And it came to pass that he abode many days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner.

And when it came to pass that Peter entered, Cornelius, meeting him, and falling at his feet, worshipped him.

and he says to them, "Ye know that it is unlawful for a Jew to join himself with, or come to, one of another race; and yet God showed me that I should call no man common or unclean.

At once, therefore, I sent to you; and you did well, in coming. Now, therefore, we are all present before God, to hear all the things that have been commanded you by the Lord."

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

Ye know the word that came throughout all Judaea, after the immersion which John preached; even Jesus of Nazareth,

how God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and with power; Who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed by the Devil; because God was with Him.

And He commanded us to preach to the people, and to fully testify that it is He Who hath been ordained by God Judge of the living and dead.

To Him all the prophets testify, that through His Name every one who believes on Him receives remission of sins."

And those of the circumcision who believed, as many as came with Peter, were amazed, because that upon the gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Spirit;

"Can any one forbid the water, that these should not be immersed, who, indeed, received the Holy Spirit as well as we?"

And He commanded that they should be immersed in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to remain some days.

Now the apostles, and the brethren who were in Judaea, heard that the gentiles also received the word of God.

saying, that he went in to men holding uncircumcision, and ate with them!

If, therefore, God gave them the like gift, as to us who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I could withstand God?"

Those, therefore, who were dispersed by reason of the tribulation that arose about Stephen, traveled as far as Phoenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to none but Jews only.

who, having come, and having seen the grace of God, rejoiced, and was exhorting all that, with purpose of heart, they should cleave to the Lord;

and, having found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it came to pass that, even for a whole year, they met together in the assembly, and taught a great multitude; and that the disciples got the name "Christian" first in Antioch.

and one of them??gabus by name??tanding up, signified through the Spirit that there was about to be a great famine over all the inhabited earth; which, indeed, happened under Claudius.

Now about that time Herod the king put forth his bands to harm some of the assembly.

and, seeing that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. And then were the days of unleavened bread.

And, when Herod was about to bring him forth, in that night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains; and guards before the door were keeping the prison.

And, going forth, he was following him; and he knew not that it was true, which was being done by the angel, but was thinking that he saw a vision.

And, having passed the first and second watch; they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which opened to them of its own accord; and, going out, they passed on through one street, and straightway the angel departed from him.

And Peter, having come to himself, said, "Now I know truly that the Lord sent forth His angel, and delivered me out of Herod's hand, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

And, recognizing the voice of Peter, she opened not the gate for joy; but, running in, she told them that Peter was standing before the gate.

And they said to her, "You are mad!" But she kept confidently affirming that it was so. And they said, "It is his angel"

And Herod, having sought for him, and not finding him, having examined the guards, ordered that they be led away to death. And, going down from Judaea to Caesarea, he tarried there.

Now he was very angry with the Tyrians and Sidonians; and they came with one accord to him; and, having made Blastus, the king's chamberlain, their friend, they asked for peace, because their country was being maintained by that of the king.

and, though finding not one cause of death, they asked of Pilate that He should be slain.

And, when they fulfilled all things that were written concerning Him, having taken Him down from the tree, they laid Him in a tomb.

that God hath fulfilled this for our children, having raised up Jesus; as it has been written in the second Psalm, 'Thou art My Son! To-day have I begotten Thee!'

And that He raised Him up from the dead no more to return to corruption, He hath thus spoken, 'I will give to you the holy and faithful promises of David.'

Be it known to you, brethren, that through This One is proclaimed to you forgiveness of sins;

Beware, therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken in the prophets,

And, as they were going out, they kept beseeching him that these words might be spoken to them on the next sabbath.

Speaking boldly, both Paul and Barnabas said, "It was necessary that the word of God should first be spoken to you. Inasmuch as ye thrust it away from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the gentiles;

for so hath the Lord commanded us, 'I have set Thee for a Light of the gentiles, that Thou mayest be for salvation to the uttermost part of the earth.'"

And the word of the Lord was being spread abroad through that whole country.

Now it came to pass in Iconium that they entered together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of Jews and of Greeks believed.

The same was hearing Paul speaking, who, looking intently on him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed,

and saying, "Men, why do ye these things? We also are men of like nature with you, proclaiming to you glad tidings, that ye should turn from these vanities to the living God, Who made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all things that are in them;

And, having proclaimed the glad tidings to that city, and having made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, and Iconium, and Antioch;

confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to abide in the faith, and that through many tribulations we must enter into the Kingdom of God.

And, having arrived, and having gathered together the assembly, they were rehearsing as many things as God did with them, and that He opened to the gentiles a door of faith.

And, when Paul and Barnabas had no little dissension and discussion with them, they arranged that Paul and Barnabas and some others of them should go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders, concerning this question.

And, much discussion having arisen, Peter, standing up, said to them, "Brethren, ye well know that, from early days, God made choice among you, that through my mouth the gentiles should hear the word of the Gospel, and believe.

Now, therefore, why do ye tempt God, that ye should put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were strong enough to bear?

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

that the residue of men may seek after the Lord, even all the gentiles upon whom My name has been called,'

Wherefore, I judge that we should not trouble those who from among the gentiles are turning to God;

but that we write to them to abstain from the pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from anything strangled, and from blood;

Forasmuch as we heard that some from among us troubled you with words, unsettling your souls??o whom we gave no directions;

that ye abstain from idol-sacrifices, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication; from which keeping yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well."

And there arose a sharp contention, so that they parted one from the other; and Barnabas, taking with him Mark, sailed away to Cyprus.

this one Paul wished to go forth with him; and, taking him, he circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places; for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

And, as they were journeying through the cities, they were delivering to them the decrees to keep, that had been ordained by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem.

And, when he saw the vision, straightway we sought to go forth into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to proclaim the Good News to them.

And it came to pass, as we were on our way to the place of prayer, that a certain damsel, having a spirit of divination, met us; who, indeed, was bringing to her masters much gain by sooth-saying.

And this she was doing for many days. But Paul, having been troubled, and turning, said to the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out from her." And it came out that very hour!

But her masters, seeing that the hope of their gain was gone, laying hold on Paul and Silas, dragged them into the market-place before the rulers;

And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and the bonds of all were loosed.

And the jailer, being aroused from sleep, and seeing the doors of the prison open, drawing a sword, was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had fled.

And they spake to him the word of the Lord with all that were in his house.

And, having taken them with him, at that hour of the night he washed their stripes; and was immersed, himself and all his, immediately;

And the jailer reported these words to Paul, "The magistrates have sent that ye be released; now, therefore, going forth, go on your way in peace."

And the serjeants reported these words to the magistrates; and they were afraid, when they heard that they were Romans;

opening and setting forth that it was necessary that the Christ should suffer, and rise again from the dead; and that "This Jesus Whom I am proclaiming to you, is the Christ."

whom Jason has received; and these all are acting contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that "There is Another King??esus!"

And these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the Scriptures daily, whether these things were so.

But, when the Jews from Thessalonica knew that also in Beraea the word of God was proclaimed by Paul, they came there also, stirring up and troubling the multitudes,

But those conducting Paul brought him as far as Athens; and, having received a command to Silas and Timothy, that they should come to him as soon as possible, they departed.

And, while Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was being provoked within him, observing that the city was full of idols.

And, laying hold of him, they led him upon Mars Hill, saying, "May we know what this new teaching is, that is being spoken by you!

And Paul, having taken his stand in the midst of Mars Hill, said, "Men of Athens, in all respects I observe that ye are more than usually regardful of the deities;

that they should seek God, if, perhaps, they might feel after Him, and find Him, although, in truth, He is not far from each one of us;

"Being, therefore, God's offspring, we ought not to suppose that the God-head is like gold, or silver, or stone, graven by man's art and device!

And, when both Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was being constrained by the word, fully testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.

for powerfully was he refuting the Jews publicly, showing by the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.

And it came to pass, while Apollos was in Corinth, that Paul, having passed through the upper districts, came to Ephesus, and found certain disciples;

And Paul said, "John immersed with an immersion of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on Him coming after him; that is, on Jesus."

And this continued for two years; so that all those dwelling in Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.

So that there were even carried from his body to the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out.

And the man in whom was the evil spirit, leaping upon them, and, overcoming them both, prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

And about that time there arose no small stir concerning the Way.

gathering whom together, and the workmen of like occupation, be said, "Men, ye know that out of this business we have our wealth.

And ye perceive and hear that, not only at Ephesus, but almost in all Asia, this Paul, having persuaded, turned away a great multitude, saying, that they are not gods that are made with hands.

And not only is there danger to us that this branch of our business will come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana be reckoned of no account, and also her magnificence will be destroyed, whom all Asia and the inhabited earth worship."

But, when they perceived that he was a Jew, one voice arose from all, crying aloud for about two hours, "Great is Diana of the Ephesians!"

But the town-clerk, having quieted the multitude, says, "Men of Ephesus, who, indeed, of men is there that does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple-keeper of the great Diana, and of the image that fell down from Jupiter?

These things, therefore, being incontrovertible, it is needful that ye be quiet, and do nothing rash.

For Paul had determined to sail past Ephesus, that he might not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hastening, if it were possible for him, to be in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.

how I shrank not from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and from teaching you publicly, and from house to house,

And, now, behold, I, bound by the Spirit, am going to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there;

except that the Holy Spirit testifieth to me in every city, saying that bonds and tribulations await me.

But I make not my soul of any value as dear to myself, so that I may accomplish my course, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify the Gospel of the grace of God.

And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I went about preaching the Kingdom, will see my face no more.

Wherefore, I testify to you this day, that I am clean from the blood of all men;

I know that, after my departure, grievous wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock;

Wherefore, watch, remembering that for three years, night and day, I ceased not to admonish every one with tears.