while, reaching forth thy hand unto healings, both miracles and wonders are wrought through the name of thy holy child Jesus.

And they praying, the place in which they were assembled was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.

And of the multitude who believed there was one heart and soul, and no one was saying that any of those things which belonged to him were his own, but all things were common to them.

For no one among them was in need; for so many possessions of lands or houses as belonged to them, selling, they were bringing the prices of the things having been sold,

And Peter said to her; Why has it been agreed with you to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of those having buried thy husband are at the door, and they will carry thee out.

And many miracles and wonders were wrought by the hands of the apostles among the people. And they were all of one accord in Solomon's porch.

And no one of the rest dared to attach himself to them; but the people were magnifying them;

but believers were the more added to the Lord, a multitude both of men and women,

so that they were carrying the sick into the streets, and placing them on couches and beds, in order that the shadow of Peter passing along might cast a shadow on some one of them.

Then a multitude, of the cities around about Jerusalem, came together, carrying their sick and those tormented by unclean spirits, who were all being healed.

And the high priest and all those being with him, being the sect of the Sadducees, were filled with rage,

And hearing, they came into the temple at daydawn, and were teaching. And the high priest coming and those with him, called together the sanhedrim and all the eldership of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to bring them.

And when the captain of the temple, and the chief priests heard these words, they were at a loss concerning them, what this might be.

And a certain one coming announced to them, Behold, the men whom you placed in the prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people.

With commandment we commanded you not to teach in this name; and behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching; and you are determined to bring upon us the blood of this man.

The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you have slain, hanging him on the wood;

And we are witnesses of these words, and the Holy Ghost, whom God has given to those who obey him.

And hearing, they were cut through and were minded to kill them.

and he said to them; Israelitish men, take heed to yourselves in reference to these men what you are about to do.

For before these days Theudas arose, saying that he was somebody, to whom a number of men, about four hundred, adhered, who were slain, and all, so many as confided in him, were dispersed, and came to nothing.

After him Judas the Galilean arose, in the days of the enrollment, and led the people after him; he also perished, and all, so many as confided in him, were scattered abroad.

And I now say this to you: Stand aloof from these men, and let them alone; for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to naught;

Then they departed from the face of the sanhedrim, rejoicing indeed, because they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of his name.

And during those days, the disciples multiplying, there was a murmuring of the Hellenists against the Hebrews, that their widows were being neglected in the daily ministration.

and we will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the word.

And the word of God increased, and the number of the disciples multiplied exceedingly in Jerusalem, and a great multitude of the priests were obedient unto the faith.

and they were not able to resist the wisdom and spirit with which he was speaking.

And the high priests said; Are these things so?

And he said, Men, brothers and fathers, hear ye; The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, while he was in Mesopotamia, before he migrated into Haran, and He said to him;

And the famine came into all the land and Canaan, and great distress: and our fathers found no sustenance.

And Jacob hearing that there is food in Egypt, sent away our fathers first.

And Jacob went down into Egypt, and he and our fathers died there.

And they were carried over into Shechem, and buried in a tomb which Abraham purchased from the sons of Emmor in Shechem with a sum of money.

He dealing fraudulently with our race, afflicted our fathers, that they should expose their infants, so that they should not live.

And when the time of the fortieth year was fulfilled to him, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel.

On the following day, he appeared to them fighting, and undertook to reduce them to peace, saying, Men, you are brethren; therefore do not injure one another.

And at this word Moses fled, and became a sojourner in the land of Midia, where he begat two sons.

Seeing, I have seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and heard their groaning, and have come down to deliver them. And come now, I will send thee into Egypt.

This Moses is the one having said to the sons of Israel, A prophet will God raise up to you of your brethren, like unto me.

And this is the one being in the church in the wilderness with the angel speaking to him in Mount Sinai, and with our fathers: who received the living oracles to give unto us;

to whom our fathers were not willing to be obedient, but thrust him away, and turned back in their hearts towards Egypt,

And the tabernacle of testimony was with our fathers in the wilderness, as the one speaking to Moses commanded him to make it according to the example he had seen;

which our fathers receiving, brought in along with Joshua in the dispossession of the nations, whom God drove out, from the face of our fathers, until the days of David,

Heaven is my throne, and earth the footstool of my feet: What house will you build for me? says the Lord; Or what shall be the place of my rest?

Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you do always resist the Holy Ghost; as your fathers did, so do ye.

Which one of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? and they slew those proclaiming concerning the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you became:

And hearing these words, they were cut through their hearts and gnashed their teeth at him.

And Saul was consenting unto his death. And there was a great persecution in that day against the church in Jerusalem: and all were dispersed abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.

And the multitudes were unanimously giving heed to the things spoken by Philip, while they were hearing and seeing the miracles which he was performing.

For many of those having unclean spirits, roaring with a loud voice, went out: and many paralyzed and lame were healed;

But when they believed Philip preaching the gospel concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

For he had not yet fallen on any of them: but they were only baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

And Philip running forth, heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said; Whether do you understand what you are reading?

And the eunuch responding to Philip, said, I pray thee, concerning whom does the prophet speak this? concerning himself, or some other man?

And while they were journeying along the road, they came to a certain water: and the eunuch says, Behold water; what doth hinder me from being baptized?

And He said, I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.

and having received food, he was strengthened. And he was with the disciples who were in Damascus some days;

And all those hearing were astonished, and continued to say, Is not this the one laying waste those calling on this name in Jerusalem? and has come hither for this, that he may lead them bound to the chief priests.

And when many days were being filled up, the Jews issued a verdict to kill him:

but their plot was made known to Saul. And they were keeping the gates both day and night in order that they might kill him:

And arriving in Jerusalem, he was endeavoring to join himself to the disciples: and all were afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.

in which were all quadrupeds, and creeping things of the earth, and birds of the heaven.

and having called, they were asking, if Simon, called Peter, lodges there.

And Peter meditating concerning the vision, the Spirit said to him, Behold, men are seeking thee;

And Peter having come down to the men, said, Behold, I am he whom you are seeking: what is the cause on account of which you are present?

Then having called them in, he lodged them. And on the following day, rising up he went out with them, and certain ones of the brethren, who were from Joppa went along with him.

and he said to them, You know how it is an unlawful thing for a Jewish man to associate with, or come to one of another nation; and God has shown me not to call any man unconsecrated or unclean.

Then I immediately sent for thee; and thou hast done well being present. Now therefore we are all present before God, to hear all things which have been commanded thee of the Lord.

And we are witnesses in the country of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they even slew, hanging him on the wood.

And the faithful ones who were of the circumcision, so many as came along with Peter, were astonished, because the gift of the Holy Ghost was poured out on the Gentiles also;

for they were hearing them speaking with tongues, and magnifying God.

And I said, By no means, Lord: because nothing unconsecrated or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.

And this took place three times: and all things were again taken up into the heaven.

And, behold, immediately three men were standing at the house in which we were, having been sent to me from Cornelius.

who will speak words to you, by which you and your whole family may be saved.

And of them there were certain Cyprian and Cyrenean men, who, having come into Antioch, were speaking to the Greeks also, preaching the gospel of the Lord Jesus.

And it happened unto them, a whole year indeed they assembled in the church, and taught a great multitude: and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.

And seeing that it is pleasing to the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also: and those were the days of the unleavened bread:

But when Herod was about to lead him forth, and Peter was sleeping that night between two soldiers, and bound with two chains; and the guards were keeping guard before the door.

And recognizing his whereabouts, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John, called Mark; where many were assembled and praying.

And they said to her, You are gone mad; but she persisted that it was so. And they said, It is his angel.

But Peter remained knocking: and having opened, they saw him, and were astonished.

And it being day, there was no small commotion among the soldiers, as to where Peter then was.

And there were prophets and teachers in the church at Antioch; Barnabas, and Symeon called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenean, and Manahem, the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

The God of this people Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people during their sojourn in the land of Egypt, and with a strong arm led them out of it;

fulfilled the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath; and having found no cause of death, asked Pilate that he should be executed;

who appeared to those coming up with him to Jerusalem from Galilee many days, who are now his witnesses to the people.

that God has fulfilled this unto our children, raising up Jesus, as in the second Psalm it has been written, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.

and in him every one believing is justified from all things from which ye were not able to be justified by the law of Moses.

Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and vanish away: because I work a work in your days, a work which you may not believe, though one may proclaim it to you.

And the Jews seeing the multitudes, were filled with jealousy, and contradicted the word spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.

And the disciples were filled with joy, and the Holy Ghost.

And the multitude of the city was divided: and some indeed were with the Jews, and some with the apostles.

and they were calling Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercury, since he was the leader of the speech.

Men, why are you doing these things? We are also men of like suffering with you, preaching the gospel to you that you should turn from these vanities to the living God, who created the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all things which are in them:

indeed he did not leave himself without witnesses, doing good, giving to you the rains from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.

And certain ones having come down from Judea were teaching the brethren that, Unless you may be circumcised, according to the custom of Moses, you are not able to be saved.

And arriving into Jerusalem, they were received by the church, and the apostles, and the elders, and they proclaimed so many things as God did with them.

And the apostles and elders were convened to see about this problem.

Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke on the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?