In my former treatise, I gave an account, O Theophilus, of all the actions and doctrine of Jesus, to the time of his assumption,

up to the day when through the Holy Spirit He gave the apostles whom He had chosen their orders, and then was taken up to heaven.

And to whom he gave clear and certain signs that he was living, after his death; for he was seen by them for forty days, and gave them teaching about the kingdom of God:

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:

These gave themselves all with one accord to continual prayer, with several women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

and they gave their lots, and the lot fell upon Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

Then they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different languages, as the Spirit gave them ability for speech.

But God gave him back to life, having made him free from the pains of death because it was not possible for him to be overcome by it.

And with more such words he gave his witness, offering them salvation and saying, Come out from this evil generation.

Then those who gave hearing to his words had baptism: and about three thousand souls were joined to them that day.

And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them.

And when Peter saw [the crowd assembling] he gave this explanation: "Men of Israel, why are you so shocked at [what happened to] this man? And why are you gazing at us, as though it were by our power or godly qualities that we caused him to walk?

The God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has given glory to his servant Jesus; whom you gave up, turning your backs on him, when Pilate had made the decision to let him go free.

And put to death the Lord of life; whom God gave back from the dead; of which fact we are witnesses.

And by faith of his name, this, whom ye see and know, his name made firm, and faith which by him, gave him this completeness before you all.

And all the prophets from Samuel and those who came after, every one of them, gave word of these days.

You are the sons (descendants) of the prophets and [heirs] of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your seed (descendant) all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’

It was for you first of all that God raised up His Servant and Son [Jesus], and sent Him to bless you by turning every one of you from your wicked ways.”

But a number of those who gave hearing to the word had faith; and they were now about five thousand.

Take note, all of you, and all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you put to death on the cross, whom God gave back from the dead, even through him is this man now before you completely well.

And they sent for them, and gave them orders not to make statements or give teaching in the name of Jesus.

The Court added further threats and then let them go, being quite unable to find any way of punishing them on account of the people, because all gave God the glory for the thing that had happened.

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 with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.

There was not a needy person among them, because those who were owners of land or houses were selling them, and bringing the proceeds of the sales

and gave it to the apostles, who distributed it to each person who had a need.

In this way Joseph, whom the Apostles gave the name of Bar-nabas--signifying 'Son of Encouragement' --a Levite, a native of Cyprus,

He owned a field, but [due to the great need] sold it and brought the money and gave it to the apostles [for distribution].

and brought [only] a part of the selling price and gave it to the apostles; but the man and his wife had kept this a secret.

And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things.

And Peter answered her, Tell me if ye gave the estate for so much? And she said, Yes, for so much.

And she fell down immediately at his feet, and gave up the ghost: and the young men came in and found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her by her husband.

We gave you very clear orders not to give teaching in this name: and now Jerusalem is full of your teaching, and you are attempting to make us responsible for this man's death.

The God of our fathers gave Jesus back to life, whom you had put to death, hanging him on a tree.

and we are His witnesses of these sayings, and the Holy Spirit also, whom God gave to those obeying him.'

But a certain man stood up in the Sanhedrin, a Pharisee {named} Gamaliel, a teacher of the law respected by all the people, [and] gave orders to put the men outside for a short time.

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.

They gave in to him, and after summoning the apostles and giving them a flogging, they released them with instructions that they were not to speak about the name of Jesus.

these they presented to the apostles: who after prayer gave them imposition of hands.

There they produced witnesses who gave false evidence. "This man," they said, "is incessantly saying things against this Holy Place and the Law;

for we heard him say, 'This Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the ordinances which Moses gave unto us.'"

And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.

Then He gave him the covenant of circumcision. After this, he fathered Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day; Isaac did the same with Jacob, and Jacob with the 12 patriarchs.

And the brothers, moved with envy against Joseph, gave him to the Egyptians for money: but God was with him,

and rescued him out of all his troubles. He gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt and over his whole household.

And seeing one of them being attacked, he went to his help and gave the Egyptian a death-blow:

But the one who was trying to harm his neighbor pushed Moses away saying, 'Who gave you the right to act as a ruler and judge over us?

This is the man who was with our forefathers and with the assembly [of Hebrews] in the wilderness [after] the angel had spoken to him at Mt. Sinai. He [is the one] who received the living messages [from God at Mt. Sinai] and gave them to us.

Then God turned away and gave them up to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets:

House of Israel, did you bring Me offerings and sacrifices
40 years in the wilderness?

Our fathers had the Tent of witness in the waste land, as God gave orders to Moses to make it after the design which he had seen.

Which of the prophets was not cruelly attacked by your fathers? and they put to death those who gave them the news of the coming of the Upright One; whom you have now given up and put to death;

Then they gave a shout with a loud voice, and stopped their ears and all ran upon him at once,

And Saul gave approval to his death. Now at that time a violent attack was started against the church in Jerusalem; and all but the Apostles went away into all parts of Judaea and Samaria.

But Saul was ravaging the church, entering from house to house. Dragging both men and women, he gave them over to prison.

And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.

Now for some time a man named Simon had been practicing sorcery in that city, and had amazed the people of Samaria. He gave himself out to be some great person.

To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.

And they gave heed to him, because that of long time he had amazed them with his sorceries.

Jesus) the apostles therefore gave them imposition of hands, and they received the holy spirit.

So Philip, starting from this writing, gave him the good news about Jesus.

And he gave orders for the carriage to be stopped, and the two of them went down into the water, and Philip gave him baptism.

Saul's influence, however, kept steadily increasing, and he confounded the Jews who lived in Damascus by the proofs that he gave that Jesus was the Christ.

But Barnabas took him to the Apostles and gave them an account of how he had seen the Lord on the road, and had given hearing to his words, and how at Damascus he had been preaching in the name of Jesus without fear.

So the church all over Judea, Galilee, and Samaria enjoyed peace, and as it continued to be built up spiritually and to live in reverence for the Lord, it continued to increase in numbers through the encouragement that the Holy Spirit gave.

Now at Joppa [Note: This was also a town on the west coast of Palestine, today called "Jaffa," and is now a part of Tel Aviv] there was a certain disciple named Tabitha (she was also called Dorcas, which means "Gazelle"). She practiced many good deeds and always gave money to poor people.

And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called the saints and widows, presented her alive.

A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.

Peter then invited them in and gave them lodging.

The next day he got up and set out with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa went with him.

And when Peter came in, Cornelius came to him and, falling down at his feet, gave him worship.

About Jesus of Nazareth, how God gave the Holy Spirit to him, with power: and how he went about doing good and making well all who were troubled by evil spirits, for God was with him.

'This one God did raise up the third day, and gave him to become manifest,

And he gave us orders to give news of this to the people, and to give public witness that this is he whom God has made judge of the living and the dead.

And he gave orders for them to have baptism in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they kept him with them for some days.

But Peter gave them an account of it all in order, saying to them,

And the Spirit gave me orders to go with them, doubting nothing. And these six brothers came with me; and we went into that man's house:

And he gave us an account of how he had seen the angel in his house, saying, Send to Joppa, and get Simon, named Peter, to come to you;

Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God?

When they heard this, they had no answer to make, but gave God the glory, saying, "So God has given even the heathen the repentance that leads to life."

But some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, when they came to Antioch, gave the good news about the Lord Jesus to the Greeks.

And one from among them, by name Agabus, rising up, gave a sign, through means of the Spirit, that, a great famine, was coming over all the inhabited earth; which, indeed, came to pass under Claudius.

And he gave a blow on the door, and a young girl came to it, named Rhoda.

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 Herod, when he sent for him, and he was not there, after questioning the watchmen, gave orders that they were to be put to death. Then he went down from Judaea to Caesarea for a time.

On an appointed day, Herod dressed himself in royal clothing, sat on the throne, and gave a speech to them.

And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.

And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

accordingly, after having fasted and prayed they gave them imposition of hands, and dismiss'd them.

then after destroying seven nations in the land of Canaan, He gave their land to them as an inheritance.

And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.

And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.

And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.

From this man's seed has God given to Israel a Saviour, even Jesus, as he gave his word;

For the men of Jerusalem and their rulers, having no knowledge of him, or of the sayings of the prophets which come to their ears every Sabbath day, gave effect to them by judging him.

But God gave him back from the dead:

And the congregation being dismissed, many of the Jews and pious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who gave them additional instructions, and persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.

And the Gentiles, hearing this, were glad and gave glory to the word of God: and those marked out by God for eternal life had faith.

Now in Iconium they went together to the Synagogue of the Jews and gave such teaching that a great number of Jews and Greeks had faith.

Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

And they gave the name of Jupiter to Barnabas, and to Paul that of Mercury, because he was the chief talker.

Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.