after he had given the apostles he had chosen, the orders they were to execute by the holy spirit.

And when they were all together, with him, he gave them orders not to go away from Jerusalem, but to keep there, waiting till the word of the Father was put into effect, of which, he said, I have given you knowledge:

When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?

And when he had said these things, as they were looking, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.

And while they were looking stedfastly into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;

And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.

these all were continuing with one accord in prayer and supplication, with women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,)

This man therefore purchased a field with the price of the wickedness, and falling headlong burst in the middle and all his bowels were poured out;

And this came to the knowledge of all those who were living in Jerusalem, so that the field was named in their language, Akel-dama, or, The field of blood.)

So two names were proposed, Joseph called Bar-sabbas--and surnamed Justus--and Matthias.

And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.

And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

and there appeared to them divided tongues, as it were of fire; it sat also upon each one of them,

And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.

Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.

And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?

And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?

Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya toward Cyrene, and the Romans who were in town,

And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?

While, others, in mockery were saying - With sweet wine, are they drunken!

Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?

Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.

and they were continuing stedfastly in the teaching of the apostles, and the fellowship, and the breaking of the bread, and the prayers.

And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles.

And all that believed were together, and had all things common;

and the possessions and the goods they were selling, and were parting them to all, according as any one had need.

Daily also continuing with one accord in the temple, breaking also at every house bread, they were partaking of food in gladness and simplicity of heart,

praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to them day by day those that were saved.

Now Peter and John were going up into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour .

and a certain man who was lame from his mother's womb was being carried, whom they placed every day at the gate of the temple called Beautiful, to ask alms of those who were going into the temple;

When he saw that Peter and John were about to go into the Temple, he asked them to give him something.

He looked at them, supposing that they were going to give him something.

And having taken hold of him by the right hand he raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones were made strong.

And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him.

While he was holding on to Peter and John, all the people came running to them in what was called "Solomon's Colonnade". They were dumbfounded.

And when Peter saw [the crowd assembling] he gave this explanation: "Men of Israel, why are you so shocked at [what happened to] this man? And why are you gazing at us, as though it were by our power or godly qualities that we caused him to walk?

[Then, at the hands of the Roman authorities] you killed the Prince of [never ending] life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we [apostles] were [reliable] witnesses of it.

“Now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance [not fully aware of what you were doing], just as your rulers did also.

But this way God fulfilled what things were foretold, through the mouth of all his prophets, the Christ was to endure.

You [Jews] were the first ones to receive this blessing when God raised up [i.e., selected] His Servant [i.e., Jesus] and sent Him to turn all of you [away] from your sins."

And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,

being extremely disturbed and thoroughly annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in [the case of] Jesus the resurrection of the dead.

and many of those hearing the word did believe, and the number of the men became, as it were, five thousand.

And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem;

And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.

and having set them in the midst, they were inquiring, 'In what power, or in what name did ye do this?'

Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.

And, seeing that the man who had been made well was there with them, they were not able to say anything against it.

But, having ordered them to go aside out of the Sanhedrin, they were conferring one with another,

And they having further threatened them, let them go, finding nothing how they may punish them, because of the people, because all were glorifying God for that which hath been done,

After Peter and John were released, they returned to their own [people] and reported everything that the chief priests and elders had said to them.

Having said by the mouth of David thy servant, That why were the nations insolent, and did the people practise vain things

The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.

For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,

And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.

And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.

And with great power were the apostles giving the testimony to the rising again of the Lord Jesus, great grace also was on them all,

Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,

and were laying them at the feet of the apostles, and distribution was being made to each according as any one had need.

Upon hearing these words Ananias fell down dead, and all who heard the words were awe-struck.

And it fortuned as it were about the space of three hours after, that his wife came in, ignorant of that which was done.

And Peter said to her, "Tell me whether you [both] were paid this much [for] the piece of land." And she said, "Yes, this much."

And great fear and awe gripped the whole church, and all who heard about these things.

And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch.

and of the rest no one was daring to join himself to them, but the people were magnifying them,

And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)

And they even took into the streets people who were ill, and put them on beds, so that when Peter went by, some of them might be in his shade.

There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one.

Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation,

were filled with zeal, And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them into the common prison.

And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

And when the officers were come, they did not find them in the prison; and returned and reported

“We found the prison securely locked and the guards standing at the doors, but when we opened [the doors], we found no one inside.”

Now when the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were much perplexed concerning them whereunto this would grow.

Presently, however, some one came and told them, that the men whom they had put in prison were actually standing in the Temple Courts, teaching the people.

then the magistrate having gone away with officers, brought them without violence, for they were fearing the people, lest they should be stoned;

When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.

For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to nought.

After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and all, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed.

But if it is from God, you will not be able to overthrow them, lest you even be found fighting against God." So they were persuaded by him.

And they were persuaded by him; and, calling unto them the Apostles, they, with beating, charged them not be speaking upon the name of Jesus; and let them go.

And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.

every day also in the temple, and in every house, they were not ceasing teaching and proclaiming good news -- Jesus the Christ.

And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.

And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.

But there arose certain of them that were of the synagogue called the synagogue of the Libertines, and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and Asia, disputing with Stephen.

And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.

Then, they set on men who were saying - We have heard him speaking profane things against Moses and God.

And the people, with the rulers and the scribes, were moved against him, and they came and took him before the Sanhedrin,

For he has said in our hearing that this Jesus of Nazareth will put this place to destruction and make changes in the rules which were handed down to us by Moses.

and gazing at him, all those sitting in the sanhedrim saw his face as it were the face of a messenger.

God's words were these--'Abraham's descendants shall live in a foreign country, where they will be enslaved and ill-treated for four hundred years.

And the patriarchs, [because they] were jealous of Joseph, sold [him] into Egypt. And God was with him,

'And there came a dearth upon all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great tribulation, and our fathers were not finding sustenance,

But when Jacob heard that there were provisions in Egypt, he sent our fathers, the first time.

and, on their second visit, Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and the kindred of Joseph were made known to Pharaoh.

And Joseph having sent forth, he summoned Jacob his father. And all his kinfolk, in souls, were seventy-five.

And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.