and said to them, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up into the sky? This very Jesus who has been caught up from you into heaven will come in just the way that you have seen him go up to heaven."

"Brothers, the prediction of the Scriptures had to come true that the holy Spirit uttered by the lips of David, about Judas, who acted as guide for the men that arrested Jesus??17 for he was one of our number and a share in this ministry of ours fell to his lot."

This fact was well known to all the residents of Jerusalem, so that the piece of land came to be called in their language Akeldamach, the bloody field.)

when suddenly there came from the sky a sound like a violent blast of wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.

" 'It will come about in the last days, God says, That I will pour out my Spirit upon all mankind; Your sons and daughters will become prophets, Your young men will have visions, And your old men will have dreams.

So repent and turn to God, to have your sins wiped out, and happier times will come from the presence of the Lord,

As they were talking in this way to the people, the high priests, the commander of the Temple, and the Sadducees came up to them,

About three hours later, his wife came in, without having learned what had happened.

She instantly fell down at his feet and expired. When the young men came in they found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.

Even from the towns around Jerusalem crowds would come in bringing sick people and those who were troubled with foul spirits, and they were all cured.

And they obeyed, and about daybreak went into the Temple and began to teach. The high priest and his party came over and called together the council and indeed the whole senate of the Israelites, and sent to the prison to have the apostles brought in.

But the attendants who went for them could not find them in the jail, and they came back and reported,

When the commander of the Temple and the high priests heard this report, they were very much at a loss as to what would come of it.

Someone came over and reported to them, "The men that you put in jail are standing right here in the Temple, teaching the people!"

So in the present case, I tell you, keep away from these men and let them alone, for if this idea or movement is of human origin, it will come to naught,

and he said to him, 'Leave your country and your relatives and come to the country that I will show you.'

and Jacob came down to Egypt. There he and our forefathers died,

The next day, he came across two of them fighting and tried to pacify them. He said to them, 'You are brothers. Why should you injure each other?'

I have seen all the oppression of my people in Egypt, and I have heard their groans, and I have come down to save them. So come! I will make you my messenger to Egypt!'

for with loud cries foul spirits came out of many who had been possessed by them, and many paralytics and lame people were cured.

When they came, they prayed that the Samaritans might receive the holy Spirit,

for it had not yet come upon any of them; they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

So he got up and went. Now there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a member of the court of Candace, queen of Ethiopia, her chief treasurer, who had come up to Jerusalem to worship,

As they went on along the road, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, "Here is some water! What is there to prevent my being baptized?"

When they came out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord hurried Philip away, and the eunuch saw nothing more of him. Full of joy, he went on with his journey,

He has had a vision and seen a man named Ananias come in and lay his hands on him, to restore his sight."

Everyone was astonished, and said, "Is not he the man who made such havoc of the people in Jerusalem who call upon that name, and who came here especially for the purpose of arresting such persons and taking them before the high priests?"

As Joppa was near Lydda, the disciples heard that Peter was there, and they sent two men to him, urging him to come over without delay.

This became known all over Joppa, and many came to believe in the Lord.

So it came about that Peter stayed for some time in Joppa, at the house of a tanner named Simon.

One afternoon, about three o'clock, he had a vision, and distinctly saw an angel of God come into his room and say to him, "Cornelius!"

And a voice came to him, "Get up, Peter! Kill something and eat it!"

The voice came to him again a second time, "Do not call what God has cleansed unclean."

They answered, "Cornelius, who is a captain, and an upright and God-fearing man, and who has a good reputation with the whole Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house, and to listen to what you have to say."

When Peter actually came in, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet and made obeisance to him.

That was why, when I was sent for, I came without any hesitation. And now I want to ask why you sent for me."

So send to Joppa and invite Simon who is called Peter to come here. He is staying at the house of a tanner named Simon, close to the sea.'

So I sent for you immediately, and you have very kindly come. Now we are all here in God's presence, to hear everything that the Lord has instructed you to say."

The Jewish believers who had come with Peter were amazed because the gift of the holy Spirit had been showered upon the heathen too,

"I was praying in the town of Joppa, and while in a trance I had a vision. Something like a great sheet came down out of the sky, lowered by its four corners. It came right down to me,

The news about them came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas all the way to Antioch.

for he was an excellent man, full of the holy Spirit and faith. So a considerable number of people came over to the Lord.

and found him and brought him to Antioch. The result was that for a whole year they met with the church, and taught large numbers of people, and it was at Antioch that the disciples first came to be known as Christians.

About that time some prophets from Jerusalem came down to Antioch,

They passed the first guard and then the second, and came to the iron gate that led into the city. It opened to them of itself, and they passed out and went along one street, when suddenly the angel left him.

Then Peter came to himself, and he said, "Now I am certain that the Lord sent his angel and rescued me from the power of Herod and all that the Jewish people were expecting."

When he knocked at the outer door, a maid named Rhoda came to answer it,

But when morning came, there was no little commotion among the soldiers as to what could have become of Peter.

Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. So they came before him in a body, and after winning over Blastus, the king's chamberlain, they asked for a reconciliation, because their country depended upon the king's dominions for its food supply.

They went through the whole island as far as Paphos, and there they came across a Jewish magician and false prophet named Barjesus.

and for many days he appeared to those who had come up to Jerusalem with him from Galilee, and they are now witnesses for him to the people.

The crowds, seeing what Paul had done, shouted in the Lycaonian language, "The gods have come down to us in human form!"

The priest of the temple of Zeus that stood at the entrance to the town came with crowds of people to the gates, bringing bulls and garlands, meaning to offer sacrifice to them.

But some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and won the people over, and they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the town, thinking that he was dead.

Some people came down from Judea and began to teach the brothers that unless they were circumcised as Moses prescribed, they could not be saved.

Some time after, Paul said to Barnabas, "Come, let us go back and revisit the brothers in each of the towns where we made the Lord's message known, to see how they are doing."

and they passed Mysia and came down to Troas.

There Paul had a vision one night; a Macedonian was standing appealing to him and saying, "Come over to Macedonia and help us."

When she and her household were baptized, she appealed to us, and said, "If you are really convinced that I am a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house." And she insisted upon our coming.

She did this for a number of days, until Paul, very much annoyed, turned and said to the spirit in her, "In the name of Jesus Christ I order you to come out of her!" And it came out instantly.

But Paul said to them, "They had us beaten in public without giving us a trial, and put us in jail, although we are Roman citizens! And now are they going to dismiss us secretly? By no means! Have them come here themselves and take us out!"

and came and conciliated them, and took them out of the jail, and begged them to leave the town.

As they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the town magistrates, shouting, "The men who have made trouble all over the world have come here too,

But when the Jews at Thessalonica found out that God's message had been delivered at Berea by Paul, they came there too, to excite and stir up the populace.

The men who went with Paul took him all the way to Athens, and came back with instructions for Silas and Timothy to rejoin him as soon as possible.

There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to see them,

He bade them goodbye, saying, "I will come back to you again if it is God's will." Then he sailed from Ephesus.

A Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, skilful in the use of the Scriptures.

and when Paul laid his hands on them, the holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in foreign tongues and with prophetic inspiration.

This came to be known to everyone who lived in Ephesus, Greeks as well as Jews, and great awe came over them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus came to be held in high honor.

Many who became believers would come and openly confess their former practices.

Meanwhile the people were shouting, some one thing and some another, for the meeting was in confusion, and most of them had no idea why they had come together.

When they came, he said to them, "You know well enough how I lived among you all the time from the first day I set foot in Asia,

We spent a number of days there, and in the course of them a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.

He came to see us and took Paul's belt and bound his own feet and hands with it, and said, "This is what the holy Spirit says: 'The Jews at Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt like this, and will hand him over to the heathen!' "

On the next day we went with Paul to see James, and all the elders came in.

What then? They will be sure to hear that you have come.

Then the colonel came up and seized him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains, and then inquired who he was and what he had been doing.

came to see me, and standing by my side, said to me, 'Saul, my brother, regain your sight!' Then instantly I regained my sight and looked at him,

Then the colonel came to Paul and said, "Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?" "Yes," he said.

But Paul's nephew heard of the plot, and he came and got into the barracks, and told Paul.

This man had been seized by the Jews and they were just going to kill him when I came upon them with my men and rescued him, as I had learned that he was a Roman citizen.

Five days later, the high priest Ananias came down with some of the elders and an attorney named Tertullus, and they presented their case against Paul before the governor.

After an absence of several years, I had come to bring charitable donations for my nation, and to offer sacrifice.

Some days later Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, and sent for Paul and heard what he had to say about faith in Christ Jesus.

and begged him as a favor to order Paul to come to Jerusalem, plotting to kill him on the way.

When he came, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem surrounded him, and made a number of serious charges against him, which they could not substantiate.

Some time after, King Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea on a state visit to Festus,

So they came back here with me and the next day without losing any time I took my place in the judge's chair and ordered the man brought in.

So the next day, Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and went into the audience-room attended by officers and the leading citizens of the town, and at the command of Festus Paul was brought in.

When daylight came they could not recognize the coast, but they saw a bay with a beach and determined to run the ship ashore there if possible.

The natives showed us remarkable kindness, for they made a fire and welcomed us, because of the rain that had come on and the cold.

After that, the other sick people on the island came and were cured.

The brothers there had had news of our coming, and came as far as Appius' Forum and Three Taverns to meet us, and when Paul saw them he thanked God and was greatly encouraged.

Three days later, he invited the leading Jews to come to see him, and when they came he said to them, "Brothers, I have done nothing against our people, or the customs of our forefathers, yet I was turned over to the Romans as a prisoner at Jerusalem.

"We have had no letters about you from Judea," they answered, "and none of the brothers who have come here has reported or said anything against you.

So they fixed a day, and came in even larger numbers to the place where he was staying, and from morning till night he explained to them the Kingdom of God and gave his testimony, trying to convince them about Jesus from the Law of Moses and the Prophets.

So he stayed for two full years in rented lodgings of his own, and welcomed everybody who came to see him,