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:

So, when they were together, they said to him, Lord, will you at this time give back the kingdom to Israel?

And when he had said these things, while they were looking, he was taken up, and went from their view into a cloud.

And while they were looking up to heaven with great attention, two men came to them, in white clothing,

And when they came in, they went up into the room where they were living; Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James, the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas, the son of James.

And in those days Peter got up among the brothers (there were about one hundred and twenty of them), and said,

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.)

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

And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like the rushing of a violent wind, and all the house where they were was full of it.

And they were all full of the Holy Spirit, and were talking in different languages, as the Spirit gave them power.

Now there were living at Jerusalem, Jews, God-fearing men, from every nation under heaven.

And when this sound came to their ears, they all came together, and were greatly surprised because every man was hearing the words of the disciples in his special language.

And they were full of wonder and said, Are not all these men Galilaeans?

And they were all surprised and in doubt saying to one another, What is the reason of this?

Now when these words came to their ears their hearts were troubled, and they said to Peter and the other Apostles, Brothers, what are we to do?

Then those who gave hearing to his words had baptism: and about three thousand souls were joined to them that day.

And they kept their attention fixed on the Apostles' teaching and were united together in the taking of broken bread and in prayer.

But fear came on every soul: and all sorts of wonders and signs were done by the Apostles.

And all those who were of the faith kept together, and had all things in common;

Now Peter and John were going up to the Temple at the ninth hour, the hour of prayer;

And they saw that it was the man who made requests for money at the door of the Temple, and they were full of wonder and surprise at what had taken place.

And while they were talking to the people, the priests and the captain of the Temple and the Sadducees came up to them,

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

But a number of those who gave hearing to the word had faith; and they were now about five thousand.

Now when they saw that Peter and John were without fear, though they were men of no education or learning, they were greatly surprised; and they took note 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.

And when they had said more sharp words to them, they let them go, not seeing what punishment they might give them, because of the people; for all men were giving praise to God for what had taken place.

The kings of the earth were lifted up, the rulers came together, against the Lord, and against his Christ:

And when their prayer was ended, the place where they were was violently moved, and they all became full of the Holy Spirit, preaching the word of God without fear.

And all those who were of the faith were one in heart and soul: and not one of them said that any of the things which he had was his property only; but they had all things in common.

And at these words, Ananias went down on the earth, and his life went from him: and great fear came on all who were present.

Now a number of signs and wonders were done among the people by the hands of the Apostles; and they were all together in Solomon's covered way.

And a great number of men and women had faith, and were joined to the Lord;

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.

And numbers of people came together from the towns round about Jerusalem, with those who were ill and those who were troubled with unclean spirits: and they were all made well.

But the high priest and those who were with him (the Sadducees) were full of envy,

And hearing this, they went into the Temple at dawn, and were teaching. But the high priest and those who were with him got together the Sanhedrin and the representatives of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to get them.

But the men who were sent saw that they were not in the prison, and came back with the news,

Saying, The doors of the prison were safely shut, and the keepers were at the doors, but when they were open, there was nobody inside.

Now, at these words, the captain of the Temple and the chief priests were greatly troubled about what might be the end of this business.

But when these words came to their ears, they were cut to the heart, and had a mind to put them to death.

After this man, there was Judas of Galilee, at the time of the numbering, and some of the people went after him: he was put to death, and all his supporters were put to flight.

Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was increasing, protests were made by the Greek Jews against the Hebrews, because their widows were not taken care of in the distribution of food every day.

And the word of God was increasing in power; and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem became very great, and a great number of priests were in agreement with the faith.

But some of those who were of the Synagogue named that of the Libertines, and some of the men of Cyrene and of Alexandria and those from Cilicia and Asia, had arguments with Stephen.

But they were not able to get the better of him, for his words were full of wisdom and of the Spirit.

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 all those who were in the Sanhedrin, looking at him, saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

Now there was no food to be had in all Egypt and Canaan, and there was great trouble: and our fathers were not able to get food.

And they were taken over to Shechem, and put to rest in the place which Abraham got for a price in silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

But when the time was near for putting into effect the undertaking which God had given to Abraham, the people were increasing in Egypt,

He, having evil designs against our nation, was cruel to our fathers, and they were forced to put out their young children, so that they might not go on living.

And the day after, he came to them, while they were having a fight, and would have made peace between them, saying, Sirs, you are brothers; why do you do wrong to one another?

This is the man who was in the church in the waste land with the angel who was talking to him in Sinai, and with our fathers; and to him were given the living words of God, so that he might give them to you.

Hearing these things, they were cut to the heart and moved with wrath against him.

For unclean spirits came out from those who had them, crying with a loud voice; and a number of those who were ill and broken in body were made well.

And while they were going on their way, they came to some water, and the Ethiopian said, See, here is water; why may I not have baptism?

And made a request for letters from him to the Synagogues of Damascus, so that if there were any of the Way there, men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

And the men who were with him were not able to say anything; hearing the voice, but seeing no one.

And Saul got up from the earth, and when his eyes were open, he saw nothing; and he was guided by the hand into Damascus.

And Ananias went out and came to the house, and putting his hands on him, said, Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, whom you saw when you were on your journey, has sent me, so that you may be able to see, and be full of the Holy Spirit.

And when he had taken food his strength came back. And for some days he kept with the disciples who were in Damascus.

And all those hearing him were full of wonder and said, Is not this the man who in Jerusalem was attacking all the worshippers of this name? and he had come here so that he might take them as prisoners before the chief priests.

But Saul went on increasing in power, and the Jews in Damascus were not able to give answers to the arguments by which he made it clear that Jesus was the Christ.

And when he came to Jerusalem, he made an attempt to be joined to the disciples, but they were all in fear of him, not taking him for a disciple.

Preaching in the name of the Lord without fear; and he had discussions with the Greek Jews; but they were working for his death.

And it came about that while Peter was going through all parts of the country he came to the saints who were living at Lydda.

And all those living in Lydda and Sharon saw him, and were turned to the Lord.

And Peter went with them. And when he had come, they took him into the room: and all the widows were there, weeping and putting before him the coats and clothing which Dorcas had made while she was with them.

And when the angel who said these words to him had gone away, he sent for two of his house-servants, and a God-fearing man of the army, one of those who were waiting on him at all times;

Now the day after, when they were on their journey and were near the town, Peter went up to the top of the house for prayer, about the sixth hour:

And he was in need of food: but while they were getting it ready, a deep sleep came on him;

In which were all sorts of beasts and birds.

Now while Peter was in doubt as to the purpose of this vision, the men who were sent by Cornelius, having made search for Simon's house, came to the door,

About Jesus of Nazareth, how God gave the Holy Spirit to him, with power: and how he went about doing good and making well all who were troubled by evil spirits, for God was with him.

While Peter was saying these words, the Holy Spirit came on all those who were hearing the word.

And the Jews of the faith, who had come with Peter, were full of wonder, because the Holy Spirit was given to the Gentiles,

And they were talking in tongues, and giving glory to God. Then Peter said,

Now the Apostles and the brothers who were in Judaea had news that the word of God had been given to the Gentiles.

And this was done three times, and they were all taken up again into heaven.

And at that minute, three men, sent from Caesarea, came to the house where we were.

And the power of the Lord was with them, and a great number had faith and were turned to the Lord.

For he was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith: and a great number were joined to the Lord.

And when he had come across him, he took him to Antioch. And they were with the church there for a year, teaching the people; and the disciples were first given the name of Christians in Antioch.

And when Herod was about to take him out, the same night Peter was sleeping in chains between two armed men, and the watchmen were keeping watch before the door of the prison.

But Peter went on giving blows on the door: and when it was open and they saw him, they were full of wonder.

Now when it was day, the armed men were greatly troubled about what had become of Peter.

And Herod, when he sent for him, and he was not there, after questioning the watchmen, gave orders that they were to be put to death. Then he went down from Judaea to Caesarea for a time.

Now there were at Antioch, in the church there, prophets and teachers, Barnabas, and Symeon who was named Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, a relation of Herod the king, and Saul.

And while they were doing the Lord's work, and going without food, the Holy Spirit said, Let Barnabas and Saul be given to me for the special work for which they have been marked out by me.

And at Salamis they were preaching the word of God in the Synagogues of the Jews: and John was with them, helping them.

Then Paul and those who were with him went by ship from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia: and there John went away from them and came back to Jerusalem.

But they, going through from Perga, came to Antioch in Pisidia; and they went into the Synagogue on the Sabbath and were seated.

The God of this people Israel made selection of our fathers, lifting the people up from their low condition when they were living in the land of Egypt, and with a strong arm took them out of it.

But when the Jews saw such a great number of people, they were full of envy and said evil words against Paul's preaching.

And the Gentiles, hearing this, were glad and gave glory to the word of God: and those marked out by God for eternal life had faith.

And the disciples were full of joy and of the Holy Spirit.

But there was a division among the people of the town; some were on the side of the Jews and some on the side of the Apostles.

Making strong the souls of the disciples, saying to them that they were to keep the faith, and that we have to go through troubles of all sorts to come into the kingdom of God.