I have given an earlier account, O Theophilus, of all the things which Jesus did, and of his teaching from the first,

Men of Israel, give ear to these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man who had the approval of God, as was made clear to you by the great works and signs and wonders which God did by him among you, as you yourselves have knowledge,

My brothers, I may say to you openly that David came to his death, and was put in the earth, and his resting-place is with us today.

He, having knowledge of the future, was talking of the coming again of Christ from the dead, that he was not kept in hell and his body did not see destruction.

And put to death the Lord of life; whom God gave back from the dead; of which fact we are witnesses.

And now, my brothers, I am conscious that you did this, as did your rulers, without knowledge.

Being greatly troubled because they were teaching the people and preaching Jesus as an example of the coming back from the dead.

If we are questioned today about a good work done to a man who was ill, as to how he has been made well,

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 with great power the Apostles gave witness of the coming back of the Lord Jesus from the dead; and grace was on them all.

And straight away she went down at his feet, and her life went from her: and the young men came in and saw her dead, and they took her out and put her in the earth with her husband.

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

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:

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

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

Will you put me to death as you did the Egyptian yesterday?

But God was turned from them and let them give worship to the stars of heaven, as it says in the book of the prophets, Did you make offerings to me of sheep and oxen for forty years in the waste land, O house of Israel?

Did not my hand make all these things?

You whose hearts are hard and whose ears are shut to me; you are ever working against the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you.

And all the people gave attention to the words which Philip said, when they saw the signs which he did.

And Simon himself had faith and, having had baptism, he went with Philip and, seeing the signs and the great wonders which he did, he was full of surprise.

And we are witnesses of all the things which he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem; whom they put to death, hanging him on a tree.

Not by all the people, but by witnesses marked out before by God, even by us, who took food and drink with him after he came back from the dead.

And he gave us orders to give news of this to the people, and to give public witness that this is he whom God has made judge of the living and the dead.

Which they did, sending it to the rulers of the church by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

Then the angel said, Put on your shoes and get ready to go. And he did so. And he said, Put your coat round you and come with me.

And straight away the angel of the Lord sent a disease on him, because he did not give the glory to God: and his flesh was wasted away by worms, and so he came to his end.

And when they had done all the things said in the Writings about him, they took him down from the tree, and put him in the place of the dead.

But God gave him back from the dead:

And about his coming back from the dead, never again to go to destruction, he has said these words, I will give you the holy and certain mercies of David.

But he, who was lifted up by God, did not see destruction.

But he was not without witness, because he did good, and gave you rain from heaven and times of fruit, making your hearts full of food and joy.

But some Jews came to that place from Antioch and Iconium, and got control over the people; and after stoning Paul, they had him pulled out of the town, taking him for dead.

And God, the searcher of hearts, was a witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit even as he did to us;

And after they had gone through the land of Phrygia and Galatia, the Holy Spirit did not let them take the word into Asia;

And having come to Mysia, they made an attempt to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not let them;

And this she did on a number of days. But Paul was greatly troubled and, turning, said to the spirit, I give you orders in the name of Jesus Christ, to come out of her. And it came out that very hour.

And Paul, as he generally did, went in to them, and on three Sabbath days had discussions with them from the holy Writings,

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.

Because a day has been fixed in which all the world will be judged in righteousness by the man who has been marked out by him for this work; of which he has given a sign to all men by giving him back from the dead.

And because he was of the same trade, he was living with them, and they did their work together; for by trade they were tent-makers.

And he said to them, Did you get the Holy Spirit when you had faith? And they said to him, No, we have had no knowledge of the Holy Spirit.

And he said, What sort of baptism did you have? And they said, The baptism of John.

And God did special works of power by the hands of Paul:

And there were seven sons of a man named Sceva, a Jew and a chief priest, who did this.

And when Paul was about to go in to the people, the disciples did not let him.

And a certain young man named Eutychus, who was seated in the window, went into a deep sleep; and while Paul went on talking, being overcome by sleep, he had a fall from the third floor, and was taken up dead.

And as he might not be moved we did no more, saying, Let the purpose of God be done.

I am a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia by birth, but I had my education in this town at the feet of Gamaliel, being trained in the keeping of every detail of the law of our fathers; given up to the cause of God with all my heart, as you are today.

But when Paul saw that half of them were Sadducees and the rest Pharisees, he said in the Sanhedrin, Brothers, I am a Pharisee, and the son of Pharisees: I am here to be judged on the question of the hope of the coming back from the dead.

For the Sadducees say that there is no coming back from the dead, and no angels or spirits: but the Pharisees have belief in all these.

And they came to the chief priests and the rulers and said, We have taken a great oath to take no food till we have put Paul to deat

Hoping in God for that which they themselves are looking for, that there will be a coming back from the dead for upright men and wrongdoers.

But only this one thing which I said among them in a loud voice, I am this day being judged on the question of the coming back from the dead.

But had certain questions against him in connection with their religion, and about one Jesus, now dead, who, Paul said, was living.

In my opinion I am happy, King Agrippa, to be able to give my answer before you today to all these things which the Jews say against me:

Why, in your opinion, is it outside belief for God to make the dead come to life again?

And this I did in Jerusalem: and numbers of the saints I put in prison, having had authority given to me from the chief priests, and when they were put to death, I gave my decision against them.

So, then, King Agrippa, I did not go against the vision from heaven;

And so, by God's help, I am here today, witnessing to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would come about;

That the Christ would go through pain, and being the first to come back from the dead, would give light to the people and to the Gentiles.

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 they let down the lead, and saw that the sea was a hundred and twenty feet deep; and after a little time they did it again and it was ninety feet.

Then they all took heart and did the same.

But they had the idea that they would see him becoming ill, or suddenly falling down dead; but after waiting a long time, and seeing that no damage came to him, changing their opinion, they said he was a god.

And they went away, for there was a division among them after Paul had said this one thing: Well did the Holy Spirit say by the prophet Isaiah to your fathers,