They, therefore, having come together, were asking Him, saying, "Lord, dost Thou at this time restore the Kingdom to Israel?"

And, having said these things, while they were beholding, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him from their sight.

who also said, "Men of Galilee, why do ye stand looking into the heaven? This Jesus, Who was taken up from you into Heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye beheld Him ascending into Heaven."

"Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus, the Nazarene, a man accredited from God to you by miracles, and wonders, and signs, which God did through Him in the midst of you, even as ye yourselves know;

For David says concerning Him, 'I beheld the Lord in my presence continually; because He is on my right hand, that I should not be moved.

being, therefore, a prophet, and knowing that with an oath God swore to him, that out of the fruit of his loins One should sit on his throne;

"Therefore, let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God made Him both Lord and Christ??his Jesus Whom ye crucified."

for the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all those afar off??s many as the Lord our God shall call to Him."

And Peter, fixing his eyes upon him, with John, said, "Look on us."

And, seizing him by the right hand, he raised him up; and instantly his feet and ankles were strengthened;

And all the people saw him walking about, and praising God;

and they were recognizing him, that this was he who was wont to sit for alms, at the Beautiful gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened to him.

And Peter, seeing it, spake to the people, "Men of Israel, why do ye wonder at this? Or why look ye so intently on us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made him to walk

The God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified His Child Jesus, Whom ye, indeed, delivered up, and denied before Pilate's face, when he gave judgment to release Him;

And His name, by the faith of His name, gave strength to this man, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is through Him gave him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.

Moses, indeed, said, 'A prophet will the Lord your God raise up for you from among your brethren, as He did me; to Him shall ye hearken in all things, whatsoever He shall say to you.

To you first, God, having raised up His Child, sent Him forth, blessing you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities."

be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the Name of Jesus Christ, the Nazarene, Whom ye crucified, Whom God raised from the dead, in Him does this man stand here before you well!

And the heart and soul of the multitude of those who believed were one; and not even one was saying that any of the things belonging to him was his own, but they had all things common.

but the young men, rising up, wrapped him round; and, bearing him out, buried him.

And the high priest, rising up, and all those with him, being the sect of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy,

And, having heard this, they entered at dawn, into the temple, and were teaching. And the high priest, having come, and those with him, called together the Sanhedrin, and all the senate of the sons of Israel, and sent to the prison-house to have them brought.

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.

After this arose Judas, the Galilean, in the days of the enrollment, and drew away people after him; he also perished; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered abroad.

And to him they assented; and calling the apostles to them, beating them, they charged them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go,

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

And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the Scribes; and, coming upon him, they seized him, and brought him to the Sanhedrin,

for we have heard him say, that This Jesus, the Nazarene, will overthrow this place, and will change the customs which Moses delivered to us."

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

and said to him, 'Go forth from your country, and from your kindred, and came into the land which I will show you,'

Then, having come forth out of the land of the Chaldaeans, he dwelt in Haran; and, from thence, after his father died, He removed him into this land, in which ye now dwell;

and He gave him no inheritance in it, not even a foot-breadth; and He promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his Seed after him, when he had no child.

And He gave him a covenant of circumcision; and so he begat Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac, Jacob; and Jacob, the twelve patriarchs.

And the patriarchs, moved with jealousy, sold Joseph into Egypt. And God was with him,

and delivered him out of all his tribulations, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt; and he appointed him governor over Egypt and all his house.

but, when he was cast out, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up, and nourished him as her own son.

And, seeing a certain one wrongly treated, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, having smitten the Egyptian.

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

And, forty years having been fulfilled, there appeared to him, in the wilderness of mount Sinai, an angel in a flame of fire in a bush.

And the Lord said to him, 'Loose the sandals from your feet; for the place on which you have been standing is holy ground.

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 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.'

But Solomon built a house for Him.

Now, while hearing these things, they were being cut to their hearts, and were gnashing their teeth over him.

But, crying out with a loud voice, they closed their ears, and rushed upon him with one accord;

and, having thrust him forth outside of the city, they kept stoning him! And the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man called Saul.

And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.

And they were giving heed to him, because of his having for a long time amazed them with his sorceries.

But Peter said to him, "Your money perish with you, because you thought to acquire the gift of God with money!

And Philip, having run near, heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, "Do you, then, understand what you are reading?"

But he said, "How, in fact, were I able, unless some one should guide me?" And he besought Philip, having come up, to sit with him.

And Philip, opening his mouth, and, beginning from this Scripture, proclaimed to him the good news of Jesus.

And he commanded the chariot to stand still; and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he immersed him.

And, when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, and the eunuch saw him no more; for he was going on his way rejoicing.

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, as he was journeying, it came to pass, that he was drawing nigh to Damascus; and suddenly there flashed around him a light from Heaven;

and, having fallen upon the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?"

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

And Saul arose from the earth; and, his eyes being opened, he beheld nothing; but, taking him by the hand, they led him into Damascus.

And there was a certain disciple in Damascus, Ananias by name; and the Lord said to him in a vision, "Ananias?" And he said, "Behold, I am here, Lord!"

And the Lord said to him, "Arise, go to the street that is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one named Saul of Tarsus; for, behold, he is praying;

and in a vision he saw a man, Ananias by name, coming in, and laying his hands on him, that he might receive sight."

But the Lord said to him, "Go your way; because this man is to Me a chosen vessel to bear My name before nations, and kings, and the sons of Israel;

for I will show him how many things he must suffer for My name's sake.

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, when many days were completed, the Jews took counsel together to kill him;

but their plot became known to Saul. And they were watching the gates also, both day and night, that they might kill him;

but the disciples, taking him by night, let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket.

Now, having come to Jerusalem, he was trying to join himself to the disciples; and they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.

But Barnabas, taking him, brought him to the apostles, and narrated to them how he saw the Lord in the way, and that He spake to him; and how, in Damascus, he spake boldly in the name of Jesus.

preaching boldly in the name of the Lord; and he was speaking and disputing with the Helenists; but they were attempting to kill him;

but the brethren, learning it, brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.

And Peter said to him, "Aeneas, Jesus Christ healeth you; arise, and make your bed." And straightway he arose.

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

And, Lydda being near to Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent to him two men, entreating him, "Delay not to come to us!"

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.

New a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of a band, called the Italian band??2 devout, and fearing God with all his house, giving many alms to the people, and praying to God continually??3 saw in a vision manifestly, about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God coming in to him, and saying to him, "Cornelius!"

And he, looking intently on him, and becoming much afraid, said, "What is it, lord?" And he said to him, "Your prayers and alms went up for a memorial before God.

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;

And he became very hungry, and wished to eat; and, while they were making ready, there came upon him a trance;

And there came a voice to him, "Arising, Peter, kill and eat."

And a voice came to him again, a second time, "What God cleansed, count not common."

And, while Peter was earnestly considering the vision, the Spirit said to him, "Behold, three men are seeking you.

Having called them in, therefore, he lodged them. And, on the morrow, arising, he went with them; and some of the brethren from Joppa went with him.

And when it came to pass that Peter entered, Cornelius, meeting him, and falling at his feet, worshipped him.

But Peter raised him up, saying, "Stand up! I myself also am a man."

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

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.

Him God raised on the third day, and gave Him to become manifest;

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.

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

And He commanded that they should be immersed in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to remain some days.

And, when Peter went up to Jerusalem, those of the circumcision were contending with him,

and, having found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it came to pass that, even for a whole year, they met together in the assembly, and taught a great multitude; and that the disciples got the name "Christian" first in Antioch.