Men of Israel, listen to what I am saying. Jesus of Nazareth, a man whose mission from God to you was proved by miracles, wonders, and signs, which God showed among you through him, as you know full well--

Thou have shown me the path to life, you wilt fill me with gladness in your presence.'

As Ananias heard these words, he fell down and expired; and every one who heard of it was appalled.

Instantly Sapphira fell down at Peter's feet and expired. On coming in, the young men found her dead; so they carried her out and buried her by her husband's side.

But of the rest no one ventured to join them. On the other hand, the people were full of their praise,

The consequence was that people would bring out their sick even into the streets, and lay them on mattresses and mats, in the hope that, as Peter came by, at least his shadow might fall on some one of them.

Besides this, the inhabitants of the towns round Jerusalem flocked into the city, bringing with them their sick and those who were troubled by foul spirits; and they were cured every one.

After him, Judas the Galilean appeared at the time of the census, and induced people to follow him; Yet he, too, perished and all his followers were dispersed.

This proposal was unanimously agreed to; and the disciples chose Stephen--a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit--and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicholas of Antioch, a former convert to Judaism;

But the man who was ill-treating his fellow workman pushed Moses aside saying--'Who made you a ruler and judge over us?

Falling on his knees, he called out loudly: "Lord! do not charge them with this sin;" and with these words he fell asleep.

For there were many instances of people with foul spirits, where the spirits, with loud screams, came out of them;

He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him-- "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?"

Instantly it seemed as if a film fell from Saul's eyes, and his sight was restored. Then he got up and was baptized,

He became hungry and wanted something to eat; but while it was being prepared, he fell into a trance,

Before Peter had finished saying these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all who were listening to the Message.

I had but just begun to speak," continued Peter, "when the Holy Spirit fell on them, exactly as on us at the first;

For Barnabas was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith--and a large number of people took their stand on the Lord's side.

The chains dropped from his wrists, and then the angel said: "Put on your girdle and sandals." When Peter had done so, the angel added: "Throw your cloak round you and follow me."

However, Saul (who is the same as Paul), full of the Holy Spirit, fixed his eyes on him and said:

The hand of the Lord is upon you even now, and you will be blind for a time and unable to see the sun." Immediately a mist and darkness fell upon him, and he went feeling about for some one to guide him.

David, after obediently doing God's will in his own time, 'fell asleep and was laid by the side of his ancestors, and did undergo corruption;

'Look, you despisers, and wonder, and perish; for I am doing a deed in your days--a deed which, though told you in full, you will never believe'."

And went to Iconium, leaving the disciples full of joy and of the Holy Spirit.

Suddenly there was an earthquake of such violence that the Jail was shaken to its foundations; all the doors flew open, and all the prisoners' chains were loosened.

While Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his heart was stirred at seeing the whole city full of idols.

He made all races of the earth's surface--fixing a time for their rise and fall, and the limits of their settlements--

That they might search for God, if by any means they might feel their way to him and find him. And yet he is not really far from any one of us;

Many, too, of those who had become believers in Christ came with a full confession of their practices;

So that not only is this business of ours likely to fall into discredit, but there is the further danger that the Temple of the great Goddess Artemis will be thought nothing of, and that she herself will be deprived of her splendor--though all Roman Asia and the whole world worship her."

When the Recorder had succeeded in quieting the crowd, he said: "Men of Ephesus, who is there, I ask you, who needs to be told that this city of Ephesus is the Warden of the Temple of the great Artemis, and of the statue which fell down from Zeus?

And a young man named Eutychus, sitting at the window, was gradually overcome with great drowsiness, as Paul continued his address. At last, quite overpowered by his drowsiness, he fell from the third story to the ground, and was picked up for dead.

Serving the Lord, as I did, in all humility, amid the tears and trials which fell to my lot through the plots of the Jews.

And to that the High Priest himself and all the Council can testify. For I had letters of introduction from them to our fellow Jews at Damascus, and I was on my way to that place, to bring those whom I might find there prisoners to Jerusalem for punishment.

I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'

After my return to Jerusalem, while I was praying one day in the Temple, I fell into a trance,

Up to this point the people had been listening to Paul, but at these words they called out: "Kill him! A fellow like this ought not to have been allowed to live!"

So the next day, when Agrippa and Bernice had come in full state and had entered the Audience Chamber, with the superior officers and the principal people of the city, by the order of Festus Paul was brought before them.

It was while I was traveling to Damascus on an errand of this kind, entrusted with full powers by the Chief Priests,

We all fell to the ground, and then I heard a voice saying to me in Hebrew-- 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? By kicking against the goad you are punishing yourself.'

After that, King Agrippa, I did not fail to obey the heavenly vision;

'Have no fear, Paul; you must appear before the Emperor, and God himself has given you the lives of all your fellow-voyagers.'

And that the rest should follow, some on planks, and others on different pieces of the ship. In these various ways every one managed to get safely ashore.

The natives were expecting inflammation to set in, or that he would suddenly fall dead; but, after waiting for a long time, and seeing that there was nothing amiss with him, they changed their minds and said that he was a God.

"We," was their reply, "have not had any letter about you from Judea, nor have any of our fellow-Jews come and reported or said anything bad about you.