But Peter said to her, "Why is it that it was agreed by you to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out."

And great fear came upon the whole assembly, and upon all who heard these things.

But a certain one, coming near, told them, "Behold, the men whom ye put in the prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people!"

The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, Whom ye slew, having suspended Him on a tree:

And we are witnesses of these things; also the Holy Spirit, Whom God gave to those who obey Him."

for before these days arose Theudas, alleging that he himself was somebody, to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves; who was slain, and all, as many as obeyed him, were disbanded, and came to nothing.

but look ye out, brethren, from among yourselves, seven well-attested men, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint over this business;

whom they set before the apostles; and, having prayed, they laid their hands on them.

But there arose some of those who were of the synagogue called the synagogue of the Freedmen, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia and Asia, disputing with Stephen.

Then they suborned men, who said, "We have heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and against God."

and set up false witnesses, who said, "This man does not cease speaking words against this holy place, and the law;

And all those who were sitting in the Sanhedrin, gazing intently at him, saw his face as it were an angel's face.

until there arose another king in Egypt, who knew not Joseph.

In which season Moses was born, and was beautiful to God; who was nourished three months in the house of his father;

But he who was wronging his neighbor thrust him away, saying, 'Who appointed you a ruler and a judge over us?

This Moses whom they denied, saying, 'Who appointed you a ruler and a judge?' him hath God sent as both ruler and redeemer, with the hand of the angel that appeared to him in the bush.

This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, A Prophet will God raise up for you of your brethren, as He did me.

This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spake to him on mount Sinai, and with our fathers; who received living oracles to give to us:

to whom our fathers wished not to become obedient, but thrust him away, and in their hearts turned back again to Egypt;

saying to Aaron, 'Make us gods who shall go before us; for as for this Moses who brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, we know not what happened to him.'

"Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, even as He, directed, Who spake to Moses, that he should make it according to the model which he had seen;

who found favor in the sight of God, and asked that he might find 'A habitation for the God of Jacob.'

Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who declared beforehand concerning the coming of the Righteous One??f Whom just now ye became the betrayers and murderers;

who, indeed, received the law as the ministrations of angels, and did not keep it."

Those, therefore, who were dispersed, went about, proclaiming the good tidings of the word.

to whom all were giving heed, from small to great, saying, "This man is the power of God, which is called Great."

who, indeed, having come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit;

And, having arisen, he went on; and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch, a state-officer of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship;

In His humiliation, His judgment was taken away; His generation who shall declare? because His life is being taken away from the earth."

And the eunuch, answering Philip, said, "I pray you, of whom does the prophet say this, of himself, or of someone else?"

asked from him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that, if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

And he said, "Who art Thou, Lord?" And He said, "I am Jesus Whom you are persecuting.

And the men who were journeying with him were standing speechless; hearing, indeed, the voice, but beholding no one.

And Ananias went away, and entered into the house; and, laying his hands on him, said, "Brother Saul, the Lord hath sent me??ven Jesus, Who appeared to you in the way in which you were coming, sent me, that you may receive sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit."

And all who heard were astonished, and said, "Is not this he who destroyed, in Jerusalem, those calling upon this name, and had come here for this purpose, that he might bring them bound to the high priests?"

But Saul was being more empowered, and was confounding the Jews who were dwelling in Damascus; proving that this is the Christ.

And it came to pass that Peter, going through all parts, came down also to the saints who were dwelling at Lydda.

And he found there a certain man, Aeneas by name, for eight years lying prostrate on a couch, who was paralyzed.

And all who were dwelling in Lydda and in Sharon saw him; and they turned to the Lord.

And Peter, having arisen, went with them; whom, having come, they led up into the upper chamber; and there stood by him all the widows, weeping and showing coats and garments which Dorcas made while she was with them.

And now send men to Joppa, and fetch one Simon, who is surnamed Peter;

And, when the angel who was talking to him departed, having called two of his household servants and a devout soldier of those attending him;

Now, as Peter was much perplexed in himself as to what the vision which he saw might mean, behold, the men who were sent by Cornelius, having made inquiry for Simon's house, stood at the gate;

and, calling, were inquiring whether Simon who was surnamed Peter, was lodging there.

And Peter, going down to the men, said, "Behold, I am he whom ye are seeking; what is the cause for which ye are present?"

And, while talking with him, he entered, and finds many who had come together;

Send, therefore, to Joppa, and call for Simon, who is surnamed Peter; the same is lodging in the house of Simon, a tanner, by the sea.'

but, in every nation, he who fears Him, and works righteousness, is acceptable to Him.

how God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and with power; Who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed by the Devil; because God was with Him.

And we are witnesses of all things which He did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem; Whom they also slew, hanging Him on a tree.

not to all the people, but to witnesses before appointed by God??o us who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead.

And He commanded us to preach to the people, and to fully testify that it is He Who hath been ordained by God Judge of the living and dead.

To Him all the prophets testify, that through His Name every one who believes on Him receives remission of sins."

And those of the circumcision who believed, as many as came with Peter, were amazed, because that upon the gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Spirit;

"Can any one forbid the water, that these should not be immersed, who, indeed, received the Holy Spirit as well as we?"

Now the apostles, and the brethren who were in Judaea, heard that the gentiles also received the word of God.

And he told us how he saw the angel in his house, standing and saying, 'Send to Joppa, and call for Simon who is surnamed Peter,

who will speak to you words, by which you shall be saved, and all your house.'

If, therefore, God gave them the like gift, as to us who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I could withstand God?"

Those, therefore, who were dispersed by reason of the tribulation that arose about Stephen, traveled as far as Phoenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to none but Jews only.

And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene; who, indeed, having come to Antioch, were speaking to the Greeks also, publishing the glad tidings of the Lord Jesus.

And the hand of the Lord was with them; and a great number who believed turned to the Lord.

who, having come, and having seen the grace of God, rejoiced, and was exhorting all that, with purpose of heart, they should cleave to the Lord;

And, having considered it, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John who is surnamed Mark; where many were gathered together and were praying.

And Barnabus and Saul returned from Jerusalem, having fulfilled their ministry, taking with them John who was surnamed Mark.

Now there were in Antioch, in the assembly which was there, prophets and teachers; both Barnabas and Symeon who is called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenean, and Manaen, the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

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

But Saul, who is also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looking intently upon him,

And Paul, standing up, and beckoning with his hand, said, "Men of Israel, and ye who fear God, hearken!

and, having removed him, He raised up for them David to be their king; to whom bearing testimony, He said, 'I found David the son of Jesse, a man after My heart, who will do all My will.'

Brethren, sons of Abraham's race, and those among you who fear God, to us the word of this salvation was sent forth.

Who was seen, during many days, by those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem; who, indeed, are now His witnesses to the people.

but He Whom God raised up did not see corruption.

and in Him every one who believes is justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.

And, the synagogue having been dismissed, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas; who, indeed, speaking to them, were persuading them to continue in the grace of God.

A long time, therefore, they tarried there, speaking boldly in the Lord, Who testified to the word of His grace, by granting signs and wonders to be done through their hands.

And at Lystra there was sitting a certain man, impotent in his feet; lame from his mother's womb, who never walked.

The same was hearing Paul speaking, who, looking intently on him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed,

and saying, "Men, why do ye these things? We also are men of like nature with you, proclaiming to you glad tidings, that ye should turn from these vanities to the living God, Who made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all things that are in them;

Who, in the past generations, suffered all the nations to walk in their own ways;

And, having appointed elders for them in every assembly; and, having prayed with fastings, they commended them to the Lord on Whom they had believed.

But there rose up some from the sect of the Pharisees, who believed, saying, "It is necessary to circumcise them, and to charge them to keep the law of Moses."

that the residue of men may seek after the Lord, even all the gentiles upon whom My name has been called,'

saith the Lord, Who maketh these things known from of old.

Wherefore, I judge that we should not trouble those who from among the gentiles are turning to God;

Then it seemed good to the apostles and elders, with the whole assembly, to send men, chosen from themselves, to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; Judas who is surnamed Barsabas, and Silas??eading men among the brethren;

Forasmuch as we heard that some from among us troubled you with words, unsettling your souls??o whom we gave no directions;

men who have given up their souls in behalf of the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

And, having spent a time there, they were sent away with peace from the brethren to those who had sent them.

And Barnabas was desiring to take with them John also, who was called Mark.

But Paul was not thinking it proper to take him with them, who withdrew from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.

who was well reported of by the brethren in Lystra and Iconium;

this one Paul wished to go forth with him; and, taking him, he circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places; for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

And, as they were journeying through the cities, they were delivering to them the decrees to keep, that had been ordained by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem.

And, on the sabbath day, we went forth without the gate by a river, where we were supposing there was a place of prayer; and, sitting down, we were speaking to the women who had assembled together.

And a certain woman, Lydia by name, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, who worshipped God, was listening, whose heart the Lord opened to attend to the things spoken by Paul.

And it came to pass, as we were on our way to the place of prayer, that a certain damsel, having a spirit of divination, met us; who, indeed, was bringing to her masters much gain by sooth-saying.

The same, following after Paul and us, kept crying, saying, "These men are servants of the Most High God; who, indeed, declare to you a way of salvation."

who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

opening and setting forth that it was necessary that the Christ should suffer, and rise again from the dead; and that "This Jesus Whom I am proclaiming to you, is the Christ."