18 And even on my servants and on my handmaids,
I will pour out of my Spirit in those days,
And they shall prophesy.

19 And I will show wonders in heaven above,
And signs in the earth beneath,

Blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke.

20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,

And the moon into blood,

Before the great and notable day of the Lord shall come. 21 And it shall be, that every one who shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

22 Men of Israel, hear these words! Jesus the Nazarene, a man accredited to you from God by miracles, and wonders, and signs, which God wrought by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves know; 23 this man, delivered up according to the established counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye slew, crucifying him by the hand of lawless ones ; 24 whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death; because it was not possible that he should be held by it. 25 For David says concerning

him :

I saw the Lord always before me;

Because he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved. 26 For this my heart rejoiced, and my tongue exulted;

Moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope;

27 Because thou wilt not abandon my soul to the underworld, Nor wilt thou suffer thy Holy One to see corruption.

28 Thou didst make known to me the ways of life;

Thou will make me full of joy with thy presence.

29 Men, brethren, I may speak freely to you of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his sepulchre is among us unto this day. 30 30 Being a prophet, therefore, and knowing that God swore to him, with an oath, that of the fruit of his loins one should sit on his throne, 31 he, foreseeing, spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that neither was his soul abandoned to the underworld, nor did his flesh see corruption.

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

33 Being therefore exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he poured forth this, which ye now see and hear. 84 For David did not ascend into heaven; but he says himself:

The Lord said to my Lord,

Sit on my right hand,

35 Until I make thy foes thy footstool.

36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God made him, this Jesus whom ye crucified, both Lord and Christ.

37 And hearing this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles: Men, brethren, what shall we do? 38 And Peter said to them: Repent, and be each of you immersed, upon the name of Jesus Christ, unto remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all those afar off, as many as the Lord our God shall have called.

40 And with many other words did he bear witness and exhort, saying: Save yourselves from this perverse genera

tion.

41 They therefore, having received his word, were immersed ; and on that day there were added about three thousand souls. 42 And they were constantly attending on the teaching of the apostles, and the distribution, and the breaking of bread, and prayers. 48 And fear came upon every soul; and many wonders and signs were wrought through the apostles. 44 And all that believed were together, and had all things common; 45 and sold their possessions and goods, and divided them among all, as any one had need. 46 And daily attending with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they partook of food with gladness and singleness of heart, 47 praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who are saved.

V. 41. Or, They therefore who received

V. 47. Or, who are being saved.

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III.

AND Peter and John were going 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 along, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple, the one called Beautiful, to ask alms of those entering into the temple; 3 who, seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked alms. 4 And Peter, looking intently upon him, with John, said: Look upon us. And he gave heed to them, expecting to receive something from them. And Peter said: Silver and gold have I none; but what I have, that I give thee. In the name of Jesus Christ, the Nazarene, rise up and walk. And he took him by the right hand, and raised him up. And immediately his feet and ankles received strength ; and leaping forth, he stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God. And all the people saw him walking and praising God; 10 and they recognized him, that this was he who sat for alms at the beautiful gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened to him.

11 And as he held fast to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering. 12 And Peter, seeing it, answered to the people: Men of Israel, why wonder ye at this? Or why look ye so intently on us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made this man to walk? 13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified his servant Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he decided to release him. 14 But ye denied the Holy and Just, and demanded that a murderer should be granted to you. 15 But the Author of life ye killed; whom God raised from the dead, whereof we are witnesses. 16 And his name, upon the faith in his name, made this man strong, whom ye see and know; and the faith, which is through Him, gave him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.

V. 15. Or, whose witnesses we are.

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17 And now, brethren, I know that ye acted in ignorance, as also your rulers. 18 But thus God fulfilled what he before. announced by the mouth of all his prophets, that the Christ should suffer. Repent therefore, and turn, that your sins may be blotted out, in order that the times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord; 20 and that he may send forth Jesus Christ, before appointed for you; 21 whom the heavens, indeed, must receive, until the times of the restoration of all things, which God spoke of by the mouth of all his holy prophets from the beginning. 22 Moses said: A Prophet will the Lord your God raise up to you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatever he shall say to you. 23 And it shall be that every soul, that will not hear that Prophet, shall be utterly destroyed from among the people. 24 And also all the prophets from Samuel, both he and they who followed, as many as spoke, also foretold these days.

25 Ye are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham: And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed. 26 Unto you first, God, having raised up his servant Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities.

IV. AND while they were speaking to the people, the

priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, 2 being indignant because they taught the people, and announced in Jesus the resurrection from the dead. And they laid hands on them, and put them in prison unto the morrow; for it was now evening.

4 But many of those who heard the word believed; and the number of the men became about five thousand.

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5 And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes, and Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred

of the high priest, were gathered together unto Jerusalem. And having set them in the midst, they asked: By what power, or by what name, did ye do this?

8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: Rulers of the people, and elders of Israel; if we are this day examined in respect to a good deed done to an impotent man, by what means this person has been made whole; 10 be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by him does this man stand here before you whole. He is the stone that was set at naught by you the builders, which is become the head of the corner. 12 And there is salvation in no other; for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, in which we must be saved.

13 And seeing the boldness of Peter and John, and perceiving that they were unlearned and obscure men, they wondered; and they recognized them, that they were with Jesus. 14 And beholding the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say against it. 15 But having commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves, 16 saying: What shall we do to these men? For that a notorious miracle has been done by them is manifest to all that dwell in Jerusalem, and we are not able to deny it. 17 But that it spread no further among the people, let us strictly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name. 18 And having called them, they commanded them not to speak at all, nor teach, in the name of Jesus.

19 But Peter and John answering said to them: Whether it is right in the sight of God to hearken to you rather than to God, judge ye. 20 For we can not but speak the things which

we saw and heard.

21 And they, having further threatened them, let them go, finding no way to punish them, on account of the people, because all glorified God for that which was done; 22 for the man was above forty years old, on whom this sign of the healing had been wrought.