The  ¹former account I have made, O  ²Theophilus, concerning all the  ³things that Jesus began both to do and to teach,

Until the day on which He was taken up, after He had given commandment through the Holy  ¹Spirit to the apostles whom He chose;

To whom also He  ¹presented Himself alive after His suffering by many irrefutable proofs,  ²appearing to them through a period of  ³forty days and speaking the things concerning the  ⁴kingdom of God.

And as He  ¹met together with them, He charged them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the  ²promise of the Father, which, He said, You heard from Me;

For John baptized with  ¹water, but you shall be  ²baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days from now.

So the ones who came together asked Him, saying, Lord, are You at this time restoring the  ¹kingdom to Israel?

But He said to them, It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has set by His own authority.

But you shall  ¹receive power when the Holy Spirit comes  ²upon you, and you shall be My  ³witnesses both in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

And when He had said these things, while they were looking on, He was lifted up, and a cloud took Him away from their sight.

And while they were looking intently into heaven as He went, behold, two men in white clothing stood beside them,

Who also said,  ¹Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into  ²heaven, will  ³come in the  ⁴same way as you  ⁵beheld Him going into heaven.

Then they returned to  ¹Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a  ²Sabbath day's journey away.

And when they entered, they went up to the upper room where they were residing, Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the  ¹Zealot and Judas the  ²brother of James.

These all  ¹continued steadfastly  ²with one accord in  ³prayer, together with the women and  ⁴Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.

And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the brothers and  ¹said (there was a group of persons gathered together, about a hundred and twenty),

 ¹Men, brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before through the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who seized Jesus;

For he was numbered among us and was allotted his portion of  ¹this ministry.

(Now this man acquired a piece of land with the  ¹wages of unrighteousness; and falling headlong, he burst in the middle, and all his inward parts gushed out.

And it became known to all those dwelling in Jerusalem, so that that piece of land was called in their own dialect,  ¹Akeldamach, that is, Field of  ²Blood.)

For it is written in the book of Psalms, “Let his habitation become desolate, and let no one dwell in it”; and, “His overseership let another take.”

It is necessary therefore that of the men who accompanied us all the time in which the Lord Jesus went in and went out  ¹among us,

Beginning from the baptism of John until the day on which He was taken up from us, one of these should become a witness of His  ¹resurrection with us.

And they proposed two, Joseph, called Barsabbas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.

And they prayed and said, You Lord, Knower of the hearts of all, show us clearly the one whom You have chosen of these two

To take the place of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.

And they cast  ¹lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias; and he was counted with the eleven apostles.

And as the day of  ¹Pentecost was being fulfilled, they were all together in the same place.

And suddenly there was a sound out of heaven, as of a rushing violent  ¹wind, and it  ²filled the whole house where they were sitting.

And there appeared to them  ¹tongues as of  ²fire, which were distributed; and it  ³sat on each one of them;

And they were  ¹all  ²filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different  ³tongues, even as the Spirit gave to them to  ⁴speak forth.

Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem  ¹Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven.

And when this sound occurred, the multitude came together and was confounded because each one heard them speaking in his own dialect.

And they were amazed and marveled, saying, Behold, are not all these who are speaking Galileans?

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

Parthians and Medes and Elamites and those dwelling in Mesopotamia, both in Judea and Cappadocia, in Pontus and Asia,

Both in Phrygia and Pamphylia, in Egypt and the parts of Libya around Cyrene, and the sojourning of Rome, both Jews and  ¹proselytes,

Cretans and Arabians, we hear them speaking in our  ¹tongues the magnificent works of God?

And they were all amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, What does this mean?

But others jeered and said, They are full of  ¹new wine!

But Peter, standing with the  ¹eleven, lifted up his voice and spoke forth to them:  ²Men of Judea, and all who are dwelling in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words.

For these men are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is the  ¹third hour of the day;

But this is what is spoken through the prophet Joel:

"And it shall be in the  ¹last days, says God, that I will  ²pour out  ³of My Spirit  ⁴upon  ⁵all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall  ⁶prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream things in dreams;

And indeed upon My slaves, both men and women, I will pour out of My Spirit in those days, and they shall prophesy.

And I will  ¹show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and vapor of smoke.

The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable  ¹day of the Lord comes.

And it shall be that everyone who  ¹calls on the  ²name of the Lord shall be  ³saved.”

 ¹Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a  ²man  ³shown by God to you to be approved by works of power and wonders and signs, which God did through Him in your midst, even as you yourselves know —

This man, delivered up by the  ¹determined counsel and  ²foreknowledge of God, you, through the hand of  ³lawless men, nailed to a  ⁴cross and killed;

Whom  ¹God has raised up, having loosed the pangs of death, since it was  ²not possible for Him to be held by it.

For David says regarding Him,  ¹"I saw the  ²Lord continually before me, because  ³He is on my right hand, that I may not be shaken.

Therefore my heart was made glad and my  ¹tongue exulted; moreover, also my flesh will  ²rest in hope,

Because You will not abandon my soul to  ¹Hades, nor will You permit Your  ²Holy One to see  ³corruption.

You have made known to me the  ¹ways of life; You will make me full of gladness with Your  ²presence.”

 ¹Men, brothers, I can say to you plainly concerning the patriarch David that he both deceased and was buried, and his tomb is among us until this day.

Therefore, being a prophet and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him to seat One from the  ¹fruit of his loins upon his  ²throne,

He, seeing this beforehand, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that neither was He abandoned to Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption.

This Jesus  ¹God has raised up, of  ²which we all are witnesses.

Therefore having been exalted to the right hand of God and having received the  ¹promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, He has poured out this which you both see and hear.

For David did  ¹not ascend into the heavens, but he himself says, "The  ²Lord said to my Lord, Sit at My  ³right hand

Until I  ¹set Your enemies as a footstool for Your feet.”

Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made Him both  ¹Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom  ²you have crucified.

And when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and they said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, What should we do,  ¹brothers?

And Peter said to them,  ¹Repent and each one of you be  ²baptized  ³upon the  ⁴name of Jesus Christ for the  ⁵forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the  ⁶gift of the Holy  ⁷Spirit.

For to  ¹you is the  ²promise and to your children, and to all  ³who are far off,  ⁴as many as the Lord our God calls to Himself.

And with many other words he solemnly  ¹testified and exhorted them, saying,  ²Be saved from this crooked  ³generation.

Those then who received his word were  ¹baptized, and there were added on that day about three thousand souls.

And they continued steadfastly in the  ¹teaching and the fellowship of the apostles, in the breaking of bread and the prayers.

And fear was upon every soul; and many  ¹wonders and signs took place through the apostles.

And all those who believed were together and had all things  ¹common;

And they  ¹sold their properties and possessions and divided them to all, as anyone had need.

And day by day, continuing steadfastly with one accord in the  ¹temple and  ²breaking bread from  ³house to house, they partook of their food with exultation and  ⁴simplicity of heart,

Praising God and  ¹having grace with all the people. And the Lord added  ²together day by day those who were being saved.

Now Peter and John were going up into the  ¹temple at the  ²ninth-hour prayer;

And a certain man who had been lame from his mother's womb was being carried there, whom they had laid day by day at the door of the temple which is called Beautiful to ask alms from those entering into the temple.

And he, seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, began to ask to receive alms.

And Peter, gazing at him with John, said, Look at us!

And he turned his attention to them, expecting to receive something from them.

But Peter said,  ¹Silver and gold I do not possess, but what I have, this I give to you: In the name of Jesus Christ the  ²Nazarene  ³rise up and walk.

And he seized him by the right hand and raised him up; and instantly his feet and ankles were made strong.

And leaping up and about, he stood and began to walk, and he entered with them into the temple, walking and leaping and praising God.

And all the people saw him walking and praising God,

And they recognized him, that he was the one who had been sitting for alms at the temple's Beautiful Gate; and they were filled with amazement and astonishment at what had happened to him.

And while he was holding on to Peter and John, all the people ran together toward them at the portico called Solomon's, greatly amazed.

And when Peter saw this, he replied to the people,  ¹Men of Israel, why are you marveling at this? Or why are you gazing at us, as though by our own power or godliness we have made him walk?

The  ¹God of Abraham and  ²Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has  ³glorified His Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release Him.

But you denied the holy and righteous One and asked that a man who was a murderer be granted to you;

And the  ¹Author of life you killed, whom  ²God has raised from the dead, of  ³which we are witnesses.

And  ¹upon faith in His name, His  ²name has made this man strong, whom you behold and know; and the faith which is through Him has given him this wholeness of health before you all.

And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as also your rulers did;

But the things which God  ¹announced beforehand through the mouth of all the prophets, that His Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled.

Repent therefore and turn, that your sins may be wiped away,

So that seasons of  ¹refreshing may come from the presence of the  ²Lord and that He may send the Christ, who has been previously appointed for you, Jesus,

Whom heaven must indeed receive until the  ¹times of the restoration of all things, of which God spoke through the mouth of His holy prophets  ²from of old.

Moses said, "A  ¹Prophet will the Lord your God raise up unto you from your brothers, like me; Him shall you hear in whatever things He speaks to you.

And it shall be that every soul who does not hear that Prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.”

And also all the prophets, from Samuel and those in succession after him, as many as spoke, also announced these days.

You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God covenanted with your fathers, saying to Abraham, “And in your  ¹seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.”

To you first, God, having raised up His Servant, has sent  ¹Him to bless you in turning each of you away from your wicked deeds.