Therefore repent and convert so that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord.

For Moses truly said to the fathers, "The Lord your God shall raise up a Prophet to you from your brothers, One like me. You shall hear Him in all things, whatever He may say to you.

And it shall be that every soul who will not hear that Prophet shall be destroyed from among the people."

And also all the prophets from Samuel and those following after, as many as spoke, have likewise foretold of these days.

Having raised up His son Jesus, God sent Him to you first, to bless you in turning every one of you away from his iniquities.

being grieved that they taught the people, even to announce through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, in this name does this man stand before you whole.

But, so that it spread no further among the people, let us strictly threaten them, that they speak to no man in this name from now on.

And also a multitude came from the cities around Jerusalem, bringing sick ones, and those being tormented by unclean spirits, who were all healed.

And now I say to you, Withdraw from these men and let them alone. For if this counsel or this work is of men, it will come to nothing.

Then indeed they departed from the presence of the sanhedrin, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to be shamed for His name.

And every day in the temple, and from house to house, they did not cease teaching and preaching the gospel: Jesus Christ.

Then there arose certain of the synagogue which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia and from Asia, disputing with Stephen.

And He said to him, "Go out from your land and from your kindred, and come into a land which I shall show you."

Then he came out of the land of the Chaldeans and lived in Haran. And from there, when his father was dead, he moved into this land in which you now dwell.

and plucked him out from all his afflictions, and He gave him favor and wisdom over against Pharaoh king of Egypt. And he appointed him governor over Egypt and all his household.

and were carried over into Shechem. And they were laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price of silver from the sons of Emmor the father of Shechem.

This is that Moses who said to the sons of Israel, "The Lord your God shall raise up a Prophet to you from your brothers, One like me; you shall hear Him."

All gave heed to him, from the least to the greatest, saying, This one is the great power of God.

And the angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, Arise and go toward the south, on the way that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza, which is a deserted place.

In His humiliation His judgment was taken away, and who shall declare His generation? For His life is taken from the earth."

And as they passed along the way, they came on some water. And the eunuch said, See, here is water, what hinders me from being baptized?

and asked letters from him to Damascus to the synagogues; so that if he found any of the Way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

But in going, it happened as he drew near to Damascus, even suddenly a light from the heaven shone around him.

And Saul was lifted up from the earth, his eyes were opened, but he saw no one. But they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus.

And Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard from many of this man, how many evil things he has done to Your saints at Jerusalem.

And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on Your Name.

And instantly scales as it were fell from his eyes, and he instantly saw again. And rising up, he was baptized.

And when the angel who spoke to Cornelius departed, he called two of his servants and a devout soldier from those who waited on him continually.

And while Peter doubted within himself what the vision which he had seen might be, even behold, the men who were sent from Cornelius had asked for Simon's house and stood on the porch.

And going down to the men, those sent to him from Cornelius, Peter said, Behold, I am the one you are seeking. For what reason have you come?

And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man and one who fears God, and one of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and to hear words from you.

Then he called them in and lodged them. And on the next day Peter went away with them, and certain brothers from Joppa went with him.

that word which was published throughout all Judea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John proclaimed;

not to all the people, but to witnesses hand-picked before by God, even to us who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead.

But Peter related the matter from the beginning and explained it by order to them, saying,

I was in the city of Joppa praying. And in an ecstasy I saw a vision, a certain vessel like a sheet coming down, let down from the sky by four corners. And it came even to me.

But the voice answered me again from the heaven, What God has made clean, you do not call common.

And behold, immediately three men stood at the house in which I was, sent from Caesarea to me.

And in these days prophets from Jerusalem came to Antioch.

When they were past the first and second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads to the city, which opened to them of its own accord. And they went out and passed on through one street. And immediately the angel departed from him.

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

And searching for him, and not finding him, examining the guards, Herod commanded them to be led away to death. And he went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed.

And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem when they had fulfilled the ministry, having taken with them John, whose last name was Mark.

Then these indeed sent out by the Holy Spirit went down to Seleucia. And from there they sailed to Cyprus.

But Elymas the conjurer (for so his name is, if translated) withstood them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith.

And Paul and those around him sailed from Paphos and came to Perga of Pamphylia. And John left them and returned to Jerusalem.

But going through from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day and sat down.

And when they had fulfilled all that was written concerning Him, taking Him down from the tree, they laid Him in a tomb.

But God raised Him from the dead,

who appeared for many days by those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are His witnesses to the people.

And that He raised Him up from the dead, no more to return to corruption, He spoke in this way: "I will give you the holy promises of David."

And by Him all who believe are justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the Law of Moses.

But speaking boldly, Paul and Barnabas said, It was necessary for the Word of God to be spoken to you first. But since indeed you put it far from you and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the nations.

And a certain man was sitting in Lystra, without strength in the feet, being lame from his mother's womb, who never had walked.

and saying, Men, why do you do these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preaching the gospel to you to turn you from these vanities to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all things in them;

And yet He did not leave Himself without witness, doing good, giving rain and fruitful season to us from heaven, filling our hearts with food and gladness.

And saying these things, they scarcely stopped the people from sacrificing to them.

And Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there, who, having persuaded the people, and having stoned Paul, they drew him out of the city, supposing him to have died.

And from there they sailed to Antioch, from where they had been recommended to the grace of God for the work which they fulfilled.

And certain ones who came down from Judea taught the brothers, saying, Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.

But some of those from the sect of the Pharisees, having believed, rose up, saying, It was necessary to circumcise them and to command them to keep the Law of Moses.

And after much disputing, Peter rose up and said to them, Men, brothers, you recognize that from ancient days God chose among us that through my mouth the nations should hear the Word of the gospel, and believe.

All His works are known to God from eternity.

Therefore my judgment is that we do not trouble those who have turned to God from among the nations,

but that we write to them that they should abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.

For Moses from ages past has those in every city proclaiming him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.

Then it pleased the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men from them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; Judas, whose last name was Barsabas; and Silas, chief men among the brothers.

And they wrote these things by their hand: The apostles and elders and brothers send greeting to the brothers, from the nations in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia.

Because we have heard that certain ones who went out from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, saying, Be circumcised and keep the law! (to whom we gave no such command);

that you abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication; from which, if you keep yourselves, you shall do well. Be prospered.

And remaining for a time, they were let go in peace from the brothers to the apostles.

But Paul thought it well not to take that one with them, he having withdrawn from them from Pamphylia, and did not go with them to the work.

Then there was sharp feeling, so as to separate them from each other. And taking Mark, Barnabas sailed to Cyprus.

Then having set sail from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis;

and from there to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, a colony. And we continued spending time in that city some days.

And taking them in that hour of the night, he washed from their stripes. And he was baptized, he and all his, immediately.

And going out from the prison, they entered into the house of Lydia. And seeing the brothers, they comforted them and departed.

opening and setting forth that Christ must have suffered, and to have risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus whom I preach to you is Christ.

And taking security from Jason and from the rest, they let them go.

But when the Jews from Thessalonica knew that the Word of God was preached by Paul at Berea, they came there also and stirred up the people.

And certain philosophers from the Epicureans and from the Stoics met him. And some said, What will this babbler say? And others said, He seems to be an announcer of foreign demons (because he preached Jesus and the resurrection to them).

to seek the Lord, if perhaps they might feel after Him and find Him, though indeed He is not far from each one of us.

because He has appointed a day in which He is going to judge the world in righteousness by a Man whom He appointed, having given proof to all by raising Him from the dead.

And so Paul departed from among them.

And after these things Paul departed from Athens and came to Corinth.

And finding a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy with his wife Priscilla (because Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome) Paul came to them.

And when Silas and Timothy had come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit and testified to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.

And they resisting and blaspheming, shaking his garment, he said to them, Your blood is on your own heads. I am pure from it. From now on I will go to the nations.

And he departed from there and entered into the house of one named Justus, one worshiping God, whose house was next to the synagogue.

And he drove them from the judgment seat.

And Paul having remained many days more, taking leave of the brothers, he sailed from there into Syria. And Priscilla and Aquila were with him. And Paul had shorn his head in Cenchrea, for he had a vow.

but took leave of them, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that is coming in Jerusalem, but I will return again to you, God willing. And he sailed from Ephesus.

But when some were hardened and did not believe, speaking evil of the Way before the multitude, he departed from them and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of one Tyrannus.

so that even handkerchiefs or aprons from his skin being brought onto the sick, the diseases were released, and the evil spirits went out of them.

And certain from the strolling Jews, exorcists, undertook to name the name of the Lord Jesus over those having evil spirits, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.

And assembling the workmen about such things, he said, Men, you know that from this trade is our wealth.

And quieting the crowd, the town clerk said, Men, Ephesians! What one of you does not know that the city of the Ephesians is a worshiper of the great goddess Artemis, and of That Fallen from the Sky?

And after the days of Unleavened Bread, we sailed away from Philippi and came to them at Troas in five days, where we stayed seven days.

And a certain young man named Eutychus was sitting on the window sill, Paul reasoning for a longer time, being overborne by sleep, he fell down from the third floor, and was taken up dead.