they, indeed, then, departed from the presence of the sanhedrim, rejoicing that for his name they were counted worthy to suffer dishonour,

every day also in the temple, and in every house, they were not ceasing teaching and proclaiming good news -- Jesus the Christ.

And the thing was pleasing before all the multitude, and they did choose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch,

whom they did set before the apostles, and they, having prayed, laid on them their hands.

and they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit with which he was speaking;

then they suborned men, saying -- 'We have heard him speaking evil sayings in regard to Moses and God.'

They did stir up also the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and having come upon him, they caught him, and brought him to the sanhedrim;

they set up also false witnesses, saying, 'This one doth not cease to speak evil sayings against this holy place and the law,

'And God spake thus, That his seed shall be sojourning in a strange land, and they shall cause it to serve, and shall do it evil four hundred years,

and the nation whom they shall serve I will judge, said God; and after these things they shall come forth and shall do Me service in this place.

and they were carried over into Sychem, and were laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in money from the sons of Emmor, of Sychem.

this one, having dealt subtilely with our kindred, did evil to our fathers, causing to expose their babes, that they might not live;

and he was supposing his brethren to understand that God through his hand doth give salvation; and they did not understand.

'On the succeeding day, also, he shewed himself to them as they are striving, and urged them to peace, saying, Men, brethren are ye, wherefore do ye injustice to one another?

'This Moses, whom they did refuse, saying, Who did set thee a ruler and a judge? this one God a ruler and a redeemer did send, in the hand of a messenger who appeared to him in the bush;

'And they made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and were rejoicing in the works of their hands,

which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed those who declared before about the coming of the Righteous One, of whom now ye betrayers and murderers have become,

And hearing these things, they were cut to the hearts, and did gnash the teeth at him;

And they, having cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and did rush with one accord upon him,

and having cast him forth outside of the city, they were stoning him -- and the witnesses did put down their garments at the feet of a young man called Saul --

and they were stoning Stephen, calling and saying, 'Lord Jesus, receive my spirit;'

they then indeed, having been scattered, went abroad proclaiming good news -- the word.

to whom they were all giving heed, from small unto great, saying, 'This one is the great power of God;'

and they were giving heed to him, because of his having for a long time amazed them with deeds of magic.

And when they believed Philip, proclaiming good news, the things concerning the reign of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized both men and women;

who having come down did pray concerning them, that they may receive the Holy Spirit, --

for as yet he was fallen upon none of them, and only they have been baptized -- to the name of the Lord Jesus;

then were they laying hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

They indeed, therefore, having testified fully, and spoken the word of the Lord, did turn back to Jerusalem; in many villages also of the Samaritans they did proclaim good news.

And as they were going on the way, they came upon a certain water, and the eunuch said, 'Lo, water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?'

and he commanded the chariot to stand still, and they both went down to the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him;

and when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, and the eunuch saw him no more, for he was going on his way rejoicing;

and Saul arose from the earth, and his eyes having been opened, he beheld no one, and leading him by the hand they brought him to Damascus,

and their counsel against him was known to Saul; they were also watching the gates both day and night, that they may kill him,

And Saul, having come to Jerusalem, did try to join himself to the disciples, and they were all afraid of him, not believing that he is a disciple,

and speaking boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, he was both speaking and disputing with the Hellenists, and they were taking in hand to kill him,

Then, indeed, the assemblies throughout all Judea, and Galilee, and Samaria, had peace, being built up, and, going on in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied.

and it came to pass in those days she, having ailed, died, and having bathed her, they laid her in an upper chamber,

And Peter having risen, went with them, whom having come, they brought into the upper chamber, and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing coats and garments, as many as Dorcas was making while she was with them.

and he became very hungry, and wished to eat; and they making ready, there fell upon him a trance,

and having called, they were asking if Simon, who is surnamed Peter, doth lodge here?

And they said, 'Cornelius, a centurion, a man righteous and fearing God, well testified to, also, by all the nation of the Jews, was divinely warned by a holy messenger to send for thee, to his house, and to hear sayings from thee.'

and on the morrow they did enter into Caesarea; and Cornelius was waiting for them, having called together his kindred and near friends,

and we -- we are witnesses of all things that he did, both in the country of the Jews, and in Jerusalem, -- whom they did slay, having hanged upon a tree.

for they were hearing them speaking with tongues and magnifying God.

he commanded them also to be baptized in the name of the Lord; then they besought him to remain certain days.

And they, having heard these things, were silent, and were glorifying God, saying, 'Then, indeed, also to the nations did God give the reformation to life.'

And the account was heard in the ears of the assembly that is in Jerusalem concerning them, and they sent forth Barnabas to go through unto Antioch,

and having found him, he brought him to Antioch, and it came to pass that they a whole year did assemble together in the assembly, and taught a great multitude, the disciples also were divinely called first in Antioch Christians.

which also they did, having sent unto the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

and having seen that it is pleasing to the Jews, he added to lay hold of Peter also -- and they were the days of the unleavened food --

and having passed through a first ward, and a second, they came unto the iron gate that is leading to the city, which of its own accord did open to them, and having gone forth, they went on through one street, and immediately the messenger departed from him.

and they said unto her, 'Thou art mad;' and she was confidently affirming it to be so, and they said, 'It is his messenger;'

and Peter was continuing knocking, and having opened, they saw him, and were astonished,

And Herod was highly displeased with the Tyrians and Sidonians, and with one accord they came unto him, and having made a friend of Blastus, who is over the bed-chambers of the king, they were asking peace, because of their country being nourished from the king's;

then having fasted, and having prayed, and having laid the hands on them, they sent them away.

These, indeed, then, having been sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia, thence also they sailed to Cyprus,

and having come unto Salamis, they declared the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews, and they had also John as a ministrant;

and having gone through the island unto Paphos, they found a certain magian, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name is Bar-Jesus;

and they having gone through from Perga, came to Antioch of Pisidia, and having gone into the synagogue on the sabbath-day, they sat down,

and thereafter they asked for a king, and God did give to them Saul, son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years;

and no cause of death having found, they did ask of Pilate that he should be slain,

and when they did complete all the things written about him, having taken him down from the tree, they laid him in a tomb;

and they having shaken off the dust of their feet against them, came to Iconium,

And it came to pass in Iconium, that they did enter together into the synagogue of the Jews, and spake, so that there believed both of Jews and Greeks a great multitude;

long time, indeed, therefore, did they abide speaking boldly in the Lord, who is testifying to the word of His grace, and granting signs and wonders to come to pass through their hands.

they having become aware, did flee to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra, and Derbe, and to the region round about,

and there they were proclaiming good news.

they were calling also Barnabas Zeus, and Paul Hermes, since he was the leader in speaking.

and these things saying, scarcely did they restrain the multitudes from sacrificing to them.

And there came thither, from Antioch and Iconium, Jews, and they having persuaded the multitudes, and having stoned Paul, drew him outside of the city, having supposed him to be dead;

Having proclaimed good news also to that city, and having discipled many, they turned back to Lystra, and Iconium, and Antioch,

and having appointed to them by vote elders in every assembly, having prayed with fastings, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

And having passed through Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia,

and having spoken in Perga the word, they went down to Attalia,

and thence did sail to Antioch, whence they had been given by the grace of God for the work that they fulfilled;

and having come and gathered together the assembly, they declared as many things as God did with them, and that He did open to the nations a door of faith;

and they abode there not a little time with the disciples.

there having been, therefore, not a little dissension and disputation to Paul and Barnabas with them, they arranged for Paul and Barnabas, and certain others of them, to go up unto the apostles and elders to Jerusalem about this question,

they indeed, then, having been sent forward by the assembly, were passing through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the nations, and they were causing great joy to all the brethren.

And having come to Jerusalem, they were received by the assembly, and the apostles, and the elders, they declared also as many things as God did with them;

but, through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, we believe to be saved, even as also they.'

and after they are silent, James answered, saying, 'Men, brethren, hearken to me;

we have sent, therefore, Judas and Silas, and they by word are telling the same things.

They then, indeed, having been let go, went to Antioch, and having brought the multitude together, did deliver the epistle,

and they having read, did rejoice for the consolation;

and having passed some time, they were let go with peace from the brethren unto the apostles;

and after certain days, Paul said unto Barnabas, 'Having turned back again, we may look after our brethren, in every city in which we have preached the word of the Lord -- how they are.'

there came, therefore, a sharp contention, so that they were parted from one another, and Barnabas having taken Mark, did sail to Cyprus,

this one did Paul wish to go forth with him, and having taken him, he circumcised him, because of the Jews who are in those places, for they all knew his father -- that he was a Greek.

And as they were going on through the cities, they were delivering to them the decrees to keep, that have been judged by the apostles and the elders who are in Jerusalem,

having gone toward Mysia, they were trying to go on toward Bithynia, and the Spirit did not suffer them,

and having passed by Mysia, they came down to Troas.

and having brought them to the magistrates, they said, 'These men do exceedingly trouble our city, being Jews;

and they proclaim customs that are not lawful for us to receive nor to do, being Romans.'

many blows also having laid upon them, they cast them to prison, having given charge to the jailor to keep them safely,

and they said, 'Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved -- thou and thy house;'

and they spake to him the word of the Lord, and to all those in his household;

and Paul said to them, 'Having beaten us publicly uncondemned -- men, Romans being -- they did cast us to prison, and now privately do they cast us forth! why no! but having come themselves, let them bring us forth.'

And the rod-bearers told to the magistrates these sayings, and they were afraid, having heard that they are Romans,