I have given an earlier account, O Theophilus, of all the things which Jesus did, and of his teaching from the first,

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:

And he said to them, It is not for you to have knowledge of the time and the order of events which the Father has kept in his control.

Then they went back to Jerusalem from the mountain named Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away.

My brothers, the word of God had to be put into effect, which the Holy Spirit had said before, by the mouth of David, about Judas, who was guide to those who took Jesus,

And they made prayers and said, Lord, having knowledge of the hearts of all men, make clear which of these two has been marked out by you,

To take that position as a servant and Apostle, from which Judas by his sin was shut out, so that he might go to his place.

And how is it that every one of us is hearing their words in the language which was ours from our birth?

But this is the thing which was said by the prophet Joel;

Men of Israel, give ear to these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man who had the approval of God, as was made clear to you by the great works and signs and wonders which God did by him among you, as you yourselves have knowledge,

But being a prophet, and having in mind the oath which God had given to him, that of the fruit of his body one would take his place as a king,

This Jesus God has given back to life, of which we all are witnesses.

And so, being lifted up to the right hand of God, and having the Father's word that the Holy Spirit would come, he has sent this thing, which now you see and have knowledge of.

And a certain man who from birth had had no power in his legs, was taken there every day, and put down at the door of the Temple which is named Beautiful, requesting money from those who went into the Temple;

And while he kept his hands on Peter and John, all the people came running together to the covered way which is named Solomon's, full of wonder.

And put to death the Lord of life; whom God gave back from the dead; of which fact we are witnesses.

And his name, through faith in his name, has made this man strong, whom you see and have knowledge of: yes, the faith which is through him has made him well, before you all.

But the things which God had made clear before, by the mouth of all the prophets, that the Christ would have to undergo, he has put into effect in this way.

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.

For Moses said, The Lord will give you a prophet from among your people, like me; you will give ear to everything which he will say to you.

You are the sons of the prophets, and of the agreement which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, Through your seed a blessing will come on all the families of the earth.

He is the stone which you builders had no use for, but which has been made the chief stone of the building.

And in no other is there salvation: for there is no other name under heaven, given among men, through which we may have salvation.

And when they had been made free, they came back to their friends, and gave an account of all the things which the chief priests and the authorities had said to them.

To do that which had been fixed before by your hand and your purpose.

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 Joseph, who was given by the Apostles the name of Barnabas (the sense of which is, Son of comfort), a Levite and a man of Cyprus by birth,

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 said to him, Go out of your land, and away from your family, and come into the land to which I will be your guide.

And I will be the judge, said God, of that nation which made them servants: and after that, they will come out and give me worship in this place.

And he made with him the agreement of which circumcision was the sign. And so Abraham had a son, Isaac, and gave him circumcision on the eighth day; and Isaac had a son, Jacob, and Jacob was the father of the twelve heads of the families of Israel.

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,

At which time Moses came to birth, and he was very beautiful; and he was kept for three months in his father's house:

And you took up the tent of Moloch and the star of the god Rephan, images which you made to give worship to them: and I will take you away, farther than Babylon.

Our fathers had the Tent of witness in the waste land, as God gave orders to Moses to make it after the design which he had seen.

Which our fathers, in their turn, took with them when, with Joshua, they came into the heritage of the nations whom God was driving out before the face of our fathers, till the time of David,

Which of the prophets was not cruelly attacked by your fathers? and they put to death those who gave them the news of the coming of the Upright One; whom you have now given up and put to death;

And all the people gave attention to the words which Philip said, when they saw the signs which he did.

To whom they all gave attention, from the smallest to the greatest, saying, This man is that power of God which is named Great.

And Simon himself had faith and, having had baptism, he went with Philip and, seeing the signs and the great wonders which he did, he was full of surprise.

And Simon, answering, said, Make prayer for me to the Lord, so that these things which you have said may not come on me.

But an angel of the Lord said to Philip, Get up, and go to the south, to the road which goes from Jerusalem to Gaza, through the waste land.

And the Lord said to him, Get up, and go to the street which is named Straight, and make search at the house of Judas for one named Saul of Tarsus: for he is at prayer;

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 it came about, in those days, that she got ill and came to her death: and when she had been washed, they put her in a room which was high up.

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.

In which were all sorts of beasts and birds.

But Peter said, No, Lord; for I have never taken food which is common or unclean.

So, straight away, I sent for you; and you have done well to come. And now, we are all present before God, ready to give attention to all the things which the Lord has given you to say.

The word which he sent to the children of Israel, giving the good news of peace through Jesus Christ (who is Lord of all)--

That word you yourselves have knowledge of, which was made public through all Judaea, starting from Galilee, after the baptism of which John was the preacher,

And we are witnesses of all the things which he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem; whom they put to death, hanging him on a tree.

Who will say words to you through which you and all your family may get salvation.

And one of them, named Agabus, said publicly through the Spirit that there would be serious need of food all over the earth: which came about in the time of Claudius.

Which they did, sending it to the rulers of the church by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

And when they had gone past the first and second watchmen they came to the iron door into the town, which came open by itself: and they went out and down one street; and then the angel went away.

And on the day which had been fixed, Herod, dressed in his robes and seated in his place, made a public statement to them.

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.

For whose coming John made ready the way by preaching to all the people of Israel the baptism which goes with a change of heart.

For the men of Jerusalem and their rulers, having no knowledge of him, or of the sayings of the prophets which come to their ears every Sabbath day, gave effect to them by judging him.

Which God has now put into effect for our children, by sending Jesus; as it says in the second Psalm, You are my Son; this day I have given you being.

And through him everyone who has faith is made free from all those things, from which the law of Moses was not able to make you free.

See, you doubters, have wonder and come to your end; for I will do a thing in your days to which you will not give belief, even if it is made clear to you.

And the priest of the image of Jupiter, which was before the town, took oxen and flowers to the doors of the town, and was about to make an offering with the people.

Who in the past let all nations go in the ways which seemed good to them.

And from there they went by ship to Antioch, where they had been handed over to the grace of God for the work which they had not done.

And when they came there, and had got the church together, they gave them an account of all the things which God had done through them, and how he had made open a door of faith to the Gentiles.

And when they came to Jerusalem, they had a meeting with the church and the Apostles and the rulers, and they gave an account of all the things which God had done through them.

And all the people were quiet while Barnabas and Paul gave an account of the signs and wonders which God had done among the Gentiles by them.

After these things I will come back, and will put up the tent of David which has been broken down, building up again its broken parts and making it complete:

To keep from things offered to false gods, and from blood, and from things put to death in ways which are against the law, and from the evil desires of the body; if you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. May you be happy.

And on their way through the towns, they gave them the rules which had been made by the Apostles and the rulers of the church at Jerusalem, so that they might keep them.

And from there to Philippi, which is the most important town of Macedonia and a Roman colony: and we were there for some days.

And a certain woman named Lydia, a trader in purple cloth of the town of Thyatira, and a God-fearing woman, gave ear to us: whose heart the Lord made open to give attention to the things which Paul was saying.

And when we were going to the place of prayer, we came across a girl with a spirit which gave knowledge of the future, whose masters made great profit from her power.

Teaching rules of living which it is not right for us to have or to keep, being Romans.

For when I came by, I was looking at the things to which you give worship, and I saw an altar with this writing on it, TO THE GOD OF WHOM THERE IS NO KNOWLEDGE. Now, what you, without knowledge, give worship to, I make clear to you.

Because a day has been fixed in which all the world will be judged in righteousness by the man who has been marked out by him for this work; of which he has given a sign to all men by giving him back from the dead.

Saying, This man is teaching the people to give worship to God in a way which is against the law.

And Paul said, John gave a baptism which goes with a change of heart, saying to the people that they were to have faith in him who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus.

Doing the Lord's work without pride, through all the sorrow and troubles which came on me because of the evil designs of the Jews:

And how I kept back nothing which might be of profit to you, teaching you publicly and privately,

But I put no value on my life, if only at the end of it I may see the work complete which was given to me by the Lord Jesus, to be a witness of the good news of the grace of God.

Give attention to yourselves, and to all the flock which the Holy Spirit has given into your care, to give food to the church of God, for which he gave his blood.

And now, I give you into the care of God and the word of his grace, which is able to make you strong and to give you your heritage among all the saints.

And when we had come in view of Cyprus, going past it on our left, we went on to Syria, and came to land at Tyre: for there the goods which were in the ship had to be taken out.

And when he had said how glad he was to see them, he gave them a detailed account of the things which God had done through his work among the Gentiles.

Do this, then, which we say to you: We have four men who have taken an oath;

But Paul said, I am a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia, which is not an unimportant town: I make a request to you to let me say a word to the people.

My brothers and fathers, give ear to the story of my life which I now put before you.

Of which the high priest will be a witness, and all the rulers, from whom I had letters to the brothers; and I went into Damascus, to take those who were there as prisoners to Jerusalem for punishment.

Then it became clear to me that it was a question of their law, and that nothing was said against him which might be a reason for prison or death.

And from whom you will be able, by questioning him yourself, to get knowledge of all the things which we say against him.

And they are not able to give facts in support of the things which they say against me now.

But this I will say openly to you, that I do give worship to the God of our fathers after that Way, which to them is not the true religion: but I have belief in all the things which are in the law and in the books of the prophets:

Hoping in God for that which they themselves are looking for, that there will be a coming back from the dead for upright men and wrongdoers.

But only this one thing which I said among them in a loud voice, I am this day being judged on the question of the coming back from the dead.

And while he was talking about righteousness and self-control and the judging which was to come, Felix had great fear and said, Go away for the present, and when the right time comes I will send for you.

So Festus, having come into that part of the country which was under his rule, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.