They then having fully testified and spoken the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the good news to many villages of the Samaritans.

And as they went on the way they came to a certain water, and the eunuch said, Behold water; what hinders me from being baptized?

And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down to the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.

And when they went up from the water the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, and the eunuch saw him no more; for he went his way rejoicing.

And Saul arose from the earth, and his eyes being opened he saw nothing; and leading him by the hand they conducted him to Damascus.

and their design was made known to Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him;

And going to Jerusalem he endeavored to join the disciples; and they all feared him, not believing that he was a disciple.

and speaking boldly in the name of the Lord; and he spoke and disputed with the Hellenists; and they undertook to kill him;

Then had the church peace in all Judea and Galilee and Samaria, and being built up, and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied.

And in those days she was sick and died; and having washed they put her in an upper room.

And Peter arose and came with them; and when he had come they led him into the upper room, and all the widows stood by weeping and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas made while she was with them.

And on the next day, as they were pursuing their journey and had come nigh to the city, Peter went upon the house to pray, about the sixth hour.

And he was hungry and wished to eat; and while they were preparing a trance came upon him,

And they said, Cornelius a centurion, a righteous man, and one that fears God, and esteemed by all the nation of the Jews, was divinely instructed by a holy angel to send for you to his house and hear words from you.

And on the day following they came to Caesarea; and Cornelius was expecting them, and had called together his relations and particular friends.

and we are witnesses of all things which he did, both in the land of Judea, and at Jerusalem, whom also they killed, hanging him on a cross.

for they heard them speaking with tongues and magnifying God. Then Peter answered,

And he commanded that they should be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then they desired him to remain some days.

And hearing these things they were silent, and glorified God, saying, Then to the gentiles also has God indeed given the change of mind to life.

And a report concerning them was brought to the ears of the church at Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to go as far as Antioch;

and found and brought him to Antioch. And he was with them, and they met a whole year with the church and taught a great multitude; and the disciples first took the name of Christians at Antioch.

which they also did, sending to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

And passing through the first guard, and the second, they came to the iron gate leading into the city, which opened to them of itself, and going out they went forward one street, and immediately the angel left him.

But they said to her, You are mad. But she asserted strongly that it was so. And they said, It is his angel.

But Peter continued knocking; and having opened they saw him, and were astonished.

And he was displeased with the Tyrians and Sidonians; but they came with one accord to him, and having persuaded Blastus who was over the king's bedchamber, desired peace, because their country was nourished by the king's.

And while they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.

Then having fasted and prayed and imposed hands on them, they sent them forth.

They, therefore, being sent forth by the Holy Spirit went down to Seleucia, and thence sailed to Cyprus;

and coming to Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews; and they also had John for a servant.

And having gone through the whole island to Paphos, they found a certain magian, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus,

And passing on from Perga, they went to Antioch in Pisidia, and going into the synagogue on the Sabbath they sat down.

And then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul the son Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, forty years;

and [although] they found no cause of death [in him], they requested of Pilate that he might be destroyed;

and when they had performed all things written of him, they took him down from the cross and placed him in a tomb.

And when they had gone out, [the people] requested that these words might be spoken to them on the next sabbath.

And shaking off the dust of their feet against them, they went to Iconium;

And at Iconium they went together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spoke that a great multitude of the Jews and Greeks believed.

Then they spent a long time in speaking boldly for the Lord, who testified to the word of his grace by granting miracles and prodigies to be performed by their hands.

knowing it, they fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the surrounding country,

and they called Barnabas, Jupiter, and Paul, Mercury, because he was a master of eloquence.

And saying these things they with difficulty restrained the multitudes from sacrificing to them.

But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the multitudes, and having stoned Paul, they dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.

And having preached the good news to that city, and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, and Iconium, and Antioch,

And having appointed them elders in every church, and having prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

And passing through Pisidia they came to Pamphylia,

and having spoken the word in Perga they went down to Attalia,

and thence sailed to Antioch, whence they had been commended to the favor of God for the work which they performed.

And having arrived, and assembled the church, they reported what God had done with them, and that he had opened the door of faith to the gentiles.

And they remained there not a little time with the disciples.

There being therefore no little dissension and disputation of Paul and Barnabas with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas and some others of them should go up to the apostles and elders at Jerusalem, concerning this question.

They, therefore, being sent forward by the church, went to Phenicia and Samaria, relating the conversion of the gentiles, and caused great joy to all the brothers.

And when they came to Jerusalem they were received by the church, and the apostles, and the elders, and related what things God had done with them.

But we believe that we shall be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus in the same manner as they.

And after they were silent, James answered, saying, Men and brothers, hear me.

We have sent, therefore, Judas and Silas, and they will tell you the same things by word.

They, therefore, being dismissed went to Antioch, and assembling the multitude delivered the epistle.

And reading it they rejoiced at the exhortation.

And having staid [some] time, they were dismissed in peace by the brothers to those that sent them.

AND after some days Paul said to Barnabas, Let us return and visit the brothers in every city in which we preached the word of the Lord, [and see] how they do.

And there was a sharp contention, so that they separated from each other; and Barnabas taking Mark sailed to Cyprus.

coming by Mysia they endeavored to go into Bithynia; and the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them;

and passing by Mysia they went down to Troas.

And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you shall be saved, and your house.

And they spoke the word of the Lord to him and all those in his house.

But Paul said to him, They have beaten us publicly uncondemned, being Romans, and cast us into prison; and now do they privately cast us out? No, indeed: but let them come themselves and conduct us out.

And the lictors told these words to the prefects, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans;

and they came and besought them, and conducting them out desired them to leave the city.

And going out of the prison they entered into the house of Lydia, and having seen the brothers they exhorted them, and departed.

AND travelling through Amphipolis and Apollonia they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.

but not finding them, they dragged Jason and some brothers to the rulers of the city, crying, These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also,

and Jason has received them; and they all do things contrary to the ordinances of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.

And they excited the multitude and the rulers of the city hearing these things,

and taking security of Jason and the rest they let them go.

And the brothers immediately, by night, sent away Paul and Silas to Berea; and when they came they went into the synagogue of the Jews;

but these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with all readiness, examining the Scriptures daily [to see] if these things were so.

And when the Jews in Thessalonica knew that the word of God was preached by Paul at Berea, they came there exciting the multitudes.

And those conducting Paul brought him to Athens, and receiving a charge to Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they departed.

And laying hold of him they brought him to the Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new teaching is which is taught by you?

that they should seek God, if perhaps they might feel after and find him, and indeed he is not far from every one of us.

But when they heard of a resurrection of the dead, some scoffed; but others said, We will hear you again of this.

and because he was of the same trade continued and labored with them; for they were tent makers.

But when they disputed and blasphemed, shaking his garments he said to them, Your blood be upon your heads; I, pure, from this time will go to the gentiles.

And they all took Sosthenes the synagogue-ruler and beat him before the tribunal; and Gallio cared for none of these things.

And they came to Ephesus, and he left them there, and entering himself into the synagogue reasoned with the Jews.

And they asking him to stay a longer time with them he did not consent,

and he said to them, Have you received the Holy Spirit since you believed? And they said to him, We have not heard that there is a Holy Spirit.

And he said to them, With what then were you baptized? And they said, With John's baptism.

And hearing this they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus:

and Paul putting his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.

And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped upon them, and overcome them, and prevailed against them, so that they escaped from his house, naked and wounded.

And many of those who practised secret arts brought their books, and burnt them before all; and they computed the price of them, and found it to be fifty thousand [didrachmas] of silver [$8,333].

And hearing this they were full of wrath, and cried, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians!

And the whole city was full of confusion; and they rushed with one accord to the theatre, taking Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, fellow travellers of Paul.

Some therefore cried one thing, and some another; for the assembly was confused, and the greater part knew not for what reason they had come together.

And they advanced Alexander from the multitude, the Jews putting him forward; and Alexander motioning with his hand, wished to defend himself before the people.

And they brought away the child alive, and were not a little comforted.

And when they had come to him, he said to them, You know from the first day that I came into Asia, how I was with you at all times,

And they all wept much, and fell on Paul's neck and kissed him,

grieving most of all for the word which he said, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him to the ship.