11 And the apostles and abrethren that were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God. 2 And when Peter was bcome up to Jerusalem, cthey that were of the circumcision contended with him, 3 Saying, dThou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and edidst eat with them. 4 But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and fexpounded it gby order unto them, saying, 5 hI was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw ia vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me: 6 Upon the which when I had jfastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. 7 And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat. 8 But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth. 9 But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common. 10 And this was done three times: and all were drawn up again into heaven. 11 And, behold, immediately there were three men kalready come unto the house where I was, sent from Caesarea unto me. 12 And the spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting. Moreover lthese six abrethren accompanied me, and we entered into the man’s house: 13 And he shewed us how he had seen an angel in his house, which stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter; 14 Who shall tell thee mwords, whereby thou and nall thy house shall be saved. 15 And as I began to speak, othe Holy Ghost fell on them, pas on us at the beginning. 16 Then qremembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, rJohn indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost. 17 sForasmuch then as God gave them the like tgift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could uwithstand God? 18 When they heard these things, they held their peace, and xglorified God, saying, yThen hath God also to the Gentiles granted zrepentance unto life.

19 Now athey which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as bPhenice, and cCyprus, and dAntioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only. 20 And some of them were men of cCyprus and eCyrene, which, when they were come to dAntioch, spake unto the fGrecians, gpreaching the Lord Jesus. 21 And hthe hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number ibelieved, and iiturned unto the Lord. 22 *Then jtidings of these things came unto the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth kBarnabas, that he should go as far as dAntioch. 23 Who, when he came, and had seen lthe grace of God, was glad, and mexhorted them all, that with npurpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord. 24 For he was oa good man, and pfull of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people qwas added unto the Lord. 25 *Then departed Barnabas to rTarsus, for to seek Saul: 26 And when he had found him, he brought him unto sAntioch. *And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves ||with the church, and taught much people. And the tdisciples were called uChristians first in sAntioch.

27 And in these days came xprophets from Jerusalem unto sAntioch. 28 And there stood up one of them named yAgabus, and signified by the spirit that there should be great zdearth throughout all athe world: which came to pass in the days of bClaudius Caesar. 29 Then the tdisciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send crelief unto the dbrethren which dwelt in Judaea: 30 eWhich also they did, and sent it to fthe elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

12 Now about that time aHerod the king ||bstretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. 2 And he killed cJames the brother of dJohn ewith the sword. 3 And eebecause he saw it pleased the Jews, he fproceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were gthe days of unleavened bread.) 4 And when he had apprehended him, he put him in hprison, and delivered him to four iquaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after jEaster to bring him forth to the people. 5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but ||prayer was made without ceasing kof the church unto God for him. 6 And when aHerod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with ltwo chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison. 7 And, behold, mthe angel of the Lord ncame upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and ohe smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands. 8 And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and pbind on thy sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me. 9 And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought qhe saw ra vision. 10 When they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; swhich opened to them of his own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from him. 11 And when Peter was tcome to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent uhis angel, and whath delivered me out of the hand of aHerod, and from all xthe expectation of the people of the Jews. 12 And when he had yconsidered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of zJohn, whose surname was aMark; where many were gathered together bpraying.

13 And as Peter knocked at the door of cthe gate, da damsel came ||to hearken, named Rhoda. 14 And when she knew Peter’s voice, she opened not cthe gate efor gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before cthe gate. 15 And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she fconstantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is ghis angel. 16 But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened the door, and saw him, they were astonished. 17 But he, hbeckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go shew these things unto iJames, and to kthe brethren. And he departed, and went into another place. 18 Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was become of Peter. 19 And when lHerod had sought for him, and found him not, he mexamined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judaea to nCaesarea, and there abode.

20 And lHerod ||was highly displeased with them of oTyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, phaving made Blastus †the king’s chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because qtheir country was nourished by the king’s country. 21 And upon a set day lHerod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his rthrone, and made an oration unto them. 22 And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man. 23 And immediately the angel of the Lord ssmote him, because the gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost. 24 But uthe word of God grew and multiplied. 25 wAnd xBarnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their ||yministry, and ttook with them zJohn, whose surname was zMark.

13 *Now there were in the church that was at aAntioch certain bprophets and cteachers; as dBarnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and eLucius of fCyrene, and Manaen, ||gwhich had been brought up with hHerod the tetrarch, and iSaul. 2 As they kministered to the Lord, and lfasted, the Holy Ghost said, mSeparate me Barnabas and Saul for the work nwhereunto I have called them. 3 And when they had lfasted and oprayed, and olaid their hands on them, pthey sent them away. 4 So they, being sent forth qby the Holy Ghost, departed unto rSeleucia; and from thence they sailed to sCyprus. 5 And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God tin the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also uJohn to their minister. 6 And when they had gone through the isle unto xPaphos, they found ya certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-jesus: 7 Which was with the zdeputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a aprudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God. 8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) bwithstood them, seeking to gturn away the deputy from the faith. 9 Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) cfilled with the Holy Ghost, dset his eyes on him, 10 And said, O full of all subtilty and all emischief, fthou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to gpervert the hright ways of the Lord? 11 And now, behold, ithe hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun kfor a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking lsome to lead him by the hand. 12 Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being mastonished at the doctrine of the Lord.

13 Now when nPaul and his company loosed from oPaphos, they came to pPerga in qPamphylia: and rJohn sdeparting from them returned tto Jerusalem. 14 But when they departed from pPerga, they came to uAntioch in xPisidia, and went yinto the synagogue yzon the sabbath day, and sat down. 15 And after the reading of athe law and bthe prophets cthe rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any dword of deexhortation for the people, say on. 16 Then Paul stood up, and fbeckoning with his hand said,

Men of Israel, and gye that fear God, give audience. 17 hThe God of this people of Israel ichose our fathers, and exalted the people kwhen they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and lwith an high arm brought he them out of it. 18 And about the time of mforty years †suffered he their manners in the wilderness. 19 And when nhe had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, ohe divided their land to them by lot. 20 And after that phe gave unto them judges about the space of qfour hundred and fifty years, until rSamuel the prophet. 21 And afterward sthey desired a king: and tGod gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, ua man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years. 22 And wwhen he had removed him, xhe raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, yI have found David the son of Jesse, za man after mine own heart, awhich shall fulfil all my will. 23 bOf this man’s seed hath God according cto his promise raised unto Israel da Saviour, Jesus: 24 When eJohn had first preached before his fcoming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. 25 And as John gfulfilled his course, he said, hWhom think ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose. 26 Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and iwhosoever among you feareth God, kto you is the word of this salvation sent. 27 For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and ltheir rulers, mbecause they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets nwhich are read every sabbath day, they have ofulfilled them in condemning him. 28 And pthough they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain. 29 And when qthey had fulfilled all that was written of him, rthey took him down from sthe tree, and laid him in a sepulchre. 30 But tGod raised him from the dead: 31 And uhe was seen many days of them which vcame up with him wfrom Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his xwitnesses unto the people. 32 And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that ythe promise which was made unto the fathers, 33 God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath traised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, zThou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. 34 And as concerning that he traised him up from the dead, now no more ato return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you bthe sure †mercies of David. 35 Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, cThou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. 36 For David, ||after he had served his own generation by the will of God, dfell on sleep, and was elaid unto his fathers, and asaw corruption: 37 But he, whom God raised again, asaw no corruption. 38 Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that fthrough this man is preached unto you the gforgiveness of sins: 39 And hby him all that believe are ijustified from all things, kfrom which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. 40 Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in lthe prophets; 41 mBehold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.

42 And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, nthe Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them †othe next sabbath. 43 Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and preligious qproselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, rpersuaded them to continue in sthe grace of God. 44 And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God. 45 But when the Jews saw the multitudes, tthey were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and ublaspheming. 46 Then Paul and Barnabas xwaxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should yfirst have been spoken to you: but zseeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves aunworthy of everlasting life, lo, bwe turn to the Gentiles. 47 For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, cI have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth. 48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and das many as were ordained to eternal life believed. 49 And the word of the Lord was published throughout all the region. 50 But ethe Jews stirred up the fdevout and ghonourable women, and hthe chief men of the city, and iraised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts. 51 But they kshook off the dust of their feet kagainst them, and came unto lIconium. 52 And the disciples were filled with mjoy, and with nthe Holy Ghost.