethren, I know that through ignorance you did this, as did also your rulers.

being vexed because they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

if we are this day examined with respect unto the good deed done to the infirm man, by what means he has been saved,

be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by him does this man stand before you in health.

Why did the heathen rage, and the people devise vain things?

For, in truth, against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, did meet together,

And with great power did the apostles bear testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was on them all.

And Peter answered her: Tell me, did you sell the land for so much? She replied: Yes; for so much.

And she immediately fell down at his feet, and expired. And the young men came in and found her dead; and they carried her out, and buried her by the side of her husband.

saying: Did we not strictly charge you not to teach in this name? And behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man's blood upon us.

And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and signs among the people.

But God turned and delivered them up to serve the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: Your victims and your sacrifices did you offer to me for forty years in the wilderness, house of Israel?

You stiff-necked, and uncircumcised in heart and in ears, you do always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so also do you.

Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? They slew also those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you have now become the betrayers and murderers;

And the multitudes with one mind gave heed to the things which were spoken by Philip, when they heard, and saw the signs which he did.

And having come to Jerusalem, he attempted to associate with the disciples: and they were all afraid of him, for they did not believe that he was a disciple.

Now there was in Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which name, when translated, is Dorcas. She was full of good works and deeds of charity which she did.

a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, who did many acts of charity to the people, and prayed to God always.

And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and did him homage.

And we are witnesses of all that he did, both in the country of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew by hanging him on a tree.

not to all the people, but to witnesses who were be fore appointed by God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him, after he rose from the dead.

And he commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that this is he who has been appointed by God as the judge of the living and the dead.

which also they did; and they sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

And the angel said to him: Gird your self, and bind on your sandals; and he did so. And he said to him: Throw your mantle around you, and follow me.

And recognizing Peter's voice, she did not open the entrance for joy, but ran in and told that Peter was standing before the entrance.

And immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, because he did not give God the glory. And having been eaten by worms, he expired.

For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, be cause they did not know him, nor the words of the prophets, which are read every sabbath-day, have fulfilled them in condemning him.

But God raised him. from the dead.

But that he raised him from the dead, no more to return to corruption, he has spoken thus: I will give you the sure mercies of David.

But he whom God raised up did not see corruption.

and yet he did not leave himself without testimony, doing good, and giving you rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.

Then came thither, from Antioch and Iconium, Jews, who persuaded the multitudes; and having stoned Paul, they dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.

Simeon has declared how God, at the first, did visit the Gentiles, in order to take out from among them a people for his name.

But Paul did not think it proper to take with them him who had departed from them from Pamphylia, and did not go with them to the work.

and had come to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia; and the Spirit did not permit them.

explaining and affirming that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead; and that this Jesus whom I preach to you is the Christ.

because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world, in righteousness, by the man whom he has chosen, giving to all assurance of this, by having raised him from the dead.

And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; others said: We will hear you again concerning this matter.

And though they besought him to remain with them a longer time, he did not consent,

But as some were hardened, and did not believe, and spoke evil of that way before the multitude, he withdrew from them, and separated the disciples, and discoursed daily in the school of one Tyrannus.

Mighty deeds, also, that were unusual, did God perform by the hands of Paul;

And there were seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did this.

So mightily did the word of the Lord grow and prevail.

And when Paul wished to go in among the people, the disciples did not permit him.

And a certain young man, named Eutychus, was sitting in the window, overpowered with deep sleep: and, as Paul was discoursing a long time, being oppressed with sleep, he fell from the third story, and was taken up dead.

They who were with me saw the light, and were afraid, but did not understand the voice of him who spoke to me.

And the officer answered: With a great Bum did I purchase this citizenship. And Paul replied: But I was born a citizen.

And Paul replied: I did not know, brethren, that he was the chief priest: for it is written, You shall not speak evil of the ruler of your people.

But when Paul perceived that one part belonged to the Sadducees, and the other to the Pharisees, he cried out, in the Sanhedrin: Brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee; for the hope of the resurrection of the dead am I judged.

having hope in God, which they themselves also admit, that I there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and of the unjust.

except in this one expression, which I uttered while standing among them: With respect to the resurrection I of the dead, I am judged by you this day.

"What? Is it thought a thing incredible among you, that God raises the dead?

And this I did in Jerusalem; and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests: and when they were put to death, I gave my vote against them.

Having, therefore, obtained help from God, I have stood till this day, testifying both to small and to great, saying nothing else than the things which the prophets and Moses did say should come to pass:

that Christ should suffer, and that he first, by his resurrection from the dead, should show light to the people, and to the Gentiles.

And when it was day, they did not recognize the land; but they perceived an inlet, that had an accessible shore, into which they desired, if they could, to thrust the ship.

But they were expecting that he would become inflamed and swollen, or would suddenly fall down dead; yet, after expecting it for a long time, and seeing no harm befall him, they changed their mind, and said he was a god.

And not agreeing among themselves, they departed, after Paul had spoken one word: Well did the Holy Spirit speak to our fathers by Isaiah the prophet,