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The Acts of the Holy Apostles, Written by Luke the Evangelist
1 Luke tieth this history to his Gospel. 9 Christ being taken into heaven. 10 The Apostles, 11 being warned by the Angels, 12 to return, 14 and give themselves to prayer. 15 By Peter’s motion, 18 into Judas the traitor’s place. 26 Matthias is chosen. I have made the former treatise, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began to do and teach,
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When they therefore were come together they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?
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And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times, or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
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Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing into heaven? This Jesus which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come, as ye have seen him go into heaven.
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¶ Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount that is called the mount of Olives, which is near to Jerusalem, being from it a Sabbath day’s journey.
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And it is known unto all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, insomuch, that that field is called in their own language, Akel Dama, that is, The field of blood.
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For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be void, and let no man dwell therein: also, Let another take his charge.
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1 The Apostles 4 filled with the holy Ghost 8 speak with divers tongues: 12 They are thought to be drunk, 15 but Peter disproveth that. 34 He teacheth that Christ is the Messiah: 37 And seeing the hearers astonied, 38 he exhorteth them to repentance. And when the day of Pentecost was come, they were all with one accord in one place.
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How then hear we every man our own language, wherein we were born?
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And of Phrygia, and Pamphylia, of Egypt, and of the parts of Libya, which is beside Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, and Jews, and Proselytes,
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For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, since it is but the third hour of the day.
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But this is that, which was spoken by the Prophet Joel,
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And it shall be 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.
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Ye men of Israel, hear these words, JESUS of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you with great works, and wonders, and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
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For David saith concerning him, I beheld the Lord always before me: for he is at my right hand, that I should not be shaken.
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Men and brethren, I may boldly speak unto you of the Patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulcher remaineth with us unto this day.
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For David is not ascended into heaven, but he saith, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand,
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Therefore, let all the house of Israel know for a surety, that God hath made him both Lord, and Christ, this Jesus, I say, whom ye have crucified.
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For the promise is made unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
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¶ And as the cripple which was healed, held Peter and John, all the people ran amazed unto them in the porch which is called Solomon’s.
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So when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so steadfastly on us, as though by our own power or godliness, we had made this man go?
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The God of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers hath glorified his Son Jesus, whom ye betrayed, and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had judged him to be delivered.
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And his Name hath made this man sound, whom ye see and know, through faith in his Name: and the faith which is by him, hath given to him this perfect health of his whole body in the presence of you all.
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1 Peter and John, 3 are taken and brought before the council, 7 and 19 They speak boldly in Christ’s cause. 24 The disciples pray unto God. 32 Many sell their possessions. 36 Of whom Barnabas is one. And as they spake unto the people, the Priests and the Captain of the Temple, and the Sadducees came upon them.
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Howbeit many of them which heard the word, believed, and the number of the men was about five thousand.
