They then accordingly assembling together, asked him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time reestablish the kingdom of Israel?

"And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour our of my spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:

and upon my servants and my handmaidens in those days will I pour out of my spirit; and they shall prophesy:

and I will perform prodigies in the heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke.

that thou wilt not leave my soul in the mansion of the dead, nor permit that Holy One of thine to see corruption.

and he will send Jesus Christ, who was before preached unto you:

But it shall come to pass, that every soul which will not hearken to that prophet, shall be utterly exterminated from amidst the people."

But that it be no farther spread among the people, we will menace them with threats, no more to speak in this name to any man.

And as to the matters now before you, I say unto you, Abstain from these men, and leave them to themselves: for if this design or this work be of men, it will come to nothing:

But we will devote ourselves constantly to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.

for we have heard him affirm, that Jesus the Nazarean, even he, will destroy this place, and change the accustomed ordinances which Moses delivered to us.

and said to him, Go forth out of thy country, and from among thy relations, and come hither to a land which I will shew thee.

And the nation by which they shall be enslaved will I judge, said God: and after these things they shall come out, and shall worship me in this place.

Wilt thou kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian yesterday?

Attentive I have beheld the evil treatment of my people in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and I am come down to deliver them. And now come hither, I will send thee into Egypt."

Yet have ye taken up the tabernacle of Moloc, and the star of your god Remphan, those figures which ye made to pay adoration to them: and I will transport you beyond Babylon.

"Heaven is my throne, and earth the footstool for my feet: what kind of house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what place is there for my repose?

And trembling and amazed he said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.

for I will shew him how many things he must suffer for my name's sake.

he lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is near the sea: this man will tell thee what thou must do.

in which were all the quadrupeds of the earth, and wild beasts, and reptiles, and birds of the air.

Send therefore to Joppa, and invite Simon, whose surname is Peter, to come to thee; he lodgeth in the house of Simon the tanner, near the sea: who, when he is come will talk with thee.

on which looking attentively, I perceived, and saw the quadrupeds of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the reptiles, and the birds of the air.

who will speak words to thee, by which thou mayest be saved, and thy house.

said, O thou full of all guile and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease perverting the strait ways of the Lord?

But that he raised him from the dead, no more in future to return to corruption, he hath thus spoken, "I will give you the holy things of David, which are sure."

Wherefore also he saith in another place, "Thou wilt not permit thy Holy One to see corruption."

For David indeed, after having served his own generation by the will of God, fell asleep, and was placed with his fathers, and saw corruption.

"After this will I return, and build again the tabernacle of David, that is fallen; and re-edify what hath been dug up from the foundation, and will set it upright again:

We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, and they by word of mouth will tell you the same things.

Then certain of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers attacked him: and some said, What will this chattering fellow say? but others, He seemeth to be a preacher of foreign deities, because he preached to them Jesus and the resurrection.

because he hath fixed the day in which he will judge the whole world in righteousness by the man whom he hath appointed; affording evidence of this to all, by raising him from the dead.

But when they heard of the resurrection from the dead, Some scoffed: and others said, We will hear thee again on this subject.

But as they continued opposing and blaspheming, he shook his garments, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am pure from it: from this moment will I go to the Gentiles.

If indeed this was now a matter of injustice, or wicked knavery, with reason I should hear you patiently; but if it be merely a controversy about the word, and names, and a law peculiar to yourselves, settle it yourselves: for I will be no judge of these matters.

For this I know, that after my departure there will come among you grievous wolves, not sparing the flock:

And when he could not be persuaded, we desisted, saying, The will of the Lord be done.

What then is to be done? The multitude must certainly be assembled; for they will hear that thou art come.

them take with thee, be purified with them, and be at the same expence as they, that they may shave their heads: and all men will know that there is no truth in the things reported of thee, but that thou thyself walkest orderly and observest the law.

As also the high-priest will bear me witness, and all the body of elders: from whom also having received letters unto the brethren, I went unto Damascus, to bring those who were there in chains unto Jerusalem, that they might be punished.

And he said, The God of our fathers hath predestinated thee to know his will, and to see the Just One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.

and beheld him saying to me, Make haste, and depart quickly from Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony of me.

And he said to me, Go: for I will send thee forth to the Gentiles afar off.

I will give thee a thorough hearing, said he, when thy accusers are also come hither. And he commanded them to be kept under guard in Herod's praetorium.

When Felix then heard these things he put them off, (for he knew very exactly all that related to that way,) saying, When Lysias the tribune is come down, I will inquire thoroughly into the matters between you.

And as he discoursed of righteousness, and temperance, and the judgment which is ready to be revealed, Felix being greatly terrified, replied, Go, for the present, I will some time hence take another opportunity of calling for thee.

Then Festus, desirous of ingratiating himself with the Jews, replying to Paul, said, Wilt thou go up unto Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things before me?

Notwithstanding, arise, and stand on thy feet: for to this end have I appeared to thee, to ordain thee both a minister and a witness of the things which thou hast seen, and of those which I will shew thee;

saying unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will be attended with much damage and loss, not only of the cargo and of the ship, but [danger] of our lives also.

Wherefore, sirs, cheer up: for I believe God that it will be so, exactly as he hath spoken to me.

Be it known therefore unto you, that to the Gentiles is the salvation of God sent, and they will hear.