At which time Moses came to birth, and he was very beautiful; and he was kept for three months in his father's house:

And when he was put out, Pharaoh's daughter took him and kept him as her son.

And at these words, Moses went in flight to the land of Midian, and was living there for a time, and had two sons.

I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob. And Moses, shaking with fear, kept his eyes from looking at it.

And the Lord said, Take off the shoes from your feet, for the place where you are is holy.

Truly, I have seen the sorrows of my people in Egypt, and their cries have come to my ears, and I have come down to make them free: and now, come, I will send you to Egypt.

This man took them out, having done wonders and signs in Egypt and in the Red Sea and in the waste land, for forty years.

And saying to Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: as for this Moses, who took us out of the land of Egypt, we have no idea what has become of him.

But God was turned from them and let them give worship to the stars of heaven, as it says in the book of the prophets, Did you make offerings to me of sheep and oxen for forty years in the waste land, O house of Israel?

Who was pleasing to God; and he had a desire to make a holy tent for the God of Jacob.

Heaven is the seat of my power, and earth is a resting-place for my feet: what sort of house will you make for me, says the Lord, or what is my place of rest?

And going down on his knees, he said in a loud voice, Lord, do not make them responsible for this sin. And when he had said this, he went to his rest.

For unclean spirits came out from those who had them, crying with a loud voice; and a number of those who were ill and broken in body were made well.

And they gave attention to him, because for a long time his wonder-working powers had kept them under his control.

Who, when they came there, made prayer for them, that the Holy Spirit might be given to them:

For up to that time he had not come on any of them; only baptism had been given to them in the name of the Lord Jesus.

But Peter said, May your money come to destruction with you, because you had the idea that what is freely given by God may be got for a price.

Let your heart be changed, and make prayer to God that you may have forgiveness for your evil thoughts.

For I see that you are prisoned in bitter envy and the chains of sin.

And Simon, answering, said, Make prayer for me to the Lord, so that these things which you have said may not come on me.

And he went and there was a man of Ethiopia, a servant of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, and controller of all her property, who had come up to Jerusalem for worship;

Being of low degree, his cause was not given a hearing: who has knowledge of his family? for his life is cut off from the earth.

And he gave orders for the carriage to be stopped, and the two of them went down into the water, and Philip gave him baptism.

And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord took Philip away; and the Ethiopian saw him no more, for he went on his way full of joy.

And made a request for letters from him to the Synagogues of Damascus, so that if there were any of the Way there, men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

And for three days he was not able to see, and he took no food or drink.

And the Lord said to him, Get up, and go to the street which is named Straight, and make search at the house of Judas for one named Saul of Tarsus: for he is at prayer;

But the Lord said, Go without fear: for he is a special vessel for me, to give to the Gentiles and kings and to the children of Israel the knowledge of my name:

For I will make clear to him what troubles he will have to undergo for me.

And when he had taken food his strength came back. And for some days he kept with the disciples who were in Damascus.

And when he came to Jerusalem, he made an attempt to be joined to the disciples, but they were all in fear of him, not taking him for a disciple.

But Barnabas took him to the Apostles and gave them an account of how he had seen the Lord on the road, and had given hearing to his words, and how at Damascus he had been preaching in the name of Jesus without fear.

Preaching in the name of the Lord without fear; and he had discussions with the Greek Jews; but they were working for his death.

And so the church through all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was made strong; and, living in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, was increased greatly.

And there was a certain man there, named Aeneas, who for eight years had been in bed, without power of moving.

And he took her hand, lifting her up; and, sending for the saints and widows, he gave her to them, living.

And he was living in Joppa for some time with Simon, a leather-worker.

And he, looking on him in fear, said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Your prayers and your offerings have come up to God, and he has kept them in mind.

And when the angel who said these words to him had gone away, he sent for two of his house-servants, and a God-fearing man of the army, one of those who were waiting on him at all times;

Now the day after, when they were on their journey and were near the town, Peter went up to the top of the house for prayer, about the sixth hour:

And a voice came to him, saying, Come, Peter; take them for food.

But Peter said, No, Lord; for I have never taken food which is common or unclean.

Now while Peter was in doubt as to the purpose of this vision, the men who were sent by Cornelius, having made search for Simon's house, came to the door,

And, while Peter was turning the vision over in his mind, the Spirit said to him, See, three men are looking for you.

Go down, then, and go with them, doubting nothing, for I have sent them.

And Peter went down to the men, and said, I am the man you are looking for: why have you come?

And they said, Cornelius, a captain, an upright and God-fearing man, respected by all the nation of the Jews, had word from God by an angel to send for you to his house, and to give hearing to your words.

So he took them in for the night. And the day after, he went with them, taking some of the brothers from Joppa with him.

And the day after that, they came to Caesarea. And Cornelius was waiting for them, having got together his relations and his near friends.

But Peter, lifting him up, said, Get up, for I am a man as you are.

And he said to them, You yourselves have knowledge that it is against the law for a man who is a Jew to be in the company of one who is of another nation; but God has made it clear to me that no man may be named common or unclean:

And so I came without question, when I was sent for. What then is your purpose in sending for me?

And Cornelius said, Four days from now I was in my house in prayer at the ninth hour; and I saw before me a man in shining clothing,

So, straight away, I sent for you; and you have done well to come. And now, we are all present before God, ready to give attention to all the things which the Lord has given you to say.

But in every nation, the man who has fear of him and does righteousness is pleasing to him.

About Jesus of Nazareth, how God gave the Holy Spirit to him, with power: and how he went about doing good and making well all who were troubled by evil spirits, for God was with him.

And he gave orders for them to have baptism in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they kept him with them for some days.

And a voice came to my ears saying, Come, Peter; take them for food.

But I said, No, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever come into my mouth.

Then those who had gone away at the time of the trouble about Stephen, went as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus, preaching to the Jews only.

And news of them came to the ears of the church at Jerusalem: and they sent Barnabas as far as Antioch:

For he was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith: and a great number were joined to the Lord.

Then he went on to Tarsus, looking for Saul;

And when he had come across him, he took him to Antioch. And they were with the church there for a year, teaching the people; and the disciples were first given the name of Christians in Antioch.

And having taken him, he put him in prison, with four bands of armed men to keep watch over him; his purpose being to take him out to the people after the Passover.

So Peter was kept in prison: but the church made strong prayer to God for him.

And he went out after him; and he was not certain if what was done by the angel was a fact, for it seemed to him that he was seeing a vision.

And when he became clear about this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John named Mark, where a number of them had come together for prayer.

And Herod, when he sent for him, and he was not there, after questioning the watchmen, gave orders that they were to be put to death. Then he went down from Judaea to Caesarea for a time.

Now he was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon: and they came to him, all together, and having made friends with Blastus, the controller of the king's house, they made a request for peace, because their country was dependent on the king's country for its food.

And while they were doing the Lord's work, and going without food, the Holy Spirit said, Let Barnabas and Saul be given to me for the special work for which they have been marked out by me.

Who was with the ruler, Sergius Paulus, an able man. This man sent for Barnabas and Saul, desiring to have knowledge of the word of God.

But Elymas, the wonder-worker (for that is the sense of his name), put himself against them, with the purpose of turning the ruler from the faith.

O you, who are full of false tricks and evil ways, a son of the Evil One, hating all righteousness, will you for ever be turning people from the right ways of the Lord?

And now, see, the hand of the Lord is on you, and you will be blind and not able to see the sun for a time. And straight away a dark mist came down on him; and he went about looking for a guide.

And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the Synagogue sent to them, saying, Brothers, if you have a word of comfort for the people, say on.

And Paul, getting up and making a sign with his hand, said, Men of Israel, and you who have the fear of God, give ear.

And for about forty years he put up with their ways in the waste land.

And having put to destruction seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them the land for their heritage for about four hundred and fifty years.

Then at their request for a king, God gave them Saul, the son of Kish, a man of the family of Benjamin, who was their king for forty years.

For whose coming John made ready the way by preaching to all the people of Israel the baptism which goes with a change of heart.

My brothers, children of the family of Abraham, and those among you who have the fear of God, to us the word of this salvation is sent.

For the men of Jerusalem and their rulers, having no knowledge of him, or of the sayings of the prophets which come to their ears every Sabbath day, gave effect to them by judging him.

And for a number of days he was seen by those who came with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses before the people.

Which God has now put into effect for our children, by sending Jesus; as it says in the second Psalm, You are my Son; this day I have given you being.

Now David, having done God's work for his generation, went to sleep, and was put with his fathers, and his body came to destruction:

And through him everyone who has faith is made free from all those things, from which the law of Moses was not able to make you free.

So take care that these words of the prophets do not come true for you;

See, you doubters, have wonder and come to your end; for I will do a thing in your days to which you will not give belief, even if it is made clear to you.

Then Paul and Barnabas without fear said, It was necessary for the word of God to be given to you first; but because you will have nothing to do with it, and have no desire for eternal life, it will now be offered to the Gentiles.

For so the Lord has given us orders, saying, I have given you for a light to the Gentiles so that you may be for salvation to the ends of the earth.

And the Gentiles, hearing this, were glad and gave glory to the word of God: and those marked out by God for eternal life had faith.

So they kept there for a long time, taking heart in the Lord, who gave witness to the word of his grace by causing signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

And even with these words, it was hard for them to keep the people from making an offering to them.

But some Jews came to that place from Antioch and Iconium, and got control over the people; and after stoning Paul, they had him pulled out of the town, taking him for dead.

And from there they went by ship to Antioch, where they had been handed over to the grace of God for the work which they had not done.

And they were with the disciples there for a long time.

But some of the Pharisees, who were of the faith, got up and said, It is necessary for these to have circumcision and to keep the law of Moses.

Why then are you testing God, by putting on the neck of the disciples a yoke so hard that not even our fathers or we were strong enough for it?

Symeon has given an account of how God was first pleased to take from among the Gentiles a people for himself.