Why do you ask me? Ask those who have heard me, what I said to them; behold, they know what I said.

And Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. Then they said to him, Are you also one of his disciples? He denied, and said, I am not.

THEN they led him from Caiaphas to the Praetorium. And it was morning; and they entered not into the Praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but might eat the passover.

They answered and said to him, If he was not a criminal we should not have delivered him up to you.

And the soldiers having plaited a crown of thorns put it on his head; and they put a purple garment about him,

and came to him and said, Hail, king of the Jews! And they struck him with the open hand.

When therefore the chief priests and officers saw him, they cried, saying, Crucify him! crucify him! Pilate said to them, Take him yourselves and crucify him, for I find no fault in him.

Then they cried out, Away with him, away with him! crucify him! Pilate said to them, Shall I crucify your king? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.

THEN they took Jesus, and putting the cross on him he went out to what is called the place of a cranium, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha,

where they crucified him, and two others with him, one on one side and the other on the other, and Jesus between.

Then the soldiers, when they crucified Jesus, took his clothes and made four parts, a part to each soldier, and his coat. But his coat was without seam, woven from the top through the whole.

They said, therefore, one to another, Let us not divide this, but cast lots for it whose it shall be; that the Scripture might be fulfilled, which says, They parted my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots. The soldiers therefore did indeed these things.

Then a vessel was set full of vinegar; and filling a sponge with vinegar, and putting it on a hyssop stalk, they presented it to his mouth.

Then the Jews, that the bodies might not continue on the cross on the sabbath, for it was the preparation, for that was a great sabbath, asked Pilate that their legs might be broken and they be taken down.

and coming to Jesus, when they saw him already dead, they broke not his legs;

and again another Scripture says, They shall look on him whom they have pierced.

Then they took the body of Jesus, and bound it with bandages, with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to prepare for burial.

In that therefore they laid Jesus, on account of the preparation of the Jews, because the tomb was near.

Then she ran and came to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and said to them, They have taken away the Lord from the tomb, and we know not where they have laid him.

for they did not yet know the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.

And they said to her, Woman, why do you weep? She said to them, Because they have taken my Lord and I know not where they have laid him.

And having said this he showed them both his hands and his side; then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.

Simon Peter said to them, I am going a fishing. They said to him, We will also go with you. They went out and entered into the ship; and on that night caught nothing,

Then Jesus said to them, Children, have you any thing to eat? They answered him, No.

And he said to them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship and you shall find. Then they cast it, and they were not able to draw it from the number of fishes.

But the other disciples came with the boat, drawing the net of fishes, for they were not far from the land, but about two hundred cubits distant.

Then when they came to land they saw coals placed, and a fish laid upon [them], and bread.

Jesus said to them, Come and breakfast. No one of the disciples dared to ask him, Who are you? for they knew that he was the Lord.

When therefore they had breakfasted, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these? He said to him, Yes, Lord, you know that I am a friend to you. He said to him, Feed my lambs.

And there are many other things which Jesus did, which, if they should be written particularly, I do not suppose the world itself could contain the books written.

They therefore having come together asked him, saying, Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom of Israel?

And having said these words, as they were looking on he was taken up, and a cloud received him from their sight.

And as they looked steadily to heaven while he went, behold, two men stood by them in white clothing;

and they said, Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking at heaven? This Jesus taken up from you to heaven shall so come in the manner in which you have seen him go to heaven.

Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called [the Mount] of Olives, which is near Jerusalem, a sabbath day's journey [distant].

And when they came, they went up into the upper room where staid Peter and John, and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alpheus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas the [brother] of James.

And they proposed two; Joseph called Barsabbas, who was also called Justus, and Matthias.

And praying, they said, Do thou, Lord, the searcher of all hearts, show which of these two thou hast chosen

And they cast their lots, and the lot fell to Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

AND when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one mind together.

And suddenly there came from heaven a sound as of a violent wind borne along, and it filled all the house where they were sitting;

and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.

and when this sound was [heard], the multitude came together and were astonished, for they each one heard them speaking in his own language.

And they were astonished and wondered, saying, Are not all these that speak Galileans?

And they were all astonished and perplexed, saying one to another, What does this mean?

But others mocking said, They are full of sweet wine.

and upon my male servants and upon my female servants in those days will I pour out of my Spirit, and they shall prophesy.

And hearing [this] they were distressed in mind, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, Men and brothers, what shall we do?

and they attended constantly to the teaching and companionship of the apostles, the breaking of bread and the prayers.

and they sold their possessions and estates, and distributed them to all as any one had need;

and continuing day by day with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they partook of food with gladness and simplicity of mind,

and they knew him, that he was the one who sat for charity at the beautiful gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and astonishment at what had happened to him.

And while they were speaking to the people, the priests, and the commander of the temple, and the Sadducees came upon them,

being displeased because they taught the people and declared by Jesus the resurrection of the dead;

and they laid hands on them and put them in prison till the next day; for it was now evening.

And seeing the boldness of Peter and John, and supposing that they were illiterate and common men, they wondered, and perceived that they had been with Jesus;

and seeing the man standing with them cured, they could not dispute it.

And commanding them to withdraw from the Sanhedrim, they conferred one with another,

And calling them, they charged them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

And threatening them still further, they dismissed them, not being able to punish them, on account of the people, because all glorified God for what was done;

And being dismissed they came to their friends, and related to them what the chief priests and elders said to them.

And when they heard it they lifted up their voice with one consent to God, and said, Master, thou who hast made heaven, and the earth, the sea, and all things in them,

And when they had prayed the place was shaken in which they were assembled, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and spoke the word of God with boldness.

AND the multitude that believed had one heart and one soul, and none said that anything of his possessions was his; but they had all things common.

And Peter said to her, Why have you agreed together to try the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those that buried your husband are at the door, and they shall carry you out.

And many miracles and prodigies were performed among the people by the hands of the apostles; and they were all of one accord in Solomon's porch;

so that they brought the sick into the streets and placed them on little beds and couches, that as Peter passed along even his shadow might overshadow some of them.

And hearing this they entered into the temple early in the morning and taught. And the chief priest coming, and those with him, called the Sanhedrim together, and all the eldership of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

But the officers going did not find them in the prison; and returning they reported,

And when they heard these words, both the priest and the commander of the temple and the chief priests doubted concerning them, what this could mean.

Then the commander going away with the officers brought them without violence, for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned;

and having brought them they placed them before the Sanhedrim. And the chief priest asked them,

And when they heard this they were highly offended, and took counsel to kill them.

And they were persuaded by him, and calling the apostles and scourging them, they charged them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and dismissed them.

They went therefore from the presence of the Sanhedrim, rejoicing that they were accounted worthy to suffer shame for the name of [Christ];

and every day in the temple, and from house to house, they ceased not teaching and preaching the good news of Christ Jesus.

And the proposition pleased all the multitude, and they elected Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip and Prochorus, and Nicanor and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus a proselyte of Antioch,

and set them before the Apostles; and they having prayed imposed hands on them.

Then they bribed men who said, We heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.

And they stirred up both the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and coming suddenly they seized him and led him to the Sanhedrim,

And God said thus; that his posterity should be a stranger in a foreign land, and they shall enslave it and treat it injuriously four hundred years;

and the nation which they shall serve will I judge, said God, and after that they shall come forth and serve me in this place.

and they carried him back to Shechem and buried him in the tomb which Abraham bought for money of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem.

This [king] dealt deceitfully with our race, and treated injuriously our fathers, causing their infants to be exposed that they might not be preserved alive.

And he thought his brothers would understand that God would give them salvation by his hand; but they understood not.

On the following day also he showed himself to them as they contended, and urged them to peace, saying, Men, you are brothers; why do you injure one another?

This is the Moses whom they denied, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge? Him did God send to be a ruler and a redeemer by the hand of the angel that appeared to him in the bush.

And they made a calf in those days, and offered a sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.

Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you now have become betrayers and murderers,

And when they heard these things they were enraged in their minds and gnashed their teeth upon him.

And crying with a loud voice they stopped their ears and rushed upon him with one accord,

and they stoned Stephen, calling and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

And Saul consented to his death. And at that time there was a great persecution of the church at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad through the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.

Being scattered abroad, therefore, they went everywhere preaching the good news of the word;

And the multitudes attended with one accord to the things said by Philip, when they heard him and saw the miracles which he performed.

And they attended to him because for a long time he had astonished them with his magic arts.

But because they believed Philip preaching the good news of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized both men and women.

who came down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit;

for it had not yet fallen on any of them, only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

Then they laid hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit.