1. The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, / 2. Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen: →

1. And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. / 2. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. →

1. Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, {being} the ninth {hour}. / 2. And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple; →

1. And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, {captain: or, ruler} / 2. Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead. →

1. But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, / 2. And kept back {part} of the price, his wife also being privy {to it}, and brought a certain part, and laid {it} at the apostles' feet. →

1. And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration. / 2. Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples {unto them}, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables. →

1. Then said the high priest, Are these things so? / 2. And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran, →

1. And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles. →

1. And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, / 2. And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem. →

1. There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian {band}, / 2. {A} devout {man}, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway. →

1. And the apostles and brethren that were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God. / 2. And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him, →

1. Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth {his} hands to vex certain of the church. {stretched...: or, began} / 2. And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. / 3. And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. →

1. Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. →

1. And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed. / 2. But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds evil affected against the brethren. →

1. And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, {and said}, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved. / 2. When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question. →

1. Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father {was} a Greek: / 2. Which was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium. →

1. Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews: / 2. And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures, →

1. After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth; / 2. And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them. →

1. And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples, / 2. He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. →

1. And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto {him} the disciples, and embraced {them}, and departed for to go into Macedonia. / 2. And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece, →

1. And it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had launched, we came with a straight course unto Coos, and the {day} following unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara: / 2. And finding a ship sailing over unto Phenicia, we went aboard, and set forth. →

1. Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence {which I make} now unto you. / 2. (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,) / 3. I am verily a man {which am} a Jew, born in Tarsus, {a city} in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, {and} taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day. →

1. And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men {and} brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day. / 2. And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth. →

1. And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and {with} a certain orator {named} Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul. / 2. And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse {him}, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence, →

1. Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem. / 2. Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought him, →

1. Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself: / 2. I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews: →

1. And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto {one} named Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band. / 2. And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia; {one} Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us. →

1. And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita. / 2. And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold. →