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

And once when he was eating with them he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father. "Of this," he said, "you have heard from me.

So, when they came together, they began to ask him, "Master, are you at this time about to restore the kingdom of Israel?"

"yet you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you are to be my witnesses both in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and to the very ends of the earth."

When he had said this, and while they were looking at him, he was lifted up, and a cloud received him up out of their sight.

When the day of Pentecost was fully come, and they were all together in the same place,

So when this noise was heard, the crowd gathered in bewilderment because each man heard them speaking in his own language.

When they heard these words they were stung to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles. "Men and brothers, what shall we do?"

when a man lame from his birth was carried along, who was wont to be laid each day near the gate of the Temple called the Beautiful Gate, to ask alms of those who were going into the Temple.

When he saw Peter and John about to go into the Temple, he kept asking them for alms;

When all the people saw him walking and praising God,

When he saw this, Peter said to the people. "Men of Israel, why are you wondering at this? Why do you stare at us, as if by our own power or piety we had made this man to walk?

"The God of Abram, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Servant Jesus, whom you betrayed and disowned before Pilate, when he had decided to let him go;

Now when they beheld the glad fearlessness of Peter and John and had perceived that they were amazed; and they began to recognize them, that they were companions of Jesus.

So when they had further threatened them they let the apostles go, being quite unable to find any way of punishing them because of the people, for everybody was glorifying God over what had happened.

And when they heard it they all lifted up their voices in prayer to God, saying. "O Sovereign Lord, who madest heaven and earth and sea, and all that in them is,

When they had prayed, the place where they were gathered was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak the message of the Lord with boldness.

Instantly she fell down at his feet and expired, and when the young men came in they found her dead, and carried her out and buried her husband.

When they heard this they went at early dawn to the Temple, and began to teach. Meantime when the high priest and his followers arrived, they summoned the Sanhedrin and all the Council of the Elders of the sons of Israel, and sent to the prison to fetch the apostles.

"The prison we found locked fast, with the guards stationed at the doors, but when they were opened we found no one inside."

When the officer in charge of the Temple and the high priest heard these words, they were perplexed concerning them, wondering what would come of it.

When they heard this they were infuriated, and were minded to kill the apostles;

These men they presented to the apostles who, when they had prayed, laid their hands upon them.

Stephen answered. "Listen, brothers and fathers. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,

"But God was with him, and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him grace and wisdom, when he stood before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who appointed him Governor over Egypt, and over all the royal household.

"When he was exposed, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and brought him up as her own son.

"And when he was forty years old it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel;

"and when he saw one of them wronged he wrought redress for the one overpowered, by striking down the Egyptian.

"When Moses saw it he was astonished at the sight. But when he drew near to look, the voice of the Lord said,

"This Moses whom they refused when they said, Who made you to be a ruler and a judge? that same Moses we find God sending as a ruler and a redeemer by the hand in the bush.

"That tabernacle was brought in by our ancestors, in their turn, when they under Joshua entered on the possession of the nations whom God thrust out before them, until the days of David.

The crowd with one accord were giving heed to what he said, when they heard and saw the signs that he did.

But when they believed Philip, who was preaching glad tidings about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they began to be baptized, both men and women.

The apostle at Jerusalem, when they heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, sent to them Peter and John.

But when Simon perceived that, by the laying on of the apostles' hands, the Spirit was given, he offered them money saying,

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

And as he journeyed, when he was approaching Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven flashed round him.

And when many days were fulfilled the Jews made a plot to kill Saul;

When they learned this the brothers took him down to Caesarea, and then sent him forth to Tarsus.

And as Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, when they heard that Peter was there, sent two men to him with the entreaty, "Delay not to come to us."

When Peter entered the house Cornelius met him, fell at his feet, and worshiped him;

To them he said: "You know, yourselves, that it is illegal for a Jew to associate with or to visit one of another nation; but God has taught me that I should not call any man common or unclean. For this reason, when sent for, I came without demur.

Cornelius answered. "Three days ago, at this very hour, I was praying in my house at three o'clock in the afternoon, when suddenly a man in a shining robe stood by me,

"You cannot but know the message which he sent to the descendants of Israel, when he preached the gospel of peace by Jesus Christ who is Lord of all;

"when he charged us to preach to the people, and to testify that this was he whom God ordained to be the judge of the living and of the dead.

so, when Peter came up to Jerusalem, the circumcision party disputed with him,

"So if God gave them the same gift as he gave to us, when we first believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could withstand God?"

When news of this reached the ears of the church at Jerusalem, they sent Barnabas as far as Antioch.

When he arrived, and saw the grace of God, he was glad, and he encouraged them all to remain faithful to the Lord, with full purpose of heart;

and when he had found him he brought him to Antioch, where for a whole year they were guests of the church, and taught many people. And it was in Antioch that the disciples first received the name of "Christians."

And when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. (This was during the days of unleavened bread.)

Now when Herod was about to bring him forth, on that very night, while Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with chains, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison,

And when they had passed the first guard and the second, they came to the iron gate that led to the city. This opened to them of its own accord; and they went out passed on through one street; and suddenly the angel left him.

When he knocked at the door of the gate, a maid servant named Rhoda came to answer.

And when she recognized Peter's voice, for very joy she did not open the door, but ran in and told them that Peter was standing in front of the gate.

When morning came there was no small stir among the soldiers as to what could possibly have become of Peter.

"and 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.

After deposing him, he raised up David to be their king, to whom he also bore witness, when he said, "I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man after my own heart, and who will obey all my will.

"And John, when he was finishing his race, repeatedly asked the people. "'Who do you suppose that I am? I am not He. But behold there comes One after me, whose sandal I am not worthy to unfasten.'

"And when they had fulfilled everything which had been written concerning him, they took him down from the tree and laid him in a tomb.

When the congregation broke up, many of the Jews, and of the devout proselytes, followed Paul and Barnabas, who talked to them, and urged them to continue in the grace of God.

When they saw the crowds, the Jews were filled with jealousy, and began to contradict Paul's statements, and to abuse him.

When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord, and all who had been ordained to eternal life, believed.

And when both the Gentiles and the Jews with their ruler made a hostile move to maltreat and to stone them,

And he sprang up and began to walk about. Then the crowds, when they saw what Paul had done, shouted in the Lycaonian tongue, saying, "The gods are come down to us in human form."

But when the apostles, Paul and Barnabas, heard of it, they rent their garments and rushed out among the crowd, shouting and crying.

Now when dispute and controversy sprang up between them and Paul and Barnabas, the brethren appointed Paul and Barnabas, and certain others, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question.

When they had finished speaking, James said:

So they, when they had been dispatched, went down to Antioch, and after gathering the whole multitude together, they handed them the letter,

and when they had read it they rejoiced at the comfort it brought.

When they got as far as Mysia, they attempted to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not permit it;

So when he had seen the vision, we sought at once to go forth into Macedonia, because we concluded that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.

When she was baptized, and her household, she urged us, saying, "If in your judgment I am a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house." And she compelled us to come.

But when her owners saw that their hopes of gain were gone, they seized Paul and Silas, and dragged them before the magistrates, into the market-place.

The lictors reported these words to the praetors, who were frightened when they heard that they were Romans.

Now when they had gone through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica. Here there was a Jewish synagogue,

And when they had failed to find Paul and Silas, they began to drag Jason and some of the brethren before the politarchs, shouting. "These fellows who have upset the habitable earth are come hither also.

Both the crowd and the politarchs were disturbed when they heard this,

but when they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.

Now the brothers sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea. When they got there they betook themselves to the Jewish synagogue.

While Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred within him, when he noticed that the city was full of idols.

And when Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul was engrossed in his message, earnestly testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Messiah.

But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose against Paul, and brought him before the tribunal.

Paul was about to open his mouth, when Gallio said to the Jews. "If it had been some misdemeanor or wicked villainy, it would have been within reason for me to listen to you Jews;

When they came to Ephesus he left them there; but he himself entered into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.

When they begged him to stay longer, he would not consent,

He began to speak boldly in the synagogue; and when Priscilla and Aquila heard him they took him home and explained to him more accurately the way of God.

When he wished to cross over into Achaia, the brothers encouraged him, and wrote to the disciples in Corinth to receive him. On his arrival he mightily helped those who through grace had believed,

"Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" he asked them. "No" said they, "we did not even hear that there is a Holy Spirit."

When they heard this they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus;

But when some grew hardened and disobedient, and spoke evil of the Way before the crowd, he left them, withdrew the disciples, and continued to hold discussions daily in the lecture-hall of Tyrannus.

When Paul wanted to go in to the people, the disciples would not let him,

but when they saw that he was a Jew they all, with one voice, for about two hours, shouted,

And when he had passed through those districts and encouraged the disciples in many addresses, he came into Greece where he spent three months.

And when he met us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene.

and when they arrived, he said to them. "You yourselves know quite well, how I lived among you, from the first day that I set foot in Asia,

When he had so said, Paul kneeled down, and prayed with them.

When at least we had torn ourselves away, and had set sail, we ran a straight course to Cos, and next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.

And when we had found a ship bound for Phoenicia, we went aboard and set sail.

When, however, our time was up, we left and started on our journey; and all of them, with wives and children, were escorting us on our way until we were out of the city; then, kneeling down on the beach, we prayed,