When the brothers found out, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.

And Peter went with them. And when he had come, they took him into the room: and all the widows were there, weeping and putting before him the coats and clothing which Dorcas had made while she was with them.

And he took her hand, lifting her up; and, sending for the saints and widows, he gave her to them, living.

a religious man, too, who revered God with all his household, who was always liberal in his many deeds of charity to the people, and who had the habit of praying to God.

And this took place thrice, and the vessel was straightway taken up into heaven.

So he took them in for the night. And the day after, he went with them, taking some of the brothers from Joppa with him.

But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man.

You know the events that took place throughout Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John preached:

We are ourselves, too, witnesses to all that he did in Judea and in Jerusalem; yet they put him to death by hanging him on a cross!

Not by all the people, but by witnesses marked out before by God, even by us, who took food and drink with him after he came back from the dead.

Then the Jewish believers who had gone along with Peter were astounded because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been showered upon the heathen too,

Now the apostles and the brothers all over Judea heard that the heathen too had accepted God's message.

So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, those of the circumcision took issue with him,

Saying, You went to men without circumcision, and took food with them.

And this took place thrice, and again all was drawn up into heaven;

And the Spirit told me to go with them without any hesitation at all. These six brothers, too, went with me, and we all went into the man's house.

So, when the apostles and the brothers from Judea heard these things, they stopped arguing [See verse 2] and gave honor to God, saying, "[This means] that God has permitted the Gentiles also [as well as the Jews] to repent [i.e., change their hearts and lives] so they, too, could have [the promise of never ending] life."

Now those who had been scattered because of the persecution that took place over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, proclaiming the message to no one except Jews alone.

But there were some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, who on reaching Antioch began to speak to the Greeks too, and proceeded to tell them the good news about the Lord Jesus.

For Barnabas was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith--and a large number of people took their stand on the Lord's side.

and after he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. Now for a whole year their meeting with the church lasted, and they taught large numbers of people. It was at Antioch too that the disciples first came to be known as "Christians."

Then one of them, named Agabus, stood up and predicted by the Spirit that there would be a severe famine throughout the Roman world. This took place during the time of Claudius.

When he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter too, during the days of Unleavened Bread.

So he went out and followed, and he did not know that what took place through the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision.

And Peter being as himself, said, Now know I truly that the Lord sent his messenger, and took me out of the hands of Herod, and all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

And Herod sought him out earnestly, but not being able to find him, after having examined the guards strictly, he commanded them to be executed. And going down from Jerusalem to Caesarea, took up his abode there.

So, on a day appointed, Herod, dressed in his royal robes, took his seat on his throne, and made them a popular address,

And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their ministry, and took with them John, whose surname was Mark.

Then the deputy, seeing that which took place, believed; being delighted with the teaching of the Lord.

From Perga they went to Antioch in Pisidia, and going to the synagogue on the sabbath-day, they took their places,

The God of this people Israel made selection of our fathers, lifting the people up from their low condition when they were living in the land of Egypt, and with a strong arm took them out of it.

When He had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He distributed their land as an inheritance—all of which took about four hundred and fifty years.

This all took about 450 years. After this, He gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.

And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.

But when the Jews saw the large crowds [gathered to hear the Gospel] they became very jealous and took sharp issue with the things Paul said, and [even] spoke against them.

At Iconium too they went to the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks came to believe.

So when an inclination took place [on the part] of both the Gentiles and the Jews, together with their rulers, to mistreat [them] and to stone them,

The Apostles heard of it, and took refuge in Lystra and Derbe, towns in Lycaonia, and in the district round,

And they called Barnabas Jupiter, and Paul Mercury, because he took the lead in speaking.

And the priest of the image of Jupiter, which was before the town, took oxen and flowers to the doors of the town, and was about to make an offering with the people.

and saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We too are mortals subject to the same infirmities with you; preaching to you the gospel, that ye should turn from these vain things unto the living God, who made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things which are therein:

and they took with them the following letter: "The Apostles and the elder brethren send greeting to the Gentile brethren throughout Antioch, Syria and Cilicia.

Barnabas wanted to bring John called Mark along with them too,

There was such a sharp disagreement that they parted company, and Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed off to Cyprus.

But Paul took Silas and went away with the blessing of the brothers.

Now he went to Derbe and Lystra too. At Lystra there was a disciple named Timothy, whose mother was a Christian Jewess, but his father was a Greek.

Paul wanted Timothy to go with him, so he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, since they all knew that his father was a Greek.

Therefore, having launched from Troas, we took a straight course to Samothrace, and the next day to Neapolis,

so we took our places, and convers'd with the women, that came there. one of them was nam'd Lydia of Thyatira, a trader in purple, and a Jewish proselyte. she heard us: and the Lord inclin'd her heart to attend to what Paul said.

But when her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they took Paul and Silas, pulling them into the market-place before the rulers;

And when they brought them before the city officials, they made this charge [against them]: "These Jewish men are causing too much trouble in our city,

And the crowd rose up too against them; and the praetors, having torn off their clothes, commanded to scourge them.

And, suddenly, a great earthquake took place, - so that the foundations of the prison were shaken, and all the doors were instantlyset open, and the bonds of all were unfastened.

And the keeper, coming out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, took his sword and was about to put himself to death, fearing that the prisoners had got away.

And took them out and said, Sirs, what have I to do to get salvation?

"Believe in Jesus, our Lord," they replied, "and you shall be saved, you and your household too."

He took them the same hour of the night and washed their wounds. Right away he and all his family were baptized.

Then he took them up to his house and gave them food, and he and all the members of his household were happy in their faith in God.

This answer the lictors took back to the praetors, who were alarmed when they were told that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens.

and came and pleaded with them, and took them out and begged them to leave town.

But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.

When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city officials, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have come here too,

And they took security of Jason, and of the others, and let them go.

Many of them became believers and so did no small number of Greek women of position, and men too.

But when the Jews from Thessalonica found out that God’s message had been proclaimed by Paul at Berea, they came there too, agitating and disturbing the crowds.

The men who acted as Paul's bodyguard took him all the way to Athens, and then went back with orders for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible.

They took him and brought him to the Areopagus, and said, “May we learn about this new teaching you’re speaking of?

Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.

For it is through union with Him that we live and move and exist, as some of your own poets have said, "'For we are His offspring too.'

But when Gallio was ruler of Achaia, all the Jews together made an attack on Paul, and took him to the judge's seat,

Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.

And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.

Though when they desired him to stay longer with them, he did not consent: but took his leave of them,

but took leave of them, saying, 'It behoveth me by all means the coming feast to keep at Jerusalem, and again I will return unto you -- God willing.' And he sailed from Ephesus,

He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. After Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him home and explained the way of God to him more accurately.

But when some became hardened and were disobedient, reviling the Way before the congregation, he departed from them [and] took away the disciples, leading discussions every day in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.

And this took place for two years, so that all who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.

that people took to the sick handkerchiefs or aprons he had used, and they were cured of their diseases, and the evil spirits went out of them.

Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.

The man with the evil spirit then jumped on all of them, took control, then overpowered them so that they ran out of the house with their clothes torn off and badly beaten.

Many, too, of those who had become believers in Christ came with a full confession of their practices;

And a great number of those who were experts in strange arts took their books and put them on the fire in front of everyone: and when the books were valued they came to fifty thousand bits of silver.

After these events had been brought to a close, Paul under the guidance of the Spirit decided to pass through Macedonia and Greece on his way to Jerusalem, saying, "After I have gone there I must see Rome too."

And there took place at that time no small disturbance about the way.

A few of the public officials, too, who were friendly to him, sent repeated messages entreating him not to venture into the Theatre.

Then they took Alexander out from among the people, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander, making a sign with his hand, was about to make a statement to the people in answer:

But, after the tumult had ceased, Paul, sending for the disciples and exhorting them, took leave, and went forth to be journeying unto Macedonia.

And Paul went down and, falling on him, took him in his arms and said, Do not be troubled, for his life is in him.

Then he went upstairs again, broke bread, and took some food; and after a long conversation which was continued till daybreak, at last he parted from them.

Then they took the boy home alive, and were greatly comforted.

And, when he fell in with us in Assos, we took him on board, and came into Mitylene;

And from among yourselves, too, men will arise, who will teach perversions of truth, so as to draw away the disciples after them.

I have demonstrated before you a [good] example in all [these] things, so that you [too] will work hard to help those who are [physically] weak. [Also] remember the words of the Lord Jesus who Himself said, 'It is a greater blessing [for you] to give [to people's needs] than to receive [help yourselves].' "

They were especially sorrowful because of what he had said that they would never see his face again. Then they took him to the ship.

having made Cyprus, leaving it to the North, we took our course to Syria, and landed at Tyre, where the ship was to unlade her cargo.

But when we had completed the days, we set out and took our journey, all of them accompanying us, with wives and children, till we were out of the city. And kneeling down upon the shore we prayed.

And when we had taken our leave one of another, we took ship; and they returned home again.

And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.

And after those days we took up our carriages, and went up to Jerusalem.

Some of the disciples from Caesarea went with us and took us to the house of Mnason, a man from Cyprus, one of the early disciples, to spend the night.