For it has been written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let there be no one dwelling in it, and let another take his pastorate.

And they gave lots for them, and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

And there appeared unto them divided tongues, as of fire, and it sat upon each one of them;

For these are not drunken, as you suppose; for it is the third hour of the day;

And I will give wonders in the heavens above, and signs on the earth beneath, blood and fire, and vapor of smoke.

For David says in reference to him, I foresaw my Lord always before me, because he is on my right hand, in order that I may not be moved.

For David hath not ascended into the heavens, but he says, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,

For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all who are afar off, so many as the Lord our God may call.

And fear came upon every soul; and many wonders and signs were wrought by the apostles in Jerusalem; and there was a great fear upon all.

And they recognized him, that he was the one sitting for alms at Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with astonishment and delight at that which had happened to him.

and they laid hands on them and put them in prison till the morrow; for it was already evening.

if we are this day judged for the benefaction of the impotent man, by whom he has been saved,

And there is salvation in no other; for there is no other name given under heaven among men by which it behooveth us to he saved.

saying, What can we do to these men? for that a notable miracle has been wrought by them is indeed manifest to all dwelling at Jerusalem, and we are not able to deny it;

for we are not able not to speak those things which we have seen and heard.

for the man on whom this miracle of healing was wrought was more than forty years old.

For in truth they were assembled together in this city, against thy holy Child Jesus, whom thou didst anoint; both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel,

For no one among them was in need; for so many possessions of lands or houses as belonged to them, selling, they were bringing the prices of the things having been sold,

And Ananias hearing these words, having fallen down, breathed out his soul. And great fear came on all hearing;

And Peter responded to her, Tell me if you sold the place for so much? And she said; Yes, for so much.

And great fear came on all the church, and on all those hearing these things.

Then the captain along with the officers, having gone away, led them, not with violence, for they feared the people lest they might be stoned.

But a certain Pharisee, Gamaliel by name, a teacher of the law, honorable to all the people, rising in the sanhedrim command them to put the men out for a short time,

For before these days Theudas arose, saying that he was somebody, to whom a number of men, about four hundred, adhered, who were slain, and all, so many as confided in him, were dispersed, and came to nothing.

And I now say this to you: Stand aloof from these men, and let them alone; for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to naught;

Then they departed from the face of the sanhedrim, rejoicing indeed, because they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of his name.

for we have heard him saying, that this Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this place, and change the customs which Moses delivered unto us.

and God gave him no inheritance in it, not the step of his foot; and he promised to give it to him, and his seed after him, for an inheritance, there being no child to him.

And thus God spoke, that his seed shall sojourn in a strange land, and they will enslave it and oppress it four hundred years.

and God was with him, and delivered him out of all his troubles, and gave him grace and wisdom before Pharaoh the king of Egypt; and he placed him governor over Egypt and all his house.

And the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren, and his race became manifest to Pharaoh.

And he being exposed, the daughter of Pharaoh took him, and adopted him for a son to herself.

And forty years having passed away, an angel appeared to him in the desert of Mount Sinai in the flame of fire of the bramble bush.

And the Lord said to him, Loose the sandal of thy feet: for the place on which thou standest is holy ground.

saying to Aaron, Make us gods who shall go before us: for this Moses, who led us out from the land of Egypt, we know not what happened to him.

who found favor before God, and asked that he should build a tabernacle for the house of Jacob.

But Solomon built a house for him.

Heaven is my throne, and earth the footstool of my feet: What house will you build for me? says the Lord; Or what shall be the place of my rest?

For many of those having unclean spirits, roaring with a loud voice, went out: and many paralyzed and lame were healed;

And they gave heed to him, because for a long time he had deceived them with his magic arts.

who, having come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost.

For he had not yet fallen on any of them: but they were only baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

There is neither part nor lot to thee in this word: for thy heart is not right before God.

for I see thou art in the gall of bitterness and the bond of iniquity.

And Simon responding said, You pray to the Lord for me, in order that none of these things of which you have spoken may come upon me.

And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip; and the eunuch saw him no more: for he went on his way rejoicing.

And the Lord said to him, Arising, go to the street which is called Straight, and seek a Tarsean, by name Saul, in the house of Judas; for, behold, he is praying,

for I will show him how many things it behooves him to suffer for my name's sake.

And all those hearing were astonished, and continued to say, Is not this the one laying waste those calling on this name in Jerusalem? and has come hither for this, that he may lead them bound to the chief priests.

Then indeed the church had peace throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria, being edified and progressing in the fear of the Lord; and was being multiplied by the exhortation of the Holy Ghost.

And he looking upon him, and being afraid, said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Thy prayer and thine alms have come up for a memorial before God.

And now send men to Joppa, and call for a certain Simon, who is called Peter:

and he saw the heaven open, and a certain vessel like a great sheet came down, and resting upon the earth with four rope ends:

And while Peter was at a loss within himself, as to what the vision he saw might be, behold, the men having been sent by Cornelius, making inquiry for the house of Simon, stood at the gate,

And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a man righteous and fearing God, and being of good report by all the nation of the Jews, was warned by a holy angel to send for thee to come into his house, and to hear words with thee.

and he said to them, You know how it is an unlawful thing for a Jewish man to associate with, or come to one of another nation; and God has shown me not to call any man unconsecrated or unclean.

Therefore indeed, being sent for, I came unhesitatingly. Then I make inquiry for what word did you send for me?

Therefore send to Joppa, and call for Simon, who is called Peter. He is lodging in the house of Simon the tanner by the sea.

Then I immediately sent for thee; and thou hast done well being present. Now therefore we are all present before God, to hear all things which have been commanded thee of the Lord.

for they were hearing them speaking with tongues, and magnifying God.

I was praying in the city Joppa: and I saw a vision in an ecstasy, A certain vessel, like a great sheet, descending from the heaven, sitting down by four rope ends; and came even unto me:

And he proclaimed to us how he saw an angel standing in his house, and saying, Send to Joppa, and call for Simon, who is called Peter;

whom having seized, he also put in prison, having committed him to four quaternions of soldiers to guard him; wishing to bring him out to the people after the passover.

And they ministering to the Lord, and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Now separate unto me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.

but Elymas the magician (for thus his name is interpreted) opposed them, seeking to turn away the proconsul from the faith.

And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a time. And immediately there fell on him a mist and darkness; and going about he was seeking people to lead him by the hand.

and having destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them the inheritance of the land about four hundred and fifty years.

And then they asked for a king: and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, forty years;

and having deposed him, he raised up to them David for a king; to whom witnessing he also said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man according to my own heart, who will do all my wishes.

For those dwelling in Jerusalem, and the rulers, having rejected him, condemning him, have

For David, indeed having served his own generation according to the will of God, went to sleep, and did see corruption:

For thus the Lord has commanded us, I have placed thee for a light of the Gentiles, that thou shalt be for salvation unto the extremity of the earth.

And electing elders for them in every church, praying with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.

and thence they sailed away into Antioch, whence they had been committed to the grace of God for the work which they fulfilled.

For Moses from ancient generations, has those preaching him in every city, being read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.

men who have imperiled their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no more burden than these necessary things,

to abstain from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which keeping yourselves, you will do well. Fare ye well.

Paul wished him to go out with him; and having taken him circumcised him on account of the Jews who were in those places: for they all knew his father that he was a Greek.

and they proclaimed customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, or to do, being Romans.

But Paul shouted with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are here.

And having asked for a light, he sprang in, and being alarmed, he fell down before Paul and Silas,

But Paul said to them, Having beaten us publicly uncondemned, being Roman men, they cast us into prison, and now do they cast us out privately? for no; but having come themselves let them lead us out.

and having come they called for them, and leading them out, requested them to go away from their city.

And according to custom to Paul, he came in unto them, and for three Sabbaths he expounded unto them from the scriptures,

But Paul waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, seeing the city devoted to idolatry.

For you bring certain strange things to our hearing: therefore we desire to know what these things wish to be.

For going through, and seeing your devotions, I also found an altar on which it was superscribed, To THE UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore I now preach unto you Him whom you are ignorantly worshiping.

that they should seek God, if perhaps indeed they might feel after him, and find him, though not being far from each one of you.

For in him we live and move and have our being, as indeed certain ones of your own poets have said, For we are truly his offspring.

and because they were of the same craft, abode with them, and they labored: for they were tentmakers by trade.

And the Lord spoke to Paul in the night through a vision, Fear not, but speak, and be not silent:

And Paul, still remaining some days, having bidden adieu to the brethren, sailed away to Syria, and along with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea; for he had a vow.

For he vehemently argued down the Jews, publicly, showing through the scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.

And this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified;

For a certain Demetrius by name, a silversmith, making silver shrines of Diana, was bringing no small gain to the mechanics,

And not only is this interest in danger to us to come into disrepute; but even the temple of the great goddess Diana to be considered for nought, and they are about even to despise the majesty of her, whom all Asia and the world worships.

Then indeed they continued to cry out some one thing, and some another: for the church was confused; and the most of them did not know on account of what they had come together.

And the city clerk having dismissed the multitudes, said, Ephesian men, for what one of men is there that does not know that the city of the Ephesians is a worshiper of the great goddess Diana, and of the statue having fallen down from Jupiter?

For you have led in these men, who are neither robbers of temples, nor are they blaspheming your goddess.