"For thou wilt not leave my soul in Hades, Nor give up thy Holy One to see corruption.

And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were wrought by the apostles.

They would sell their lands and other property, and distribute the proceeds among all, just as any one from time had need.

"and it shall be that every soul who will not listen to that Prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.

Now the multitude of the believers was of one heart and one soul, nor did any one of them say that any of his possessions was his own; but they had all things common.

Nor was there any one of them in want, for all who owned houses or lands would sell them and bring the price of the things that were sold, and lay it at the apostles' feet;

"We must obey God rather than man. The God of our fathers has raised up Jesus, whom you slew by hanging him on a tree.

dragged him outside the city, and stoned him, the witnesses throwing off their outer garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.

With these words he fell asleep. And Saul fully approved of his murder. On this very day there broke out a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostle were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.

But Saul was laying waste the church. He was wont to enter into every house, and to drag off men and women, and to commit them to prison.

Meanwhile Saul, still breathing out threats of murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest

He fell to the ground, and heard a voice which said to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?"

And Saul got up from the ground, but although his eyes were open, he continued to perceive nothing; so they took him by the hand and led him into Damascus.

And the Lord said to him. "Arise, go into the street named 'Straight,' and make inquiries in the house of Judas for a man of Tarsus, one Saul.

And so Ananias went and entered into the house, and laying his hands on him, said, "Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, who appeared to you on your journey, has sent me that you may receive your sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit."

But Saul gained more and more influence, and kept putting the Jews who lived in Damascus to confusion by his proof that Jesus was the Christ.

And when many days were fulfilled the Jews made a plot to kill Saul;

but information of their plot was given Saul, and although they kept watch day and night on the gates, in order to make away with him,

But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles, and told them how Saul had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him; and also how he had preached the Name of the Lord Jesus boldly at Damascus.

Henceforth Saul was one of them, going in and out of the city, and speaking fearlessly in the Name of the Lord.

He beheld the sky opened, and a vessel descending like an enormous sail let down to earth by four corners.

This happened three times; and immediately the sail was drawn up into the sky.

"I was in the city of Joppa, praying, and while in a trance I saw a vision; a certain vessel descending, what seemed to be an enormous sail let down to me,

Then Barnabas visited Tarsus, to try to find Saul,

This they did, forwarding their contributions to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

suddenly an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the cell. Striking Peter on the side, he woke him saying, "Rise up quickly." At once the chains dropped from his hands.

and after discharging their mission, Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, bringing with them John, surnamed Mark.

Now there were in the church in Antioch prophets and teachers; Barnabas and Symeon, surnamed "the Black," Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen, the foster-brother of Herod the Tetrarch, and Saul.

And as they were worshiping the Lord, and fasting, the Holy Spirit said to them, "Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."

who belonged to the suite of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. He summoned Barnabas and Saul, and sought to hear the word of God.

So Saul, who is also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, gazed steadily at him, and said:

From Paphos Paul and his party set sail for Perga in Pamphylia; but John Mark left them and went back to Jerusalem.

"Then they asked for a king, and he gave them Saul, the son of Kish, a Benjamite for forty years.

Then the whole assembly remained silent, and listened to Barnabas and Saul as they told the signs and wonders which God had wrought among the Gentiles through them.

So we set sail from Troas and ran a straight course to Samothrace. The next day we arrived in Neapolis,

Then, setting sail from Ephesus, he landed at Caesarea; he went up to Jerusalem and saluted the church, and came down to Antioch.

He had been instructed in the ways of the Lord, and being full of zeal, he used to speak and to teach accurately the facts about Jesus, although he knew only the baptism of John.

Just as he was about to set sail for Syria, the Jews laid a plot against him, and he determined to return through Macedonia.

but we ourselves set sail from Philippi, after the days of unleavened bread, and joined them five days later at Troas. There we remained for a week.

The rest of us going before to the ship, set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul on board there; for so he had appointed, because he intended to go by land.

For Paul had determined to sail past Ephesus, so as not to spend time in Asia, for he was hurrying to get to Jerusalem, if it were possible, by the day of Pentecost.

When at least we had torn ourselves away, and had set sail, we ran a straight course to Cos, and next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.

And when we had found a ship bound for Phoenicia, we went aboard and set sail.

"I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, "'Saul! Saul! why are you persecuting me?'

"came to me, and standing by me, said to me, "'Brother Saul, receive your sight' "In that very hour I regained my sight and looked up at him.

"We all fell to the ground; and I heard a voice saying to me in Hebrew. "'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goad.'

When it was decided that we should sail for Italy, they proceeded to hand over Paul and a few other prisoners to the custody of Julius, a centurion of the Imperial Regiment.

We embarked in a ship of Adramyttium which was about to sail to the ports of the province of Asia, and put to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, accompanied us.

When for a long time they had been without food, Paul stood among them and said: "Men, you ought to have listened to me, and not have set sail from Crete, and so have spared yourselves this injury and loss.

But they kept expecting him to swell up or fall down dead suddenly. But after waiting a long time, and seeing no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said over and over that he was a god.

These loaded us with many honors and, when at last we set sail, they put on board such things as we needed.

Three months passed before we set sail an Alexandrian ship which had wintered in the island. Its name was "The Twin Brothers."