till the day in which, having given command, through the Holy Spirit, to the apostles whom he did choose out, he was taken up,

And these things having said -- they beholding -- he was taken up, and a cloud did receive him up from their sight;

who also said, 'Men, Galileans, why do ye stand gazing into the heaven? this Jesus who was received up from you into the heaven, shall so come in what manner ye saw him going on to the heaven.'

and when they came in, they went up to the upper room, where were abiding both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James, of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zelotes, and Judas, of James;

And in these days, Peter having risen up in the midst of the disciples, said, (the multitude also of the names at the same place was, as it were, an hundred and twenty,)

beginning from the baptism of John, unto the day in which he was received up from us, one of these to become with us a witness of his rising again.'

and Peter having stood up with the eleven, lifted up his voice and declared to them, 'Men, Jews! and all those dwelling in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and harken to my sayings,

for these are not drunken, as ye take it up, for it is the third hour of the day.

whom God did raise up, having loosed the pains of the death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it,

a prophet, therefore, being, and knowing that with an oath God did swear to him, out of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, to raise up the Christ, to sit upon his throne,

'This Jesus did God raise up, of which we are all witnesses;

for David did not go up to the heavens, and he saith himself: The Lord saith to my lord, Sit thou at my right hand,

And Peter and John were going up at the same time to the temple, at the hour of the prayer, the ninth hour,

and Peter said, 'Silver and gold I have none, but what I have, that I give to thee; in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and be walking.'

And having seized him by the right hand, he raised him up, and presently his feet and ankles were strengthened,

and springing up, he stood, and was walking, and did enter with them into the temple, walking and springing, and praising God;

The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, did glorify His child Jesus, whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, he having given judgment to release him,

For Moses, indeed, unto the fathers said -- A prophet to you shall the Lord your God raise up out of your brethren, like to me; him shall ye hear in all things, as many as he may speak unto you;

to you first, God, having raised up His child Jesus, did send him, blessing you, in the turning away of each one from your evil ways.'

and they having heard, with one accord did lift up the voice unto God, and said, 'Lord, thou art God, who didst make the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all that are in them,

the kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against His Christ;

and having risen, the younger men wound him up, and having carried forth, they buried him.

And Peter and the apostles answering, said, 'To obey God it behoveth, rather than men;

and the God of our fathers did raise up Jesus, whom ye slew, having hanged upon a tree;

but a certain one, having risen up in the sanhedrim -- a Pharisee, by name Gamaliel, a teacher of law honoured by all the people -- commanded to put the apostles forth a little,

for before these days rose up Theudas, saying, that himself was some one, to whom a number of men did join themselves, as it were four hundred, who was slain, and all, as many as were obeying him, were scattered, and came to nought.

'After this one rose up, Judas the Galilean, in the days of the enrolment, and drew away much people after him, and that one perished, and all, as many as were obeying him, were scattered;

They did stir up also the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and having come upon him, they caught him, and brought him to the sanhedrim;

they set up also false witnesses, saying, 'This one doth not cease to speak evil sayings against this holy place and the law,

in which time Moses was born, and he was fair to God, and he was brought up three months in the house of his father;

and he having been exposed, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up, and did rear him to herself for a son;

this is the Moses who did say to the sons of Israel: A prophet to you shall the Lord your God raise up out of your brethren, like to me, him shall ye hear.

and God did turn, and did give them up to do service to the host of the heaven, according as it hath been written in the scroll of the prophets: Slain beasts and sacrifices did ye offer to Me forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

and ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan -- the figures that ye made to bow before them, and I will remove your dwelling beyond Babylon.

and Saul was making havoc of the assembly, into every house entering, and haling men and women, was giving them up to prison;

and he said, 'Why, how am I able, if some one may not guide me?' he called Philip also, having come up, to sit with 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;

Then, indeed, the assemblies throughout all Judea, and Galilee, and Samaria, had peace, being built up, and, going on in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied.

And Peter having put them all forth without, having bowed the knees, did pray, and having turned unto the body said, 'Tabitha, arise;' and she opened her eyes, and having seen Peter, she sat up,

and having given her his hand, he lifted her up, and having called the saints and the widows, he presented her alive,

and he having looked earnestly on him, and becoming afraid, said, 'What is it, Lord?' And he said to him, 'Thy prayers and thy kind acts came up for a memorial before God,

And on the morrow, as these are proceeding on the way, and are drawing nigh to the city, Peter went up upon the house-top to pray, about the sixth hour,

and this was done thrice, and again was the vessel received up to the heaven.

and Peter raised him, saying, 'Stand up; I also myself am a man;'

'This one God did raise up the third day, and gave him to become manifest,

and when Peter came up to Jerusalem, those of the circumcision were contending with him,

'And this happened thrice, and again was all drawn up to the heaven,

and one of them, by name Agabus, having stood up, did signify through the Spirit a great dearth is about to be throughout all the world -- which also came to pass in the time of Claudius Caesar --

and lo, a messenger of the Lord stood by, and a light shone in the buildings, and having smitten Peter on the side, he raised him up, saying, 'Rise in haste,' and his chains fell from off his hands.

and having removed him, He did raise up to them David for king, to whom also having testified, he said, I found David, the son of Jesse, a man according to My heart, who shall do all My will.

and he was seen for many days of those who did come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people.

God hath in full completed this to us their children, having raised up Jesus, as also in the second Psalm it hath been written, My Son thou art -- I to-day have begotten thee.

And that He did raise him up out of the dead, no more to return to corruption, he hath said thus -- I will give to you the faithful kindnesses of David;

but he whom God did raise up, did not see corruption.

And the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the first men of the city, and did raise persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and did put them out from their borders;

and the unbelieving Jews did stir up and made evil the souls of the nations against the brethren;

said with a loud voice, 'Stand up on thy feet upright;' and he was springing and walking,

and the multitudes having seen what Paul did, did lift up their voice, in the speech of Lycaonia, saying, 'The gods, having become like men, did come down unto us;'

there having been, therefore, not a little dissension and disputation to Paul and Barnabas with them, they arranged for Paul and Barnabas, and certain others of them, to go up unto the apostles and elders to Jerusalem about this question,

and there rose up certain of those of the sect of the Pharisees who believed, saying -- 'It behoveth to circumcise them, to command them also to keep the law of Moses.'

and there having been much disputing, Peter having risen up said unto them, 'Men, brethren, ye know that from former days, God among us did make choice, through my mouth, for the nations to hear the word of the good news, and to believe;

men who have given up their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ --

and Paul having chosen Silas, went forth, having been given up to the grace of God by the brethren;

And the multitude rose up together against them, and the magistrates having torn their garments from them, were commanding to beat them with rods,

and having come down to Caesarea, having gone up, and having saluted the assembly, he went down to Antioch.

and there was sitting a certain youth, by name Eutychus, upon the window -- being borne down by a deep sleep, Paul discoursing long -- he having sunk down from the sleep, fell down from the third story, and was lifted up dead.

and having come up, and having broken bread, and having tasted, for a long time also having talked -- till daylight, so he went forth,

and they brought up the lad alive, and were comforted in no ordinary measure.

and when he met with us at Assos, having taken him up, we came to Mitylene,

and now, I commend you, brethren, to God, and to the word of His grace, that is able to build up, and to give you an inheritance among all those sanctified.

And having found out the disciples, we tarried there seven days, and they said to Paul, through the Spirit, not to go up to Jerusalem;

and he having come unto us, and having taken up the girdle of Paul, having bound also his own hands and feet, said, 'Thus saith the Holy Spirit, The man whose is this girdle -- so shall the Jews in Jerusalem bind, and they shall deliver him up to the hands of nations.'

And when we heard these things, we called upon him -- both we, and those of that place -- not to go up to Jerusalem,

And after these days, having taken our vessels, we were going up to Jerusalem,

And, as the seven days were about to be fully ended, the Jews from Asia having beheld him in the temple, were stirring up all the multitude, and they laid hands upon him,

'I, indeed, am a man, a Jew, having been born in Tarsus of Cilicia, and brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, having been taught according to the exactitude of a law of the fathers, being zealous of God, as all ye are to-day.

'And this way I persecuted unto death, binding and delivering up to prisons both men and women,

having come unto me and stood by me, said to me, Saul, brother, look up; and I the same hour did look up to him;

And they were hearing him unto this word, and they lifted up their voice, saying, 'Away from the earth with such an one; for it is not fit for him to live.'

And they crying out and casting up their garments, and throwing dust into the air,

Then, indeed, the soldiers according to that directed them, having taken up Paul, brought him through the night to Antipatris,

thou being able to know that it is not more than twelve days to me since I went up to worship in Jerusalem,

Festus, therefore, having come into the province, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea,

And Festus willing to lay on the Jews a favour, answering Paul, said, 'Art thou willing, to Jerusalem having gone up, there concerning these things to be judged before me?'

concerning whom the accusers, having stood up, were bringing against him no accusation of the things I was thinking of,

which also I did in Jerusalem, and many of the saints I in prison did shut up, from the chief priests having received the authority; they also being put to death, I gave my vote against them,

And, he having spoken these things, the king rose up, and the governor, Bernice also, and those sitting with them,

And when our sailing to Italy was determined, they were delivering up both Paul and certain others, prisoners, to a centurion, by name Julius, of the band of Sebastus,

and the ship being caught, and not being able to bear up against the wind, having given her up, we were borne on,

which having taken up, they were using helps, undergirding the ship, and fearing lest they may fall on the quicksand, having let down the mast -- so were borne on.

And when the fourteenth night came -- we being borne up and down in the Adria -- toward the middle of the night the sailors were supposing that some country drew nigh to them;

and the anchors having taken up, they were committing it to the sea, at the same time -- having loosed the bands of the rudders, and having hoisted up the mainsail to the wind -- they were making for the shore,

thence having gone round, we came to Rhegium, and after one day, a south wind having sprung up, the second day we came to Puteoli;

and thence, the brethren having heard the things concerning us, came forth to meet us, unto Appii Forum, and Three Taverns -- whom Paul having seen, having given thanks to God, took courage.

And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered up the prisoners to the captain of the barrack, but Paul was suffered to remain by himself, with the soldier guarding him.

And it came to pass after three days, Paul called together those who are the principal men of the Jews, and they having come together, he said unto them: 'Men, brethren, I -- having done nothing contrary to the people, or to the customs of the fathers -- a prisoner from Jerusalem, was delivered up to the hands of the Romans;