for an angel of the Lord went down at certain seasons into the pool and stirred up the water; whoever then first, after the stirring up of the water, stepped in was made well from whatever disease with which he was afflicted.]

Do not marvel at this; for an hour is coming, in which all who are in the tombs will hear His voice,

There is another who testifies of Me, and I know that the testimony which He gives about Me is true.

But the testimony which I receive is not from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved.

But the testimony which I have is greater than the testimony of John; for the works which the Father has given Me to accomplish—the very works that I do—testify about Me, that the Father has sent Me.

A large crowd followed Him, because they saw the signs which He was performing on those who were sick.

So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten.

Therefore when the people saw the sign which He had performed, they said, “This is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world.”

So they were willing to receive Him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going.

Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you, for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal.”

For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world.”

This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die.

I am the living bread that came down out of heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread also which I will give for the life of the world is My flesh.”

This is the bread which came down out of heaven; not as the fathers ate and died; he who eats this bread will live forever.”

Therefore His brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go into Judea, so that Your disciples also may see Your works which You are doing.

But many of the crowd believed in Him; and they were saying, “When the Christ comes, He will not perform more signs than those which this man has, will He?”

But this crowd which does not know the Law is accursed.”

I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you, but He who sent Me is true; and the things which I heard from Him, these I speak to the world.”

I speak the things which I have seen with My Father; therefore you also do the things which you heard from your father.”

But as it is, you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God; this Abraham did not do.

Which one of you convicts Me of sin? If I speak truth, why do you not believe Me?

and said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which is translated, Sent). So he went away and washed, and came back seeing.

This figure of speech Jesus spoke to them, but they did not understand what those things were which He had been saying to them.

I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear My voice; and they will become one flock with one shepherd.

Jesus answered them, “I showed you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you stoning Me?”

But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them the things which Jesus had done.

But He was saying this to indicate the kind of death by which He was to die.

This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet which he spoke: “Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”

Then He *poured water into the basin, and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded.

The disciples began looking at one another, at a loss to know of which one He was speaking.

He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s who sent Me.

You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.

If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and hated Me and My Father as well.

I glorified You on the earth, having accomplished the work which You have given Me to do.

Now, Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.

for the words which You gave Me I have given to them; and they received them and truly understood that I came forth from You, and they believed that You sent Me.

I am no longer in the world; and yet they themselves are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, that they may be one even as We are.

While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name which You have given Me; and I guarded them and not one of them perished but the son of perdition, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.

The glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one;

Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.

and I have made Your name known to them, and will make it known, so that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”

When Jesus had spoken these words, He went forth with His disciples over the ravine of the Kidron, where there was a garden, in which He entered with His disciples.

to fulfill the word which He spoke, “Of those whom You have given Me I lost not one.”

So Jesus said to Peter, “Put the sword into the sheath; the cup which the Father has given Me, shall I not drink it?”

to fulfill the word of Jesus which He spoke, signifying by what kind of death He was about to die.

They took Jesus, therefore, and He went out, bearing His own cross, to the place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha.

Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid.

and the face-cloth which had been on His head, not lying with the linen wrappings, but rolled up in a place by itself.

Jesus *said to her, “Mary!” She turned and *said to Him in Hebrew, “Rabboni!” (which means, Teacher).

Therefore many other signs Jesus also performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book;

Jesus *said to them, “Bring some of the fish which you have now caught.”

And there are also many other things which Jesus did, which if they *were written in detail, I suppose that even the world itself *would not contain the books that *would be written.

Gathering them together, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised, “Which,” He said, “you heard of from Me;

He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority;

Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away.

“Brethren, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit foretold by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus.

And they prayed and said, “You, Lord, who know the hearts of all men, show which one of these two You have chosen

to occupy this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.”

And how is it that we each hear them in our own language to which we were born?

“Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man attested to you by God with miracles and wonders and signs which God performed through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know—

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

Therefore having been exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has poured forth this which you both see and hear.

And a man who had been lame from his mother’s womb was being carried along, whom they used to set down every day at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, in order to beg alms of those who were entering the temple.

but put to death the Prince of life, the one whom God raised from the dead, a fact to which we are witnesses.

And on the basis of faith in His name, it is the name of Jesus which has strengthened this man whom you see and know; and the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect health in the presence of you all.

But the things which God announced beforehand by the mouth of all the prophets, that His Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled.

whom heaven must receive until the period of restoration of all things about which God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time.

It is you who are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’

He is the stone which was rejected by you, the builders, but which became the chief corner stone.

And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.”

When they had threatened them further, they let them go (finding no basis on which to punish them) on account of the people, because they were all glorifying God for what had happened;

Now Joseph, a Levite of Cyprian birth, who was also called Barnabas by the apostles (which translated means Son of Encouragement),

But they were unable to cope with the wisdom and the Spirit with which he was speaking.

for we have heard him say that this Nazarene, Jesus, will destroy this place and alter the customs which Moses handed down to us.”

Then he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. From there, after his father died, God had him move to this country in which you are now living.

‘And whatever nation to which they will be in bondage I Myself will judge,’ said God, ‘and after that they will come out and serve Me in this place.’

From there they were removed to Shechem and laid in the tomb which Abraham had purchased for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

“But as the time of the promise was approaching which God had assured to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,

But the Lord said to him, ‘Take off the sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.

You also took along the tabernacle of Moloch and the star of the god Rompha, the images which you made to worship. I also will remove you beyond Babylon.’

“Our fathers had the tabernacle of testimony in the wilderness, just as He who spoke to Moses directed him to make it according to the pattern which he had seen.

‘Was it not My hand which made all these things?’

Which one of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They killed those who had previously announced the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become;

The crowds with one accord were giving attention to what was said by Philip, as they heard and saw the signs which he was performing.

Now the passage of Scripture which he was reading was this:
“He was led as a sheep to slaughter;
And as a lamb before its shearer is silent,
So He does not open His mouth.

So Ananias departed and entered the house, and after laying his hands on him said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road by which you were coming, has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

Now in Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which translated in Greek is called Dorcas); this woman was abounding with deeds of kindness and charity which she continually did.

Now while Peter was greatly perplexed in mind as to what the vision which he had seen might be, behold, the men who had been sent by Cornelius, having asked directions for Simon’s house, appeared at the gate;

Peter went down to the men and said, “Behold, I am the one you are looking for; what is the reason for which you have come?”

The word which He sent to the sons of Israel, preaching peace through Jesus Christ (He is Lord of all)—

you yourselves know the thing which took place throughout all Judea, starting from Galilee, after the baptism which John proclaimed.

And behold, at that moment three men appeared at the house in which we were staying, having been sent to me from Caesarea.

and he will speak words to you by which you will be saved, you and all your household.’

When they had passed the first and second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which opened for them by itself; and they went out and went along one street, and immediately the angel departed from him.

While they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

When He had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He distributed their land as an inheritance—all of which took about four hundred and fifty years.

For those who live in Jerusalem, and their rulers, recognizing neither Him nor the utterances of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled these by condemning Him.

and through Him everyone who believes is freed from all things, from which you could not be freed through the Law of Moses.

‘Behold, you scoffers, and marvel, and perish;
For I am accomplishing a work in your days,
A work which you will never believe, though someone should describe it to you.’”

From there they sailed to Antioch, from which they had been commended to the grace of God for the work that they had accomplished.