Hearing these things, they were cut to the heart and moved with wrath against him.

But with loud cries, and stopping their ears, they made an attack on him all together,

And all the people gave attention to the words which Philip said, when they saw the signs which he did.

To whom they all gave attention, from the smallest to the greatest, saying, This man is that power of God which is named Great.

And they gave attention to him, because for a long time his wonder-working powers had kept them under his control.

But when they had faith in the good news given by Philip about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, a number of men and women had baptism.

Now when the Apostles at Jerusalem had news that the people of Samaria had taken the word of God into their hearts, they sent to them Peter and John;

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.

So they, having given their witness and made clear the word of the Lord, went back to Jerusalem, giving the good news on their way in a number of the small towns of Samaria.

And while they were going on their way, they came to some water, and the Ethiopian said, See, here is water; why may I not have baptism?

And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord took Philip away; and the Ethiopian saw him no more, for he went on his way full of joy.

But Saul got knowledge of their design. And they kept watch day and night on the roads out of the town, so that they might put him to death:

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.

Preaching in the name of the Lord without fear; and he had discussions with the Greek Jews; but they were working for his death.

And when the brothers had knowledge of it, they took him to Caesarea and sent him to Tarsus.

And it came about, in those days, that she got ill and came to her death: and when she had been washed, they put her in a room which was high up.

And Peter went with them. And when he had come, they took him into the room: and all the widows were there, weeping and putting before him the coats and clothing which Dorcas had made while she was with them.

Now the day after, when they were on their journey and were near the town, Peter went up to the top of the house for prayer, about the sixth hour:

And he was in need of food: but while they were getting it ready, a deep sleep came on him;

And they said, Cornelius, a captain, an upright and God-fearing man, respected by all the nation of the Jews, had word from God by an angel to send for you to his house, and to give hearing to your words.

And the day after that, they came to Caesarea. And Cornelius was waiting for them, having got together his relations and his near friends.

And we are witnesses of all the things which he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem; whom they put to death, hanging him on a tree.

And they were talking in tongues, and giving glory to God. Then Peter said,

And he gave orders for them to have baptism in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they kept him with them for some days.

And this was done three times, and they were all taken up again into heaven.

If then God gave them, when they had faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, the same as he gave to us, who was I to go against God?

And hearing these things they said nothing more, but gave glory to God, saying, Then to the Gentiles as to us has God given a change of heart, so that they may have life.

But some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, when they came to Antioch, gave the good news about the Lord Jesus to the Greeks.

And news of them came to the ears of the church at Jerusalem: and they sent Barnabas as far as Antioch:

And when he had come across him, he took him to Antioch. And they were with the church there for a year, teaching the people; and the disciples were first given the name of Christians in Antioch.

Which they did, sending it to the rulers of the church by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

And when they had gone past the first and second watchmen they came to the iron door into the town, which came open by itself: and they went out and down one street; and then the angel went away.

And they said to her, You are off your head. But still she said, with decision, that it was so. And they said, It is his angel.

But Peter went on giving blows on the door: and when it was open and they saw him, they were full of wonder.

And Herod, when he sent for him, and he was not there, after questioning the watchmen, gave orders that they were to be put to death. Then he went down from Judaea to Caesarea for a time.

Now he was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon: and they came to him, all together, and having made friends with Blastus, the controller of the king's house, they made a request for peace, because their country was dependent on the king's country for its food.

And while they were doing the Lord's work, and going without food, the Holy Spirit said, Let Barnabas and Saul be given to me for the special work for which they have been marked out by me.

Then, after prayer and going without food they put their hands on them, and sent them away.

So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia; and from there they went by ship to Cyprus.

And at Salamis they were preaching the word of God in the Synagogues of the Jews: and John was with them, helping them.

And when they had gone through all the island to Paphos, they came across a certain wonder-worker and false prophet, a Jew whose name was Bar-Jesus;

But they, going through from Perga, came to Antioch in Pisidia; and they went into the Synagogue on the Sabbath and were seated.

The God of this people Israel made selection of our fathers, lifting the people up from their low condition when they were living in the land of Egypt, and with a strong arm took them out of it.

And though no cause of death was seen in him, they made a request to Pilate that he might be put to death.

And when they had done all the things said in the Writings about him, they took him down from the tree, and put him in the place of the dead.

And when they went out, they made a request that these words might be said to them again on the Sabbath after.

But when the Jews saw such a great number of people, they were full of envy and said evil words against Paul's preaching.

But they, shaking off the dust of that place from their feet, came to Iconium.

Now in Iconium they went together to the Synagogue of the Jews and gave such teaching that a great number of Jews and Greeks had faith.

So they kept there for a long time, taking heart in the Lord, who gave witness to the word of his grace by causing signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

Having got news of it, they went in flight to the towns of Lycaonia, Lystra, and Derbe, and the country round about:

And when the people saw what Paul had done, they said in a loud voice, in the language of Lycaonia, The gods have come down to us in the form of men.

And they gave the name of Jupiter to Barnabas, and to Paul that of Mercury, because he was the chief talker.

But when this came to the ears of the Apostles, Paul and Barnabas, they went running out among the people, parting their clothing, and crying out,

But some Jews came to that place from Antioch and Iconium, and got control over the people; and after stoning Paul, they had him pulled out of the town, taking him for dead.

And having made a number of disciples through the preaching of the good news in that town, they went back to Lystra and Iconium and Antioch,

Making strong the souls of the disciples, saying to them that they were to keep the faith, and that we have to go through troubles of all sorts to come into the kingdom of God.

And when they had made selection of some to be rulers in every church, and had given themselves to prayer and kept themselves from food, they put them into the care of the Lord in whom they had faith.

And they went through Pisidia and came to Pamphylia.

And, after preaching the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia;

And from there they went by ship to Antioch, where they had been handed over to the grace of God for the work which they had not done.

And when they came there, and had got the church together, they gave them an account of all the things which God had done through them, and how he had made open a door of faith to the Gentiles.

And they were with the disciples there for a long time.

So they, being sent on their way by the church, went through Phoenicia and Samaria, giving news of the salvation of the Gentiles, to the great joy of all the brothers.

And when they came to Jerusalem, they had a meeting with the church and the Apostles and the rulers, and they gave an account of all the things which God had done through them.

And when there had been much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, My brothers, you have knowledge that some time back it was God's pleasure that by my mouth the good news might be given to the Gentiles so that they might have faith.

But we have faith that we will get salvation through the grace of the Lord Jesus in the same way as they.

And when they had come to an end, James, answering, said, My brothers, give ear to me:

And they sent a letter by them, saying, The Apostles and the older brothers, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, may joy be with you:

So they, being sent away, came down to Antioch, and having got the people together, they gave them the letter.

And after reading it, they were glad of its comfort.

And when they had been there for some time, they were sent back in peace by the brothers to those who had sent them.

And after some days, Paul said to Barnabas, Let us go back and see the brothers in every town where we have given the word of God, and see how they are.

And there was a sharp argument between them, so that they were parted from one another, and Barnabas took Mark with him and went by ship to Cyprus;

Paul had a desire for him to go with him, and he gave him circumcision because of the Jews who were in those parts: for they all had knowledge that his father was a Greek.

And on their way through the towns, they gave them the rules which had been made by the Apostles and the rulers of the church at Jerusalem, so that they might keep them.

And after they had gone through the land of Phrygia and Galatia, the Holy Spirit did not let them take the word into Asia;

And having come to Mysia, they made an attempt to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not let them;

And going past Mysia, they came down to Troas.

But when her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they took Paul and Silas, pulling them into the market-place before the rulers;

And when they had taken them before the authorities, they said, These men, who are Jews, are greatly troubling our town;

And when they had given them a great number of blows, they put them in prison, giving orders to the keeper of the prison to keep them safely:

And they said, Have faith in the Lord Jesus, and you and your family will have salvation.

And they gave the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house.

But Paul said to them, They have given us who are Romans a public whipping without judging us, and have put us in prison. Will they now send us out secretly? no, truly, let them come themselves and take us out.

And the police gave an account of these words to the authorities, and they were full of fear on hearing that they were Romans;

Then they came and made prayers to them, requesting them, when they had taken them out, to go away from the town.

And they came out of the prison and went to the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brothers they gave them comfort and went away.

Now when they had gone through Amphipolis and Apollonia they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Synagogue of the Jews:

And when they were not able to get them, they took Jason and some of the brothers by force before the rulers of the town, crying, These men, who have made trouble all over the world have now come here;

Whom Jason has taken into his house: and they are acting against the orders of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.

And having made Jason and the others give an undertaking to keep the peace, they let them go.

And the brothers straight away sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea: and they, when they came there, went to the Synagogue of the Jews.

Now these were more noble than the Jews of Thessalonica, for they gave serious attention to the word, searching in the holy Writings every day, to see if these things were so.

But when the Jews of Thessalonica had news that Paul was preaching the word at Beroea, they came there, troubling the people and working them up.

And they took him to Mars' Hill, saying, Will you make clear to us what is this new teaching of yours?

So that they might make search for God, in order, if possible, to get knowledge of him and make discovery of him, though he is not far from every one of us:

And because he was of the same trade, he was living with them, and they did their work together; for by trade they were tent-makers.

And when they put themselves against him, and said evil words, he said, shaking his clothing, Your blood be on your heads, I am clean: from now I will go to the Gentiles.