And he said to them, It is not your [province] to know the times or seasons which the Father has appointed by his own authority;

And having said these words, as they were looking on he was taken up, and a cloud received him from their sight.

And as they looked steadily to heaven while he went, behold, two men stood by them in white clothing;

Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called [the Mount] of Olives, which is near Jerusalem, a sabbath day's journey [distant].

For he was numbered with us, and obtained the inheritance of this service.

and this became known to all who lived at Jerusalem, so that that field was called in their language Aceldamach, which is Field of blood.

For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his dwelling be desolate and let no one dwell in it, and his superintendency let another take.

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

beginning from the baptism of John till the day on which he was taken up from us, should be made with us a witness of his resurrection.

And suddenly there came from heaven a sound as of a violent wind borne along, and it filled all the house where they were sitting;

and there appeared to them divided tongues as of fire, and [one] sat on each one of them;

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

Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and those who live in Mesopotamia, Judea, and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,

For these are not drunk as you suppose, for it is the third hour of the day [9 A.M.],

but this is what was said by the prophet;

Men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus the Nazoraean, a man approved by God to you by mighty works and prodigies and miracles, which God performed by him in the midst of you, as you yourselves know,

him has God raised up, having loosed the pains of death, as it was not possible that he should be held by it.

For David says of him, I saw the Lord always before me, he is on my right hand that I should not be moved;

Men and brothers, let me speak to you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

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

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

and they sold their possessions and estates, and distributed them to all as any one had need;

AND Peter and John went up together to the temple at the hour of prayer, which is the ninth hour.

And a certain man lame from his birth was carried and placed daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask charity of those going into the temple;

But Peter looking steadily at him with John, said, Look on us.

And as he held Peter and John, all the people ran to them in the porch which is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.

And Peter seeing it answered the people, Men of Israel, why do you wonder at this? or why do you look intently at us as if by our power or piety we had made him walk?

but killed the Prince of life, whom God has raised from the dead, whose witnesses we are.

And by the faith of his name, his name has made strong this man whom you behold and know, and the faith which is by him has given him this entire soundness before you all.

And now, brothers, I know that you did it without knowledge, as did also your rulers;

This is the stone rejected by you builders, which has become the head of a corner.

And there is salvation in no other; for there is no other name given under heaven among men, by which we can be saved.

saying, What shall we do to these men? for that a notable miracle has been performed by them is manifest to all that live at Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it;

but that it spread no further among the people, let us threaten them severely, [and charge them] to speak no more to any man in this name.

But Peter and John answered and said to them, Whether it is right in the sight of God to obey you rather than God, judge;

and laid them at the apostles' feet; and distribution was made to each as any one had need.

And Joseph, called Barnabas by the apostles, which is interpreted, A son of consolation, a Levite, a Cyprian by birth,

so that they brought the sick into the streets and placed them on little beds and couches, that as Peter passed along even his shadow might overshadow some of them.

saying, We charged you strictly not to teach in this name, and behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and wish to bring this man's blood on us.

And Peter answering, and the apostles, said, It is necessary to obey God rather than man.

And now I tell you, abstain from these men, and let them alone; because if this design, or this work, is from men, it will be destroyed;

but if it is from God, you cannot destroy them; lest you be found at some time to be fighting against God.

And the twelve calling the multitude of the disciples, said, It is not desirable that we should leave the word of God to serve tables.

But some members of the synagogue called that of the Libertines and Cyrenians and Alexandrians and of those from Cilicia and Asia, arose and disputed with Stephen,

for we have heard him say, that Jesus this Nazoraean will destroy this place and change the customs which Moses gave us.

And [God] gave him no inheritance in it, not the breadth of a foot, and promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his posterity after him, when as yet he had no son.

but being exposed, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up and nourished him as her own son.

On the following day also he showed himself to them as they contended, and urged them to peace, saying, Men, you are brothers; why do you injure one another?

But he that injured his neighbor repelled him, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?

Will you kill me as you did the Egyptian, yesterday?

And the Lord said to him, Put off your shoes from your feet; for the place on which you stand is holy ground.

This is the Moses whom they denied, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge? Him did God send to be a ruler and a redeemer by the hand of the angel that appeared to him in the bush.

This is the Moses who said to the children of Israel, A prophet shall God raise up for you, of your brothers, like me.

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

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

And God turned and gave them up to serve the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets; Did you offer victims and sacrifices to me forty years in the wilderness, house of Israel,

Our fathers in the wilderness received the tabernacle of the testimony, as he that spoke to Moses charged him to make it according to the pattern which he had seen;

But the Most High dwells not in [temples] made with hands, as the prophet says;

Heaven is my throne, and the earth my footstool; what house will you build me, says the Lord, or what is the place of my rest?

Stiff necked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always fight against the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, you also do.

to whom all from the least to the greatest attended, saying, This is the power of God which is called great.

You have no part nor inheritance in this work; for your heart is not right before God.

And an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, Arise and go to the south, by the way that leads from Jerusalem to Gaza; this is a wilderness.

and he was returning and sitting in his chariot reading the prophet Isaiah.

And Philip running forward heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and he said, Do you really understand what you read?

And the passage of Scripture which he was reading, was this; As a sheep is led to slaughter, and as a lamb before one that shears him is dumb, so he opened not his mouth.

And as they went on the way they came to a certain water, and the eunuch said, Behold water; what hinders me from being baptized?

But the Lord said to him, Go, for he is a chosen vessel to me, to bear my name both before nations and kings, and the children of Israel;

And immediately there fell from his eyes as it were scales, and he received his sight, and rising up was baptized,

and immediately in the synagogues he preached Jesus, that this is the Son of God.

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

But Saul increased in power and confounded the Jews living at Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.

And there was at Joppa a certain female disciple called Tabitha, which being interpreted is called, Dorcas; she was full of good works and charities which she bestowed.

But Lydda being nigh to Joppa, the disciples hearing that Peter was there sent two men to him requesting, Do not delay to come to us.

And looking steadily at him and being afraid, he said, What is wanted, Lord? And he said to him, Your prayers and charities have come up as a memorial before God.

And now send men to Joppa and call for a certain Simon who is called Peter;

he lodges with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea.

And on the next day, as they were pursuing their journey and had come nigh to the city, Peter went upon the house to pray, about the sixth hour.

And Peter went down to the men and said, Behold, I am the man whom you seek; what is the cause for which you have come?

and he said to them, You know that it is not lawful for a Jew to associate with a man of another nation, or come into his house; and God has taught me not to call any man common or impure;

and said, Cornelius, your prayer is heard and your charities are remembered before God.

Send therefore to Joppa and call Simon who is called Peter; he lodges at the house of Simon a tanner, by the sea, who when he has come will speak to you.

And Peter opening his mouth said, Of a truth I perceive that God is not a respecter of persons,

but in every nation he that fears him and does righteousness is acceptable to him.

The word which he sent to the children of Israel, preaching the good news of peace by Jesus Christ,??e is Lord of all,??37 you know; the word which was [preached] through all Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism which John preached,

not to all the people, but to witnesses chosen before by God, to us, who eat and drank with him after he rose from the dead;

and he commanded us to preach to the people and testify fully that he is appointed by God the judge of living and dead.

Can any forbid water that these should be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit as we also have?

And he told us how he had seen the angel in his house standing and saying to him, Send to Joppa and call Simon who is called Peter,

And when I began to speak the Holy Spirit fell on them as also on us in the beginning.

If therefore God gave the gift equally to them and to us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I should be able to forbid God?

And a report concerning them was brought to the ears of the church at Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to go as far as Antioch;

But they said to her, You are mad. But she asserted strongly that it was so. And they said, It is his angel.

And when it was day there was no small stir among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter.

and the people shouted, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.

And having gone through the whole island to Paphos, they found a certain magian, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus,

but Elymas the magian, for so his name is interpreted, opposed them, seeking to turn away the proconsul from the faith.

And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you shall be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell upon him a mist and darkness, and going about he sought guides.

And when John completed his course, he said, Who do you suppose I am? I am not [the Christ]; but behold, there comes after me one the sandal of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.

Men and brothers, children of the race of Abraham, and you that fear God, the word of this salvation is sent to you.