I have given an earlier account, O Theophilus, of all the things which Jesus did, and of his teaching from the first,

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 they all with one mind gave themselves up to prayer, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.

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,

For this reason, of the men who have been with us all the time, while the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

Men of Israel, give ear to these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man who had the approval of God, as was made clear to you by the great works and signs and wonders which God did by him among you, as you yourselves have knowledge,

This Jesus God has given back to life, of which we all are witnesses.

For this reason, let all Israel be certain that this Jesus, whom you put to death on the cross, God has made Lord and Christ.

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.

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.

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 that he may send the Christ who was marked out for you from the first, even Jesus:

Being greatly troubled because they were teaching the people and preaching Jesus as an example of the coming back from the dead.

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.

Now when they saw that Peter and John were without fear, though they were men of no education or learning, they were greatly surprised; and they took note of them that they had been with Jesus.

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

For, truly, in this town, against your holy servant, Jesus, who was marked out by you as Christ, Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, came together,

While your hand is stretched out to do works of mercy; so that signs and wonders may be done through the name of your holy servant Jesus.

And with great power the Apostles gave witness of the coming back of the Lord Jesus from the dead; and grace was on them all.

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

And he seemed to them to be right: and they sent for the Apostles, and, after having them whipped and giving them orders to give no teaching in the name of Jesus, they let them go.

And every day, in the Temple and privately, they went on teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.

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.

But he was full of the Holy Spirit, and looking up to heaven, he saw the glory of God and Jesus at the right hand of God.

And Stephen, while he was being stoned, made prayer to God, saying, Lord Jesus, take my spirit.

But when they had faith in the good news given by Philip about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, a number of men and women had baptism.

For up to that time he had not come on any of them; only baptism had been given to them in the name of the Lord Jesus.

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

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

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 straight away, in the Synagogues, he was preaching Jesus as the Son of God.

But Saul went on increasing in power, and the Jews in Damascus were not able to give answers to the arguments by which he made it clear 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.

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

The word which he sent to the children of Israel, giving the good news of peace through Jesus Christ (who is Lord of all)--

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.

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

If then God gave them, when they had faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, the same as he gave to us, who was I to go against God?

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 when they had gone through all the island to Paphos, they came across a certain wonder-worker and false prophet, a Jew whose name was Bar-Jesus;

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

Which God has now put into effect for our children, by sending Jesus; as it says in the second Psalm, You are my Son; this day I have given you being.

But we have faith that we will get salvation through the grace of the Lord Jesus in the same way as they.

Men who have given up their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

And having come to Mysia, they made an attempt to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not let them;

And this she did on a number of days. But Paul was greatly troubled and, turning, said to the spirit, I give you orders in the name of Jesus Christ, to come out of her. And it came out that very hour.

And they said, Have faith in the Lord Jesus, and you and your family will have salvation.

Saying to them clearly and openly that Christ had to be put to death and come back to life again; and that this Jesus, whom, he said, I am preaching to you, is the Christ.

Whom Jason has taken into his house: and they are acting against the orders of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.

And some of those who were supporters of the theories of the Epicureans and the Stoics, had a meeting with him. And some said, What is this talker of foolish words saying? And others, He seems to be a preacher of strange gods: because he was preaching of Jesus and his coming back from the dead.

And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was completely given up to the word, preaching to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus.

This man had been trained in the way of the Lord; and burning in spirit, he gave himself up to teaching the facts about Jesus, though he had knowledge only of John's baptism:

For he overcame the Jews in public discussion, making clear from the holy Writings that the Christ was Jesus.

And Paul said, John gave a baptism which goes with a change of heart, saying to the people that they were to have faith in him who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus.

And hearing this, they had baptism in the name of the Lord Jesus.

But some of the Jews who went from place to place driving out evil spirits, took it on themselves to make use of the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, I give you orders, by Jesus, whom Paul is preaching.

And the evil spirit, answering, said to them, I have knowledge of Jesus, and of Paul, but who are you?

And this came to the ears of all those, Jews and Greeks, who were living at Ephesus; and fear came on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was made great.

Preaching to Jews and to Greeks the need for a turning of the heart to God, and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

But I put no value on my life, if only at the end of it I may see the work complete which was given to me by the Lord Jesus, to be a witness of the good news of the grace of God.

In all things I was an example to you of how, in your lives, you are to give help to the feeble, and keep in memory the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, There is a greater blessing in giving than in getting.

Then Paul said, What are you doing, weeping and wounding my heart? for I am ready, not only to be a prisoner, but to be put to death at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

And I, answering, said, Who are you; Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are attacking.

But after some days, Felix came with Drusilla his wife, who was of the Jews by birth, and sent for Paul, and gave hearing to him about faith in Christ Jesus.

But had certain questions against him in connection with their religion, and about one Jesus, now dead, who, Paul said, was living.

For I, truly, was of the opinion that it was right for me to do a number of things against the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

And I said, Who are you, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus, whom you are attacking.

And when a day had been fixed, they came to his house in great numbers; and he gave them teaching, giving witness to the kingdom of God, and having discussions with them about Jesus, from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning till evening.

Preaching the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ without fear, and no orders were given that he was not to do so.