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

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

But when they believed Philip preaching the gospel, the things concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

And the apostles in Jerusalem hearing that Samaria had received the Word of God, they sent Peter and John to them;

But Peter said to him, May your silver perish with you, because you have thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.

You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart is not right in the sight of God.

Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.

Philip said, If you believe with all your heart, it is lawful. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.

And immediately he proclaimed Christ in the synagogues, that He is the Son of God.

And in Joppa was a certain disciple named Tabitha (which translated is called Dorcas). She was full of good works and kind deeds which she did.

one devout and fearing God, with all his household, both doing many merciful deeds to the people, and praying continually to God.

About the ninth hour of the day he saw plainly in a vision an angel of God coming to him and saying to him, Cornelius!

And he was gazing at him, and becoming terrified, he said, What is it, lord? And he said to him, Your prayers and your merciful deeds have come up for a memorial before God.

And the voice spoke to him again the second time, What God has made clean, you do not call common.

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 he said to them, You know that it is an unlawful thing for a man, a Jew to keep company with or to come near to one of another nation. But God has shown me not to call any man common or unclean.

And he said, Cornelius, your prayer is heard, and your merciful deeds have been remembered before God.

Therefore I immediately sent to you, and you have done well to come. Now therefore we are all here present before God to hear all things that are commanded you by God.

Then Peter opened his mouth and said, Truly I see that God is no respecter of persons;

You know the Word which God sent to the sons of Israel, preaching the gospel of peace by Jesus Christ (He is Lord of all!);

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.

but God raised Him up the third day and showed Him openly,

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.

For they heard them speak with tongues and magnify God. Then Peter answered,

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

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

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?

When they heard these things, they were silent and glorified God, saying, Then God has also granted repentance to life to the nations.

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.

For he was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and faith. And many people were added to the Lord.

Then, indeed, Peter was kept in prison. But earnest prayer was made to God for him by the church.

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.

But, waving to them with his hand to be quiet, he declared to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go tell these things to James and to the brothers. And he departed and went into another place.

And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god and not of a man!

And immediately the angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give God the glory. And he was eaten by worms and gave up the spirit.

But the Word of God grew and increased.

And when they were at Salamis, they announced the Word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they also had John as an assistant.

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.

And rising up and signaling with his hand, Paul said, Men, Israelites, and those fearing God, listen.

The God of this people Israel chose our fathers and exalted the people in their residency in the land of Egypt, and He brought them out of it with a high arm.

And afterward they asked for a king. And God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

Of this man's seed God has raised to Israel, according to His promise, a Savior, Jesus;

Men, brothers, sons of the race of Abraham, and whoever among you fears God, the Word of this salvation is sent to you.

But God raised Him from the dead,

this God has fulfilled to us their children, raising up Jesus, as also it is written in the second Psalm, "You are My Son, this day I have begotten You."

For after he had served his own generation by the will of God, David fell asleep and was added to his fathers and saw corruption.

But He whom God raised again saw no corruption.

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.

And on the coming sabbath day almost all the city came together to hear the Word of God.

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 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.

confirming the souls of the disciples, calling on them to continue in the faith and that through much tribulation we must enter into the kingdom of God.

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 having arrived, and gathering the church they related all that God had done with them, and how He had opened the door of faith to the nations.

And arriving in Jerusalem, they were received by the church, and by the apostles and elders. And they declared all things that God had done with them.

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.

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

Now therefore why do you tempt God by putting a yoke on the neck of the disciples, a yoke which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

And all the multitude kept silent and listened to Barnabas and Paul declaring what miracles and wonders God had worked among the nations through them.

Even as Simon has declared how God at the first visited the nations to take out of them a people for His name.

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,

it seemed good to us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay on you no greater burden than these necessary things:

But choosing Silas, Paul went out, being commended by the brothers to the grace of God,

And a certain woman named Lydia heard us, a seller of purple of the city of Thyatira, who worshiped God; whose heart the Lord opened, so that she attended to the things which were spoken by Paul.

The same followed Paul and us and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the Most High God, who are announcing to us the way of salvation.

And toward midnight Paul and Silas prayed and praised God in a hymn. And the prisoners listened to them.

And bringing them up to the house, he set a table before them and rejoiced, believing in God with all his household.

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.

For as I passed by and saw the things you worship, I also found an altar with this inscription: TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Not knowing then whom you worship, I make Him known to you.

The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of Heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands,

Then being offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like gold or silver or stone, engraved by art and man's imagination.

Truly, then, God overlooking the times of ignorance, now He strictly commands all men everywhere to repent,

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 continued there a year and six months, teaching the Word of God among them.

saying, This one persuades men to worship God contrary to the Law.

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.

And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. And Aquila and Priscilla heard him, and they took him and expounded to him the way of God more perfectly.

And going into the synagogue, he spoke boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God.

And God did works of power through the hands of Paul,

So the Word of God grew mightily and prevailed.

Since these things cannot be spoken against, you ought to be quiet and to do nothing rashly.

testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

But none of these things move me, neither do I count my life dear to myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus Christ, to testify fully the gospel of the grace of God.

And now, behold, I know that you all will see my face no more, among whom I went proclaiming the kingdom of God.

For I did not keep back from declaring to you all the counsel of God.

Therefore take heed to yourselves, and to all the flock in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to feed the church of God which He has purchased with His own blood.

And now, brothers, I commend you to God, and to the Word of His grace, which is able to build you up and to give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

And having greeted them, he related one by one what things God had done among the nations by his ministry.

He immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down to them. And seeing the chiliarch and the soldiers, they quit beating Paul.

I am truly a man, a Jew born in Tarsus in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, taught according to the exactness of the Law of the fathers, being a zealous one of God, as you all are today.

And he said, The God of our fathers has chosen you to know His will and to see the Just One, and to hear a voice out of His mouth.

And looking earnestly on the sanhedrin, Paul said, Men, brothers, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.

Then Paul said to him, God shall strike you, whitened wall! For do you sit judging me according to the Law, and against law command me to be stricken?

And they who stood by him said, Do you revile God's high priest?

And there arose a great cry. And the scribes who were on the Pharisees' side arose and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man. But if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him, let us not fight against God.

And the following night the Lord stood by him and said, Be of good cheer, Paul, for as you have testified of Me in Jerusalem, so you also must bear witness at Rome.