And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he attempted to associate with the disciples: and they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.

Then the churches throughout all Judea, and Galilee, and Samaria, had rest, being edified and walking in the fear of the Lord; and through the consolation of the holy Spirit were multiplied.

On the morrow, while they were on their journey, and drawing near to the city, Peter went up on the top of the house to pray, about the sixth hour.

And he was very hungry, and desired something to eat: but while they were getting it ready, he fell into a trance; and saw heaven opened,

in which were all kinds of four-footed creatures, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.

Now while Peter was doubting in himself what might be the meaning of the vision which he had seen, behold the men that were sent from Cornelius, having enquired for Simon's house, stood at the door;

Then Peter went down to the men that were sent to him from Cornelius, and said, Behold I am the person whom ye seek: what is the cause for which ye are come?

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: for God was with Him.

And those of the circumcision that were believers, who came with Peter, were astonished, that the gift of the holy Spirit was conferred upon the Gentiles also:

Now the apostles and brethren that were in Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.

And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, those that were of the circumcision contended with him, saying,

And this was done thrice: and then they were all drawn up again to heaven.

Now they that were dispersed by the trouble, which arose about Stephen, travelled as far as Phenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but the Jews only.

But some of them were Cyprians, and Cyrenians, who when they came to Antioch, discoursed with the Grecians also, preaching the Lord Jesus.

For he was a good man, and full of the holy Spirit, and of faith: and many were added unto the Lord.

And they assembled in the church a whole year, and taught much people: and the disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.

And considering with himself, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, who was sirnamed Mark, where many were gathered together and praying.

But Peter continued knocking; and when they opened the door, they saw him, and were astonished.

Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers, as Barnabas, and Simeon called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenean, and Manaen who had been educated with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul;

and as they were ministring to the Lord, and fasting, the holy Spirit said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul, for the work to which I have called them.

Now Paul and those that were with him loosing from Paphos, came to Perga in Pamphylia: but John departed from them and returned to Jerusalem.

And when they had finished all things that were written concerning Him, they took Him down from the cross and laid Him in a tomb.

But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and contradicted the things which were spoken by Paul, opposing and reviling him.

And when the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were determined for eternal life believed.

And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the holy Spirit.

But the multitude of the city was divided: and some were for the Jews, and some for the apostles:

But when the disciples were gathered round him, he rose up and came into the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.

And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they related what God had done by them, and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

And when they came to Jerusalem, they were received by the church, and by the apostles and elders, and they told them all that God had done by them.

So the apostles and elders were assembled together to consider about this matter.

Now therefore why do ye tempt God, in imposing a yoke on the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

And after some time, they were dismissed with peace from the brethren to the apostles.

wherefore Paul was desirous that he should go forth with him, and took and circumcised him because of the Jews that were in those parts; for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

And so the churches were established in the faith, and increased in number daily.

And a certain woman named Lydia, a purple-seller of the city of Thyatira, who worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened to attend to the things that were spoken by Paul.

Now as we were going to the place of prayer, there met us a young woman that had a spirit of divination, who brought her masters much gain by soothsaying.

Now in the middle of the night Paul and Silas were praying and singing praises to God, and the prisoners heard them.

And on a sudden there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bonds were loosed.

The jailor waking, and seeing the prison-doors open, drew his sword and was going to kill himself, thinking that the prisoners were fled.

And the serjeants reported these words to the governors: and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans.

And when they were come out of the prison, they went into the house of Lydia: and seeing the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night to Berea: who, when they were come thither, went into the synagogue of the Jews.

These were more ingenuous than those at Thessalonica; for they received the word with all readiness of mind, searching the scriptures daily, whether these things were so.

and as he was of the same trade, he staid and worked with them: for they were tent-makers.

But Crispus the ruler of the synagogue believed on the Lord with all his house: and many of the Corinthians hearing the word believed, and were baptized.

And when Paul was going to speak, Gallio said to the Jews, If it were indeed an act of injustice, or some wicked crime, it would be reasonable that I should bear with you.

And he said unto them, Into what then were ye baptized? And they said, Into the baptism of John.

And when they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

And as Paul laid his hands on them, the holy Spirit came upon them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied. And the men were in all about twelve.

But as some were hardened and refractory, speaking evil of the way of life before the multitude, he departed from them, and took away the disciples with him, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.

so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were brought from his body to the sick, and the diseases lest them, and evil spirits went out of them.

Now there were seven sons of one Sceva a Jewish priest, who did this.

Some therefore cried one thing, and some another; for the assembly was confused, and the greater part did not know for what they were come together.

And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples were assembled together to break bread, Paul being about to depart on the morrow, preached unto them, and continued his discourse till midnight.

And there were many lamps in the upper room where they were assembled.

And they brought in the young man alive, and were not a little comforted.

For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, that he might not spend time in Asia: for he endeavoured, if it were possible, to be at Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.

And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know in what manner I behaved among you all the time, from the first day that I came into Asia.

and ye yourselves know that these hands have ministred to my necessities, and to those that were with me.

And they were all much grieved, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him: sorrowing most of all at the word which he spake,

But when we had completed these days, we departed and went our way, all of them attending us with their wives and children, till we were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore and prayed.

On the morrow Paul and those that were with him departed from Ptolemais, and came to Cesarea; and entering into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven deacons, we stayed with him.

And he had four daughters virgins, that were prophetesses.

And after these days were expired, we packed up our things, and went to Jerusalem.

And there went also with us from Cesarea some of the disciples, who brought us to one Mnason a Cyprian, an old disciple, with whom we were to lodge.

And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us with joy.

And the next day Paul went in with us to James: and all the elders were present.

But when the seven days were near ended, the Jews that came from Asia seeing him in the temple, raised a tumult among the people, and laid hands on him, crying out, Men of Israel, help:

And the whole city was moved, and there was a concourse of the people: and they laid hold on Paul, and dragged him out of the temple; and immediately the gates were shut.

And as they were going to kill him, a report came to the tribune of the cohort, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar:

As the high priest is my witness, and all the elders: from whom I received letters to our brethren, and went to Damascus to bring those also, that were there, bound to Jerusalem, to be punished.

And they that were with me saw the light indeed, and were affrighted; but they did not hear the voice of Him that spake to me.

And as I could not see by reason of the glory of that light, being led by the hand by those that were with me, I came to Damascus.

And as they were bawling out, and throwing off their clothes, and casting up dust into the air,

And as they were binding him with thongs, Paul said to the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, uncondemned?

Immediately therefore those who were going to put him to the question quitted him: and the tribune also was afraid, when he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.

But Paul, knowing that the one part were sadducees, and the other pharisees, cried out in the sanhedrim, "Brethren, I am a pharisee, the son of a pharisee: for the hope of a resurrection of the dead I am now prosecuted."

Upon his saying this, there rose a contention between the pharisees and the sadducees; and the people were divided.

So there was a great clamor: and the scribes that were of the party of the pharisees rose up and contended, saying, We find no evil in this man; but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God.

And they were more than forty that had made this oath:

And the Jews also assented, saying, that these things were so.

begging the favor of him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem; for they were preparing an ambush to kill him by the way.

And when he was come, the Jews that came down from Jerusalem, stood round about, bringing many heavy charges against Paul, which they were not able to prove:

Therefore when they were come hither, making no delay, I sat on the tribunal the next day, and ordered the man to be brought before me.

which I also did in Jerusalem; and I shut up many of the saints in prison, having received authority for it from the chief priests; and when they were put to death I gave my voice against them.

O king, as I was on the way thither I saw a light from heaven exceeding the splendor of the sun, shining round about me and those that were going with me.

And when we were all fallen down to the earth, I heard a voice speaking to me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why dost thou persecute me? It is hard for thee to kick against the goads.

And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.

And when they were retired, they spake to each other, saying, this man hath done nothing worthy of death or of bonds.

And when we departed from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.

And as we sailed slowly for many days, and were hardly got on to Cnidus, the wind not permitting us, we sailed under Crete by Salmone.

But the centurion regarded the pilot and the master of the vessel, more than the things that were said by Paul.

And as the south wind blew gently, thinking they were secure of their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed close by Crete.

And the ship being hurried on, and not able to face the wind, we gave it up and so were carried along.

And running under a certain island called Clauda, we were hardly able to become masters of the boat.

Which when they had hoisted up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and fearing least they should fall into the quick-sands, they struck fail, and so were driven.

And as we were exceedingly tossed by the storm, the next day they lightened the ship:

And when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in the Adriatic sea, about the middle of the night the mariners thought they drew near to some land:

But the mariners endeavouring to flee out of the ship, and having let down the boat into the sea, under pretence that they were going to stretch out anchors from the head of the ship,

And we were in all in the ship two hundred and seventy-six souls.