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2:1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one
 accord in one place.
2:2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind,
 and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
2:3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat
 upon each of them.
2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with
 other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
2:5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every
 nation under heaven.
2:6 Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were
 confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
2:7 And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold,
 are not all these which speak Galilaeans?
2:8 And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?
2:9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and
 in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,
2:10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about
 Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
2:11 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful
 works of God.
2:12 And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another,
 What meaneth this?
2:13 Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.
2:14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said
 unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this
 known unto you, and hearken to my words:
2:15 For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third
 hour of the day.
2:16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
2:17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out
 of my Spirit upon all flesh:  and your sons and your daughters shall
 prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall
 dream dreams:
2:18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days
 of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
2:19 And I will show wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth
 beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
2:20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before
 that great and notable day of the Lord come:
2:21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of
 the Lord shall be saved.
2:22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved
 of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in
 the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
2:23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of
 God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
2:24 Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death:  because it
 was not possible that he should be holden of it.
2:25 For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my
 face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:
2:26 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also
 my flesh shall rest in hope:
2:27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer
 thine Holy One to see corruption.
2:28 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of
 joy with thy countenance.
2:29 Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch
 David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto
 this day.
2:30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath
 to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would
 raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
2:31 He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his
 soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
2:32 This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
2:33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received
 of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which
 ye now see and hear.
2:34 For David is not ascended into the heavens:  but he saith himself, The
 Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
2:35 Until I make thy foes thy footstool.
2:36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath
 made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
2:37 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said
 unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall
 we do?
2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in
 the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive
 the gift of the Holy Ghost.
2:39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are
 afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
2:40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save
 yourselves from this untoward generation.
2:41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized:  and the same
 day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
2:42 And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship,
 and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
2:43 And fear came upon every soul:  and many wonders and signs were done by
 the apostles.
2:44 And all that believed were together, and had all things common;
2:45 And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as
 every man had need.
2:46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking
 bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness
 of heart,
2:47 Praising God, and having favour with all the people.  And the Lord
 added to the church daily such as should be saved.

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3:1 Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of
 prayer, being the ninth hour.
3:2 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;
3:3 Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms.
3:4 And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us.
3:5 And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them.
3:6 Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I
 thee:  In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.
3:7 And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up:  and immediately
 his feet and ankle bones received strength.
3:8 And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the
 temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.
3:9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God:
3:10 And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate
 of the temple:  and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that
 which had happened unto him.
3:11 And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the
 people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon's,
 greatly wondering.
3:12 And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel,
 why marvel ye at this?  or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our
 own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?
3:13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers,
 hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the
 presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.
3:14 But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be
 granted unto you;
3:15 And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead;
 whereof we are witnesses.
3:16 And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom
 ye see and know:  yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this
 perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
3:17 And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did
 also your rulers.
3:18 But those things, which God before had showed by the mouth of all his
 prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.
3:19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted
 out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
3:20 And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:
3:21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all
 things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since
 the world began.
3:22 For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your
 God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in
 all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.
3:23 And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that
 prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.
3:24 Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as
 many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.
3:25 Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made
 with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the
 kindreds of the earth be blessed.
3:26 Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless
 you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.

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4:1 And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the
 temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,
4:2 Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus
 the resurrection from the dead.
4:3 And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: 
 for it was now eventide.
4:4 Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of
 the men was about five thousand.
4:5 And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and
 scribes,
4:6 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 at
 Jerusalem.
4:7 And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or
 by what name, have ye done this?
4:8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the
 people, and elders of Israel,
4:9 If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by
 what means he is made whole;
4:10 Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the
 name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from
 the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.
4:11 This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is
 become the head of the corner.
4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other:  for there is none other name
 under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
4:13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that
 they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took
 knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.
4:14 And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could
 say nothing against it.
4:15 But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they
 conferred among themselves,
4:16 Saying, What shall we do to these men?  for that indeed a notable
 miracle hath been done by them is manifest to all them that dwell in
 Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it.
4:17 But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly
 threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.
4:18 And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach
 in the name of Jesus.
4:19 But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in
 the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.
4:20 For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
4:21 So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding
 nothing how they might punish them, because of the people:  for all men
 glorified God for that which was done.
4:22 For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing
 was showed.
4:23 And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that
 the chief priests and elders had said unto them.
4:24 And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one
 accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth,
 and the sea, and all that in them is:
4:25 Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen
 rage, and the people imagine vain things?
4:26 The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together
 against the Lord, and against his Christ.
4:27 For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed,
 both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of
 Israel, were gathered together,
4:28 For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be
 done.
4:29 And now, Lord, behold their threatenings:  and grant unto thy servants,
 that with all boldness they may speak thy word,
4:30 By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may
 be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.
4:31 And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were
 assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they
 spake the word of God with boldness.
4:32 And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one
 soul:  neither said any of them that ought of the things which he
 possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
4:33 And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of
 the Lord Jesus:  and great grace was upon them all.
4:34 Neither was there any among them that lacked:  for as many as were
 possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the
 things that were sold,
4:35 And laid them down at the apostles' feet:  and distribution was made
 unto every man according as he had need.
4:36 And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being
 interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of
 Cyprus,
4:37 Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the
 apostles' feet.

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5:1 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a
 possession,
5:2 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.
5:3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the
 Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
5:4 Whiles it remained, was it not thine own?  and after it was sold, was it
 not in thine own power?  why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart?
  thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
5:5 And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost:  and
 great fear came on all them that heard these things.
5:6 And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, and buried
 him.
5:7 And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not
 knowing what was done, came in.
5:8 And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so
 much?  And she said, Yea, for so much.
5:9 Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to
 tempt the Spirit of the Lord?  behold, the feet of them which have buried
 thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.
5:10 Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: 
 and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth,
 buried her by her husband.
5:11 And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard
 these things.
5:12 And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought
 among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch.
5:13 And of the rest durst no man join himself to them:  but the people
 magnified them.
5:14 And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men
 and women. )
5:15 Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid
 them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing
 by might overshadow some of them.
5:16 There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto
 Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean
 spirits:  and they were healed every one.
5:17 Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which
 is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation,
5:18 And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common
 prison.
5:19 But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought
 them forth, and said,
5:20 Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this
 life.
5:21 And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the
 morning, and taught.  But the high priest came, and they that were with
 him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of
 Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.
5:22 But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they
 returned, and told,
5:23 Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers
 standing without before the doors:  but when we had opened, we found no man
 within.
5:24 Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief
 priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow.
5:25 Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in
 prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.
5:26 Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without
 violence:  for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.
5:27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: 
 and the high priest asked them,
5:28 Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in
 this name?  and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and
 intend to bring this man's blood upon us.
5:29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey
 God rather than men.
5:30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a
 tree.
5:31 Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a
 Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
5:32 And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy
 Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
5:33 When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel
 to slay them.
5:34 Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a
 doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to
 put the apostles forth a little space;
5:35 And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye
 intend to do as touching these men.
5:36 For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody;
 to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves:  who was
 slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to
 nought.
5:37 After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and
 drew away much people after him:  he also perished; and all, even as many
 as obeyed him, were dispersed.
5:38 And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: 
 for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought:
5:39 But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found
 even to fight against God.
5:40 And to him they agreed:  and when they had called the apostles, and
 beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of
 Jesus, and let them go.
5:41 And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they
 were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
5:42 And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach
 and preach Jesus Christ.

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6:1 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.
6:2 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.
6:3 Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report,
 full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.
6:4 But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of
 the word.
6:5 And the saying pleased the whole multitude:  and they chose Stephen, a
 man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and
 Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:
6:6 Whom they set before the apostles:  and when they had prayed, they laid
 their hands on them.
6:7 And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples
 multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were
 obedient to the faith.
6:8 And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles
 among the people.
6:9 Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the
 synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them
 of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.
6:10 And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he
 spake.
6:11 Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous
 words against Moses, and against God.
6:12 And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and
 came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,
6:13 And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak
 blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:
6:14 For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy
 this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.
6:15 And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his
 face as it had been the face of an angel.

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7:1 Then said the high priest, Are these things so?
7:2 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,
7:3 And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred,
 and come into the land which I shall show thee.
7:4 Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Charran: 
 and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land,
 wherein ye now dwell.
7:5 And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his
 foot on:  yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession,
 and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.
7:6 And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange
 land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil
 four hundred years.
7:7 And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: 
 and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.
7:8 And he gave him the covenant of circumcision:  and so Abraham begat
 Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and
 Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.
7:9 And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt:  but God
 was with him,
7:10 And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and
 wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over
 Egypt and all his house.
7:11 Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and
 great affliction:  and our fathers found no sustenance.
7:12 But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our
 fathers first.
7:13 And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and
 Joseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.
7:14 Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his
 kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
7:15 So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
7:16 And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that
 Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of
 Sychem.
7:17 But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to
 Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
7:18 Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.
7:19 The same dealt subtly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers,
 so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.
7:20 In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up
 in his father's house three months:
7:21 And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished
 him for her own son.
7:22 And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was
 mighty in words and in deeds.
7:23 And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit
 his brethren the children of Israel.
7:24 And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged
 him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
7:25 For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his
 hand would deliver them:  but they understood not.
7:26 And the next day he showed himself unto them as they strove, and would
 have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong
 one to another?
7:27 But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made
 thee a ruler and a judge over us?
7:28 Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?
7:29 Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of
 Madian, where he begat two sons.
7:30 And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the
 wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
7:31 When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight:  and as he drew near to
 behold it, the voice of the Lord came unto him,
7:32 Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the
 God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.  Then Moses trembled, and durst not
 behold.
7:33 Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet:  for the
 place where thou standest is holy ground.
7:34 I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt,
 and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them.  And now
 come, I will send thee into Egypt.
7:35 This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a
 judge?  the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand
 of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.
7:36 He brought them out, after that he had showed wonders and signs in the
 land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
7:37 This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet
 shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me;
 him shall ye hear.
7:38 This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel
 which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers:  who received
 the lively oracles to give unto us:
7:39 To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in
 their hearts turned back again into Egypt,
7:40 Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us:  for as for this
 Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become
 of him.
7:41 And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the
 idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
7:42 Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it
 is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye
 offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in
 the wilderness?
7:43 Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god
 Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them:  and I will carry you away
 beyond Babylon.
7:44 Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had
 appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the
 fashion that he had seen.
7:45 Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the
 possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our
 fathers, unto the days of David;
7:46 Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the
 God of Jacob.
7:47 But Solomon built him an house.
7:48 Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith
 the prophet,
7:49 Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool:  what house will ye
 build me?  saith the Lord:  or what is the place of my rest?
7:50 Hath not my hand made all these things?
7:51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist
 the Holy Ghost:  as your fathers did, so do ye.
7:52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted?  and they have
 slain them which showed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye
 have been now the betrayers and murderers:
7:53 Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not
 kept it.
7:54 When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they
 gnashed on him with their teeth.
7:55 But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven,
 and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
7:56 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing
 on the right hand of God.
7:57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran
 upon him with one accord,
7:58 And cast him out of the city, and stoned him:  and the witnesses
 laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.
7:59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus,
 receive my spirit.
7:60 And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this
 sin to their charge.  And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

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8:1 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.
8:2 And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great
 lamentation over him.
8:3 As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house,
 and haling men and women committed them to prison.
8:4 Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the
 word.
8:5 Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto
 them.
8:6 And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip
 spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.
8:7 For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were
 possessed with them:  and many taken with palsies, and that were lame,
 were healed.
8:8 And there was great joy in that city.
8:9 But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same
 city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that
 himself was some great one:
8:10 To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying,
 This man is the great power of God.
8:11 And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched
 them with sorceries.
8:12 But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the
 kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men
 and women.
8:13 Then Simon himself believed also:  and when he was baptized, he
 continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which
 were done.
8:14 Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had
 received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:
8:15 Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive
 the Holy Ghost:
8:16 (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them:  only they were baptized
 in the name of the Lord Jesus. )
8:17 Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
8:18 And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the
 Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,
8:19 Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may
 receive the Holy Ghost.
8:20 But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast
 thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
8:21 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter:  for thy heart is not
 right in the sight of God.
8:22 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the
 thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
8:23 For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the
 bond of iniquity.
8:24 Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of
 these things which ye have spoken come upon me.
8:25 And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord,
 returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the
 Samaritans.
8:26 And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go
 toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza,
 which is desert.
8:27 And he arose and went:  and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of
 great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge
 of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,
8:28 Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.
8:29 Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this
 chariot.
8:30 And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias,
 and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
8:31 And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me?  And he
 desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.
8:32 The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a
 sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened
 he not his mouth:
8:33 In his humiliation his judgment was taken away:  and who shall declare
 his generation?  for his life is taken from the earth.
8:34 And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh
 the prophet this?  of himself, or of some other man?
8:35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and
 preached unto him Jesus.
8:36 And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water:  and
 the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?
8:37 And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. 
 And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
8:38 And he commanded the chariot to stand still:  and they went down both
 into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
8:39 And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord
 caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more:  and he went on his
 way rejoicing.
8:40 But Philip was found at Azotus:  and passing through he preached in all
 the cities, till he came to Caesarea.

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9:1 And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the
 disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
9:2 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.
9:3 And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus:  and suddenly there shined
 round about him a light from heaven:
9:4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul,
 why persecutest thou me?
9:5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord?  And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom
 thou persecutest:  it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
9:6 And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to
 do?  And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it
 shall be told thee what thou must do.
9:7 And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice,
 but seeing no man.
9:8 And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no
 man:  but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.
9:9 And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink.
9:10 And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him
 said the Lord in a vision, Ananias.  And he said, Behold, I am here,
 Lord.
9:11 And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is
 called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul,
 of Tarsus:  for, behold, he prayeth,
9:12 And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting
 his hand on him, that he might receive his sight.
9:13 Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much
 evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem:
9:14 And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call
 on thy name.
9:15 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way:  for he is a chosen vessel unto
 me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of
 Israel:
9:16 For I will show him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.
9:17 And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his
 hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto
 thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive
 thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.
9:18 And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales:  and he
 received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized.
9:19 And when he had received meat, he was strengthened.  Then was Saul
 certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.
9:20 And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the
 Son of God.
9:21 But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that
 destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither for
 that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests?
9:22 But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which
 dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ.
9:23 And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill
 him:
9:24 But their laying await was known of Saul.  And they watched the gates
 day and night to kill him.
9:25 Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in
 a basket.
9:26 And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the
 disciples:  but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a
 disciple.
9:27 But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared
 unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to
 him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.
9:28 And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem.
9:29 And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against
 the Grecians:  but they went about to slay him.
9:30 Which when the brethren knew, they brought him down to Caesarea, and
 sent him forth to Tarsus.
9:31 Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and
 Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the
 comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.
9:32 And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all quarters, he came
 down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda.
9:33 And there he found a certain man named AEneas, which had kept his bed
 eight years, and was sick of the palsy.
9:34 And Peter said unto him, AEneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole: 
 arise, and make thy bed.  And he arose immediately.
9:35 And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to the Lord.
9:36 Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by
 interpretation is called Dorcas:  this woman was full of good works and
 almsdeeds which she did.
9:37 And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died:  whom
 when they had washed, they laid her in an upper chamber.
9:38 And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa, and the disciples had heard
 that Peter was there, they sent unto him two men, desiring him that he
 would not delay to come to them.
9:39 Then Peter arose and went with them.  When he was come, they brought
 him into the upper chamber:  and all the widows stood by him weeping, and
 showing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them.
9:40 But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning
 him to the body said, Tabitha, arise.  And she opened her eyes:  and when
 she saw Peter, she sat up.
9:41 And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called
 the saints and widows, presented her alive.
9:42 And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord.
9:43 And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in Joppa with one Simon
 a tanner.