till the day on which he was taken up, after he had, through the Holy Spirit, given commandments to the apostles whom he had chosen.

To whom, after he had suffered, he also showed himself alive, by many indubitable proofs; appearing to them for forty days, and speaking of the things that pertain to the kingdom of God.

who also said: Men of Galilee, why stand you gazing up into heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, shall come in the same manner in which you saw him go into heaven.

Brethren, it was necessary for this scripture to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit had before spoken by the mouth of David, concerning Judas, who was a guide to those who took Jesus:

Therefore, of these men who have associated with us during the whole time in which the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

And they set apart two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias;

and praying, they said: Thou, Lord, who knowest the hearts of all, make known which of these two thou hast chosen,

Parthians and Modes and Elamites, and we who dwell in Mesopotamia, Judea, and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,

whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible for him to be held in subjection by it.

Therefore, let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God has made this same Jesus whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.

And a certain man, lame from his mother's womb, was carried along, whom they laid daily at that gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, that he might ask charity of those who were going into the temple.

The God of Abra ham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Son Jesus, whom you delivered up, and whom you rejected in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to release him.

and you slew the Author of life, whom God has raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses.

And his name, by faith in his name, has made this man strong whom you see and know; even the faith which is by him, has given him this entire soundness in the presence of you all.

and that he may send Jesus Christ, who was destined for you;

whom heaven must retain, till the time for restoring all things that God has spoken by the mouth of his holy prophets of ancient times.

But many of those who heard the word, believed: and the number of the men was about five thousand.

be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by him does this man stand before you in health.

and, seeing the man who had been cured standing with them, they had nothing to say in reply.

for the man on whom this sign of healing had been performed was more than forty years old.

And when they heard it, they lifted up their voice with one consent to God, and said: Lord, thou art God, who didst make the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all things that are in them; who, by the mouth of David thy servant, didst say,

For, in truth, against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, did meet together,

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

But Peter said to her: Why is it that you have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they shall carry you out.

And many people of the cities round about came to Jerusalem, bringing the sick, and those who were troubled by evil spirits, all of whom were cured.

And having heard this, they entered the temple, early in the morning, and taught. But the chief priest, and those who were with him, came and called together the Sanhedrin, and all the eldership of the sons of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

And some one came and reported to them: Behold, the men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.

The God of our fathers has raised up Jesus, whom you slew by hanging him on a tree.

and we are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit also, whom God has given to them that obey him.

Then arose a certain man in the Sanhedrin, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, who was honored by all the people; and he commanded them to put the apostles out for a little while,

For before these days Theudas arose, declaring himself to be some great one; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves; and he was slain; and all, as many as believed him, were scattered and brought to naught.

Therefore, brethren, select from among yourselves seven men, of good report, full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business:

whom they set before the apostles. And when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.

Then there arose some who be longed to the synagogue called the synagogue of the Freedmen, and some of the Cyrenians and Alexandrians, and of those who were from Cilicia and Asia, and they disputed with Stephen.

And they brought forward false witnesses, who said: This man ceases not to speak words against this holy place, and the law.

till another king arose, who knew not Joseph.

But he that was doing the injury to his neighbor, thrust him. away, saying, Who made you a ruler or a judge over us?

I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and I have come down to deliver them; and now come, and I will send you into Egypt.

This Moses, whom they rejected, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge? him God sent as a ruler and as a redeemer, by the hand of the angel that appeared to him in the bush.

This is that Moses, who said to the sons of Israel, A prophet like me will the Lord your God raise up for you from among your brethren; him shall you hear.

This is he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel that spoke to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers; he received the living oracles, that he might give them to us.

saying to Aaron: Make us gods that shall go be fore us; for, as for this Moses, who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what has become of him.

The tabernacle of the testimony was with our fathers in the wilderness, built as he who spoke to Moses commanded him to build it, according to the pattern which he had seen:

which our fathers, who were with Joshua, received by succession, and brought into the land possessed by the Gentiles, whom God continued to drive out from the face of our fathers till the -days of David,

who found favor before God, and desired to find a dwelling-place for the God of Jacob.

Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? They slew also those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you have now become the betrayers and murderers;

who received the law by the appointment of angels, and have not kepi, it.

But there was a certain man, named Simon, who had, be fore this time, been practicing magic in the city, and astonishing the people of Samaria, saying that he was some great one;

to whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying: This man is the great power of God.

But when they believed Philip, who preached the good news concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were immersed, both men and women.

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

who, when they had gone down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit.

saying: Give me, also, this authority, that who ever I shall lay my hands on, may receive the Holy Spirit.

And he arose and went. And be hold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, the queen of the Ethiopians, who had charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem to worship,

in his humiliation. The sentence against him was taken away; but who shall describe the men of his generation? For his life was taken from the earth.

And the eunuch answered Philip, and said: I pray you, of whom speaks the prophet this? Of himself, or of some other man?

and asked of him letters to Damascus, for the synagogues, that, if he should find any who were of this persuasion, either men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

He answered: "Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said: I am Jesus, whom you persecute.

The men who journeyed with him stood amazed; for they heard a voice, but saw no one.

And Ananias went, and entered the house, and laying his hands on him, said: Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, who appeared to you on the road by which you came, has sent me, that you may receive your sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit.

And all that heard him were astonished, and said: Is not this he who destroyed in Jerusalem those that call on this name, and who has come hither for this purpose, that he might carry them bound to the chief priests?

And he found there a certain man named Aeneas, who was a paralytic, and had kept his bed for eight years.

a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, who did many acts of charity to the people, and prayed to God always.

And now send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, who is surnamed Peter;

When the angel who spoke to him had departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier, one of those who waited on him,

Now, while Peter was perplexed within himself about the meaning of the vision which he had seen, behold, the men who had been sent from Cornelius, having made inquiry for the house of Simon, stood before the gate.

And they called and asked whether Simon, who was surnamed Peter, lodged there.

And Peter came down to the men, and said: Behold, I am he whom you seek; what is the cause of your coming?

Send, therefore, to Joppa, and call for Simon, who is surnamed Peter: he lodges in the house of Simon a tanner, by the sea; who, when he comes, will speak to you.

how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit, and with power; who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed by the devil; for God was with him.

And we are witnesses of all that he did, both in the country of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew by hanging him on a tree.

not to all the people, but to witnesses who were be fore appointed by God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him, after he rose from the dead.

And he commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that this is he who has been appointed by God as the judge of the living and the dead.

Can any one for bid the water, that these should not be immersed, who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we?

And when Peter went up to Jerusalem, those who were of the circumcision contended with him,

And behold, three men who had been sent to me from Caesarea, immediately came to the house where I was.

and he told us how he had seen an angel in his house, standing and saying to him, Send to Joppa and call for Simon, who is surnamed Peter;

If, then, God gave them the like gift that he gave to us who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, what was I, that I could withstand God?

Now those who had been dispersed by the persecution that arose after the death of Stephen, traveled as far as Phenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to none but Jews.

But some of them were men of Cyprus and Gyrene, who, when they had come to Antioch, spoke to the Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesus.

And being aware of his condition, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, who is surnamed Mark, where many had met together, and were praying.

And he was intending to make war upon the Tyrians and Sidonians; but they came with one consent to him; and having made Blastus, who had charge of the king's bed-chamber, their friend, they asked for peace, because their country was supported by that of the king.

Now there were certain prophets and teachers in the church that was at Antioch; Barnabas, and Simeon, who is called Niger, and Lucius of Gyrene, and Manaen, who was brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

and he was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, who was a man of intelligence. This man called for Barnabas and Saul, and expressed an earnest wish to hear the word of God.

Then Saul, who is also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, and looking earnestly upon him,

Then Paul arose, and waving his hand, said: Men of Israel, and you who fear God, give audience.

And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king; to whom he gave this testimony: I have found David the son of Jesse a man after my own heart, who will do all my will.

And as John was finishing his course, he said: Who do you suppose that I am? I am not he; but behold, there is coming after me one, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to loose.

Brethren, sons of the family of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.

For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, be cause they did not know him, nor the words of the prophets, which are read every sabbath-day, have fulfilled them in condemning him.

And he was seen for many days by those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses to the people.

But he whom God raised up did not see corruption.

Now, after the congregation was dismissed, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them, and persuaded them to continue faithful to the grace of God.

Therefore, they continued a long time, and spoke boldly in the Lord, who gave testimony to the word of his grace, by granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

And there was a certain man in Lystra, without strength in his feet, who sat, for he was a cripple from his mother's womb, and had never walked.

This man heard Paul speak, who, looking earnestly on him, and seeing that he had faith to be saved,

and saying: Men, why are you doing these things? We also are human beings, with passions like your own, and we preach the gospel to you, that you may turn from these vanities to the living God, who made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all things that are in them;

who, in past generations, permitted all the nations to walk in their own ways;

Then came thither, from Antioch and Iconium, Jews, who persuaded the multitudes; and having stoned Paul, they dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.

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