So Jesus, seeing His mother, and the disciple whom He loved (esteemed) standing near, said to His mother, “[Dear] woman, look, [here is] your son!”

Then he said to the disciple, There is your mother! And from that hour the disciple took her to his house.

Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.

But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.

And there is another passage which says--'They will look upon him whom they pierced.'

And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.

Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.

There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.

And on the first of the sabbaths, Mary the Magdalene doth come early (there being yet darkness) to the tomb, and she seeth the stone having been taken away out of the tomb,

Stooping down and looking in, he saw the linen wrappings [neatly] lying there; but he did not go in.

Then Simon Peter came up, following him, and went into the tomb and saw the linen wrappings [neatly] lying there;

Then the other disciple who came there first went in; and he saw and belief came to him.

But Mary was still there outside the hole in the rock, weeping; and while she was weeping and looking into the hole,

and she saw two angels in white sitting there, one at the head and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.

Having said these things she turned backward and beholds Jesus standing there, and knew not that it was Jesus.

So, when it was evening on that day, [which was] the first day of the week [i.e., Sunday] and the doors [of someone's house], where the disciples were gathered, were closed [i.e., probably locked] for fear of the Jewish authorities, Jesus came and stood among them. [Note: Probably Jesus passed through the closed door miraculously]. He said to them, "May there be peace in your hearts."

Jesus said to them again, "May there be peace in your hearts. Just as the Father has sent me, so I am sending you."

Eight days later [i.e., the following Sunday], Jesus' disciples were inside [the house] again, [but this time] Thomas was with them. The doors were [still] closed when Jesus [suddenly] stood among them [See note on verse 19] and said, "May there be peace in your hearts."

There are also many other signs (attesting miracles) that Jesus performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book;

There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples.

As morning was breaking, Jesus [came and] stood on the beach; however, the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.

He called to them. "Children," He said, "have you any food there?" "No," they answered.

He said to them: Throw the net on the right side of the ship, and you will find. They threw it, there fore, and were no longer able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.

As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.

Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken.

This is the disciple, who testifieth of these things, and wrote these things; and we know that his testimony is true. And there are also many other things which Jesus did,

And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.

And when they were all together, with him, he gave them orders not to go away from Jerusalem, but to keep there, waiting till the word of the Father was put into effect, of which, he said, I have given you knowledge:

But, while they stood intently gazing into the sky as He went, suddenly there were two men in white garments standing by them,

who also said, "Men {of Galilee}, why do you stand there looking into the sky? This Jesus who was taken up from you into heaven like this will come back in the same way you saw him departing into heaven!"

When they had entered Jerusalem, they went to the upstairs room where they were staying. Peter and John, and James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James were there.

And in these days Peter stood up in the midst of the brethren, and said (and there was a multitude of persons gathered together, about a hundred and twenty),

(Now having bought a piece of ground with the money paid for his wickedness he fell there with his face downwards, and, his body bursting open, he became disembowelled.

For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his homestead become desolate, and let there be no dweller in it; and, Let another take his overseership.

Therefore must there, of these men having come with us in all the time in which the Lord Jesus came in and came out among us,

beginning from his baptism by John, until the day in which he was taken up from us, must there be chosen with us a witness of his resurrection, even one of these.

And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.

And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.

And there having been this voice, the multitude came together, and were disturbed, for each one heard them speaking in his own dialect.

But there were some who said with a sneer: "They have had too much new wine."

Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.

And there came on every soul, fear, and, many wonders and signs, through means of the apostles, were coming to pass.

And a man who was lame from birth was carried there and placed every day at the temple gate called Beautiful, so he could beg from those entering the temple complex.

And all the people [there in the Temple area] saw him walking and [heard him] praising God.

Repent ye therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that so there may come seasons of refreshing from the presence of the Lord;

And as they are speaking unto the people, there came to them the priests, and the magistrate of the temple, and the Sadducees --

greatly disturbed because they were teaching the people and declaring that in the case of Jesus there had been a resurrection from the dead.

And it came to pass upon the morrow, there were gathered together of them the rulers, and elders, and scribes, to Jerusalem,

and Annas the high priest was there , and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest.

Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

And seeing the man who had been healed standing there with them, they had nothing to say in reply.

The kings of the earth were there, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against his Christ.

For in this city there were gathered together against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,

Among all those who had embraced the faith there was but one heart and soul, so that none of them claimed any of his possessions as his own, but everything they had was common property;

Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,

There was a man of the name of Ananias who, with his wife Sapphira, sold some property but,

And, as Ananias heard these words, he fell, and expired. And there came great fear upon all that heard;

And it happened that [there was] an interval of about three hours, and his wife came in, not knowing what had happened.

Peter said to her, "How could you arrange to put the Lord's Spirit to the proof? Listen, there are the footsteps of the men who have buried your husband! They are at the door, and they will carry you out as well."

And there came great fear upon the whole assembly, and upon all them that heard these things.

More and more believers in the Lord, crowds of men and women, were constantly being added to their number,

There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one.

But when the officers arrived, they did not find them in the prison; and they came back and reported,

saying, "The jail we found quite safely locked, and the warders were on guard at the doors, but upon going in we found no one there."

And there came one and told them, Behold, the men whom ye put in the prison are in the temple standing and teaching the people.

Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space;

For some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody [of importance], and a group of about four hundred men allied themselves with him. But he was killed, and all who followed him were scattered and came to nothing.

After this man, there was Judas of Galilee, at the time of the numbering, and some of the people went after him: he was put to death, and all his supporters were put to flight.

And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.

Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.

There they produced witnesses who gave false evidence. "This man," they said, "is incessantly saying things against this Holy Place and the Law;

Then he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. And from there, after his father died, God sent him to this country in which you now live.

And He gave him no inheritance in it, no, not even a foot-breadth. And He promised that He would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, there being no child to him.

But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves,' said God, 'and after these things they will come out of there and worship me in this place.'

Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.

But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.

and Jacob went down to Egypt. He and our ancestors died there,

From there they were removed to Shechem and laid in the tomb which Abraham had purchased for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

till there arose another king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.

And, when there was being fulfilled unto him a period of forty years, it came up on his heart to look after his brethren the sons of Israel;

"Alarmed at this question, Moses fled from the country and went to live in the land of Midian. There he became the father of two sons.

And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.

And when Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold, there came a voice of the Lord,

I have surely seen the mistreatment of my people there in Egypt and I have heard their groaning and I have determined to rescue them. Now [get ready], I will send you to Egypt [to lead out in their rescue].'

It was he who brought them out of Egypt, and did wonders and signs there, and at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the desert.

""Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house can you build for me,' declares the Lord, "or what place is there in which I can rest?

was there ever any prophet whom your fathers did not persecute? have they not slain those who predicted the coming of that just person whom you have so lately betrayed and murder'd?

and he said, there I see the heavens open, and the son of man standing on the right hand of God.

And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.

while Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed Christ there.

For there were many instances of people with foul spirits, where the spirits, with loud screams, came out of them;

And there was great joy in that city.

But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:

Everyone there, high and low, made much of him, and said, "He must be what is known as the Great Power of God!"

When the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted God's message, they sent Peter and John there.

After they went down there, they prayed for them, so the Samaritans might receive the Holy Spirit.

There is neither part nor lot to thee in this word: for thy heart is not right before God.

Repent, there fore, of this your wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the purpose of your heart may be forgiven you.

And he got up [and] went, and behold, [there was] a man, an Ethiopian eunuch (a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasury) who had come to worship in Jerusalem