ye men of Israel attend to what I say; Jesus of Nazareth was a man whom God distinguished among you, by miracles, by prodigies, and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as you your selves also know:

therefore did my heart rejoice, my tongue was glad: and my body shall rest in hope.

he spoke of the resurrection of Christ, when he said, "that his soul was not lest in the grave, neither did his body undergo corruption."'

and with many other discourses did he conjure and exhort them, to save themselves from that depraved generation.

and continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they did eat their meals with gladness, and simplicity of heart,

but killed the prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.

being displeas'd that they taught the people, and maintain'd the resurrection from the dead in the person of Jesus.

and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you entirely recover'd.

who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, "why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?

at these words Ananias fell down dead upon the spot: which struck the minds of all that heard of it with great dread.

in the instant she fell down dead at his feet: and the young men came in, found her dead, carried her out, and buried her by her husband.

did not venture to approach near them. the number of those who believed in the Lord, both men and women, increas'd more and more.

saying, did not we strictly command you, not to teach in this name? and yet you have spread your doctrine through Jerusalem, and you endeavour to make us responsible for this man's blood.

Now Stephen full of grace and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.

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.

for he supposed his brethren would have perceiv'd by this, that God design'd to make him the instrument of their deliverance; but they did not perceive it.

but he that did his neighbour the injury repelled Moses, saying, who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?

this Moses whom they refused, saying, who made thee a ruler and a judge? the very same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hands of the angel that appeared to him in the bush.

stubborn people, whose hearts and ears like the uncircumcised, are always averse to the holy spirit: as your fathers did, so do ye.

was there ever any prophet whom your fathers did not persecute? have they not slain those who predicted the coming of that just person whom you have so lately betrayed and murder'd?

where he was three days without sight, and did neither eat nor drink.

not to all the people, but to those witnesses, which God had before chosen: to us, I say, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.

and he commanded us to publish, and to testify to the people, that he was the person whom God had constituted to be the judge of the living, and of the dead.

and ask'd him, why did you go to eat with the uncircumcised?

but I said, Lord, by no means: for I never did eat any thing impure, and defiled.

and while I was speaking to them, the holy spirit descended upon them, as it did on us, at the beginning.

put on your girdle, continu'd the angel, and bind on your sandals: which he did. throw your cloak over you, said the angel, and follow me.

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

but God raised him from the dead:

and to show that he rais'd him from the dead, never more to return to corruption, he said thus, "I will faithfully perform the promises, which I made to David."

however the apostles stay'd there a considerable time, being inspir'd with great resolution by the Lord, who gave his attestation to the evangelical doctrine, by the prodigys and miracles, which he did by their hands.

Now some Jews being arriv'd from Antioch and Iconium, work'd so upon the people, that they stoned Paul, and dragg'd him out of the city, supposing he had been dead.

God who knows their hearts has granted them a testimonial, by giving them the holy spirit, even as he did to us:

but Paul did not think it proper to take one that had quitted them at Pamphylia, refusing to accompany them in their ministry.

this she did for several days, till Paul tir'd with it turn'd about, and said to the spirit, in the name of Jesus Christ I command you to quit her; and instantly he came out.

explaining them, and setting it to view, that the Messiah was to suffer and rise again from the dead: and that Jesus, whom he denounc'd to them, was that very Messiah.

because he has fix'd the day, when he will judge in equity, by that man, whom he has appointed thereto: of which he has given full proof to all the world, by having raised him from the dead."

When they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some made it a matter of ridicule: others said, we will hear you again upon this subject;

did you receive the holy spirit, when you made profession of your faith? they answer'd, we have not so much as heard of a holy spirit.

what baptism then, said he, did you receive? they replied, the baptism of John.

and as Paul continued his discourse a great while, a young man, named Eutychus, who was sitting in the window, was seiz'd with a deep sleep, which quite o'er-came him; so that he fell down from the third story, and was taken up dead.

the company actually saw the light, but did not hear the voice of him that spoke to me.

Paul replied, I did not consider, brethren, that he was the high priest. it is indeed written, "thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people."

But as Paul knew that one part of the Sanhedrim were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out, my brethren, "I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee, and I am now prosecuted for believing the resurrection of the dead."

unless it be, that I did indeed break out into this expression, it "is for the resurrection of the dead, that I am now call'd into question."

this he frequently did, and convers'd with him upon the presumption that Paul would have

when his accusers appear'd, they did not charge him with any such crimes as I imagined they would.

they objected certain articles that related only to their superstition, and to one Jesus that was dead, but Paul asserted he was alive.

you may think it something incredible that God should raise the dead:

I myself too once thought myself oblig'd strenuously to oppose the professors of Jesus the Nazarene, as I actually did at Jerusalem,

that he should be the first that was to rise from the dead: and that he should enlighten both the Jews and the Gentiles."

however, the centurion minded the pilot and the ship's owner more than he did Paul's prediction.

The chief of the island, one Publius, had his estate in that quarter: he entertain'd us with diet and lodging for three days with great civility.

some believed what he had said, but others did not believe: