until that day in which, having by the Holy Spirit charged the apostles whom he had chosen, he was taken up;

to whom also he presented himself living, after he had suffered, with many proofs; being seen by them during forty days, and speaking of the things which concern the kingdom of God;

who also said, Men of Galilee, why do ye stand looking into heaven? This Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven, shall thus come in the manner in which ye have beheld him going into heaven.

And in those days Peter, standing up in the midst of the brethren, said, (the crowd of names who were together was about a hundred and twenty,)

Brethren, it was necessary that the scripture should have been fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before, by the mouth of David, concerning Judas, who became guide to those who took Jesus;

It is necessary therefore, that of the men who have assembled with us all the time in which the Lord Jesus came in and went out among us,

And they appointed two, Joseph, who was called Barsabas, who had been surnamed Justus, and Matthias.

And all were amazed and wondered, saying, Behold, are not all these who are speaking Galilaeans?

Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and those who inhabit Mesopotamia, and Judaea, and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,

Whom God has raised up, having loosed the pains of death, inasmuch as it was not possible that he should be held by its power;

Let the whole house of Israel therefore know assuredly that God has made him, this Jesus whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.

For to you is the promise and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God may call.

Those then who had accepted his word were baptised; and there were added in that day about three thousand souls.

and a certain man who was lame from his mother's womb was being carried, whom they placed every day at the gate of the temple called Beautiful, to ask alms of those who were going into the temple;

who, seeing Peter and John about to enter into the temple, asked to receive alms.

and they recognised him, that it was he who sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

The God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus, whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he had judged that he should be let go.

but the originator of life ye slew, whom God raised from among the dead, whereof we are witnesses.

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

and he may send Jesus Christ, who was foreordained for you,

whom heaven indeed must receive till the times of the restoring of all things, of which God has spoken by the mouth of his holy prophets since time began.

But many of those who had heard the word believed; and the number of the men had become about five thousand.

be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazaraean, whom ye have crucified, whom God has raised from among the dead, by him this man stands here before you sound in body.

And beholding the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to reply;

for the man on whom this sign of healing had taken place was above forty years old.

And they, having heard it, lifted up their voice with one accord to God, and said, Lord, thou art the God who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that is in them;

who hast said by the mouth of thy servant David, Why have the nations raged haughtily and the peoples meditated vain things?

For in truth against thy holy servant Jesus, whom thou hadst anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the nations, and peoples of Israel, have been gathered together in this city

And Joseph, who had been surnamed Barnabas by the apostles (which is, being interpreted, Son of consolation), a Levite, Cyprian by birth,

And Ananias, hearing these words, fell down and expired. And great fear came upon all who heard it.

And great fear came upon all the assembly, and upon all who heard these things.

And the multitude also of the cities round about came together to Jerusalem, bringing sick persons and persons beset by unclean spirits, who were all healed.

And some one coming reported to them, Lo, the men whom ye put in the prison are in the temple, standing and teaching the people.

The God of our fathers has raised up Jesus, whom ye have slain, having hanged on a cross.

for before these days Theudas rose up, alleging himself to be somebody, to whom a number of men, about four hundred, were joined; who was slain, and all, as many as obeyed him, were dispersed and came to nothing.

Look out therefore, brethren, from among yourselves seven men, well reported of, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we will establish over this business:

whom they set before the apostles; and, having prayed, they laid their hands on them.

And all who sat in the council, looking fixedly on him, saw his face as the face of an angel.

until another king over Egypt arose who did not know Joseph.

In which time Moses was born, and was exceedingly lovely, who was nourished three months in the house of his father.

But he that was wronging his neighbour thrust him away, saying, Who established thee ruler and judge over us?

This Moses, whom they refused, saying, Who made thee ruler and judge? him did God send to be a ruler and deliverer with the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, A prophet shall God raise up to you out of your brethren like me him shall ye hear.

This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the angel who spoke to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers; who received living oracles to give to us;

to whom our fathers would not be subject, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back to Egypt,

saying to Aaron, Make us gods who shall go before us; for this Moses, who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what has happened to him.

which also our fathers, receiving from their predecessors, brought in with Joshua when they entered into possession of the lands of the nations, whom God drove out from the face of our fathers, until the days of David;

who found favour before God, and asked to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob;

Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain those who announced beforehand concerning the coming of the Just One, of whom ye have now become deliverers up and murderers!

who have received the law as ordained by the ministry of angels, and have not kept it.

For from many who had unclean spirits they went out, crying with a loud voice; and many that were paralysed and lame were healed.

To whom they had all given heed, from small to great, saying, This is the power of God which is called great.

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

who, having come down, prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit;

And he rose up and went. And lo, an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a man in power under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to worship at Jerusalem,

In his humiliation his judgment has been taken away, and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.

And the eunuch answering Philip said, I pray thee, concerning whom does the prophet say this? of himself or of some other?

and asked of him letters to Damascus, to the synagogues, so that if he found any who were of the way, both men and women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus, whom thou persecutest.

But the men who were travelling with him stood speechless, hearing the voice but beholding no one.

and here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call upon thy name.

and, having received food, got strength. And he was with the disciples who were in Damascus certain days.

And all who heard were astonished and said, Is not this he who destroyed in Jerusalem those who called on this name, and here was come for this purpose, that he might bring them bound to the chief priests?

But Saul increased the more in power, and confounded the Jews who dwelt in Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.

Now it came to pass that Peter, passing through all quarters, descended also to the saints who inhabited Lydda.

And he found there a certain man, Aeneas by name, who had been lying for eight years upon a couch, who was paralysed.

And all who inhabited Lydda and the Saron saw him, who turned to the Lord.

And Peter rising up went with them, whom, when arrived, they brought up into the upper chamber; and all the widows stood by him weeping and shewing him the body-coats and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them.

And now send men to Joppa and fetch Simon, who is surnamed Peter.

And when the angel who was speaking to him had departed, having called two of his household and a pious soldier of those who were constantly with him,

And as Peter doubted in himself what the vision which he had seen might mean, behold also the men who were sent by Cornelius, having sought out the house of Simon, stood at the gate,

and having called some one, they inquired if Simon who was surnamed Peter was lodged there.

And Peter going down to the men said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause for which ye come?

Send therefore to Joppa and fetch Simon, who is surnamed Peter; he lodges in the house of Simon, a tanner, by the sea who when he is come will speak to thee.

Jesus who was of Nazareth: how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power; who went through all quarters doing good, and healing all that were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.

We also are witnesses of all things which he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem; whom they also slew, having hanged him on a cross.

not of all the people, but of witnesses who were chosen before of God, us who have eaten and drunk with him after he arose from among the dead.

And he commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that he it is who was determinately appointed of God to be judge of living and dead.

While Peter was yet speaking these words the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who were hearing the word.

Can any one forbid water that these should not be baptised, who have received the Holy Spirit as we also did?

And the apostles and the brethren who were in Judaea heard that the nations also had received the word of God;

and he related to us how he had seen the angel in his house, standing and saying to him, Send men to Joppa and fetch Simon, who is surnamed Peter,

who shall speak words to thee whereby thou shalt be saved, thou and all thy house.

If then God has given them the same gift as also to us when we had believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who indeed was I to be able to forbid God?

They then who had been scattered abroad through the tribulation that took place on the occasion of Stephen, passed through the country to Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one but to Jews alone.

But there were certain of them, Cyprians and Cyrenians, who entering into Antioch spoke to the Greeks also, announcing the glad tidings of the Lord Jesus.

who, having arrived and seeing the grace of God, rejoiced, and exhorted all with purpose of heart to abide with the Lord;

And they determined, according as any one of the disciples was well off, each of them to send to the brethren who dwelt in Judaea, to minister to them;

whom having seized he put in prison, having delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep, purposing after the passover to bring him out to the people.

And having become clearly conscious in himself, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John who was surnamed Mark, where were many gathered together and praying.

Now there were in Antioch, in the assembly which was there, prophets and teachers: Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenian, and Manaen, foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. He, having called Barnabas and Saul to him, desired to hear the word of God.

But Saul, who also is Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, fixing his eyes upon him,

And now behold, the Lord's hand is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell upon him a mist and darkness; and going about he sought persons who should lead him by the hand.

And having removed him he raised up to them David for king, of whom also bearing witness he said, I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who shall do all my will.

And as John was fulfilling his course he said, Whom do ye suppose that I am? I am not he. But behold, there comes one after me, the sandal of whose feet I am not worthy to loose.

Brethren, sons of Abraham's race, and those who among you fear God, to you has the word of this salvation been sent:

for those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, not having known him, have fulfilled also the voices of the prophets which are read on every sabbath, by judging him.

who appeared for many days to those who had come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses to the people.

But he whom God raised up did not see corruption.