And they were amazed and marveled, saying to each other, Behold, are not all these men who speak Galileans?

But others, mocking said, They are filled of wine.

For these men are not drunken, as ye suppose, for it is the third hour of the day.

This Jesus, God raised up, of which we are all witnesses.

And ye killed the Pathfinder of life, whom God raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses.

Ye are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant that God made for our fathers, saying to Abraham, And in thy seed all the patriarchies of the earth will be blessed.

if we are examined today about a good deed, of a feeble man, by what this man has been healed,

Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and having perceived that they are illiterate and uneducated men, they marveled. And they recognized them, that they had been with Jesus.

For we are not able not to speak what we saw and heard.

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

But a certain man who arrived, reported to them, Behold, the men whom ye put in the prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people.

And we are his witnesses of these things, and also the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him.

And he said to them, Men, Israelites, take heed to yourselves what ye are going to do against these men.

And the high priest said, Are these things so?

And on the next day he was seen by them as they fought, and he was reconciling them for peace, having said, Men, ye are brothers. Why is it that ye wrong each other?

For I perceive that thou are in the gall of bitterness and the bond of unrighteousness.

And he said, Who are thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecute.

And having gone down to the men, Peter said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek. What is the cause for which ye are here?

And he says, Cornelius, thy prayer was heard, and thy charities are remembered before God.

Immediately therefore I sent to thee, and thou did well having come. Now therefore we are all present in the sight of God, to hear all the things commanded thee by God.

And we are witnesses of all that he did both in the country of the Jews, and in Jerusalem, whom also they killed, having hung on a tree.

And they said to her, Thou are mad. But she insisted to have it so. But they said, It is his heavenly agent.

who was seen for more days by those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are witnesses of him to the people.

as also it is written in the second psalm, Thou are my Son, today I have begotten thee.

and saying, Men, why are ye doing these things? We also are men of like nature with you, proclaiming good-news to you, to turn from these vain things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all the thi

Known to God from the age are all his works.

Therefore I judge not to trouble those from the Gentiles who are turning to God,

This woman having followed Paul and us was crying out, saying, These men are bondmen of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.

and proclaim customs that are not permitted for us to receive nor to do, being Romans.

But Paul cried out in a great voice, saying, Do nothing harmful to thyself, for we are all here.

And not having found them, they dragged Jason and some brothers to the city rulers, shouting, The men who have agitated the world, these are present here also,

whom Jason has received. And all these men are acting against the decrees of Caesar, asserting another man to be king, Jesus.

For in him we live, and move, and exist, as also some of the performers from you have said, For of him we are also offspring.

because I am with thee, and no man will lay upon thee to harm thee, because many people are for me in this city.

And having answered, the evil spirit said, I know Jesus and I recognize Paul, but who are ye?

And ye see and hear, that not only at Ephesus, but almost in all Asia, this man Paul, having persuaded them, turned away a considerable multitude, saying that there are no gods made by hands.

For ye brought these men, who are neither sacrilegious nor blaspheming your goddess.

Indeed therefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen with him, have a matter against any man, forums are brought, and there are proconsuls. Let them accuse each other.

For we are also in danger to be accused about the uproar today, there being no cause about which we can give account of this commotion.

How I kept back nothing of these things that are beneficial, not to inform you, and to teach you in public, and from house to house,

And Paul answered, What are ye doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I fare ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

And when the men heard, they glorified God, having said to him, Thou see, brother, how many thousands there are of the Jews who have believed, and they are all zealots of the law.

Therefore do this that we say to thee. Four men are with us who have a vow on themselves.

Having taken these, be purified with them. And pay expenses for them, so that they may shave the head. And all may know, that things of which they have been informed about thee, are nothing, but thou thyself also walk orderly, keep

Then thou are not the Egyptian who revolted before these days, and who led out into the wilderness the four thousand men of the Assassins?

I am indeed a Jewish man, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but reared in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, reared accurately in the paternal law, being a zealot of God, as ye all are today.

And I answered, Who are thou, Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus the Nazarene, whom thou persecute.

And when the centurion heard, having come to the chief captain, he reported, saying, Look! What are thou about to do? For this man is a Roman.

And the chief captain having come, he said to him, Tell me if thou are a Roman. And he said, Yes.

Now therefore ye with the council report to the chief captain that tomorrow he may bring him down to you, as though going to inquire more accurately the things about him. And we, before he comes near, are prepared to kill him.

Therefore thou should not be persuaded by them, for more than forty men of them wait to ambush him, who have put themselves under an oath, neither to eat nor drink until they have killed him. And now are they ready, expecting the p

thou being able to learn that there are for me not more than twelve days from which I went up to worship in Jerusalem.

But Festus, wanting to lay down a favor to the Jews, having answered Paul, said, Are thou willing, after going up to Jerusalem, to be judged there about these things before me?

And Festus says, King Agrippa, and all who are present with us, ye see this man about whom all the multitude of the Jews appealed to me, both at Jerusalem and here, shouting he ought not to live any longer.

And I said, Who are thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecute.

And while he made a defense by these things, Festus said in a loud voice, Paul, thou are mad. Much scholarship is driving thee into madness.