assembled at Jerusalem, and Annas the chief priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and all that were of the family of the chief priesthood,

be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazoraean, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by him has this man stood before you sound.

And seeing the boldness of Peter and John, and supposing that they were illiterate and common men, they wondered, and perceived that they had been with Jesus;

saying, What shall we do to these men? for that a notable miracle has been performed by them is manifest to all that live at Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it;

but that it spread no further among the people, let us threaten them severely, [and charge them] to speak no more to any man in this name.

But Peter and John answered and said to them, Whether it is right in the sight of God to obey you rather than God, judge;

for the man was more than forty years old on whom this miracle of the cure was performed.

by stretching out thy hand, that cures and miracles and prodigies may be performed by the name of thy holy servant Jesus.

AND the multitude that believed had one heart and one soul, and none said that anything of his possessions was his; but they had all things common.

But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart that you should lie to the Holy Spirit, and that you should keep back a part of the price of the land?

And Peter said to her, Why have you agreed together to try the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those that buried your husband are at the door, and they shall carry you out.

And great fear was on all the assembly [church], and on all that heard of these things.

so that they brought the sick into the streets and placed them on little beds and couches, that as Peter passed along even his shadow might overshadow some of them.

And Peter answering, and the apostles, said, It is necessary to obey God rather than man.

And we are his witnesses of these things, and also the Holy Spirit which God has given to those that obey him.

For before these days Theudas arose, saying that he was somebody, to whom a number of men, about four hundred, adhered, who was destroyed, and all who obeyed him passed away and came to nothing.

They went therefore from the presence of the Sanhedrim, rejoicing that they were accounted worthy to suffer shame for the name of [Christ];

AND in those days the disciples being multiplied, there was a complaint of the Hellenists against the Hebrews, that their widows were neglected in the daily service.

And the twelve calling the multitude of the disciples, said, It is not desirable that we should leave the word of God to serve tables.

But some members of the synagogue called that of the Libertines and Cyrenians and Alexandrians and of those from Cilicia and Asia, arose and disputed with Stephen,

for we have heard him say, that Jesus this Nazoraean will destroy this place and change the customs which Moses gave us.

And God said thus; that his posterity should be a stranger in a foreign land, and they shall enslave it and treat it injuriously four hundred years;

and the nation which they shall serve will I judge, said God, and after that they shall come forth and serve me in this place.

But Jacob hearing that there was grain in Egypt, sent our fathers the first time;

This [king] dealt deceitfully with our race, and treated injuriously our fathers, causing their infants to be exposed that they might not be preserved alive.

At that time Moses was born, and was beautiful in the sight of God, and was nourished three months in his father's house;

And he thought his brothers would understand that God would give them salvation by his hand; but they understood not.

But he that injured his neighbor repelled him, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?

And Moses fled at that saying, and lived a stranger in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons.

This is the Moses whom they denied, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge? Him did God send to be a ruler and a redeemer by the hand of the angel that appeared to him in the bush.

This is he that was with the assembly in the wilderness, with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, who received the living oracles to give us,

Our fathers in the wilderness received the tabernacle of the testimony, as he that spoke to Moses charged him to make it according to the pattern which he had seen;

And Saul consented to his death. And at that time there was a great persecution of the church at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad through the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.

and there was great joy in that city.

And there was a man by the name of Simon who formerly practised magic in that city, and astonished the nation of Samaria, saying that he was some great person,

And Simon also himself believed, and being baptized attended constantly on Philip; and beholding the mighty works and miracles that were performed, he was astonished.

And the apostles at Jerusalem hearing that Samaria had received the word of God, sent to them Peter and John,

who came down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit;

And Simon seeing that the Holy Spirit was given by the imposition of the hands of the apostles, offered them money,

saying, Give me this power, that on whomsoever I lay my hand he may receive the Holy Spirit.

And Simon answered and said, Pray to the Lord for me, that none of the things which you have said may come upon me.

And an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, Arise and go to the south, by the way that leads from Jerusalem to Gaza; this is a wilderness.

And the passage of Scripture which he was reading, was this; As a sheep is led to slaughter, and as a lamb before one that shears him is dumb, so he opened not his mouth.

and asked of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of that way, he might bring them bound, men and women, to Jerusalem.

and has seen a man by the name of Ananias coming and putting a hand on him, that he might receive his sight.

and here he has power from the chief priests to bind all that call on your name.

And Ananias went and entered into the house, and laying hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord has sent me, Jesus who appeared to you on the way which you came, that you may receive sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.

and immediately in the synagogues he preached Jesus, that this is the Son of God.

And all that heard him were astonished and said, Is not this he that destroyed those who called on this name at Jerusalem, and has come here for this purpose, that he might lead them bound to the chief priests?

But Saul increased in power and confounded the Jews living at Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.

And going to Jerusalem he endeavored to join the disciples; and they all feared him, not believing that he was a disciple.

But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles, and related to them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had spoken boldly in Damascus in the name of Jesus.

But Lydda being nigh to Joppa, the disciples hearing that Peter was there sent two men to him requesting, Do not delay to come to us.

And when the angel who spoke to him had departed, he called two of the house servants, and a pious soldier of those that attended constantly on him,

And they said, Cornelius a centurion, a righteous man, and one that fears God, and esteemed by all the nation of the Jews, was divinely instructed by a holy angel to send for you to his house and hear words from you.

and he said to them, You know that it is not lawful for a Jew to associate with a man of another nation, or come into his house; and God has taught me not to call any man common or impure;

And Peter opening his mouth said, Of a truth I perceive that God is not a respecter of persons,

but in every nation he that fears him and does righteousness is acceptable to him.

Jesus from Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and power, who went about doing good and curing all that were subjugated by the devil, for God was with him;

and he commanded us to preach to the people and testify fully that he is appointed by God the judge of living and dead.

To him all the prophets bear witness, that every one who believes in him has forgiveness of sins through his name.

And those of the circumcision who came with Peter were astonished, that on the gentiles also the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out;

Can any forbid water that these should be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit as we also have?

And he commanded that they should be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then they desired him to remain some days.

AND the apostles and brothers who were in Judea heard that the gentiles received the word of God.

saying, You went in to men that were uncircumcised, and eat with them.

If therefore God gave the gift equally to them and to us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I should be able to forbid God?

and one of them, by the name of Agabus, standing up signified by the spirit that a great famine was about to come on all the world; which also came under Claudius Caesar.

AND at that time Herod the king put forth his hands to injure some of the church.

And seeing that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to apprehend Peter also,??nd it was during the days of unleavened bread,??4 and having seized he put him in prison, committing him to four companies of four soldiers each to guard him, wishing after the passover to bring him before the people.

And when Herod was about to bring him forward, on that night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards kept watch before the door.

And going out he followed him, and knew not that it was real which was done by the angel, but thought he saw a vision.

And Peter coming to himself said, Now I know that the Lord has really sent his angel and delivered me from the hand of Herod and all the expectation of the Jews.

and knowing the voice of Peter she did not open the gate from joy, but ran in and told that Peter stood before the gate.

But they said to her, You are mad. But she asserted strongly that it was so. And they said, It is his angel.

And Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand, said, Men of Israel, and you that fear God, hear.

Men and brothers, children of the race of Abraham, and you that fear God, the word of this salvation is sent to you.

and [although] they found no cause of death [in him], they requested of Pilate that he might be destroyed;

that God has fulfilled this to us their children in raising up Jesus, as it is written also in the first psalm, You are my son, to-day have I begotten you.

And that he raised him from the dead never more to return to destruction, he said thus; I will give you the sure promises of David.

Be it known to you therefore, men and brothers, that through this man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins,

See then that what is said by the prophets does not come upon you;

And when they had gone out, [the people] requested that these words might be spoken to them on the next sabbath.

And both Paul and Barnabas speaking boldly said, It was necessary that the word of God should first be spoken to you; but since you cast it away, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the gentiles.

For thus has the Lord commanded us; I have set you for a light of nations, that you should be a salvation even to the end of the earth.

And at Iconium they went together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spoke that a great multitude of the Jews and Greeks believed.

This man heard Paul speaking, who, looking steadily at him and seeing that he had faith to be cured,

and saying, Men, why do you do these things? We are also men subject to like sufferings with you, preaching that you should turn from these vain [services] to the living God, who made heaven and earth, and the sea, and all things in them,

But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the multitudes, and having stoned Paul, they dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.

And having preached the good news to that city, and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, and Iconium, and Antioch,

confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter into the kingdom of God.

And having arrived, and assembled the church, they reported what God had done with them, and that he had opened the door of faith to the gentiles.

There being therefore no little dissension and disputation of Paul and Barnabas with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas and some others of them should go up to the apostles and elders at Jerusalem, concerning this question.

But some of those of the sect of the Pharisees who had believed, rose and said, that it is necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.

And after there had been much debate, Peter rose and said to them, Men and brothers, you know that in former days God chose among you that the gentiles should hear by my mouth the word of the gospel and believe.

But we believe that we shall be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus in the same manner as they.

that the rest of men may seek the Lord, even all the nations on whom my name has been called, says the Lord who does these things,

Wherefore I judge that we ought not to trouble those who turned to God from the gentiles,

Since we heard that some going out from us have troubled you with words subverting your souls, to whom we gave no charge,

that you should abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and blood, and things strangled, and fornication, from which if you keep yourselves you will do well. Farewell.