until the day when he was taken up to heaven, after he had given orders through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.

So when they had come together, they asked him, "Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?"

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the ends of the earth."

And when they had entered, they went up to the upper room, where they were staying; 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.

beginning from the baptism of John until the day when he was taken up from usone of these men must become with us a witness to his resurrection."

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

Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brethren, what shall we do?"

When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked for alms.

And when Peter saw this he addressed the people, "Men of Israel, why do you wonder at this, or why do you stare at us, as if by our own power or piety we had made him walk?

The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus, the one whom you delivered and disowned in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release him.

And when they had set them in the midst, they began to inquire, "By what power or by what name did you do this?"

Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished; and they recognized that they had been with Jesus.

But when they had ordered them to leave the Council, they conferred with one another,

And when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people; for all the people were praising God for what had happened.

When they had been released, they went to their own companions and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.

And when they heard this, they lifted their voices to God together and said, "Sovereign Lord, it is you who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and everything in them,

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

When Ananias heard these words, he fell down and died. And great fear came upon all who heard of it.

Immediately she fell down at his feet and died. When the young men came in they found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.

And when they heard this, they entered into the temple about daybreak and began to teach. Now when the high priest and his associates came, they called the Council together, even all the Senate of the sons of Israel, and sent orders to the prison house for them to be brought.

But when the officers came, they did not find them in the prison, and they returned and reported back,

"We found the prison securely locked, and the guards standing at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside."

Now when the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard these words, they were much perplexed about them, wondering what would come of this.

When they had brought them, they set them before the council. The high priest questioned them,

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

Now in those days when the number of disciples was increasing, the Hellenistic Jews among them complained against the native Hebrews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.

And he said: "Hear me, brethren and fathers! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,

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

and when he was placed outside, Pharaoh's daughter took him and brought him up as her own son.

"When he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the sons of Israel.

And when he saw one of them being treated unjustly, he defended him and avenged the oppressed by striking down the Egyptian.

When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight; and as he approached to look more closely, there came the voice of the Lord:

And having received it in their turn, our fathers brought it in with Joshua when they took the land from the nations whom God drove out before our fathers. So it was until the time of David,

Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed their teeth at him.

Then he fell on his knees and cried out with a loud voice, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them." And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

The crowds with one accord were giving attention to what was said by Philip, when they heard and saw the signs which he did.

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

Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent them Peter and John,

Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money,

Now when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans.

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

Saul got up from the ground; and when his eyes were opened, he could see nothing; so they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus.

When many days had passed, the Jews plotted to kill him,

When he came to Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples; but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.

But when the brethren learned of it, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.

And at that time she fell sick and died; and when they had washed her, they laid her body in an upper room.

So Peter rose and went with them. And when he arrived, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood beside him, weeping and showing the tunics and other garments that Dorcas made while she was with them.

But Peter sent them all out and knelt down and prayed; then turning to the body, he said, "Tabitha, arise." And she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.

When the angel who spoke to him had left, he called two of his servants and a devout soldier of those who were his personal attendants,

When Peter entered, Cornelius met him and fell down at his feet and worshipped him.

So when I was sent for, I came without raising any objection. I ask then why you sent for me."

So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers criticized him,

And when I looked into it I saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds of the air.

When they heard this, they quieted down and glorified God, saying, "So then, God has granted to the Gentiles also the repentance unto life."

When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he was glad and encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with all their hearts;

and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year they met with the church and taught great numbers of people; and the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.

When he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during the days of Unleavened Bread.

When he had seized him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four squads of soldiers to guard him, intending after the Passover to bring him out to the people.

The very night when Herod was about to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison.

When they had passed the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened for them by itself, and they went out and passed on through one street; and immediately the angel left him.

When Peter came to himself, he said, "Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting."

When he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John who was also called Mark, where many were gathered together and were praying.

And when he knocked at the door of the gate, a servant-girl named Rhoda came to answer.

When she recognized Peter's voice, in her joy she did not open the gate, but ran in and announced that Peter was standing in front of the gate.

But Peter continued knocking; and when they opened the door, they saw him and were amazed.

Now when day came, there was no small disturbance among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter.

When Herod had searched for him and could not find him, he examined the guards and ordered that they be put to death. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there a while.

And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem when they had fulfilled their mission, taking along with them John, who was also called Mark.

When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John as their helper.

When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they came upon a certain magician, a Jewish false prophet, named Bar-Jesus,

Then the proconsul believed, when he saw what had happened, for he was amazed at the teaching of the Lord.

When he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land as an inheritance, for about four hundred and fifty years.

When they had carried out all that was written about him, they took him down from the tree and laid him in a tomb.

When the meeting of the synagogue broke up, many Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and urged them to continue in the grace of God.

But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and contradicted what was spoken by Paul, and blasphemed.

When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of the Lord; and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed.

When an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and the Jews with their rulers, to mistreat them and to stone them,

And when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the Lycaonian language, "The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!"

But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their robes and rushed out into the crowd, crying out

And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom they believed.

And when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.

When they arrived, they gathered the church together and declared all that God had done with them, and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.

And when Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and the elders about this question.

When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all that God had done with them.

So when they were sent off, they went down to Antioch; and having gathered the congregation together, they delivered the letter.

And when they read it, they rejoiced at its encouragement.

And when they came to Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit o Jesus did not allow them;

When he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go on into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.

When she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay." And she prevailed upon us.

But when her owners saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities,

and when they had brought them to the magistrates they said, "These men are Jews and they are throwing our city into an uproar.

And when they had inflicted many blows upon them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to guard them securely.

When the jailer woke and saw that the prison doors were open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.

But when it was day, the magistrates sent their police, saying, "Release those men."

The police reported these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Roman citizens.

They went out of the prison and entered the house of Lydia, and when they saw the brethren, they encouraged them and departed.

Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.

When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brethren before the city authorities, shouting, "These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also,

The crowd and the city authorities were disturbed when they heard this.

And when they had taken a pledge from Jason and the others, they let them go.