His disciples did not understand these things at first; but when Jesus had been glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written concerning him, and what they had done to him.

Meanwhile the crowd which was with him when he summoned Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead, kept witnessing.

Now just before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that his hour was come when he should leave this world to go to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, showed forth his love to the end.

"From this time forward, I tell you before it comes to pass, that when it is come to pass you may believe who I am.

When he had spoken thus, Jesus was deeply moved. He testified and said, "In solemn truth I tell you that one of you will betray me."

So when he had dipped the bread, he took it and gave it to Judas Iscariot, son of Simon. And after he had received the piece of bread, Satan entered into him. "What you do, do quickly," said Jesus.

When he had taken the piece of bread, Judas went out immediately; and it was night.

So when he was gone, Jesus said: "Now has the Son of man been glorified, and God has been glorified in him.

"And now I tell you this before it happens, so that when it does happen you may believe.

"When the Comforter is come whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of Truth who comes forth from the Father, he will bear witness of me;

"They will excommunicate you from their synagogues; indeed the time is coming when any one who kills you will suppose that he is doing God's service.

"But I have told you these things, that when the time comes you may remember that I told you about them, myself. I did not, however, speak of these things at first, because I was with you.

And he, when he comes, will convict the world of sins and of righteousness and of judgment;

But when he is come, that Spirit of Truth, he will guide you into the whole truth. For he will not speak on his own authority, but all that he hears he will speak, and will make known to you that which is to come.

A woman in labor has grief because her hour is come; but when she has given birth to the babe she no longer remembers her anguish, because of joy that a child has been born into the world.

"I have told you these things in figures; but the time is coming when I shall no longer speak in figures, but will tell you about the Father in plain words.

"behold the hour approaches and is already come when you will be scattered, each man to his home, and will leave me alone; and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.

When he had thus spoken, Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and said: "Father, the hour is come. Glorify the Son, that thy Son may glorify thee;

When Jesus said "I am he," they drew back and fell to the ground;

When he had spoken these words, one of the police standing by gave him a blow with his hand, saying as he did so, "Is that the way you answer the high priest?"

So when the chief priests and the police saw him, they shouted. "Crucify him! Crucify him!" "Take him yourselves and crucify him," said Pilate, "for I find no crime in him."

Now when Pilate heard these words he was more alarmed than ever,

When Jesus saw his mother, and standing near her the disciple whom he loved, he said to his mother, "Woman behold your son."

After that, when Jesus knew that everything was now accomplished, he said in fulfilment of the words of Scripture, "I am thirsty."

When she had said this she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but did not know that it was Jesus.

As he said this he showed them his hands and his side. Then were the disciple glad, when they saw the Lord.

When he had said this he breathed upon them and said:

But Thomas, one of the Twelve, who was called "The Twin." was not with them when Jesus came.

But when day was dawning Jesus stood on the beach. The disciples, however, did not recognize that it was Jesus.

When they got to the shore they beheld a charcoal fire ready laid, with fish on it, and some bread.

When they were through breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these others do?" "Yes, Lord, you know that you are dear to me." he answered. Jesus said to him, "Feed my lambs."

"Feed my sheep," said Jesus. "In solemn truth I tell you that when you were young, you used to put on your own girdle, and walk wherever you wished; but when you grow old you will stretch out your hands for some one to gird you, and carry you where you do not wish to go."

My first account, O Theophilus, dealt with all that Jesus began doing and teaching from the beginning down to the day when,

And once when he was eating with them he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father. "Of this," he said, "you have heard from me.

So, when they came together, they began to ask him, "Master, are you at this time about to restore the kingdom of Israel?"

"yet you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you are to be my witnesses both in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and to the very ends of the earth."

When he had said this, and while they were looking at him, he was lifted up, and a cloud received him up out of their sight.

When the day of Pentecost was fully come, and they were all together in the same place,

So when this noise was heard, the crowd gathered in bewilderment because each man heard them speaking in his own language.

When they heard these words they were stung to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles. "Men and brothers, what shall we do?"

when a man lame from his birth was carried along, who was wont to be laid each day near the gate of the Temple called the Beautiful Gate, to ask alms of those who were going into the Temple.

When he saw Peter and John about to go into the Temple, he kept asking them for alms;

When all the people saw him walking and praising God,

When he saw this, Peter said to the people. "Men of Israel, why are you wondering at this? Why do you stare at us, as if by our own power or piety we had made this man to walk?

"The God of Abram, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Servant Jesus, whom you betrayed and disowned before Pilate, when he had decided to let him go;

Now when they beheld the glad fearlessness of Peter and John and had perceived that they were amazed; and they began to recognize them, that they were companions of Jesus.

So when they had further threatened them they let the apostles go, being quite unable to find any way of punishing them because of the people, for everybody was glorifying God over what had happened.

And when they heard it they all lifted up their voices in prayer to God, saying. "O Sovereign Lord, who madest heaven and earth and sea, and all that in them is,

When they had prayed, the place where they were gathered was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak the message of the Lord with boldness.

Instantly she fell down at his feet and expired, and when the young men came in they found her dead, and carried her out and buried her husband.

When they heard this they went at early dawn to the Temple, and began to teach. Meantime when the high priest and his followers arrived, they summoned the Sanhedrin and all the Council of the Elders of the sons of Israel, and sent to the prison to fetch the apostles.

"The prison we found locked fast, with the guards stationed at the doors, but when they were opened we found no one inside."

When the officer in charge of the Temple and the high priest heard these words, they were perplexed concerning them, wondering what would come of it.

When they heard this they were infuriated, and were minded to kill the apostles;

These men they presented to the apostles who, when they had prayed, laid their hands upon them.

Stephen answered. "Listen, brothers and fathers. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,

"But God was with him, and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him grace and wisdom, when he stood before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who appointed him Governor over Egypt, and over all the royal household.

"When he was exposed, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and brought him up as her own son.

"And when he was forty years old it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel;

"and when he saw one of them wronged he wrought redress for the one overpowered, by striking down the Egyptian.

"When Moses saw it he was astonished at the sight. But when he drew near to look, the voice of the Lord said,

"This Moses whom they refused when they said, Who made you to be a ruler and a judge? that same Moses we find God sending as a ruler and a redeemer by the hand in the bush.

"That tabernacle was brought in by our ancestors, in their turn, when they under Joshua entered on the possession of the nations whom God thrust out before them, until the days of David.

The crowd with one accord were giving heed to what he said, when they heard and saw the signs that he did.

But when they believed Philip, who was preaching glad tidings about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they began to be baptized, both men and women.

The apostle at Jerusalem, when they heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, sent to them Peter and John.

But when Simon perceived that, by the laying on of the apostles' hands, the Spirit was given, he offered them money saying,

And when they had come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, but continued on his way rejoicing.

And as he journeyed, when he was approaching Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven flashed round him.

And when many days were fulfilled the Jews made a plot to kill Saul;

When they learned this the brothers took him down to Caesarea, and then sent him forth to Tarsus.

And as Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, when they heard that Peter was there, sent two men to him with the entreaty, "Delay not to come to us."

When Peter entered the house Cornelius met him, fell at his feet, and worshiped him;

To them he said: "You know, yourselves, that it is illegal for a Jew to associate with or to visit one of another nation; but God has taught me that I should not call any man common or unclean. For this reason, when sent for, I came without demur.

Cornelius answered. "Three days ago, at this very hour, I was praying in my house at three o'clock in the afternoon, when suddenly a man in a shining robe stood by me,

"You cannot but know the message which he sent to the descendants of Israel, when he preached the gospel of peace by Jesus Christ who is Lord of all;

"when he charged us to preach to the people, and to testify that this was he whom God ordained to be the judge of the living and of the dead.

so, when Peter came up to Jerusalem, the circumcision party disputed with him,

"So if God gave them the same gift as he gave to us, when we first believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could withstand God?"

When news of this reached the ears of the church at Jerusalem, they sent Barnabas as far as Antioch.

When he arrived, and saw the grace of God, he was glad, and he encouraged them all to remain faithful to the Lord, with full purpose of heart;

and when he had found him he brought him to Antioch, where for a whole year they were guests of the church, and taught many people. And it was in Antioch that the disciples first received the name of "Christians."

And when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. (This was during the days of unleavened bread.)

Now when Herod was about to bring him forth, on that very night, while Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with chains, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison,

And when they had passed the first guard and the second, they came to the iron gate that led to the city. This opened to them of its own accord; and they went out passed on through one street; and suddenly the angel left him.

When he knocked at the door of the gate, a maid servant named Rhoda came to answer.

And when she recognized Peter's voice, for very joy she did not open the door, but ran in and told them that Peter was standing in front of the gate.

When morning came there was no small stir among the soldiers as to what could possibly have become of Peter.

"and when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land as an inheritance for about four hundred and fifty years.

After deposing him, he raised up David to be their king, to whom he also bore witness, when he said, "I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man after my own heart, and who will obey all my will.

"And John, when he was finishing his race, repeatedly asked the people. "'Who do you suppose that I am? I am not He. But behold there comes One after me, whose sandal I am not worthy to unfasten.'

"And when they had fulfilled everything which had been written concerning him, they took him down from the tree and laid him in a tomb.

When the congregation broke up, many of the Jews, and of the devout proselytes, followed Paul and Barnabas, who talked to them, and urged them to continue in the grace of God.

When they saw the crowds, the Jews were filled with jealousy, and began to contradict Paul's statements, and to abuse him.

When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord, and all who had been ordained to eternal life, believed.

And when both the Gentiles and the Jews with their ruler made a hostile move to maltreat and to stone them,

And he sprang up and began to walk about. Then the crowds, when they saw what Paul had done, shouted in the Lycaonian tongue, saying, "The gods are come down to us in human form."

But when the apostles, Paul and Barnabas, heard of it, they rent their garments and rushed out among the crowd, shouting and crying.

Now when dispute and controversy sprang up between them and Paul and Barnabas, the brethren appointed Paul and Barnabas, and certain others, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question.

When they had finished speaking, James said: