Now before the feast of the passover, (Jesus knowing that his hour was come, when He should pass out of this world unto the Father, as He had loved his own, who were yet in the world, He loved them unto the end:)

who knew that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that He came from God, and was going to God,

Simon Peter saith unto Him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head.

And when He had washed their feet, and taken his clothes about Him, He sat down again, and said to them, Do ye know the intent of what I have been doing to you?

He therefore, when he had taken the sop, immediately went out. And it was night.

If ye had known me, ye would have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye do know Him, and may be said to have seen Him.

If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me first.

If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no excuse for their sin.

If I had not done among them such works as no other ever did, they had not comparatively had sin: but now they have both seen, and hated, both me and my Father.

When Jesus had spoken these words, He lifted up his eyes to heaven and said,--- "Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify Thee:

and now, O Father, glorify Thou me with thine own self, with the glory which I had with Thee before the world was made.

When Jesus had spoken these words, He went out with his disciples over the brook Kedron; where there was a garden, into which He entred, and his disciples. Now Judas who was gone to betray Him,

That the word might be fulfilled which He had spoken, "Of those, whom Thou hast given me, I have lost none."

Now Caiaphas was he who had said in council to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.

that what Jesus had said might be fulfilled, signifying by what death He should die.

Pilate saith unto Him, What is truth? And as soon as he had spoke, he went out again to the Jews,

And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head,

And the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, (and made four parts, to each soldier a part,) and his coat. Now the coat had no seam in it, being woven from the top throughout:

And when Jesus had received the vinegar, He said, It is finished. And reclining his head, He yielded up the ghost.

Now there was a garden in the place where He was crucified; and in the garden a new sepulchre, in which none had ever yet been laid.

and the napkin that was upon his head, not laid with the linen cloths, but folded up by itself.

one at the head, and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.

So Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples, that she had seen the Lord, and that He had said these things to her.

And when He had said this, He shewed them his hands and his side. The disciples therefore rejoiced when they saw the Lord.

Now when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon son of Jonas, dost thou love me more than these? He saith unto Him, Yes, Lord, Thou knowest that I love Thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.

This He said, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when He had said this, He saith unto him, Follow me.

till the day in which He was taken up, after He had by the holy Spirit given instructions to the apostles whom He had chosen:

to whom also He presented Himself alive, after He had suffered, by many certain proofs; being seen among them for forty days, and speaking of the things relating to the kingdom of God.

for he was numbered with us, and had obtained a part of this ministry.

Therefore being a prophet; and knowing that God had sworn to him with an oath, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up the Messiah, to sit on his throne;

And all that believed were together, and had all things common.

And they sold their possessions and goods, and distributed to all, according as any one had need.

And a certain man who had been lame from his birth was carried along; whom they laid every day at the gate of the temple, which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of those that were going into the temple:

and knew that it was he who sat to ask for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with astonishment and extasy at what had befallen him.

And as the lame man that was healed had hold of Peter and John, all the people being astonished ran together to them to the porch called Solomon's porch.

And Peter seeing this said to the people, Men of Israel, why marvel ye at this, or why look ye so earnestly on us, as if by our own power or piety we had made this man able to walk?

but thus hath God accomplished those things which He had foretold by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer.

And when they had set them in the midst, they asked them, By what power, or in what name have ye done this?

This is the stone that was set at nought by you builders, which is become the head of the corner.

Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were plain and illiterate men, they were amazed; and they knew them again that they had been with Jesus:

but seeing the man that was cured standing with them, they had nothing to say against it.

Being dismissed they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them.

(whom Thou hast anointed,) to do whatever thy hand and thy counsel had before determined to be done.

And when they had prayed, the place in which they were assembled was shaken; and they were all filled with the holy Spirit, and they spake the word of God with freedom.

And the heart and soul of the multitude that believed was one: no one called any of his possessions his own property, but they had all things common.

And about the space of three hours after, his wife also came in, not knowing what had happened.

and when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest asked them,

Men of Israel, take heed to yourselves, what ye are about to do, as to these men.

These they set before the apostles; who, when they had prayed, laid their hands upon them.

though He gave him no inheritance in it, no not the breadth of a foot; but He promised to give it to him for a possession, even to his seed after him; though he had then no child."

and were carried to Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre which he had bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.

But as the time of the promise drew near, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt.

The tabernacle of witness was among our fathers in the wilderness, as He, that spake unto Moses, ordered him to make it according to the model which he had seen in the mount:

And bending his knees, he cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this he fell asleep.

And they were attentive to him, because he had for a considerable time astonished them by his magic arts.

Now when the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent to them Peter and John:

And he arose and went; and behold a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, and her high-treasurer, who had come to Jerusalem to worship,

And when he had taken some nourishment, he was strengthened. Now Saul was with the disciples at Damascus for some time.

But Barnabas took 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 preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.

Then the churches throughout all Judea, and Galilee, and Samaria, had rest, being edified and walking in the fear of the Lord; and through the consolation of the holy Spirit were multiplied.

And there he found a man named Eneas, who had kept his bed eight years, with the palsy.

And it happened, about the same time, that she fell sick and died: and when they had washed her they laid her out in an upper chamber.

And when he had related all to them, he sent them to Joppa.

Now while Peter was doubting in himself what might be the meaning of the vision which he had seen, behold the men that were sent from Cornelius, having enquired for Simon's house, stood at the door;

Now the apostles and brethren that were in Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.

and he told us how he had seen an angel in his house, standing and saying to him, Send men to Joppa, and fetch hither Simon,

But he made a sign to them with his hand to be silent, and related to them, how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go, tell these things to James and to the other brethren. And he departed and went to another place.

And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their charge, taking along with them John who was sirnamed Mark.

Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers, as Barnabas, and Simeon called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenean, and Manaen who had been educated with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul;

And when they arrived at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John for their assistant.

And when they had finished all things that were written concerning Him, they took Him down from the cross and laid Him in a tomb.

And there was sitting at Lystra, a man disabled in his feet, who had never walked at all, being lame from his birth.

This man heard Paul speaking; who looking earnestly at him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed,

And the people, seeing what Paul had done, lifted up their voice, saying in the Lycaonian tongue, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.

And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, and Iconium, and Antioch;

And when they had appointed them elders in every church, praying and fasting, they recommended them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.

And when they had preached the word at Perga, they went down to Attalia.

And from thence they sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been recommended to the grace of God, for the work which they had now fulfilled.

And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they related what God had done by them, and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

And when they came to Jerusalem, they were received by the church, and by the apostles and elders, and they told them all that God had done by them.

And God who knoweth the heart, bare witness to them, giving them the holy Spirit, as He had done also to us:

And all the multitude kept silence, and gave attention to Barnabas and Paul, relating what signs and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.

And after they had done speaking, James rose up and said, Brethren, hearken unto me.

For Moses hath had from ancient times those that preach him in every city, and is still read in the synagogues every sabbath-day.

Being thus dispatched they came to Antioch, and when they had assembled the brethren, they delivered the epistle.

And when they had read it, they rejoiced at the consolation it brought.

And as they passed through the cities, they delivered to them the decrees that had been made by the apostles and elders at Jerusalem.

And when they had passed through Phrygia and Galatia, being forbidden by the holy Spirit to preach the word in Asia, they came to Mysia, and endeavoured to go to Bithynia:

And as soon as he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to depart into Macedonia, concluding that the Lord called us to preach the gospel to them.

Now as we were going to the place of prayer, there met us a young woman that had a spirit of divination, who brought her masters much gain by soothsaying.

And when they had given them many stripes, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely.

And they came and intreated them, and when they had brought them out, they desired them to leave the city.

Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.

And finding there a certain Jew, named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who was lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla, (because Claudius Cesar had ordered all the Jews to depart from Rome,) he went to them;

And after Paul had staid there yet a considerable time, he took leave of the brethren, and sailed from thence to Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila, after he had shaved his head at Cenchrea; for he had a vow.

and landing at Cesarea, went up to Jerusalem, and after he had saluted the church, he went down to Antioch.

And when he had spent some time there, he departed, and went in order through the country of Galatia and Phrygia strengthening all the disciples.

Who had been instructed in the way of our Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spake and taught clearly the things of the Lord, though he knew only the baptism of John.

And as he was inclined to go into Achaia, the brethren wrote to the disciples exhorting them to receive him: who when he arrived, was very helpful to those who had believed through grace.

and finding some disciples there, he said unto them, Have ye received the holy Spirit since ye embraced the faith? And they said unto him, Nay, we had not even heard whether the holy Spirit be yet given.