And he said to them, It is not yours to know times or seasons, which the Father has placed in his own authority;

And as they were gazing into heaven, as he was going, behold, also two men stood by them in white clothing,

And when they were come into the city, they went up to the upper chamber, where were staying both Peter, and John, and James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, and Simon the zealot, and Jude the brother of James.

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,)

And when the day of Pentecost was now accomplishing, they were all together in one place.

And there came suddenly a sound out of heaven as of a violent impetuous blowing, and filled all the house where they were sitting.

And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit gave to them to speak forth.

Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, pious men, from every nation of those under heaven.

But the rumour of this having spread, the multitude came together and were confounded, because each one heard them speaking in his own dialect.

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

and how do we hear them each in our own dialect in which we have been born,

Cretans and Arabians, we hear them speaking in our own tongues the great things of God?

And they were all amazed and in perplexity, saying one to another, What would this mean?

But others mocking said, They are full of new wine.

for these are not full of wine, as ye suppose, for it is the third hour of the day;

And it shall be in the last days, saith God, that I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your elders shall dream with dreams;

Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus the Nazaraean, a man borne witness to by God to you by works of power and wonders and signs, which God wrought by him in your midst, as yourselves know

This Jesus has God raised up, whereof all we are witnesses.

And having heard it they were pricked in heart, and said to Peter and the other apostles, What shall we do, brethren?

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 all that believed were together, and had all things common,

praising God, and having favour with all the people; and the Lord added to the assembly daily those that were to be saved.

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;

And having taken hold of him by the right hand he raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones were made strong.

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.

And Peter, seeing it, answered the people, Men of Israel, why are ye astonished at this? or why do ye gaze on us as if we had by our own power or piety made him to walk?

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 now, brethren, I know that ye did it in ignorance, as also your rulers;

Repent therefore and be converted, for the blotting out of your sins, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

Moses indeed said, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up to you out of your brethren like me: him shall ye hear in everything whatsoever he shall say to you.

Ye are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God appointed to our fathers, saying to Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

To you first God, having raised up his servant, has sent him, blessing you in turning each one of you from your wickedness.

And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,

And it came to pass on the morrow that their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together at Jerusalem,

and Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the high priestly family;

and having placed them in the midst they inquired, In what power or in what name have ye done this?

if we this day are called upon to answer as to the good deed done to the infirm man, how he has been healed,

But seeing the boldness of Peter and John, and perceiving that they were unlettered and uninstructed men, they wondered; and they recognised them that they were with Jesus.

The kings of the earth were there, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against his Christ.

And when they had prayed, the place in which they were assembled shook, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and spoke the word of God with boldness.

And the heart and soul of the multitude of those that had believed were one, and not one said that anything of what he possessed was his own, but all things were common to them;

For neither was there any one in want among them; for as many as were owners of lands or houses, selling them, brought the price of what was sold

And Peter said to her, Why is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Lo, the feet of those that have buried thy husband are at the door, and they shall carry thee out.

And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders done among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch,

and believers were more than ever added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women;)

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 the high priest rising up, and all they that were with him, which is the sect of the Sadducees, were filled with wrath,

And when they heard it, they entered very early into the temple and taught. And when the high priest was come, and they that were with him, they called together the council and all the elderhood of the sons of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

And when the officers were come, they did not find them in the prison; and returned and reported

And when they heard these words, both the priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests were in perplexity as to them, what this would come to.

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.

saying, We strictly enjoined you not to teach in this name: and lo, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and purpose to bring upon us the blood of this man.

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

And we are his witnesses of these things, and the Holy Spirit also, which God has given to those that obey him.

But they, when they heard these things, were cut to the heart, and took counsel to kill them.

and said to them, Men of Israel, take heed to yourselves as regards these men what ye are going to do;

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.

After him rose Judas the Galilean in the days of the census, and drew away a number of people after him; and he perished, and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered abroad.

And now I say to you, Withdraw from these men and let them alone, for if this counsel or this work have its origin from men, it will be destroyed;

They therefore went their way from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to be dishonoured for the name.

But in those days, the disciples multiplying in number, there arose a murmuring of the Hellenists against the Hebrews because their widows were overlooked in the daily ministration.

And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.

And the high priest said, Are these things then so?

And he said, Brethren and fathers, hearken. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,

But a famine came upon all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great distress, and our fathers found no food.

But Jacob, having heard of there being corn in Egypt, sent out our fathers first;

And Jacob went down into Egypt and died, he and our fathers,

and were carried over to Sychem and placed in the sepulchre which Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.

He dealt subtilly with our race, and evil entreated the fathers, casting out their infants that they might not live.

And on the morrow he shewed himself to them as they were contending, and compelled them to peace, saying, Ye are brethren, why do ye wrong one another?

And Moses fled at this saying, and became a sojourner in the land of Madiam, where he begat two sons.

And when forty years were fulfilled, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai, in a flame of fire of a 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,

Yea, ye took up the tent of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, the forms which ye made to do homage to them; and I will transport you beyond Babylon.

Our fathers had the tent of the testimony in the wilderness, as he that spoke to Moses commanded to make it according to the model which he had seen;

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;

The heaven is my throne and the earth the footstool of my feet: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord, or where is the place of my rest?

O stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers, ye also.

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!

And hearing these things they were cut to the heart, and gnashed their teeth against him.

And Saul was consenting to his being killed. And on that day there arose a great persecution against the assembly which was in Jerusalem, and all were scattered into the countries of Judaea and Samaria except the apostles.

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

But when they believed Philip announcing the glad tidings concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptised, both men and women.

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

for he was not yet fallen upon any of them, only they were baptised to the name of the Lord Jesus.

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.

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

And straightway there fell from his eyes as it were scales, and he saw, and rising up was baptised;

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?

Now when many days were fulfilled, the Jews consulted together to kill him.

And having arrived at Jerusalem he essayed to join himself to the disciples, and all were afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.

The assemblies then throughout the whole of Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, being edified and walking in the fear of the Lord, and were increased through the comfort of the Holy Spirit.

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 on the morrow, as these were journeying and drawing near to the city, Peter went up on the house to pray, about the sixth hour.