When this sound occurred, a crowd came together and was confused because each one heard them speaking in his own language.

My brothers, I may say to you openly that David came to his death, and was put in the earth, and his resting-place is with us today.

Now when these words came to their ears their hearts were troubled, and they said to Peter and the other Apostles, Brothers, what are we to do?

Then fear came over everyone, and many wonders and signs were being performed through the apostles.

And leaping out, he stood, and continued to walk around, and came into the temple with them, walking around and leaping, and praising God.

And while he kept his hands on Peter and John, all the people came running together to the covered way which is named Solomon's, full of wonder.

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 all the prophets from Samuel and those who came after, every one of them, gave word of these days.

And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,

and the Saducees came upon them, Being grieved that they had healed the lame man, and preached thro' Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

But many of those who heard the message believed, and the number of the men came to about 5,000.

And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,

And being let go, they came to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said unto them.

The kings of the earth stood up and the rulers came together against the Lord, and against his Christ.'

For, truly, in this town, against your holy servant, Jesus, who was marked out by you as Christ, Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, came together,

was not the estate your own estate? and was not the price for which it was sold, all in your own hands? how came such a design as this in your heart? thou hast not lyed unto men, but unto God.

When he heard these words, Ananias dropped dead, and a great fear came on all who heard.

and some young men came and wound him up, then carried him out, and buried him.

There was an interval of about three hours; then his wife came in, not knowing what had happened.

Instantly she dropped dead at his feet. When the young men came in, they found her dead, carried her out, and buried her beside her husband.

Then great fear came on the whole church and on all who heard these things.

And through the hands of the apostles came many signs and wonders among the people, and they were with one accord all in the porch of Solomon;

As a result, they would carry the sick out into the streets and lay them on cots and mats so that when Peter came by, at least his shadow might fall on some of them.

In addition, a large group came together from the towns surrounding Jerusalem, bringing sick people and those who were tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all healed.

And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned, and told,

Someone came and reported to them, “Look! The men you put in jail are standing in the temple complex and teaching the people.”

But when these words came to their ears, they were cut to the heart, and had a mind to put them to death.

Not long ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and a group of about 400 men rallied to him. He was killed, and all his partisans were dispersed and came to nothing.

After him, at the time of the Census, came Judas, the Galilaean, and was the leader in a revolt. He too perished, and all his followers were scattered.

And in these days, the disciples multiplying, there came a murmuring of the Hellenists at the Hebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily ministration,

Then some from what is called the Freedmen’s Synagogue, composed of both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, and some from Cilicia and Asia, came forward and disputed with Stephen.

They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes; so they came, dragged him off, and took him to the Sanhedrin.

And he said, My brothers and fathers, give hearing. The God of glory came to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he was living in Haran,

and said to him, 'Go forth from your country, and from your kindred, and came into the land which I will show you,'

“Then he came out of the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. From there, after his father died, God had him move to this land you now live in.

Then a famine and great suffering came over all of Egypt and Canaan, and our ancestors could find no food.

And Jacob went down to Egypt, and came to his end there, and so did our fathers;

"But as the time of the promise came close which God had made to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

Till another king came to power, who had no knowledge of Joseph.

At which time Moses came to birth, and he was very beautiful; and he was kept for three months in his father's house:

And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.

When he saw one of them being mistreated, he came to his rescue and avenged the oppressed man by striking down the Egyptian.

And the day after, he came to them, while they were having a fight, and would have made peace between them, saying, Sirs, you are brothers; why do you do wrong to one another?

At the end of forty years, an angel came to him in the waste land of Sinai, in the flame of a burning thorn-tree.

When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight. As he was approaching to look at it, the voice of the Lord came:

seeing I have seen the affliction of My people that is in Egypt, and their groaning I did hear, and came down to deliver them; and now come, I will send thee to Egypt.

The same, is he that came to be in the assembly in the desert, with the messenger who was speaking with him in Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, he who welcomed living utterances, to give unto us:

Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;

but it was Solomon who came to build a house for Him.

And Saul was assenting to his death, and there came in that day a great persecution upon the assembly in Jerusalem, all also were scattered abroad in the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles;

And Philip came down to the city of Samaria [and] began proclaiming the Christ to them.

For unclean spirits, crying out with a loud voice, came out of many who were possessed, and many who were paralyzed and lame were healed.

And there came to be great joy in that city.

But when the people came to believe the good news proclaimed by Philip about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, both men and women were constantly baptized.

So Simon himself came to believe too, and after he was baptized he continued to be devoted to Philip, and he was always thrilled at seeing such great signs and wonder-works continuously performed.

Who, when they came there, made prayer for them, that the Holy Spirit might be given to them:

Then they put their hands on them, and the Holy Spirit came on them.

And he arose and went on, and behold, a man of Ethiopia which was a chamberlain and of great authority with Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, and had the rule of all her treasure, came to Jerusalem for to pray.

And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?

And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they both came down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.

When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him any longer. But he went on his way rejoicing.

But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.

But Saul, still breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, came to the high priest

And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:

And he saw in a vision a man named Ananias who came in and laid a hand on him, so that he might receive sight.

So Ananias departed and entered into the house, and placing [his] hands on him, he said, "Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road by which you came, has sent me so that you may regain [your] sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit."

And when he had taken food his strength came back. And for some days he kept with the disciples who were in Damascus.

He lost no time in preaching throughout the synagogues that Jesus was the Son of God ??21 to the amazement of all his hearers, who said, "Is this not the man who in Jerusalem harried those who invoke this Name, the man who came here for the express purpose of carrying them all in chains to the high priests?"

But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests?

But their plot came to the ears of Saul, and, although they kept watch on the gates day and night in order to make away with him,

And when he came to Jerusalem, he made an attempt to be joined to the disciples, but they were all in fear of him, not taking him for a disciple.

Barnabas, however, came to his assistance. He brought Saul to the Apostles, and related to them how, on his journey, he had seen the Lord, and that the Lord had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had fearlessly taught in the name of Jesus.

And so it came about that the Church, throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria, enjoyed peace and became firmly established; and, ordering its life by reverence for the Lord and the help of the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.

And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all quarters, he came down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda.

And all the inhabitants of Lydda and of the Plain of Sharon saw him, and came over to the Lord's side.

And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died: whom when they had washed, they laid her in an upper chamber.

So Peter got up [and] accompanied them. [When he] arrived, they brought [him] up to the upstairs room, and all the widows came to him, weeping and showing [him] tunics and [other] clothing that Dorcas used to make [while she] was with them.

This became known all over Joppa, and many came to believe in the Lord.

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

About three in the afternoon he distinctly saw in a vision an angel of God who came in and said to him, “Cornelius!”

and he having looked earnestly on him, and becoming afraid, said, 'What is it, Lord?' And he said to him, 'Thy prayers and thy kind acts came up for a memorial before God,

AM], while he was wide awake, he had a vision in which an angel of God came to him [and spoke his name] "Cornelius."

And he became hungry and wanted to eat. But [while] they were preparing [the food], a trance came over him.

and he saw the heaven open, and a certain vessel like a great sheet came down, and resting upon the earth with four rope ends:

And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.

And a voice came unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, make not thou common.

Now while Peter was in doubt as to the purpose of this vision, the men who were sent by Cornelius, having made search for Simon's house, came to the door,

And Peter came down to the men, and said: Behold, I am he whom you seek; what is the cause of your coming?

Therefore having called them in, he received as guests. And on the morrow Peter came forth with them, and certain of the brethren from Joppa came with him.

And on the morrow they came to Caesarea. But Cornelius was looking for them, having called together his kinsmen and his intimate friends.

and as it came that Peter entered in, Cornelius having met him, having fallen at his feet, did bow before him;

And as he talked with him, he came in, and found many that were come together.

To them he said: "You know, yourselves, that it is illegal for a Jew to associate with or to visit one of another nation; but God has taught me that I should not call any man common or unclean. For this reason, when sent for, I came without demur.

Therefore came I unto you without gainsaying, as soon as I was sent for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me?

ye -- ye have known; -- the word that came throughout all Judea, having begun from Galilee, after the baptism that John preached;

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.

While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit came down on all those who heard the message.

And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.

and when Peter came up to Jerusalem, those of the circumcision were contending with him,