down to the day when, after issuing his orders by the holy Spirit to the disciples whom he had chosen, he was taken up to heaven.

Now when they met, they asked him, "Lord, is this the time you are going to restore the Realm to Israel?"

You will receive power when the holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses at Jerusalem, throughout all Judaea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."

from the baptism of John down to the day when he was taken up from us ??of these men one must join us as a witness to his resurrection."

when suddenly there came a sound from heaven like a violent blast of wind, which filled the whole house where they were seated.

So when this sound was heard, the multitude gathered in bewilderment, for each heard them speaking in his own language.

so he spoke with a prevision of the resurrection of the Christ, when he said that he was not forsaken in the grave nor did his flesh suffer decay.

When they heard this, it went straight to their hearts; they said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brothers, what are we to do?"

when a man lame from birth was carried past, who used to be laid every day at what was called the 'Beautiful Gate' of the temple, to ask alms from those who entered the temple.

When he noticed that Peter and John meant to go into the temple, he asked them for alms.

When all the people saw him walking and praising God,

and when they recognized this was the very man who used to sit and beg at the Gate Beautiful, they were lost in awe and amazement at what had happened to him.

But when Peter saw this, he said to the people, "Men of Israel, why are you surprised at this? Why do you stare at us, as if we had made him walk by any power or piety of ours?

Now you are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God made with your fathers when he said to Abraham, all families on earth shall be blessed in your offspring.

when thy hand is stretched out to heal and to perform miracles and wonders by the name of thy holy Servant Jesus."

When it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And even after the sale, was the money not yours to do as you pleased about it? How could you think of doing a thing like this? You have not defrauded men but God."

When Ananias heard this, he fell down and expired. (Great awe came over all who heard of it.)

In fact, invalids were actually carried into the streets and laid on beds and mattresses, so that, when Peter passed, his shadow at anyrate might fall on one or other of them.

But as the attendants did not find them when they got to the prison, they came back to report,

When they heard this, they were so furious that they determined to make away with the apostles.

During these days, when the disciples were increasing in number, the Hellenists began to complain against the Hebrews, on the ground that their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.

"Listen, brothers and fathers," said Stephen. "The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was still in Mesopotamia, before ever he stayed in Haran,

and Jacob went south to Egypt. When he and our ancestors died,

When he had completed his fortieth year, it occurred to him to visit his brothers, the sons of Israel.

When Moses saw this, he marvelled at the sight; and as he went up to look at it, the voice of the Lord said,

The Moses they refused, when they said, 'Who made you ruler and umpire?' ??that was the very man whom God sent to rule and to redeem them, by aid of the angel who had appeared to him in the bush.

When they heard this, they were furious and gnashed their teeth at him.

But when they believed Philip, who preached the gospel of the Reign of God and the name of Jesus, they had themselves baptized, both men and women;

When the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they despatched Peter and John,

When Philip ran up, he heard him reading the prophet Isaiah. "Do you really understand what you are reading?"

When they came up from the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away, and the eunuch lost sight of him. He went on his way rejoicing,

he also held conversations and debates with the Hellenists. But when the brothers learned that the Hellenists were attempting to make away with him,

When the disciples heard that Peter was at Lydda (for Joppa is not far from Lydda), they sent two men to beg him to "Come on to us without delay."

So Peter got up and went with them. When he arrived, they took him up to the room, where all the widows stood beside him crying as they showed him the garments and dresses that Dorcas used to make when she was with them.

When the angel who spoke to him had left, he called two of his menservants and a religiously minded soldier who belonged to his personal retinue,

Next day they were still on the road and not far from the town, when Peter went up to the roof of the house about noon to pray.

Peter was just going into the house when Cornelius met him, fell at his feet, and worshipped him;

and so I have come without any demur when I was sent for. Now I want to know why you sent for me?"

"Three days ago," said Cornelius, "at this very hour I was praying in my house at three o'clock in the afternoon, when a man stood before me in shining dress,

You know the message he sent to the sons of Israel when he preached the gospel of peace by Jesus Christ (who is Lord of all);

when he enjoined us to preach to the People, testifying that this was he whom God has appointed to be judge of the living and of the dead.

So when Peter came up to Jerusalem, the circumcision party fell foul of him.

and when I looked steadily at it, I noted the quadrupeds of the earth, the wild beasts, the creeping things and the wild birds.

Well then, if God has given them exactly the same gift as he gave us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I ??how could I try to thwart God?"

When he came and saw the grace of God he rejoiced, and encouraged them all to hold by the Lord with heartfelt purpose

and when he saw this pleased the Jews, he went on to seize Peter. (This was during the days of unleavened bread.)

When they had passed the first guard and the second they came to the iron gate leading into the city, which opened to them of its own accord; they passed out, and after they had gone through one street, the angel immediately left him.

When he grasped the situation, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John who was surnamed Mark, where a number had met for prayer.

When he knocked at the door of the porch, a maidservant called Rhoda came to answer it;

But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door they were amazed to see him.

Now when day broke there was a great commotion among the soldiers over what could have become of Peter.

Then the proconsul believed, when he saw what had happened; he was astounded at the doctrine of the Lord.

has been fulfilled by God for us their children, when he raised Jesus. As it is written in the second psalm, thou art my son, to-day have I become thy father.

But when the Jews saw the crowds they were filled with jealousy; they began to contradict what Paul said and to abuse him.

When the Gentiles heard this they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord and believed, that is, all who had been ordained to eternal life;

But, when the Gentiles and Jews along with their rulers made a hostile movement to insult and stone them,

Now when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language, "The gods have come down to us in human form!"

But when the apostles, Paul and Barnabas, heard this they rent their clothes and sprang out among the crowd,

When they had finished speaking, James spoke. "Brothers," he said, "listen to me.

When the messengers were despatched, they went down to Antioch and after gathering the whole body they handed them the letter.

when they got as far as Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not allow them,

When she was baptized, along with her household, she begged us, saying, "If you are convinced I am a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house." She compelled us to come.

But when her owners saw their chance of profit was gone, they caught hold of Paul and Silas and dragged them before the magistrates in the forum.

When the jailer started from his sleep and saw the prison-doors open, he drew his sword and was on the point of killing himself, supposing the prisoners had made their escape;

When day broke, the praetors sent the lictors with the message, "Release these men."

Both the crowd and the politarchs were disturbed when they heard this;

Then the brothers at once sent off Paul and Silas by night to Beroea. When they arrived there, they betook themselves to the Jewish synagogue,

But when the Jews of Thessalonica heard that Paul was proclaiming the word of God at Beroea as well, they came to create a disturbance and a riot among the crowds at Beroea too.

But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia the Jews without exception rose against Paul and brought him up before the tribunal,

Paul was just on the point of opening his lips to reply, when Gallio said to the Jews, "If it had been a misdemeanour or wicked crime, there would be some reason in me listening to you,O Jews.

When they reached Ephesus, Paul left them there. He went to the synagogue and argued with the Jews,

In the synagogue he was very outspoken at first; but when Aquila and Priscilla listened to him, they took him home and explained more accurately to him what the Way of God really meant.

It was when Apollos was in Corinth that Paul, after passing through the inland districts, came down to Ephesus. There he found some disciples,

whom he asked, "Did you receive the holy Spirit when you believed?" "No," they said, "we never even heard of its existence."

When they heard this, they had themselves baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus,

When they heard this they were filled with rage and raised the cry, "Great is Artemis of Ephesus!"

but when they discovered he was a Jew, a roar broke from them all, and for about two hours they shouted, "Great is Artemis of Ephesus! Great is Artemis of Ephesus!"

When the tumult had ceased, Paul sent for the disciples and encouraged them; he then took leave of them and went his way to Macedonia.

So when he met us at Assos, we took him on board and got to Mitylene.

When they came to him, he said, "You know quite well how I lived among you all the time ever since I set foot in Asia,

I know that when I am gone, fierce wolves will get in among you, and they will not spare the flock; yes.

When we had torn ourselves away from them and set sail, we made a straight run to Cos, next day to Rhodes, and thence to Patara;

but, when our time was up, we started on our journey, escorted by them, women and children and all, till we got outside the town. Then, kneeling on the beach, we prayed

Now when we heard this, we and the local disciples besought Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.

They glorified God when they heard it. Then they said to him, "Brother, you see how many thousands of believers there are among the Jews, all of them ardent upholders of the Law.

Then Paul associated himself with the men next day; he had himself purified along with them and went into the temple to give notice of the time when the days of purification would be completed ??the time, that is to say, when the sacrifice could be offered for each one of them.

The seven days were almost over when the Asiatic Jews, catching sight of him in the temple, stirred up all the crowd and laid hands on him,

They were attempting to kill him, when word reached the commander of the garrison that the whole of Jerusalem was in confusion.

Taking some soldiers and officers, he at once rushed down to them, and when they saw the commander and the soldiers they stopped beating Paul.

When they heard him addressing them in Hebrew they were all the more quiet. So he went on.

When I returned to Jerusalem, it happened that while I was praying in the temple I fell into a trance

and that I stood and approved when the blood of your martyr Stephen was being shed, taking charge of the clothes of his murderers!'

They had strapped him up, when Paul said to the officer who was standing by, "Are you allowed to scourge a Roman citizen ??and to scourge him without a trial?"

When the officer heard this, he went to the commander and said to him, "What are you going to do? This man is a Roman citizen."

When he said this, a quarrel broke out between the Pharisees and the Sadducees; the meeting was divided.

When day broke, the Jews formed a conspiracy, taking a solemn oath neither to eat nor to drink till they had killed Paul.

This man had been seized by the Jews and was on the point of being murdered by them, when I came on them with the troops and rescued him, as I had ascertained that he was a Roman citizen.

Failing them, let these men yonder tell what fault they found with my appearance before the Sanhedrin! ??21 unless it was with the single sentence I uttered, when I stood and said, 'It is for the resurrection of the dead that I am on my trial to-day before you.'"

As Felix had a pretty accurate knowledge of the Way, he remanded Paul, telling the Jews, "When Lysias the commander comes down, I will decide your case."

but when he argued about morality, self-mastery, and the future judgment, Felix grew uneasy. "You may go for the present," he said; "when I can find a moment, I will send for you"