My first account, O Theophilus, dealt with all that Jesus began doing and teaching from the beginning down to the day when,

Till the day when he was taken up to heaven after he had given his orders, through the Holy Spirit, to the Apostles of whom he had made selection:

being with them when they were assembled, he order'd they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for what the father had promis'd, which, said he, I mention'd.

So when they had come together, they asked Him, “Lord, are You restoring the kingdom to Israel at this time?”

Jesus replied, "You are not permitted to know the [specific] time or date [when this will happen]. For the Father has appointed it [to happen] when He determines [the right time].

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

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

When they arrived, they went to the room upstairs where they were staying:

Peter, John,
James, Andrew,
Philip, Thomas,
Bartholomew, Matthew,
James the son of Alphaeus,
Simon the Zealot,
and Judas the son of James.

About this time, at a meeting of the Brethren, when there were about a hundred and twenty present, Peter rose to speak.

And the same hath now possessed a plot of ground with the reward of iniquity. And when he was hanged, burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.

from the time of His baptism by John down to the day when He was taken up from us, must be added to our number as a witness to His resurrection."

So they drew lots for them, and when the lot fell on Matthias, he was enrolled with the eleven apostles.

When the day of Pentecost had arrived, they were all together in one place.

when all of a sudden there came a sound from heaven, like that of an impetuous wind, which filled all the house where they were.

When this sound occurred, a crowd came together and was confused because each one heard them speaking in his own language.

[In that day] the sun will become dark and the moon will [appear] as blood. [This will all happen] before the great and wonderful day when the Lord comes. [Note: Some view these last two verses as a reference to events occurring at the end of time. See Matt. 24:29-30].

And the time will come when every person who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved' [i.e., whoever appeals to God through obedient faith in Christ].

Him, when he was given up, by the decision and knowledge of God, you put to death on the cross, by the hands of evil men:

But God raised Him up, having released Him from the sharp pains [He experienced when dying], because it was not possible that He could be held in death's grip.

Indeed it was to him that David was referring when he said-- 'I have had the Lord ever before my eyes, For he stands at my right hand, that I should not be disquieted.

You have made me see the ways of life; I will be full of joy when I see your face.

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."'

Now David is not the one who ascended into heaven for he [spoke of Jesus when he] said [Psa. 110:1], 'The Lord [i.e., God] said to my [i.e., David's] Lord [i.e., Jesus], sit at my right side

When they heard this, they came under deep conviction and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles: “Brothers, what must we do?”

when a man crippled from his birth was being carried by, who used to be laid every day at what was called The Beautiful Gate of the temple, to beg from people on their way into the temple.

When he saw Peter and John about to enter the temple complex, he asked for help.

When all the people saw him walking about and praising God,

And, when they recognized him as the man who used to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate of the Temple, they were utterly astonished and amazed at what had happened to him.

When Peter saw this, he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this? Or why do you stare at us, as though we had made him walk by our own power or godliness?

The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His Servant Jesus, whom you handed over and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release Him.

Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;

and when God shall send him, which before was preached unto you,

Who is to be kept in heaven till the time when all things are put right, of which God has given word by the mouth of his holy prophets, who have been from the earliest times.

Moses [expressed it when he] said [Deut. 18:15], 'The Lord God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers; He will be like me [in some ways] and you must all pay attention to Him in everything He says to you.'

ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, when he said to Abraham, "all the families of the earth shall be blessed in your posterity."

Unto you first, God - having raised up his Servant - hath sent him forth, ready to bless you, when ye are turning away, each one, from your wickednesses.

And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?

When they observed the boldness of Peter and John and realized that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were amazed and recognized that they had been with Jesus.

And when they saw the healed man standing there with Peter and John, there was nothing they could say [to refute the obvious miracle].

But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,

And when they had summoned them, they commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for all men glorified God for that which was done.

And [when they] were released, they went to their own [people] and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.

When they heard this, they all raised their voices to God and said, “Master, You are the One who made the heaven, the earth, and the sea, and everything in them.

when you stretch out your hand to heal, and signs and wonders are done by the power of your holy servant Jesus."

When they had prayed, the place where they were assembled was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak God’s message with boldness.

And Joses, who, by the apostles, was surnamed Barnabas, (which name, when translated, is, Son of consolation,) a Levite, by birth a Cyprian,

[When it] remained to you, did it not remain [yours]? And [when it] was sold, was it at your disposal? How [is it] that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to people, but to God!"

When he heard these words, Ananias dropped dead, and a great fear came on all who heard.

And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in.

when Peter addressing himself to her, tell me, said he, have you sold the land for such a price? yes, said she, for so much.

Instantly she dropped dead at his feet. When the young men came in, they found her dead, carried her out, and buried her beside her husband.

And, the more, were being added, when they believed in the Lord, throngs both of men and women; -

As a result, they would carry the sick out into the streets and lay them on cots and mats so that when Peter came by, at least his shadow might fall on some of them.

In obedience to this, they entered the temple complex at daybreak and began to teach.

When the high priest and those who were with him arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin—the full Senate of the sons of Israel—and sent orders to the jail to have them brought.

But when the temple police got there, they did not find them in the jail, so they returned and reported,

“We found the jail securely locked, with the guards standing in front of the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside!”

Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow.

when somebody came and told them, the men whom ye order'd to prison, are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.

After they brought them in, they had them stand before the Sanhedrin, and the high priest asked,

The God of our forefathers raised Jesus to life when you had hung him on a cross and killed him.

When they heard this, they were enraged and wanted to kill them.

when a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of law, who was respected by all the people, rose up in the council, and moved the apostles might withdraw for some time.

After this man arose there up one Judas of Galilee, in the time when tribute began, and drew away much people after him. He also perished: and all, even as many as harkened to him, are scattered abroad.

And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

When the apostles left the Council meeting, they were rejoicing over being considered worthy to suffer [such] shame for the name [of Jesus].

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.

Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.

when some out of the several synagogues, belonging to the freed men, to the Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and to those of Cilicia, and of Asia, came to dispute with Stephen.

“Brothers and fathers,” he said, “listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran,

Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.

And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.

And God gave Abraham the Agreement which required circumcision [as an identifying mark] so when Abraham fathered Isaac he circumcised him when he was eight days old. Then Isaac had a son, Jacob; and Jacob had [as sons] the twelve patriarchs [i.e., ruling fathers of families].

"[And when] these patriarchs, [still living in Canaan as young men], became jealous of [their brother] Joseph, they sold him [as a slave to traveling merchants who took him] to Egypt. But God was with him [during all that time],

and rescued him from all his troubles, and enabled him to win favor and to show wisdom when he stood before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he appointed him governor of Egypt and of his whole household.

When Jacob heard there was grain in Egypt, he sent our ancestors the first time.

and Jacob went south to Egypt. When he and our ancestors died,

But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

until [the time when] there arose another king over egypt who did not know joseph [nor his history and the merit of his service to Egypt].

In which time Moses was born, who was exceeding beautiful, and he was nourished up in his father's house three months: and when he was exposed,

and when he was left outside, Pharaoh’s daughter adopted and raised him as her own son.

And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.

When he saw one of them being mistreated, he came to his rescue and avenged the oppressed man by striking down the Egyptian.

The next day he again appeared upon the scene, when some of them were fighting, and tried to make peace between them. 'Men,' he said, 'you are brothers; how is it that you are ill-treating one another?'

When Moses heard this, he ran away and traveled to the country of Midian where he settled down and had two sons.

And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.

When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight. As he was approaching to look at it, the voice of the Lord came:

“This Moses, whom they rejected when they said, Who appointed you a ruler and a judge?—this one God sent as a ruler and a redeemer by means of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

They said to Aaron [i.e., Moses' brother], 'Make gods to lead us, because we do not know what happened to this Moses who led us when we first left the country of Egypt.'

That was the time when they made the Calf and offered sacrifice to their idol, and held festivities in honor of their own handiwork!

Our ancestors in turn received it and with Joshua brought it in when they dispossessed the nations that God drove out before our fathers, until the days of David.

When they heard these things, they were enraged in their hearts and gnashed their teeth at him.

When they had driven him out of the city, they began stoning him; and the witnesses laid aside their robes at the feet of a young man named Saul.

And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

And the multitudes gave heed with one accord unto the things that were spoken by Philip, when they heard, and saw the signs which he did.

But when they believed Philip, as he preached the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, both men and women were baptized.

Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done.

When the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had welcomed God’s message, they sent Peter and John to them.

Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:

When Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money,