And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants to speak thy word with all boldness,

Now the whole body of believers were but one heart, and one soul: no one look'd upon what he possessed, as his own, but every thing was held in common.

And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.

upon which Peter said, Ananias, how could satan inspire thine heart to lye to the holy ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

And Ananias hearing these words fell down and gave up the ghost: and great fear came upon all that heard it.

"How was it," replied Peter, "that you two agreed to try an experiment upon the Spirit of the Lord? The men who have buried your husband are already at the door, and they will carry you out."

And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things.

so as into the broad places to bring forth the ailing, and to lay them upon couches and mats, that at the coming of Peter, even his shadow might overshadow some one of them;

and laid their hands upon the apostles, and did put them in a public prison;

But in the night the angel of the Lord threw open the jail doors and let them out, and said to them,

Upon hearing this, they entered into the temple about daybreak and began to teach.Now when the high priest and his associates came, they called the Council together, even all the Senate of the sons of Israel, and sent orders to the prison house for them to be brought.

saying, "The jail we found quite safely locked, and the warders were on guard at the doors, but upon going in we found no one there."

Upon hearing this, the high priest, the captain of the temple, and the chief priests wonder'd bow this could be.

Upon this the Commander went with the officers, and brought the Apostles; but without using violence; for they were afraid of being stoned by the people.

Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.

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

And said unto them - Men of Israel! be taking heed unto yourselves, what ye are about to inflict upon these men.

And they were persuaded by him; and, calling unto them the Apostles, they, with beating, charged them not be speaking upon the name of Jesus; and let them go.

whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands upon them.

And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,

And all that sat in the Sanhedrin, looking earnestly upon him, saw his face that it was like the face of an angel.

And, upon that, Stephen spoke as follows: "Brothers and Fathers, hear what I have to say. God, who manifests himself in the Glory, appeared to our ancestor Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, and before he settled in Haran, and said to him--

But a famine came upon all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great distress, and our fathers found no food.

He having deceived our race by sophistry, inflicted evil upon our fathers, to make their babes cast out, that they should not breed.

And when a period of forty years was fulfilled to him, it came into his heart to look upon his brethren, the sons of Israel;

Seeing one of them being imposed upon, he interfered and defended the man who was being ill treated, striking down the Egyptian.

The next day he again appeared upon the scene, when some of them were fighting, and tried to make peace between them. 'Men,' he said, 'you are brothers; how is it that you are ill-treating one another?'

Upon this Moses fled, and became a sojourner in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons.

And having received it in their turn, our fathers brought it in with Joshua upon dispossessing the nations whom God drove out before our fathers, until the time of David.

Now when they heard this [accusation and understood its implication], they were cut to the heart, and they began grinding their teeth [in rage] at him.

"I can see Heaven wide open," he said, "and the Son of Man standing at God's right hand."

Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,

And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

Then falling on his knees [in worship], he cried out loudly, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them [do not charge them]!” When he had said this, he fell asleep [in death].

And Saul was assenting to his death, and there came in that day a great persecution upon the assembly in Jerusalem, all also were scattered abroad in the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles;

who upon their arrival, prayed for them that they might receive the holy spirit.

(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)

Then they laid their hands upon them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

"Give me also this power of yours, so that, if I place my hands upon any one, he may receive the Holy Spirit."

"A curse upon you and upon your money," Peter exclaimed, "for thinking that God's free gift can be bought with gold!

for I perceive you are upon the brink of misery, led captive by your sin.

Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.

Upon this he rose and went. Now, as it happened, an Ethiopian eunuch who was in a position of high authority with Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, as her treasurer, had visited Jerusalem to worship there,

and was returning, and sitting upon his chariot he was reading the prophet Isaiah.

And, he, said - How indeed should be able - unless someone shall guide me? And he called upon Philip, to come up and sit with him.

And the contents of the Writing that he was reading was this: 'As a sheep unto slaughter he was led, and as a lamb before his shearer dumb, so he doth not open his mouth;

“In humiliation His judgment was taken away [justice was denied Him].
Who will describe His generation?
For His life is taken from the earth.”

then Philip enter'd upon the subject, and show'd how the whole passage was applicable to Jesus.

And as they went along the way, they came upon a certain water, and the eunuch says, Behold water; what hinders my being baptised?

and he fell upon the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

So Saul got up from the ground, but [although] his eyes were open he could see nothing. And leading him by the hand, they brought [him] into Damascus.

He has seen a man called Ananias come and lay his hands upon him so that he may recover his sight."

and here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call upon thy name.

And Ananias went and entered into the house; and laying his hands upon him he said, Saul, brother, the Lord has sent me, Jesus that appeared to thee in the way in which thou camest, that thou mightest see, and be filled with the Holy Spirit.

Instantly there dropped from his eyes what seemed to be scales, and he could see once more. Upon this he rose and received baptism;

All those who heard him continued to be amazed and said, “Is this not the man who in Jerusalem attacked those who called on this name [of Jesus], and had come here [to Damascus] for the express purpose of bringing them bound [with chains] before the chief priests?”

but Saul was appriz'd of their plot. and as they were night and day upon the watch at the gates, in order to kill him,

Barnabas, however, got hold of him and brought him to the apostles. To them he related how he had seen the Lord upon the road, how He had spoken to him, and how he had spoken freely in the name of Jesus at Damascus.

And he found there a certain man, Aeneas by name, who had been lying for eight years upon a couch, who was paralysed.

Peter said to him, Eneas, Jesus, who is the Messiah, gives thee health: rise, and make your bed your self: upon which he immediately rose.

But Peter putting them all out, fell upon his knees, and prayed; and turning to the body, said, Tabitha, arise! And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up.

And it became known throughout the whole of Joppa, and many believed upon the Lord.

And he, fastening his eyes upon him, and being affrighted, said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are gone up for a memorial before God.

And after the angel who was speaking to him was gone, he called two of his household servants and a devout soldier who was in constant attendance upon him,

On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:

And he became hungry and desired to eat. But as they were making ready an ecstasy came upon him:

and he beholdeth the heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending, as it were a great sheet, let down by four corners upon the earth:

As Peter was still pondering upon the vision, the spirit said to him, there are people below, who enquire for you.

They said, “Cornelius, a centurion, an upright and God-fearing man well spoken of by all the Jewish people, was divinely instructed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and hear what you have to say.”

Upon hearing this, Peter invited them in, and gave them a lodging. The next day he set out with them, some of the brethren from Jaffa going with him,

said he, how unlawful it is for a Jew, to frequent a stranger, or even to go to his house: but God hath shewed me, that I should not look upon any man as common and unclean.

for which reason I came without demur, as soon as I knew your message: I ask therefore upon what account you sent for me?

Immediately, therefore, I sent unto thee: Thou, also hast, well, done in coming. Now, therefore, all we, before God are present, to hear all things that have been enjoined upon thee by the Lord.

and we -- we are witnesses of all things that he did, both in the country of the Jews, and in Jerusalem, -- whom they did slay, having hanged upon a tree.

While Peter was yet speaking these words the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who were hearing the word.

And the faithful of the circumcision were astonished, as many as came with Peter, that upon the nations also the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out:

Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.

And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them even as upon us also at the beginning.

if then the equal gift God did give to them as also to us, having believed upon the Lord Jesus Christ, I -- how was I able to withstand God?'

Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only.

some of them were of Cyprus and Cyrene, and upon their arrival at Antioch they address'd themselves to the Greeks, and preach'd to them the Lord Jesus.

The power of the Lord was upon their efforts so that a large number of people who believed [the message] turned to the Lord [in faithful obedience].

When he arrived and saw the grace of God [that was bestowed on them], he rejoiced and began to encourage them all with an unwavering heart to stay true and devoted to the Lord.

One of them named Agabus stood up and prophesied through the [Holy] Spirit that a severe famine would come on the entire world. And this did happen during the reign of Claudius.

Now about that time, Herod the king laid his hands upon certain of the church, to oppress them.

And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.

and having passed through a first ward, and a second, they came unto the iron gate that is leading to the city, which of its own accord did open to them, and having gone forth, they went on through one street, and immediately the messenger departed from him.

and having recognised the voice of Peter, through joy did not open the entry, but running in, reported that Peter was standing before the entry.

But Peter went on giving blows on the door: and when it was open and they saw him, they were full of wonder.

[Upon entering the house] he held up his hand to quiet them, then went on to explain how the Lord had rescued him from jail. He said to them, "[Go] tell all this to James [the Lord's half-brother] and to [the rest of] the brothers." Then he left [them] and went elsewhere.

And he was intending to make war upon the Tyrians and Sidonians; but they came with one consent to him; and having made Blastus, who had charge of the king's bed-chamber, their friend, they asked for peace, because their country was supported by that of the king.

And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them.

Then, fasting and praying, and laying their hands upon them, they sent them away.

When they had traveled through the entire island [of Cyprus] as far as Paphos, they found a sorcerer, a Jewish false prophet named Bar-Jesus,

But Saul, who also is Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, fixing his eyes upon him,

and fixing his eyes upon him, said, O full of all guile and all mischief, thou son of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.

he destroyed seven nations in Canaan, and settled them upon their land for about four hundred and fifty years.

John having first proclaimed, before the appearance of Jesus, a baptism upon repentance for all the people of Israel.

Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets;