Then those who gladly received his word were baptized. And the same day there were added about three thousand souls.

And all who believed were together and had all things common.

praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.

And a certain man, who was lame from his mother's womb, was being carried. And they laid him daily at that temple gate which is called Beautiful, to ask alms from those who entered into the temple.

And they recognized him, that it was him who sat for alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple. And they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

And as the lame one who was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.

The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His son Jesus, whom you delivered up, denying Him in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to let Him go.

And you killed the Prince of Life, whom God has raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses.

And His name, through faith in His name, has made this man strong, this one whom you see and know, His name made firm. And the faith which came through Him has given him this perfect soundness before you.

And He shall send Jesus Christ, who before was proclaimed to you,

whom Heaven truly needs to receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of His holy prophets since the world began.

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

But many of those who heard the Word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.

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.

And beholding the man who was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.

For the man on whom this miracle of healing occurred was more than forty years old.

And having heard, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord and said, Lord, You are the God who made the heaven and earth, and the sea, and all that is in them;

who by the mouth of Your servant David has said, "Why did the nations rage and the people imagine vain things?

For truly, against Your holy child Jesus, whom You have anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the nations, and the people of Israel, were gathered together

And the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and one soul. And not one said that any of the things which he possessed was his own. But they had all things common.

And Joses, who was surnamed Barnabas by the apostles (which is, being translated, The son of consolation), a Levite, a Cypriot by race,

And hearing these words, Ananias fell down and expired. And great fear came on all those who heard these things.

Then Peter said to her, How is it that you have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door and they will carry you out.

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 rising up, the high priest, and all those who were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees) were filled with anger,

But one came, reporting to them, saying, Behold, the men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people.

The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed and hanged on a tree.

And we are His witnesses of these things. And so also is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.

For before these days Theudas rose up, boasting himself to be somebody; a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves to him; who was slain. And all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered and brought to nothing.

Therefore, brothers, look out among you seven men being witnessed to, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this duty.

And they set up false witnesses, who said, This man does not cease speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the Law.

And God said, "I will judge the nation to whom they shall be in bondage," and "after these things they will come out and will serve Me in this place."

until another king arose who did not know Joseph.

In this time Moses was born, and was beautiful to God, who was brought up three months in his father's house.

And seeing one being wronged, he defended him. and avenged him who was oppressed and struck the Egyptian.

But he who wronged his neighbor thrust him away, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?

This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge? God has sent this one to be a ruler and a redeemer by the hand of the Angel who appeared to him in the Bush.

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."

This is he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the Angel who spoke to him in Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, who received the living words to give to us,

to whom our fathers would not be obedient, but thrust him away and turned back again to Egypt in their hearts,

saying to Aaron, "Make us gods to go before us, for as for this Moses who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him."

Which also having received it by inheritance with Joshua, our fathers, with Joshua, in taking possession of the nations whom God drove out before the face of our fathers until the days of David,

who found favor with God and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob;

Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you have now been the betrayers and murderers;

who received the Law through disposition of angels, and did not keep it.

And they stoned Stephen, who was calling on God and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

Then, indeed, the ones who had been scattered passed through, preaching the gospel, the Word.

For out of those having unclean spirits, many came out, crying with loud voice. And many who had been paralyzed and lame were healed.

who when they had come down, prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit.

And he arose and went. And behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had charge of all her treasure and had come to Jerusalem to worship,

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

And the eunuch answered Philip and said, I beg you, of whom does the prophet speak this? Of himself or of some other man?

And he said, Who are you, lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom you persecute. It is hard for you to kick against the goads.

And the men who journeyed with him stood speechless, indeed hearing a voice but seeing no one.

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

And Ananias went and entered into the house. And putting his hands on him, he said, Brother Saul, the Lord, Jesus, who appeared to you in the way in which you came, has sent me to you that you might see and be filled with the Holy Spirit.

But all who heard him were amazed and said, Is this not he who destroyed those who called on this name in Jerusalem and came here for that reason, that he might bring them bound to the chief priests?

But Saul increased the more in strength and confounded the Jews who lived at Damascus, proving that this One is the Christ.

And it happened, passing through all, Peter also came down to the saints who lived at Lydda.

And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, who had lain eight years on a mattress, paralyzed.

And all who lived at Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord.

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 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.

And as he talked with him, he went in and found many who had come together.

Therefore send to Joppa and call here Simon whose last name is Peter, he is staying in the house of Simon, a tanner by the seaside; who, when he comes, shall speak to you.

but in every nation he who fears Him and works righteousness is accepted with Him.

how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and He went about doing good, and healing all those who were oppressed by the Devil, for God was with Him.

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.

And He commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that it is He who was ordained of God to be the Judge of the living and the dead.

And those of the circumcision, who believed (as many as came with Peter), were astonished because the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out on the nations also.

Can anyone forbid water that these, who have received the Holy Ghost as well as we, should not be baptized?

And the apostles and brothers who were in Judea heard that the nations had also received the Word of God.

And he declared to us how he had seen an angel in his house, who stood and said to him, Send men to Joppa and call for Simon whose last name is Peter,

who will tell you words by which you and all your house shall be saved.

If God gave to them the same gift as to us, they having believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to be able to prevent God?

Then, indeed, they who were scattered abroad by the persecution that rose about Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, preaching the Word to no one except the Jews.

And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene; who, when they had come to Antioch, spoke to the Hellenists, preaching the gospel of the Lord Jesus.

who was glad when he had come and had seen the grace of God. And he exhorted all with purpose of heart to remain near to the Lord.

And the disciples, as any were prospered, determined each of them to send for ministry to those brothers who lived in Judea,

And Herod was in bitter hostility with the men of Tyre and Sidon. But they came to him with one accord and, having made Blastus (who had charge of the king's bedroom) their friend, desired peace, because their country was fed by the king's country.

And in Antioch some among the existing church were prophets and teachers. (such as Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch) and Saul.

who was with the proconsul of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man. He called for Barnabas and Saul and asked to hear the Word of God.

Then Saul (who is also Paul), filled with the Holy Spirit, set his eyes on him

And when He had removed him, He raised up David to them to be their king; to whom He also witnessed and said, I have found David the son of Jesse to be a man after My own heart, who shall fulfill all My will.

And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Who do you think that I am? I am not He. But behold, One comes after me, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to loose.

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

But He whom God raised again saw no corruption.

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

And the synagogue being broken up, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas; who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.

Therefore they stayed a long time, speaking boldly in the Lord, who bore witness to the word of His grace, giving miracles and wonders to be done by their hands.

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;

who in past generations allowed all nations to walk in their own ways.

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 having hand-picked elders for them in every church, and had prayed with fastings, they commended them to the Lord into whom they believed.

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.

And God, who knows the hearts, bore them witness, giving them the Holy Spirit even as to us.

so those men who are left might seek after the Lord, and all the nations on whom My name has been called, says the Lord, who does all these things."

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