From that time Pilate sought to release him; but the Jews cried, saying, If you release this man you are not a friend of Caesar; every one who makes himself a king speaks against Caesar.

Many of the Jews therefore read this inscription, because the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh the city; and it was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek.

They said, therefore, one to another, Let us not divide this, but cast lots for it whose it shall be; that the Scripture might be fulfilled, which says, They parted my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots. The soldiers therefore did indeed these things.

After this, Jesus knowing that all things were already finished, that the Scripture might be fully accomplished, said, I thirst.

And having said this he showed them both his hands and his side; then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.

And having said this he breathed on them, and said to them, Receive the Holy Spirit.

Jesus performed also many other miracles in the presence of his disciples which are not recorded in this book;

This was now the third time that Jesus appeared to his disciples after he had arisen from the dead.

but he said this signifying by what death he should glorify God; and having said this, he said to him, Follow me.

Peter seeing him said to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man [do]?

The report then went out among the brothers that this disciple would not die; but Jesus said not to him, He shall not die; but, If I wish him to continue till I come, what is that to you?

This is the disciple who testifies of these things and has written them; and we know that his testimony is true.

They therefore having come together asked him, saying, Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom of Israel?

and they said, Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking at heaven? This Jesus taken up from you to heaven shall so come in the manner in which you have seen him go to heaven.

For he was numbered with us, and obtained the inheritance of this service.

This man therefore purchased a field with the price of the wickedness, and falling headlong burst in the middle and all his bowels were poured out;

and this became known to all who lived at Jerusalem, so that that field was called in their language Aceldamach, which is Field of blood.

to take the place of this service and apostleship from which Judas fell by transgression to go to his place.

and when this sound was [heard], the multitude came together and were astonished, for they each one heard them speaking in his own language.

And they were all astonished and perplexed, saying one to another, What does this mean?

But Peter standing up with the eleven lifted up his voice and said to them, Men of Judea, and all who live at Jerusalem, be this known to you, and attend to my words.

but this is what was said by the prophet;

this man, delivered up by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have affixed to the cross, and killed by the hand of the wicked,

Men and brothers, let me speak to you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

This Jesus has God raised up, whose witnesses we all are.

Being therefore exalted on the right hand of God, and receiving the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he has poured this out which you both see and hear.

Let all the house of Israel therefore know certainly, that God has made this Jesus whom you crucified both Lord and Christ.

And hearing [this] they were distressed in mind, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, Men and brothers, what shall we do?

And with many other words he testified and exhorted, saying, Save yourselves from this perverse generation.

But Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but what I have, this I give you; in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazoraen, walk.

And Peter seeing it answered the people, Men of Israel, why do you wonder at this? or why do you look intently at us as if by our power or piety we had made him walk?

And by the faith of his name, his name has made strong this man whom you behold and know, and the faith which is by him has given him this entire soundness before you all.

and placing them in the midst, asked, By what power, or by what name, have you done this?

be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazoraean, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by him has this man stood before you sound.

This is the stone rejected by you builders, which has become the head of a corner.

but that it spread no further among the people, let us threaten them severely, [and charge them] to speak no more to any man in this name.

for the man was more than forty years old on whom this miracle of the cure was performed.

For of a truth, in this city, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the gentiles and people of Israel, were assembled together against thy holy servant Jesus whom thou hast anointed,

Continuing unsold was it not yours, and when it was sold was it not at your disposal? Why did you propose this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God.

Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.

And hearing this they entered into the temple early in the morning and taught. And the chief priest coming, and those with him, called the Sanhedrim together, and all the eldership of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

And when they heard these words, both the priest and the commander of the temple and the chief priests doubted concerning them, what this could mean.

saying, We charged you strictly not to teach in this name, and behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and wish to bring this man's blood on us.

And when they heard this they were highly offended, and took counsel to kill them.

And now I tell you, abstain from these men, and let them alone; because if this design, or this work, is from men, it will be destroyed;

Look out therefore, brothers, from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Holy Spirit, and of wisdom, whom we may set over this business;

and brought forward false witnesses who said, This man speaks incessantly against this holy place, and the law;

for we have heard him say, that Jesus this Nazoraean will destroy this place and change the customs which Moses gave us.

Then going out from the land of the Chaldeans, he lived in Haran. And thence, after the death of his father, he removed into this land in which you now live.

and the nation which they shall serve will I judge, said God, and after that they shall come forth and serve me in this place.

This [king] dealt deceitfully with our race, and treated injuriously our fathers, causing their infants to be exposed that they might not be preserved alive.

This is the Moses whom they denied, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge? Him did God send to be a ruler and a redeemer by the hand of the angel that appeared to him in the bush.

This man brought them out, having performed prodigies and miracles in Egypt, and at the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

This is the Moses who said to the children of Israel, A prophet shall God raise up for you, of your brothers, like me.

This is he that was with the assembly in the wilderness, with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, who received the living oracles to give us,

saying to Aaron, Make us gods to go before us; for this Moses who led us up out of Egypt, we know not what has happened to him.

And kneeling down he cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And having said this he fell asleep.

to whom all from the least to the greatest attended, saying, This is the power of God which is called great.

saying, Give me this power, that on whomsoever I lay my hand he may receive the Holy Spirit.

You have no part nor inheritance in this work; for your heart is not right before God.

Turn your mind therefore from this your wickedness, and pray the Lord if perhaps the thought of your mind may be forgiven you;

And an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, Arise and go to the south, by the way that leads from Jerusalem to Gaza; this is a wilderness.

And the passage of Scripture which he was reading, was this; As a sheep is led to slaughter, and as a lamb before one that shears him is dumb, so he opened not his mouth.

And the eunuch answered and said to Philip, Of whom I pray you does the prophet say this? of himself or of some other one?

And Philip opening his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, preached to him the good news of Jesus.

And Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he has done to your saints at Jerusalem;

and immediately in the synagogues he preached Jesus, that this is the Son of God.

And all that heard him were astonished and said, Is not this he that destroyed those who called on this name at Jerusalem, and has come here for this purpose, that he might lead them bound to the chief priests?

But Saul increased in power and confounded the Jews living at Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.

And this was known in all Joppa, and many believed on the Lord.

And this was done thrice, and immediately the vessel was taken up to heaven.

And Cornelius said, From the fourth hour of the day I fasted till this hour, and at the ninth hour I was praying in my house, and behold, a man stood before me in splendid clothing,

This [man] did God raise up on the third day, and permitted him to be made manifest,

And this was done thrice, and again all were taken up to heaven.

who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. This man having called for Barnabas and Saul desired to hear the word of God;

The God of this people chose our fathers, and raised up the people in the exile in the land of Egypt, and brought them out of it with a high arm.

And after this he gave judges four hundred and fifty years till Samuel the prophet.

Of the posterity of this man, according to his promise, has God raised up to Israel a Saviour, Jesus;

Men and brothers, children of the race of Abraham, and you that fear God, the word of this salvation is sent to you.

that God has fulfilled this to us their children in raising up Jesus, as it is written also in the first psalm, You are my son, to-day have I begotten you.

Be it known to you therefore, men and brothers, that through this man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins,

And the gentiles hearing this rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed;

This man heard Paul speaking, who, looking steadily at him and seeing that he had faith to be cured,

There being therefore no little dissension and disputation of Paul and Barnabas with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas and some others of them should go up to the apostles and elders at Jerusalem, concerning this question.

And the apostles and elders were assembled together to see about this matter.

And with this agree the words of the prophets, as it is written,

After this will I return and build up the tabernacle of David which had fallen down, and rebuild its ruins, and set it up,

and this she did for many days. And Paul being grieved turned around and said to the spirit, I command you, in the name of Jesus Christ, to come out of her. And it came out of her in that hour.

explaining and asserting that the Christ ought to suffer and to rise from the dead; and that this Jesus whom I preach to you is the Christ.

And some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers disputed with him, and some said, What does this trifler mean to say? And others, He seems to be a preacher of strange demons; because he preached to them Jesus and the resurrection.

And laying hold of him they brought him to the Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new teaching is which is taught by you?

For as I passed through, and observed your objects of worship, I found also an altar on which was inscribed, TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. What therefore you worship as unknown, this I declare to you.

The God who made the world and all things in it, this [God] being Lord of heaven and earth dwells not in temples made with hands,

But when they heard of a resurrection of the dead, some scoffed; but others said, We will hear you again of this.

AND after this Paul left Athens and came to Corinth.

But when they disputed and blasphemed, shaking his garments he said to them, Your blood be upon your heads; I, pure, from this time will go to the gentiles.

for I am with you; and no one shall attack you to hurt you, for I have many people in this city.

saying, This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law.

This man was instructed in the way of the Lord, and being fervent in spirit spoke and taught correctly the doctrines concerning Jesus, knowing only the baptism of John;

and this man began to speak boldly in the synagogue, and Priscilla and Aquila hearing him took him and taught him more accurately the way.