And a famine came upon the whole land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great pressure: and our fathers found no food.

And Jacob having heard wheat being in Egypt, sent our fathers first.

And Jacob went down to Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,

And as the time of the solemn promise drew near, which God aware to Abraham, the people increased and were multiplied in Egypt.

He having deceived our race by sophistry, inflicted evil upon our fathers, to make their babes cast out, that they should not breed.

And the following day he was seen to those contending, and he compelled them to peace, having said, Men, ye are brethren; wherefore injure ye one another?

And Moses fled at this word, and he was a sojourner in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.

This is Moses, having said to the sons of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up to you of your brethren, like me; him shall ye hear.

This is he having been in the church in the desert with the messenger speaking to him in Mount Sina, and our fathers: who received the living oracles to give to us:

To whom our fathers would not be obedient, but rejected, and in their hearts they turned back into Egypt,

And ye took up the tent of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, types which ye made to worship them: and I will transplant you beyond Babylon.

The tent of testimony was with our fathers in the desert, as he speaking set to Moses, to make it according to the type which he had seen.

Which also our fathers having received brought in with Jesus in the possession of nations, which God drove out from our fathers' face, even to the days of David;

Heaven a throne to me, and earth the footstool of my feet: what house will ye build to me? says the Lord: or what the place of my rest?

Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers, also you.

Which of the prophets did not your fathers drive out and they slew them announcing beforehand of the coming of the Just; of whom ye have now been traitors and murderers:

And having heard those, they were sawn through their hearts, and they gnashed the teeth upon him.

And Saul was assenting to his murder. And in that day was a great expulsion upon the church in Jerusalem; and all were scattered up and down in the countries of Judea and Samaria, except the sent.

For of many having unclean spirits, crying with a great voice, they came out: and many affected with palsy, and the lame, were healed.

And they attended to him, because for a sufficient time they were astonished by magics.

And when they believed Philip announcing the good news of the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were immersed, both men and women.

And Simon also himself believed: and having been immersed, he was persovering with Philip, beholding the signs and great powers having been, they were astonished.

(For not yet was it fallen upon any of them: only they were immersed into the name of the Lord Jesus.)

And the eunuch having answered Philip, said, I pray thee, of whom speaks the prophet this of himself or of some other?

And all they hearing were affected in mind, and said: Is not this he having laid waste in Jerusalem those calling upon this name, and he has come here for this, that he might bring them having been bound to the chief priests?

And when sufficient days were completed, the Jews counselled together to put him to death:

And Saul being present in Jerusalem, tried to join himself to the disciples: and they were all afraid of him, not believing that he is a disciple.

Then truly the churches through the Whole of Judea and Galilee and Samaria, had peace, being built up; and going in the fear of the Lord, and in the consolation of the Holy Spirit, were multiplied.

In which were all the quadrupeds of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and the flying things of heaven.

And Peter said, By no means, Lord; for never ate I anything common or unclean.

And having called, they were inquiring if Simon, surnamed Peter, is received there as a guest.

And Peter having come down to the men sent from Cornelius to him, said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what the cause for which ye are present?

And he said to them, Ye know that it is violating law for a man a Jew to join himself, or come near to a strange tribe: and God shewed me to call no man common or unclean.

From this therefore sent I to thee: and thou didst well being present. Now therefore are all we present before God, to hear all commanded thee of God.

And ye are witnesses of all which he did in the country of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they killed, having hanged upon wood:

And believers of the circumcision were affected in mind, as many as came with Peter, that also upon the nations the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out.

And I said, By no means, Lord: for anything common or unclean never came into my month.

And having heard these, they were silent, and honoured God, saying, For also God gave the nations repentance to life.

And certain of them were Cyprian and Cyrenian men, who having come to Antioch, spake to the Greeks announcing good news, the Lord Jesus.

For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith: and a crowd sufficient were added to the Lord.

And having found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it was for a whole year they were assembled together in the churches, and taught a sufficient crowd. And the disciples were Christians by divine intimation first in Antioch.

And having seen that it is pleasing to the Jews, he added also to take Peter. (They were the days of unleavened bread.)

And being conscious, he came to the house of Mary mother of John, surnamed Mark; where were sufficient assembled, and praying.

And Peter continued knocking: and having opened, they saw him, and were moved.

And certain prophets and teachers were in the church being in Antioch; as Barnabas, and Simeon called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

God of this people Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people in sojourning the land of Egypt, and with high arm brought them out of it.

Who was seen for many days to them having come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses to the people.

And we announce good news to you, the promise made to our fathers,

See, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, which ye would not believe if any recount to you.

And the Jews, having seen the crowds, were filled with envy, and spake against the things said by Paul, contradicting and defaming.

And the nations having rejoiced, honoured the word of the Lord: and they believed, as many as were drawn out for eternal life.

And the disciples were filled with joy, and the Holy Spirit.

And the multitude of the city was divided: and some truly were with the Jews, and some with the sent.

And there they were announcing the good news.

And saying, Men, why do ye these things? We also are men of similar passions with you, announcing good news to turn you back from these vanities to the living God, who made heaven, and earth, and sea, and all in them:

And surely indeed he left not himself without witness, doing good, having given us rain from heaven, and fruitful times, filling our hearts with food and gladness.

And thence they sailed away to Antioch, thence were they delivered by the grace of God to the work which they completed.

And having arrived at Jerusalem they were received by the church, and the sent and elders, and they announced what God did with them.

And the sent and elders were gathered together to see about this word.

Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

But by grace of our Lord Jesus Christ we believe to be saved, as also they.

And all the multitude were silent, and heard Barnabas and Paul, recounting what signs and wonders God did in the nations through them.

And after they were silent, James answered, saying, Men, brethren, hear me:

Known to God are all his works from eternity.

Since we heard that certain of us having come out have troubled you with words, destroying your souls, saying, To be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we sent no word:

It seemed fitting to us, having been unanimous, to send to you chosen men with our dearly beloved Barnabas and Paul,

Men having delivered up their souls for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

And having made time, they were loosed with peace from the brethren to the sent.

And after certain days said Paul to Barnabas, Now having turned back, let us review our brethren in every city in which we announced the word of the Lord, how they hold.

And as they were going through the cities, they delivered them the orders to watch, having been determined by the sent and the elders in Jerusalem.

Therefore truly the churches were rendered firm in faith, and abounded in number daily.

And thence to Philippi, which is the first city of Macedonia, a colony. And we were in that city passing certain days.

And the day of the sabbaths we came out of the city by the river, where prayer was customary to be; and having sat down, we spake to the women come together.

She having followed Paul and us, cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, who announce to us the way of salvation.

And having brought them to the generals, they said, These the men who cause disturbance to our city, being Jews,

And suddenly was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and the bonds of all were let loose.

And Paul called with a great voice, saying, Thou shouldest do no injury to thyself; for we are all here.

:And the bearer of the rod announced these words to the generals: and they were afraid, having heard that they are Romans.

And having passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:

And certain of them were persuaded, and were assigned by lot to Paul and Silas; and of worshipping Greeks a great multitude, and not a few of the first women.

And not having found them, they drew Jason and certain brethren to the rulers of the city, crying, That those having subverted the habitable globe, these also are present here;

And they were of more noble birth than those in Thessalonica, who received the word with all willingness, and examined the writings daily, if these things might hold thus.

For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we wish therefore to know what these things may be.

(And all the Athenians and strangers being present, passed time in nothing else but to say or hear some thing new.)

For having passed by, and beholding your venerations, I found also an altar upon which was inscribed, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom not knowing therefore ye reverence, him I announce to you.

For in him we live, and move, and are; as certain of the composers among you have said, For we also are his race.

Being therefore the posterity of God, we ought not to think gold, or silver, or stone, an engraving of art, or meditation of man, the divinity to be like.

And because being of the same trade, he remained with them, and wrought: for they were by trade tentmakers.

And they opposing, and blaspheming, having shaken off the garments violently, he said to them, Your blood upon your head; I clean: from now will I go to the nations.

And Crispus, ruler of the synagogue, believed the Lord with his whole house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptised.

For I am with thee, and none shall attack thee to injure thee: for much people are to me in this city.

And he sat a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

And Paul being about to open the mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, If therefore it were truly any injustice or wicked, criminal action, O Jews, against the word, I should have borne with you:

And he said to them, Into what then were ye immersed? And they. said, Into John's immersion.

And they having heard, were immersed in the name of the Lord Jesus.

And all the men were about twelve.

And when certain were hardened, and believed not, speaking evil of the way before the multitude, having departed from them, he separated the disciples, discoursing in the day in the school of a certain Tyrannus.

So that also upon the sick were brought from his body napkins or aprons, and diseases were removed from them, and evil spirits came out of them.

And there were certain sons of Sceva, a Jew, chief priest, seven doing this.

And the evil spirit having answered, said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?