And an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying: Arise, and go toward the south, to the road that leads from Jerusalem to Gaza; this is desert.

in his humiliation. The sentence against him was taken away; but who shall describe the men of his generation? For his life was taken from the earth.

And as they went along the road, they came to some water; and the eunuch said: See, here is water; what hinders me from being immersed?

And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus; and suddenly there shone round about him a light from heaven.

And Saul arose from the earth, and when his eyes were opened, he saw no one; but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.

But Ananias answered: Lord, I have heard from many of this man, how much evil he has done to thy saints in Jerusalem;

and here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all that call upon thy name.

And immediately there fell from his eyes something like scales, and he instantly received his sight; and he arose, and was immersed.

Now, while Peter was perplexed within himself about the meaning of the vision which he had seen, behold, the men who had been sent from Cornelius, having made inquiry for the house of Simon, stood before the gate.

They replied: Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that fears God, and of good report among the whole nation of the Jews, was instructed by a holy angel to call you to his house, and to hear words from you.

Then he called them in, and lodged them. On the morrow he arose, and went with them; and some of the brethren from Joppa accompanied him.

that word, you know, which was published through the whole of Judea, beginning from Galilee, after the immersion that John preached;

not to all the people, but to witnesses who were be fore appointed by God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him, after he rose from the dead.

I was in the city of Joppa, praying; and, while in a trance, I saw a vision, some vessel like a great sheet, descending, let down from heaven by the four corners; and it came even to me.

But the voice answered me a second time from heaven, What God has cleansed, you must not call common.

And behold, three men who had been sent to me from Caesarea, immediately came to the house where I was.

In those days prophets came from Jerusalem to Antioch.

And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the prison. And he gently struck Peter on the side, and awoke him, saying: Arise quickly; and his chains fell from his hands.

And when they had passed through the first and the 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 the angel immediately departed from him.

And when Peter came to himself, he said: Now I know, in truth, that the Lord has sent his angel, and has delivered me from the hand of Herod, and from all that was expected by the Jewish people.

But Herod, when he had sought for him, and found him not, examined the keepers, and commanded them to be put to death. And he went down from Judea to Cesarean, and there he remained.

And Barnabas and Saul, after they had fulfilled their ministry, returned from Jerusalem, taking with them John, whose surname was Mark.

But the magician Elymas (for this is his name, when translated) withstood them, desiring to turn away the proconsul from the faith.

And Paul and his companions put to sea from Paphos, and went to Perga in Pamphylia. But John withdrew from them, and returned to Jerusalem.

But having passed through from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia; and on the sabbath-day they went into the synagogue, and sat down.

The God of this people chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they sojourned in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm he brought them out from it.

From the posterity of this man, God, according to his promise, raised up for Israel a Savior, Jesus;

And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulcher.

But God raised him. from the dead.

And he was seen for many days by those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses to the people.

But that he raised him from the dead, no more to return to corruption, he has spoken thus: I will give you the sure mercies of David.

and by him, every one that believes is justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.

And as they were departing from the synagogue, they were requested to speak these things to them on the next sabbath.

But the Jews in cited the devout and influential women, and the first men of the city, and raised a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their borders.

But they shook off the dust from their feet against them, and went to Iconium.

And there was a certain man in Lystra, without strength in his feet, who sat, for he was a cripple from his mother's womb, and had never walked.

and saying: Men, why are you doing these things? We also are human beings, with passions like your own, and we preach the gospel to you, that you may turn from these vanities to the living God, who made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all things that are in them;

and yet he did not leave himself without testimony, doing good, and giving you rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.

And with these words they hardly restrained the multitudes from offering sacrifice to them.

Then came thither, from Antioch and Iconium, Jews, who persuaded the multitudes; and having stoned Paul, they dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.

thence they sailed to Antioch, from which place they had been commended to the grace of God, for the work which they had accomplished.

And certain men came down from Judea, and taught the brethren, saying: Unless you be circumcised, according to the custom of Moses, you can not be saved.

Therefore, after Paul and Barnabas had no little dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain others from among them, should go up to Jerusalem, to the apostles and elders, about this question.

Simeon has declared how God, at the first, did visit the Gentiles, in order to take out from among them a people for his name.

Known to God from eternity are all bis works.

For these reasons, my judgment is, that we give no trouble to those who, from among the Gentiles, have turned to God;

but that we write to them to abstain from pollutions of idols, and from lewdness, and from what is strangled, and from blood.

For, from ancient times, Moses has, in every city, those who preach him, being read in the synagogue every sabbath-day.

Then it pleased the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to send to Antioch, with Paul and Barnabas, chosen men from among themselves; Judas, who was surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren;

Inasmuch as we have heard that certain persons went out from us and troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, That you must be circumcised, and keep the law, to whom we gave no commandment,

That you abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what is strangled, and from lewdness; from which if you keep yourselves carefully, you will do well. Farewell.

And after spending some time, they were dismissed in peace from the brethren, to those who had sent them.

But Paul did not think it proper to take with them him who had departed from them from Pamphylia, and did not go with them to the work.

There was, therefore, a sharp contention, so that they separated from each other: and Barnabas took Mark, and sailed to Cyprus.

Therefore, setting sail from Troas, we came by a straight course to Samothracia, and, on the following day, to Neapolis,

And the jailer, being aroused from sleep, and seeing the doors of the prison open, drew his sword, and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had fled.

And he took them at that hour of the night, and washed the blood from their stripes; and he was immersed, himself and all his, immediately.

and they came, and entreated them, and led them out,. and requested them to depart from the city.

And Paul, according to his custom, went in to them, and, for three sabbath-days, he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

explaining and affirming that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead; and that this Jesus whom I preach to you is the Christ.

and he has made from one blood every nation of men, that they might dwell on all the face of the earth, having marked out their appointed times, and the bounds of their dwelling:

that they might seek for God, if perhaps they would feel after him, and find him, although, indeed, he is not far from every one of us.

because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world, in righteousness, by the man whom he has chosen, giving to all assurance of this, by having raised him from the dead.

And so Paul departed from among them.

After these things, Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;

and finding a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, who had lately come from Italy, with Priscilla his wife, because Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome, he went to them;

And when Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul was roused in spirit, and earnestly testified to the Jews, that-the Christ was Jesus.

And he drove them from the judgment-seat.

but took leave of them, saying: I must, by all means, keep this coming feast in Jerusalem: but I will return to you, if God be willing. And he sailed from Ephesus,

But as some were hardened, and did not believe, and spoke evil of that way before the multitude, he withdrew from them, and separated the disciples, and discoursed daily in the school of one Tyrannus.

so that handkerchiefs or aprons were carried from his body to the sick, and diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits came out of them.

And the man in whom the evil spirit was, leaped on them, and overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled from that house, naked and wounded.

These he called together, with the workmen em ployed about such things, and said: Men, you know that our wealth arises from this trade:

But the town-clerk quieted the multitude, and said: Men of Ephesus, what man is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is a worshiper of the great Diana, and of the image that fell down from Jupiter?

But we sailed from Philippi, after the days of unleavened bread, and came to them at Troas in five days, where we remained seven days.

And a certain young man, named Eutychus, was sitting in the window, overpowered with deep sleep: and, as Paul was discoursing a long time, being oppressed with sleep, he fell from the third story, and was taken up dead.

and sailing from that place, we came, on the following day, opposite to Chios; and, on the next day, we arrived at Samos: and after stopping at Trogyllium, we came, on the next day, to Miletus.

From Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.

And when they had come to him, he said to them: You know, from the first day on which I came into Asia, how I have been with you during the whole time,

and that I have kept back nothing that was profitable, but have preached to you, and taught you both publicly, and from house to house,

But I esteem this a matter of no importance, nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my course with joy, and the ministry that I have received from the Lord Jesus, to bear full testimony to the gospel of the grace of God.

For this reason I solemnly affirm to you this day, that I am clean from the blood of all men.

and men will arise from among yourselves, speaking perverse things, that they may draw off disciples after them.

And it came to pass that, after we had separated from them, we put to sea, and came by a straight course to Cos, and on the following day, to Rhodes, and thence to Patara.

And completing the voyage from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais: and having saluted the brethren, we remained with them one day.

And as we remained there many days, there came down, from Judea, a certain prophet, named Agabus;

There went with us also some of the disciples from Caesarea, who took with them, Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, with whom we should lodge.

And they have heard it reported of you, that you teach all the Jews that are among the Gentiles to apostatize from Moses; commanding them not to circumcise their children, nor to walk according to the customs.

But with respect to the Gentiles that believe, we have written; having decided that they should observe no such thing; but that they keep themselves from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what is strangled, and from lewdness.

And when the seven days were about to be completed, the Jews from Asia, seeing him in the temple, threw all the multitude into confusion, and laid their hands on him,

as the chief priest and the whole body of elders will testify for me. From them I also received letters to the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring those, also, who were there, bound to Jerusalem, that they might be punished.

But it came to pass, that, as I was on my journey, and was drawing near to Damascus, about midday, there suddenly shone from heaven a great light round about me;

And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, who had a good report from all the Jews that dwelt there,

and saw him saying to me, Make haste, and depart quickly from Jerusalem, for they will not receive your testimony concerning me.

And they heard him to this word, and lifted up their voice, saying: Away with such a man from the earth! for it is not fit that he should live.

Then, those who were about to examine him, immediately departed from him. And the officer was afraid, when he learned that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.

And when there arose a great dissension, the officer, fearing that Paul would be torn to pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the fortress.

Do not, however, be persuaded by them; for more than forty men of them are lying in wait for him; and they have bound themselves under a curse, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him. And now they are ready, waiting for a promise from you.

And when he had read the letter, he inquired to what province he belonged. And learning that he was from Cilicia, he said: I will hear you when your accusers also have come. And he ordered him to be kept under guard in Herod's palace.

and commanded his accusers to come before you. From him you may be able yourself, by examination, to gain a knowledge of all these tilings of which we accuse him.