Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was mighty in his words and deeds.

"When he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the sons of Israel.

And he supposed that his brethren understood that God was granting them deliverance through him, but they did not understand.

But the man who was wronging his neighbor pushed him aside, saying, 'Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?

When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight; and as he approached to look more closely, there came the voice of the Lord:

This is he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and with our fathers; and he received living oracles to pass on to us.

And having received it in their turn, our fathers brought it in with Joshua when they took the land from the nations whom God drove out before our fathers. So it was until the time of David,

But it was Solomon who built a house for him.

Saul was consenting to his death. And on that day a great persecution arose against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the region of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.

The crowds with one accord were giving attention to what was said by Philip, when they heard and saw the signs which he did.

So there was much joy in that city.

Now there was a man named Simon, who had formerly practiced magic in the city and amazed all the people of Samaria. He boasted that he was someone great,

Even Simon himself believed, and after being baptized he continued with Philip. And seeing signs and great miracles performed, he was amazed.

Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money,

So he got up and went. And there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure; and he had come to Jerusalem to worship,

and he was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.

Now the passage of Scripture which he was reading was this: "He was led as a sheep to slaughter; and as a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he does not open his mouth.

In his humiliation justice was denied him. Who can describe his generation? For his life is taken up from the earth."

And for three days he was without sight, and neither ate nor drank.

Now there was a disciple at Damascus named Ananias; and the Lord said to him in a vision, "Ananias." And he said, "Here I am, Lord."

And immediately there fell from his eyes something like scales, and he regained his sight. And he got up and was baptized,

and he took food and was strengthened. Now for several days he was with the disciples who were at Damascus.

When he came to Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples; but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.

And he was with them moving about freely in Jerusalem, speaking out boldly in the name of the Lord.

And he was talking and arguing with the Hellenistic Jews; but they were seeking to kill him.

So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria enjoyed peace and was built up; and going on in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it continued to increase.

There he found a man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden for eight years and was paralyzed.

Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha (which is translated Dorcas). She was full of good works and acts of charity.

Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, having heard that Peter was there, sent two men to him, imploring him, "Please come to us without delay."

So Peter rose and went with them. And when he arrived, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood beside him, weeping and showing the tunics and other garments that Dorcas made while she was with them.

At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort,

And he became hungry and was desiring something to eat; but while they were preparing it, he fell into a trance

This happened three times, and immediately the thing was taken up to heaven.

Now while Peter was inwardly perplexed as to what the vision which he had seen might mean, behold, the men that were sent by Cornelius, having made inquiry for Simon's house, appeared at the gate.

They called out, asking whether Simon who was known as Peter was staying there.

While Peter was reflecting on the vision, the Spirit said to him, "Behold, three men are looking for you.

They said, "Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous and God-fearing man, who is well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house, and to hear what you have to say."

On the following day he entered Caesarea. Now Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.

So when I was sent for, I came without raising any objection. I ask then why you sent for me."

Cornelius said, "Four days ago to this hour, I was praying in my house during the ninth hour; and behold, a man stood before me in shining garments,

how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how he went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the message.

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

This happened three times, and all was drawn up again into heaven.

So if God gave them the same gift as he gave us, who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could oppose God?"

The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord.

When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he was glad and encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with all their hearts;

for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a great number of people were brought to the Lord.

When he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during the days of Unleavened Bread.

So Peter was kept in prison, but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the church.

The very night when Herod was about to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison.

So he went out and followed him; and he did not know that what was done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision.

When he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John who was also called Mark, where many were gathered together and were praying.

When she recognized Peter's voice, in her joy she did not open the gate, but ran in and announced that Peter was standing in front of the gate.

They said to her, "You are out of your mind!" But she kept insisting that it was so. They said, "It is his angel."

Now when day came, there was no small disturbance among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter.

Now he was angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; and they came to him in a body, and having persuaded Blastus, the king's chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their country depended on the king's country for food.

Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and died.

And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem when they had fulfilled their mission, taking along with them John, who was also called Mark.

Now in the church that was at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God.

But Elymas the magician (for that is the meaning of his name) was opposing them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith.

But Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him

Then the proconsul believed, when he saw what had happened, for he was amazed at the teaching of the Lord.

And as John was completing his course, he said, 'What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. No, but after me one is coming, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.'

When they had carried out all that was written about him, they took him down from the tree and laid him in a tomb.

For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep, and was laid with his fathers and saw decay;

But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and contradicted what was spoken by Paul, and blasphemed.

Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, "It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first. Since you reject it and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.

When an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and the Jews with their rulers, to mistreat them and to stone them,

At Lystra there was a man sitting who had no strength in his feet, lame from birth, who had never walked.

Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul, because he was the chief speaker, they called Hermes.

The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, and wanted to offer sacrifice with the crowds.

But Jews came there from Antioch and Iconium; and having won over the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.

And he came also to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer; but his father was a Greek,

and he was well spoken of by the brethren who were in Lystra and Iconium.

Paul wanted this man to accompany him; and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

A vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia was standing and begging him, and saying, "Come over to Macedonia and help us."

and on the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to the riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer; and we sat down and began speaking to the women who had come together.

A woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple fabrics, who was a worshiper of God, was listening. The Lord opened her heart to respond to the things spoken by Paul.

She continued doing this for many days. But Paul was greatly annoyed, and turned and said to the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!" And it came out at that very moment.

But when her owners saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities,

When the jailer woke and saw that the prison doors were open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.

He took them that very hour of the night and washed their wounds, and immediately he was baptized, he and all his family.

But when it was day, the magistrates sent their police, saying, "Release those men."

Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.

And Paul went in, as was his custom, and for three weeks he reasoned with them from the scriptures,

But when the Jews of Thessalonica learned that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul in Berea also, they came there too, agitating and stirring up the crowds.

Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw that the city was full of idols.

So he was reasoning in the synagogue with the Jews and the God-fearing Greeks, and in the market place every day with those who happened to be there.

And also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him. Some said, "What would this idle babbler wish to say?" Others, "He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign deities,"because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection.

and because he was of the same trade he stayed with them, and they worked, for by trade they were tentmakers.

And every Sabbath he was reasoning in the synagogue, and trying to persuade Jews and Greeks.

When Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself exclusively to preaching, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.

Then he left there and went to the house of a man named Titius Justus, a worshiper of God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.

But while Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack upon Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,

But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, "If it were a matter of wrong or of vicious crime, O Jews, it would be reasonable for me to put up with you;

Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, well versed in the scriptures.

for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, proving by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.

While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the upper country and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples.