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:

So, when they were together, they said to him, Lord, will you at this time give back the kingdom to Israel?

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.

And when he had said these things, while they were looking, he was taken up, and went from their view into a cloud.

And said, O men of Galilee, why are you looking up into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken from you into heaven, will come again, in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.

And in those days Peter got up among the brothers (there were about one hundred and twenty of them), and said,

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,

And they were full of wonder and said, Are not all these men Galilaeans?

But others, making sport of them, said, They are full of new wine.

But Peter, getting up, with the eleven, said in a loud voice, O men of Judaea, and all you who are living in Jerusalem, take note of this and give ear to my words.

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

For David said of him, I saw the Lord before my face at all times, for he is at my right hand, so that I may not be moved:

For David has not gone up into heaven, but says, himself, The Lord said to my Lord, Be seated at my right hand,

Now when these words came to their ears their hearts were troubled, and they said to Peter and the other Apostles, Brothers, what are we to do?

And Peter said, Let your hearts be changed, every one of you, and have baptism in the name of Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will have the Holy Spirit given to you.

And Peter, looking at him, with John, said, Keep your eyes on us.

But Peter said, I have no silver or gold, but what I have, that I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up on your feet.

And when Peter saw it he said to the people, You men of Israel, why are you so greatly surprised at this man? or why are you looking at us as if by our power or virtue we had given him the use of his legs?

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.

Then sending for Peter and John, they said, By what power and in whose name have you done this?

Then Peter, being full of the Holy Spirit, said to them, O you rulers of the people and men of authority,

But Peter and John in answer said to them, It is for you to say if it is right in the eyes of God to give attention to you more than to God:

And when they had said more sharp words to them, they let them go, not seeing what punishment they might give them, because of the people; for all men were giving praise to God for what had taken place.

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.

And hearing it, they all, with one mind, made prayer to God and said, O Lord, maker of heaven and earth and the sea and all things in them:

Who has said, by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of our father David your servant, Why are the nations so violently moved, and why are the thoughts of the people so foolish?

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.

But Peter said, Ananias, why has the Evil One put it into your heart to be false to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

And Peter said to her, Give me an answer: was this amount of money the price of the land? And she said, Yes, it was.

But Peter said to her, Why have you made an agreement together to be false to the Spirit of the Lord? See, the feet of the young men who have put the body of your husband in the earth, are at the door, and they will take you out.

But in the night an angel of the Lord, opening the doors of the prison, took them out and said,

And someone came and said to them, The men, whom you put in prison, are in the Temple teaching the people.

And they took them into the Sanhedrin, and the high priest said to them,

But Peter and the Apostles, answering, said, We have to do the orders of God, not of man.

And he said to them, Men of Israel, take care what you do about these men.

For before this there was Theudas, who said he was someone important, to whom about four hundred men gave their support: he was put to death, and his band was broken up and came to nothing.

And the Apostles sent for all the disciples and said, It is not right for us to give up preaching the word of God in order to make distribution of food.

Then they got men to say, He has said evil against Moses and against God, in our hearing.

And they got false witnesses who said, This man is for ever saying things against this holy place and against the law:

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.

Then the high priest said, Are these things true?

And he said, My brothers and fathers, give hearing. The God of glory came to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he was living in Haran,

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 God said that his seed would be living in a strange land, and that they would make them servants, and be cruel to them for four hundred years.

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.

But the man who was doing wrong to his neighbour, pushing him away, said, Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?

And the Lord said, Take off the shoes from your feet, for the place where you are is holy.

This is the same Moses, who said to the children of Israel, God will give you a prophet from among your brothers, like me.

By whom our fathers would not be controlled; but they put him on one side, turning back in their hearts to Egypt,

Heaven is the seat of my power, and earth is a resting-place for my feet: what sort of house will you make for me, says the Lord, or what is my place of rest?

And he said, Now I see heaven open, and the Son of man at the right hand of God.

And going down on his knees, he said in a loud voice, Lord, do not make them responsible for this sin. And when he had said this, he went to his rest.

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

But Peter said, May your money come to destruction with you, because you had the idea that what is freely given by God may be got for a price.

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 Spirit said to Philip, Go near, and get on his carriage.

And Philip, running up to him, saw that he was reading Isaiah the prophet, and said to him, Is the sense of what you are reading clear to you?

And he said, How is that possible when I have no guide? And he made Philip get up by his side.

And the Ethiopian said to Philip, About whom are these words said by the prophet? about himself, or some other?

And while they were going on their way, they came to some water, and the Ethiopian said, See, here is water; why may I not have baptism?

And he went down on the earth, and a voice said to him, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly?

And he said, Who are you, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus, whom you are attacking:

Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and the Lord said to him in a vision, Ananias! and he said, Here I am, Lord.

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 Ananias said, Lord, I have had accounts of this man from a number of people, how much evil he has done to your saints at Jerusalem:

But the Lord said, Go without fear: for he is a special vessel for me, to give to the Gentiles and kings and to the children of Israel the knowledge of my name:

And Ananias went out and came to the house, and putting his hands on him, said, Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, whom you saw when you were on your journey, has sent me, so that you may be able to see, and be full of the Holy Spirit.

And all those hearing him were full of wonder and said, Is not this the man who in Jerusalem was attacking all the worshippers of this name? and he had come here so that he might take them as prisoners before the chief priests.

And Peter said to him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ makes you well: get up and make your bed. And straight away he got up.

But Peter made them all go outside, and went down on his knees in prayer; and turning to the body, he said, Tabitha, get up. And, opening her eyes, she saw Peter and got up.

And he, looking on him in fear, said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Your prayers and your offerings have come up to God, and he has kept them in mind.

And when the angel who said these words to him had gone away, he sent for two of his house-servants, and a God-fearing man of the army, one of those who were waiting on him at all times;

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

And, while Peter was turning the vision over in his mind, the Spirit said to him, See, three men are looking for you.

And Peter went down to the men, and said, I am the man you are looking for: why have you come?

And they said, Cornelius, a captain, an upright and God-fearing man, respected by all the nation of the Jews, had word from God by an angel to send for you to his house, and to give hearing to your words.

But Peter, lifting him up, said, Get up, for I am a man as you are.

And he said to them, You yourselves have knowledge that it is against the law for a man who is a Jew to be in the company of one who is of another nation; but God has made it clear to me that no man may be named common or unclean:

And Cornelius said, Four days from now I was in my house in prayer at the ninth hour; and I saw before me a man in shining clothing,

Who said, Cornelius, your prayer has come to the ears of God, and your offerings are kept in his memory.

Then Peter said, Truly, I see clearly that God is no respecter of persons:

And they were talking in tongues, and giving glory to God. Then Peter said,

But I said, No, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever come into my mouth.

But the voice, coming a second time from heaven, said, What God has made clean, do not you make common.

And the words of the Lord came into my mind, how he said, The baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit.

And hearing these things they said nothing more, but gave glory to God, saying, Then to the Gentiles as to us has God given a change of heart, so that they may have life.

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.

And a great light was seen shining in the room, and an angel of the Lord came to Peter and, touching him on his side so that he came out of his sleep, said, Get up quickly. And his chains came off his hands.

Then the angel said, Put on your shoes and get ready to go. And he did so. And he said, Put your coat round you and come with me.

And when Peter came to his senses he said, Now, truly, I am certain that the Lord has sent his angel and taken me out of the hands of Herod, against all the hopes of the Jews.

And they said to her, You are off your head. But still she said, with decision, that it was so. And they said, It is his angel.

But he made a sign to them with his hand to be quiet, and gave them an account of how the Lord had taken him out of prison. And he said, Give the news to James and the brothers. And then he went away.

And the people, with loud cries, said, It is the voice of a god, not of a man.

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.

But Saul, whose other name is Paul, being full of the Holy Spirit, looking hard at him, said,

And Paul, getting up and making a sign with his hand, said, Men of Israel, and you who have the fear of God, give ear.

And having put him on one side, he made David their king, to whom he gave witness, saying, I have taken David, the son of Jesse, a man dear to my heart, who will do all my pleasure.