2 And when the day of Pentecost was now accomplishing, they were all together in one place.

² And there came suddenly a sound out of heaven as of a violent impetuous blowing, and filled all the house where they were sitting.

³ And there appeared to them parted tongues, as of fire, and it sat upon each one of them.

⁴ And they were all filled with [the] Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit gave to them to speak forth.

⁵ Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, pious men, from every nation of those under heaven.

⁶ But the rumour of this having spread, the multitude came together and were confounded, because each one heard them speaking in his own dialect.

⁷ And all were amazed and wondered, saying, Behold, are not all these who are speaking Galilaeans?

⁸ and how do *we* hear [them] each in our own dialect in which we have been born,

⁹ Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and those who inhabit Mesopotamia, and Judaea, and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,

¹⁰ both Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt, and the parts of Libya which adjoin Cyrene, and the Romans sojourning [here], both Jews and proselytes,

¹¹ Cretans and Arabians, we hear them speaking in our own tongues the great things of God?

¹² And they were all amazed and in perplexity, saying one to another, What would this mean?

¹³ But others mocking said, They are full of new wine.

¹⁴ But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice and spoke forth to them, Men of Judaea, and all ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give heed to my words:

¹⁵ for these are not full of wine, as *ye* suppose, for it is the third hour of the day;

¹⁶ but this is that which was spoken through the prophet Joel,

¹⁷ And it shall be in the last days, saith God, [that] I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your elders shall dream with dreams;

¹⁸ yea, even upon my bondmen and upon my bondwomen in those days will I pour out of my Spirit, and they shall prophesy.

¹⁹ And I will give wonders in the heaven above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:

²⁰ the sun shall be changed to darkness and the moon to blood, before the great and gloriously appearing day of [the] Lord come.

²¹ And it shall be that whosoever shall call upon the name of [the] Lord shall be saved.

²² Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus the Nazaraean, a man borne witness to by God to you by works of power and wonders and signs, which God wrought by him in your midst, as yourselves know

²³ —him, given up by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye, by [the] hand of lawless [men], have crucified and slain.

²⁴ Whom God has raised up, having loosed the pains of death, inasmuch as it was not possible that he should be held by its power;

²⁵ for David says as to him, I foresaw the Lord continually before me, because he is at my right hand that I may not be moved.

²⁶ Therefore has my heart rejoiced and my tongue exulted; yea more, my flesh also shall dwell in hope,

²⁷ for thou wilt not leave my soul in hades, nor wilt thou give thy gracious one to see corruption.

²⁸ Thou hast made known to me [the] paths of life, thou wilt fill me with joy with thy countenance.

²⁹ Brethren, let it be allowed to speak with freedom to you concerning the patriarch David, that he has both died and been buried, and his monument is amongst us unto this day.

³⁰ Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn to him with an oath, of the fruit of his loins to set upon his throne;

³¹ he, seeing [it] before, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that neither has he been left in hades nor his flesh seen corruption.

³² This Jesus has God raised up, whereof all *we* are witnesses.

³³ Having therefore been exalted by the right hand of God, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this which *ye* behold and hear.

³⁴ For David has not ascended into the heavens, but he says himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit at my right hand

³⁵ until I have put thine enemies [to be] the footstool of thy feet.

³⁶ Let the whole house of Israel therefore know assuredly that God has made him, this Jesus whom *ye* have crucified, both Lord and Christ.

³⁷ And having heard [it] they were pricked in heart, and said to Peter and the other apostles, What shall we do, brethren?

³⁸ And Peter said to them, Repent, and be baptised, each one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, for remission of sins, and ye will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

³⁹ For to you is the promise and to your children, and to all who [are] afar off, as many as [the] Lord our God may call.

⁴⁰ And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, Be saved from this perverse generation.

⁴¹ Those then who had accepted his word were baptised; and there were added in that day about three thousand souls.

⁴² And they persevered in the teaching and fellowship of the apostles, in breaking of bread and prayers.

⁴³ And fear was upon every soul, and many wonders and signs took place through the apostles' means.

⁴⁴ And all that believed were together, and had all things common,

⁴⁵ and sold their possessions and substance, and distributed them to all, according as any one might have need.

⁴⁶ And every day, being constantly in the temple with one accord, and breaking bread in [the] house, they received their food with gladness and simplicity of heart,

⁴⁷ praising God, and having favour with all the people; and the Lord added [to the assembly] daily those that were to be saved.

3 And Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, [which is] the ninth [hour];

² and a certain man who was lame from his mother's womb was being carried, whom they placed every day at the gate of the temple called Beautiful, to ask alms of those who were going into the temple;

³ who, seeing Peter and John about to enter into the temple, asked to receive alms.

⁴ And Peter, looking stedfastly upon him with John, said, Look on us.

⁵ And he gave heed to them, expecting to receive something from them.

⁶ But Peter said, Silver and gold I have not; but what I have, this give I to thee: In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazaraean rise up and walk.

⁷ And having taken hold of him [by] the right hand he raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones were made strong.

⁸ And leaping up he stood and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.

⁹ And all the people saw him walking and praising God;

¹⁰ and they recognised him, that it was *he* who sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

¹¹ And as he held Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the portico which is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.

¹² And Peter, seeing it, answered the people, Men of Israel, why are ye astonished at this? or why do ye gaze on us as if we had by our own power or piety made him to walk?

¹³ The God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus, whom *ye* delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when *he* had judged that he should be let go.

¹⁴ But *ye* denied the holy and righteous one, and asked that a man [that was] a murderer should be granted to you;

¹⁵ but the originator of life ye slew, whom God raised from among [the] dead, whereof *we* are witnesses.

¹⁶ And, by faith in his name, his name has made this [man] strong whom ye behold and know; and the faith which is by him has given him this complete soundness in the presence of you all.

¹⁷ And now, brethren, I know that ye did it in ignorance, as also your rulers;

¹⁸ but God has thus fulfilled what he had announced beforehand by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer.

¹⁹ Repent therefore and be converted, for the blotting out of your sins, so that times of refreshing may come from [the] presence of the Lord,

²⁰ and he may send Jesus Christ, who was foreordained for you,

²¹ whom heaven indeed must receive till [the] times of [the] restoring of all things, of which God has spoken by the mouth of his holy prophets since time began.

²² Moses indeed said, A prophet shall [the] Lord your God raise up to you out of your brethren like me: him shall ye hear in everything whatsoever he shall say to you.

²³ And it shall be that whatsoever soul shall not hear that prophet shall be destroyed from among the people.

²⁴ And indeed all the prophets from Samuel and those in succession after [him], as many as have spoken, have announced also these days.

²⁵ *Ye* are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God appointed to our fathers, saying to Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

²⁶ To you first God, having raised up his servant, has sent him, blessing you in turning each one [of you] from your wickedness.

4 And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,

² being distressed on account of their teaching the people and preaching by Jesus the resurrection from among [the] dead;

³ and they laid hands on them, and put them in ward till the morrow; for it was already evening.

⁴ But many of those who had heard the word believed; and the number of the men had become [about] five thousand.

⁵ And it came to pass on the morrow that their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together at Jerusalem,

⁶ and Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of [the] high priestly family;

⁷ and having placed them in the midst they inquired, In what power or in what name have *ye* done this?

⁸ Then Peter, filled with [the] Holy Spirit, said to them, Rulers of the people and elders [of Israel],

⁹ if *we* this day are called upon to answer as to the good deed [done] to the infirm man, how *he* has been healed,

¹⁰ be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazaraean, whom *ye* have crucified, whom God has raised from among [the] dead, by *him* this [man] stands here before you sound [in body].

¹¹ *He* is the stone which has been set at nought by you the builders, which is become the corner stone.

¹² And salvation is in none other, for neither is there another name under heaven which is given among men by which we must be saved.

¹³ But seeing the boldness of Peter and John, and perceiving that they were unlettered and uninstructed men, they wondered; and they recognised them that they were with Jesus.

¹⁴ And beholding the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to reply;

¹⁵ but having commanded them to go out of the council they conferred with one another,

¹⁶ saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed an evident sign has come to pass through their means is manifest to all that inhabit Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.

¹⁷ But that it be not further spread among the people, let us threaten them severely no longer to speak to any man in this name.

¹⁸ And having called them, they charged [them] not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.

¹⁹ But Peter and John answering said to them, If it be righteous before God to listen to you rather than to God, judge ye;

²⁰ for as for us *we* cannot refrain from speaking of the things which we have seen and heard.

²¹ But they, having further threatened them, let them go, finding no way how they might punish them, on account of the people, because all glorified God for what had taken place;

²² for the man on whom this sign of healing had taken place was above forty years old.

²³ And having been let go, they came to their own [company], and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them.

²⁴ And they, having heard [it], lifted up [their] voice with one accord to God, and said, Lord, *thou* art the God who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that is in them;

²⁵ who hast said by the mouth of thy servant David, Why have [the] nations raged haughtily and [the] peoples meditated vain things?

²⁶ The kings of the earth were there, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against his Christ.

²⁷ For in truth against thy holy servant Jesus, whom thou hadst anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with [the] nations, and peoples of Israel, have been gathered together in this city

²⁸ to do whatever thy hand and thy counsel had determined before should come to pass.

²⁹ And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings, and give to thy bondmen with all boldness to speak thy word,

³⁰ in that thou stretchest out thy hand to heal, and that signs and wonders take place through the name of thy holy servant Jesus.

³¹ And when they had prayed, the place in which they were assembled shook, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and spoke the word of God with boldness.

³² And the heart and soul of the multitude of those that had believed were one, and not one said that anything of what he possessed was his own, but all things were common to them;

³³ and with great power did the apostles give witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all.

³⁴ For neither was there any one in want among them; for as many as were owners of lands or houses, selling them, brought the price of what was sold

³⁵ and laid it at the feet of the apostles; and distribution was made to each according as any one might have need.

³⁶ And Joseph, who had been surnamed Barnabas by the apostles (which is, being interpreted, Son of consolation), a Levite, Cyprian by birth,

³⁷ being possessed of land, having sold [it], brought the money and laid it at the feet of the apostles.

5 But a certain man, Ananias by name, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,

² and put aside for himself part of the price, [his] wife also being privy to it; and having brought a certain part, laid it at the feet of the apostles.

³ But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled thy heart that thou shouldest lie to the Holy Spirit, and put aside for thyself a part of the price of the estate?

⁴ While it remained did it not remain to *thee*? and sold, was [it not] in thine own power? Why is it that thou hast purposed this thing in thine heart? Thou hast not lied to men, but to God.

⁵ And Ananias, hearing these words, fell down and expired. And great fear came upon all who heard [it].

⁶ And the young men, rising up, swathed him up for burial, and having carried him out, buried him.

⁷ And it came to pass about three hours afterwards, that his wife, not knowing what had happened, came in.

⁸ And Peter answered her, Tell me if ye gave the estate for so much? And she said, Yes, for so much.

⁹ And Peter said to her, Why [is it] that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of [the] Lord? Lo, the feet of those that have buried thy husband [are] at the door, and they shall carry thee out.

¹⁰ And she fell down immediately at his feet and expired. And when the young men came in they found her dead; and, having carried her out, they buried her by her husband.

¹¹ And great fear came upon all the assembly, and upon all who heard these things.

¹² And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders done among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch,

¹³ but of the rest durst no man join them, but the people magnified them;

¹⁴ and believers were more than ever added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women;)

¹⁵ so that they brought out the sick into the streets and put [them] on beds and couches, that at least the shadow of Peter, when he came, might overshadow some one of them.

¹⁶ And the multitude also of the cities round about came together to Jerusalem, bringing sick persons and persons beset by unclean spirits, who were all healed.

¹⁷ And the high priest rising up, and all they that were with him, which is the sect of the Sadducees, were filled with wrath,

¹⁸ and laid hands on the apostles and put them in the public prison.

¹⁹ But an angel of [the] Lord during the night opened the doors of the prison, and leading them out, said,

²⁰ Go ye and stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.

²¹ And when they heard it, they entered very early into the temple and taught. And when the high priest was come, and they that were with him, they called together the council and all the elderhood of the sons of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

²² And when the officers were come, they did not find them in the prison; and returned and reported

²³ saying, We found the prison shut with all security, and the keepers standing at the doors; but when we had opened [them], within we found no one.

²⁴ And when they heard these words, both the priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests were in perplexity as to them, what this would come to.

²⁵ And some one coming reported to them, Lo, the men whom ye put in the prison are in the temple, standing and teaching the people.

²⁶ Then the captain, having gone with the officers, brought them, not with violence, for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned.

²⁷ And they bring them and set them in the council. And the high priest asked them,

²⁸ saying, We strictly enjoined you not to teach in this name: and lo, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and purpose to bring upon us the blood of this man.

²⁹ But Peter answering, and the apostles, said, God must be obeyed rather than men.

³⁰ The God of our fathers has raised up Jesus, whom *ye* have slain, having hanged on a cross.

³¹ Him has God exalted by his right hand as leader and saviour, to give repentance to Israel and remission of sins.

³² And *we* are [his] witnesses of these things, and the Holy Spirit also, which God has given to those that obey him.

³³ But they, when they heard [these things], were cut to the heart, and took counsel to kill them.

³⁴ But a certain [man], a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, held in honour of all the people, rose up in the council, and commanded to put the men out for a short while,

³⁵ and said to them, Men of Israel, take heed to yourselves as regards these men what ye are going to do;

³⁶ for before these days Theudas rose up, alleging himself to be somebody, to whom a number of men, about four hundred, were joined; who was slain, and all, as many as obeyed him, were dispersed and came to nothing.

³⁷ After him rose Judas the Galilean in the days of the census, and drew away [a number of] people after him; and *he* perished, and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered abroad.

³⁸ And now I say to you, Withdraw from these men and let them alone, for if this counsel or this work have its origin from men, it will be destroyed;

³⁹ but if it be from God, ye will not be able to put them down, lest ye be found also fighters against God.

⁴⁰ And they listened to his advice; and having called the apostles, they beat them, and enjoined them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and dismissed them.

⁴¹ They therefore went their way from [the] presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to be dishonoured for the name.

⁴² And every day, in the temple and in the houses, they ceased not teaching and announcing the glad tidings that Jesus [was] the Christ.

6 But in those days, the disciples multiplying in number, there arose a murmuring of the Hellenists against the Hebrews because their widows were overlooked in the daily ministration.

² And the twelve, having called the multitude of the disciples to [them], said, It is not right that we, leaving the word of God, should serve tables.

³ Look out therefore, brethren, from among yourselves seven men, well reported of, full of [the] [Holy] Spirit and wisdom, whom we will establish over this business:

⁴ but *we* will give ourselves up to prayer and the ministry of the word.

⁵ And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and [the] Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte of Antioch,

⁶ whom they set before the apostles; and, having prayed, they laid their hands on them.

⁷ And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem was very greatly multiplied, and a great crowd of the priests obeyed the faith.

⁸ And Stephen, full of grace and power, wrought wonders and great signs among the people.

⁹ And there arose up certain of those of the synagogue called of freedmen, and of Cyrenians, and of Alexandrians, and of those of Cilicia and Asia, disputing with Stephen.

¹⁰ And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.

¹¹ Then they suborned men, saying, We have heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God.

¹² And they roused the people, and the elders, and the scribes. And coming upon [him] they seized him and brought [him] to the council.

¹³ And they set false witnesses, saying, This man does not cease speaking words against the holy place and the law;

¹⁴ for we have heard him saying, This Jesus the Nazaraean shall destroy this place, and change the customs which Moses taught us.

¹⁵ And all who sat in the council, looking fixedly on him, saw his face as [the] face of an angel.

7 And the high priest said, Are these things then so?

² And he said, Brethren and fathers, hearken. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,

³ and said to him, Go out of thy land and out of thy kindred, and come into the land which I will shew thee.

⁴ Then going out of the land of the Chaldeans he dwelt in Charran, and thence, after his father died, he removed him into this land in which *ye* now dwell.

⁵ And he did not give him an inheritance in it, not even what his foot could stand on; and promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when he had no child.

⁶ And God spoke thus: His seed shall be a sojourner in a strange land, and they shall enslave them and evil entreat [them] four hundred years;

⁷ and the nation to which they shall be in bondage will *I* judge, said God; and after these things they shall come forth and serve me in this place.

⁸ And he gave to him [the] covenant of circumcision; and thus he begat Isaac and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.

⁹ And the patriarchs, envying Joseph, sold him away into Egypt. And God was with him,

¹⁰ and delivered him out of all his tribulations, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he appointed him chief over Egypt and all his house.

¹¹ But a famine came upon all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great distress, and our fathers found no food.

¹² But Jacob, having heard of there being corn in Egypt, sent out our fathers first;

¹³ and the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren, and the family of Joseph became known to Pharaoh.

¹⁴ And Joseph sent and called down to him his father Jacob and all [his] kindred, seventy-five souls.

¹⁵ And Jacob went down into Egypt and died, he and our fathers,

¹⁶ and were carried over to Sychem and placed in the sepulchre which Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the [father] of Sychem.

¹⁷ But as the time of promise drew near which God had promised to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,

¹⁸ until another king over Egypt arose who did not know Joseph.

¹⁹ *He* dealt subtilly with our race, and evil entreated the fathers, casting out their infants that they might not live.

²⁰ In which time Moses was born, and was exceedingly lovely, who was nourished three months in the house of his father.

²¹ And when he was cast out, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up, and brought him up for herself [to be] for a son.

²² And Moses was instructed in all [the] wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was mighty in his words and deeds.

²³ 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;

²⁴ and seeing a certain one wronged, he defended [him], and avenged him that was being oppressed, smiting the Egyptian.

²⁵ For he thought that his brethren would understand that God by his hand was giving them deliverance. But they understood not.

²⁶ And on the morrow he shewed himself to them as they were contending, and compelled them to peace, saying, *Ye* are brethren, why do ye wrong one another?

²⁷ But he that was wronging his neighbour thrust him away, saying, Who established thee ruler and judge over us?

²⁸ Dost *thou* wish to kill me as thou killedst the Egyptian yesterday?

²⁹ And Moses fled at this saying, and became a sojourner in the land of Madiam, where he begat two sons.

³⁰ And when forty years were fulfilled, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai, in a flame of fire of a bush.

³¹ And Moses seeing it wondered at the vision; and as he went up to consider it, there was a voice of [the] Lord,

³² *I* am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob. And Moses trembled, and durst not consider [it].

³³ And the Lord said to him, Loose the sandal of thy feet, for the place on which thou standest is holy ground.

³⁴ I have surely seen the ill treatment of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groan, and have come down to take them out of it; and now, come, I will send thee to Egypt.

³⁵ This Moses, whom they refused, saying, Who made thee ruler and judge? him did God send [to be] a ruler and deliverer with the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

³⁶ *He* led them out, having wrought wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

³⁷ This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, A prophet shall God raise up to you out of your brethren like me [him shall ye hear].

³⁸ This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the angel who spoke to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers; who received living oracles to give to us;

³⁹ to whom our fathers would not be subject, but thrust [him] from them, and in their hearts turned back to Egypt,

⁴⁰ saying to Aaron, Make us gods who shall go before us; for this Moses, who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what has happened to him.

⁴¹ And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.

⁴² But God turned and delivered them up to serve the host of heaven; as it is written in [the] book of the prophets, Have ye offered me victims and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

⁴³ Yea, ye took up the tent of Moloch, and the star of [your] god Remphan, the forms which ye made to do homage to them; and I will transport you beyond Babylon.

⁴⁴ Our fathers had the tent of the testimony in the wilderness, as he that spoke to Moses commanded to make it according to the model which he had seen;

⁴⁵ which also our fathers, receiving from their predecessors, brought in with Joshua when they entered into possession of [the lands of] the nations, whom God drove out from [the] face of our fathers, until the days of David;

⁴⁶ who found favour before God, and asked to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob;

⁴⁷ but Solomon built him a house.

⁴⁸ But the Most High dwells not in [places] made with hands; as says the prophet,

⁴⁹ The heaven [is] my throne and the earth the footstool of my feet: what house will ye build me? saith [the] Lord, or where [is the] place of my rest?

⁵⁰ has not my hand made all these things?

⁵¹ O stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, *ye* do always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers, *ye* also.

⁵² Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain those who announced beforehand concerning the coming of the Just One, of whom *ye* have now become deliverers up and murderers!

⁵³ who have received the law as ordained by [the] ministry of angels, and have not kept [it].

⁵⁴ And hearing these things they were cut to the heart, and gnashed their teeth against him.

⁵⁵ But being full of [the] Holy Spirit, having fixed his eyes on heaven, he saw [the] glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God,

⁵⁶ and said, Lo, I behold the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God.

⁵⁷ And they cried out with a loud voice, and held their ears, and rushed upon him with one accord;

⁵⁸ and having cast [him] out of the city, they stoned [him]. And the witnesses laid aside their clothes at the feet of a young man called Saul.

⁵⁹ And they stoned Stephen, praying, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

⁶⁰ And kneeling down, he cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And having said this, he fell asleep.

8 And Saul was consenting to his being killed. And on that day there arose a great persecution against the assembly which was in Jerusalem, and all were scattered into the countries of Judaea and Samaria except the apostles.

² And pious men buried Stephen and made great lamentation over him.

³ But Saul ravaged the assembly, entering into the houses one after another, and dragging off both men and women delivered them up to prison.

⁴ Those then that had been scattered went through [the countries] announcing the glad tidings of the word.

⁵ And Philip, going down to a city of Samaria, preached the Christ to them;

⁶ and the crowds with one accord gave heed to the things spoken by Philip, when they heard [him] and saw the signs which he wrought.

⁷ For from many who had unclean spirits they went out, crying with a loud voice; and many that were paralysed and lame were healed.

⁸ And there was great joy in that city.

⁹ But a certain man, by name Simon, had been before in the city, using magic arts, and astonishing the nation of Samaria, saying that himself was some great one.

¹⁰ To whom they had all given heed, from small to great, saying, This is the power of God which is called great.

¹¹ And they gave heed to him, because that for a long time he had astonished them by his magic arts.

¹² But when they believed Philip announcing the glad tidings concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptised, both men and women.

¹³ And Simon also himself believed; and, having been baptised, continued constantly with Philip; and, beholding the signs and great works of power which took place, was astonished.

¹⁴ And the apostles who were in Jerusalem, having heard that Samaria had received the word of God, sent to them Peter and John;

¹⁵ who, having come down, prayed for them that they might receive [the] Holy Spirit;

¹⁶ for he was not yet fallen upon any of them, only they were baptised to the name of the Lord Jesus.

¹⁷ Then they laid their hands upon them, and they received [the] Holy Spirit.

¹⁸ But Simon, having seen that by the laying on of the hands of the apostles the [Holy] Spirit was given, offered them money,

¹⁹ saying, Give to me also this power, in order that on whomsoever I may lay hands he may receive [the] Holy Spirit.

²⁰ And Peter said to him, Thy money go with thee to destruction, because thou hast thought that the gift of God can be obtained by money.

²¹ Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter, for thy heart is not upright before God.

²² Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and supplicate the Lord, if indeed the thought of thy heart may be forgiven thee;

²³ for I see thee to be in the gall of bitterness, and bond of unrighteousness.

²⁴ And Simon answering said, Supplicate *ye* for me to the Lord, so that nothing may come upon me of the things of which ye have spoken.

²⁵ They therefore, having testified and spoken the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and announced the glad tidings to many villages of the Samaritans.

²⁶ But [the] angel of [the] Lord spoke to Philip, saying, Rise up and go southward on the way which goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza: the same is desert.

²⁷ And he rose up and went. And lo, an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a man in power under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to worship at Jerusalem,

²⁸ was returning and sitting in his chariot: and he was reading the prophet Esaias.

²⁹ And the Spirit said to Philip, Approach and join this chariot.

³⁰ And Philip, running up, heard him reading the prophet Esaias, and said, Dost thou then know what thou art reading of?

³¹ And he said, How should I then be able unless some one guide me? And he begged Philip to come up and sit with him.

³² And the passage of the scripture which he read was this: He was led as a sheep to slaughter, and as a lamb is dumb in presence of him that shears him, thus he opens not his mouth.

³³ In his humiliation his judgment has been taken away, and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.

³⁴ And the eunuch answering Philip said, I pray thee, concerning whom does the prophet say this? of himself or of some other?

³⁵ And Philip, opening his mouth and beginning from that scripture, announced the glad tidings of Jesus to him.

³⁶ And as they went along the way, they came upon a certain water, and the eunuch says, Behold water; what hinders my being baptised?

³⁸ And he commanded the chariot to stop. And they went down both to the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptised him.

³⁹ But when they came up out of the water [the] Spirit of [the] Lord caught away Philip, and the eunuch saw him no longer, for he went on his way rejoicing.

⁴⁰ And Philip was found at Azotus, and passing through he announced the glad tidings to all the cities till he came to Caesarea.

9 But Saul, still breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, came to the high priest

² and asked of him letters to Damascus, to the synagogues, so that if he found any who were of the way, both men and women, he might bring [them] bound to Jerusalem.

³ But as he was journeying, it came to pass that he drew near to Damascus; and suddenly there shone round about him a light out of heaven,

⁴ and falling on the earth he heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why dost thou persecute me?

⁵ And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And he [said], *I* am Jesus, whom *thou* persecutest.

⁶ But rise up and enter into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.

⁷ But the men who were travelling with him stood speechless, hearing the voice but beholding no one.

⁸ And Saul rose up from the earth, and his eyes being opened he saw no one. But leading [him] by the hand they brought him into Damascus.

⁹ And he was three days without seeing, and neither ate nor drank.

¹⁰ And there was a certain disciple in Damascus by name Ananias. And the Lord said to him in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, [here am] I, Lord.

¹¹ And the Lord [said] to him, Rise up and go into the street which is called Straight, and seek in the house of Judas one by name Saul, [he is] of Tarsus: for, behold, he is praying,

¹² and has seen [in a vision] a man by name Ananias coming in and putting his hand on him, so that he should see.

¹³ And Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard from many concerning this man how much evil he has done to thy saints at Jerusalem;

¹⁴ and here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call upon thy name.

¹⁵ And the Lord said to him, Go, for this [man] is an elect vessel to me, to bear my name before both nations and kings and [the] sons of Israel:

¹⁶ for *I* will shew to him how much he must suffer for my name.

¹⁷ 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.

¹⁸ And straightway there fell from his eyes as it were scales, and he saw, and rising up was baptised;

¹⁹ and, having received food, got strength. And he was with the disciples who [were] in Damascus certain days.

²⁰ And straightway in the synagogues he preached Jesus that *he* is the Son of God.

²¹ And all who heard were astonished and said, Is not this *he* who destroyed in Jerusalem those who called on this name, and here was come for this purpose, that he might bring them bound to the chief priests?

²² But Saul increased the more in power, and confounded the Jews who dwelt in Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.

²³ Now when many days were fulfilled, the Jews consulted together to kill him.

²⁴ But their plot became known to Saul. And they watched also the gates both day and night, that they might kill him;

²⁵ but the disciples took him by night and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket.

²⁶ And having arrived at Jerusalem he essayed to join himself to the disciples, and all were afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.

²⁷ But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles, and related to them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken boldly in the name of Jesus.

²⁸ And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem,

²⁹ and speaking boldly in the name of the Lord. And he spoke and discussed with the Hellenists; but they sought to kill him.

³⁰ And the brethren knowing it, brought him down to Caesarea and sent him away to Tarsus.

³¹ The assemblies then throughout the whole of Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, being edified and walking in the fear of the Lord, and were increased through the comfort of the Holy Spirit.

³² Now it came to pass that Peter, passing through all [quarters], descended also to the saints who inhabited Lydda.

³³ And he found there a certain man, Aeneas by name, who had been lying for eight years upon a couch, who was paralysed.

³⁴ And Peter said to him, Aeneas, Jesus, the Christ, heals thee: rise up, and make thy couch for thyself. And straightway he rose up.

³⁵ And all who inhabited Lydda and the Saron saw him, who turned to the Lord.

³⁶ And in Joppa there was a certain female disciple, by name Tabitha, which being interpreted means Dorcas. She was full of good works and alms-deeds which she did.

³⁷ And it came to pass in those days that she grew sick and died; and, having washed her, they put her in [the] upper room.

³⁸ But Lydda being near to Joppa, the disciples having heard that Peter was there, sent two men to him, beseeching him, Thou must not delay coming to us.

³⁹ And Peter rising up went with them, whom, when arrived, they brought up into the upper chamber; and all the widows stood by him weeping and shewing him the body-coats and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them.

⁴⁰ But Peter, putting them all out, and kneeling down, prayed. And, turning to the body, he said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes, and, seeing Peter, sat up.

⁴¹ And having given her [his] hand, he raised her up, and having called the saints and the widows, presented her living.

⁴² And it became known throughout the whole of Joppa, and many believed on the Lord.

⁴³ And it came to pass that he remained many days in Joppa with a certain Simon, a tanner.

10 But a certain man in Caesarea,—by name Cornelius, a centurion of the band called Italic,

² pious, and fearing God with all his house, [both] giving much alms to the people, and supplicating God continually,

³ —saw plainly in a vision, about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God coming unto him, and saying to him, Cornelius.

⁴ But he, having fixed his eyes upon him, and become full of fear, said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Thy prayers and thine alms have gone up for a memorial before God.

⁵ And now send men to Joppa and fetch Simon, who is surnamed Peter.

⁶ He lodges with a certain Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the sea.

⁷ And when the angel who was speaking to him had departed, having called two of his household and a pious soldier of those who were constantly with him,

⁸ and related all things to them, he sent them to Joppa.

⁹ And on the morrow, as these were journeying and drawing near to the city, Peter went up on the house to pray, about the sixth hour.

¹⁰ And he became hungry and desired to eat. But as they were making ready an ecstasy came upon him:

¹¹ and he beholds the heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending, as a great sheet, [bound] by [the] four corners [and] let down to the earth;

¹² in which were all the quadrupeds and creeping things of the earth, and the fowls of the heaven.

¹³ And there was a voice to him, Rise, Peter, slay and eat.

¹⁴ And Peter said, In no wise, Lord; for I have never eaten anything common or unclean.

¹⁵ And [there was] a voice again the second time to him, What God has cleansed, do not *thou* make common.

¹⁶ And this took place thrice, and the vessel was straightway taken up into heaven.

¹⁷ And as Peter doubted in himself what the vision which he had seen might mean, behold also the men who were sent by Cornelius, having sought out the house of Simon, stood at the gate,

¹⁸ and having called [some one], they inquired if Simon who was surnamed Peter was lodged there.

¹⁹ But as Peter continued pondering over the vision, the Spirit said to him, Behold, three men seek thee;

²⁰ but rise up, go down, and go with them, nothing doubting, because *I* have sent them.

²¹ And Peter going down to the men said, Behold, *I* am he whom ye seek: what is the cause for which ye come?

²² And they said, Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous man, and fearing God, and borne witness to by the whole nation of the Jews, has been divinely instructed by a holy angel to send for thee to his house, and hear words from thee.

²³ Having therefore invited them in, he lodged them. And on the morrow, rising up he went away with them, and certain of the brethren from Joppa went with him.

²⁴ And on the morrow they came to Caesarea. But Cornelius was looking for them, having called together his kinsmen and [his] intimate friends.

²⁵ And when Peter was now coming in, Cornelius met him, and falling down did [him] homage.

²⁶ But Peter made him rise, saying, Rise up: *I* myself also am a man.

²⁷ And he went in, talking with him, and found many gathered together.

²⁸ And he said to them, *Ye* know how it is unlawful for a Jew to be joined or come to one of a strange race, and to *me* God has shewn to call no man common or unclean.

²⁹ Wherefore also, having been sent for, I came without saying anything against it. I inquire therefore for what reason ye have sent for me.

³⁰ And Cornelius said, Four days ago I had been [fasting] unto this hour, and the ninth [I was] praying in my house, and lo, a man stood before me in bright clothing,

³¹ and said, Cornelius, thy prayer has been heard, and thy alms have come in remembrance before God.

³² Send therefore to Joppa and fetch Simon, who is surnamed Peter; he lodges in the house of Simon, a tanner, by the sea [who when he is come will speak to thee].

³³ Immediately therefore I sent to thee, and *thou* hast well done in coming. Now therefore *we* are all present before God to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.

³⁴ And Peter opening his mouth said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons,

³⁵ but in every nation he that fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him.

³⁶ The word which he sent to the sons of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ, (*he* is Lord of all things,)

³⁷ *ye* know; the testimony which has spread through the whole of Judaea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism which John preached—

³⁸ Jesus who [was] of Nazareth: how God anointed him with [the] Holy Spirit and with power; who went through [all quarters] doing good, and healing all that were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.

³⁹ *We* also [are] witnesses of all things which he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem; whom they also slew, having hanged him on a cross.

⁴⁰ This [man] God raised up the third day and gave him to be openly seen,

⁴¹ not of all the people, but of witnesses who were chosen before of God, *us* who have eaten and drunk with him after he arose from among [the] dead.

⁴² And he commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that *he* it is who was determinately appointed of God [to be] judge of living and dead.

⁴³ To him all the prophets bear witness that every one that believes on him will receive through his name remission of sins.

⁴⁴ While Peter was yet speaking these words the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who were hearing the word.

⁴⁵ 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:

⁴⁶ for they heard them speaking with tongues and magnifying God. Then Peter answered,

⁴⁷ Can any one forbid water that these should not be baptised, who have received the Holy Spirit as we also [did]?

⁴⁸ And he commanded them to be baptised in the name of the Lord. Then they begged him to stay some days.