3:1And Peter and John were going up at the same time to the temple, at the hour of the prayer, the ninth hour,

3:2and a certain man, being lame from the womb of his mother, was being carried, whom they were laying every day at the gate of the temple, called Beautiful, to ask a kindness from those entering into the temple,

3:3who, having seen Peter and John about to go into the temple, was begging to receive a kindness.

3:4And Peter, having looked stedfastly toward him with John, said, `Look toward us;'

3:5and he was giving heed to them, looking to receive something from them;

3:6and Peter said, `Silver and gold I have none, but what I have, that I give to thee; in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and be walking.'

3:7And having seized him by the right hand, he raised him up, and presently his feet and ankles were strengthened,

3:8and springing up, he stood, and was walking, and did enter with them into the temple, walking and springing, and praising God;

3:9and all the people saw him walking and praising God,

3:10they were knowing him also that this it was who for a kindness was sitting at the Beautiful gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what hath happened to him.

3:11And at the lame man who was healed holding Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch called Solomon's -- greatly amazed,

3:12and Peter having seen, answered unto the people, `Men, Israelites! why wonder ye at this? or on us why look ye so earnestly, as if by our own power or piety we have made him to walk?

3:13`The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, did glorify His child Jesus, whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, he having given judgment to release him,

3:14and ye the Holy and Righteous One did deny, and desired a man -- a murderer -- to be granted to you,

3:15and the Prince of the life ye did kill, whom God did raise out of the dead, of which we are witnesses;

3:16and on the faith of his name, this one whom ye see and have known, his name made strong, even the faith that is through him did give to him this perfect soundness before you all.

3:17`And now, brethren, I have known that through ignorance ye did it, as also your rulers;

3:18and God, what things before He had declared through the mouth of all His prophets, that the Christ should suffer, He did thus fulfil;

3:19reform ye, therefore, and turn back, for your sins being blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

3:20and He may send Jesus Christ who before hath been preached to you,

3:21whom it behoveth heaven, indeed, to receive till times of a restitution of all things, of which God spake through the mouth of all His holy prophets from the age.

3:22`For Moses, indeed, unto the fathers said -- A prophet to you shall the Lord your God raise up out of your brethren, like to me; him shall ye hear in all things, as many as he may speak unto you;

3:23and it shall be, every soul that may not hear that prophet shall be utterly destroyed out of the people;

3:24and also all the prophets from Samuel and those following in order, as many as spake, did also foretell of these days.

3:25`Ye are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant that God made unto our fathers, saying unto Abraham: And in thy seed shall be blessed all the families of the earth;

3:26to you first, God, having raised up His child Jesus, did send him, blessing you, in the turning away of each one from your evil ways.'

4:1And as they are speaking unto the people, there came to them the priests, and the magistrate of the temple, and the Sadducees --

4:2being grieved because of their teaching the people, and preaching in Jesus the rising again out of the dead --

4:3and they laid hands upon them, and did put them in custody unto the morrow, for it was evening already;

4:4and many of those hearing the word did believe, and the number of the men became, as it were, five thousand.

4:5And it came to pass upon the morrow, there were gathered together of them the rulers, and elders, and scribes, to Jerusalem,

4:6and Annas the chief priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the chief priest,

4:7and having set them in the midst, they were inquiring, `In what power, or in what name did ye do this?'

4:8Then Peter, having been filled with the Holy Spirit, said unto them: `Rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,

4:9if we to-day are examined concerning the good deed to the ailing man, by whom he hath been saved,

4:10be it known to all of you, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye did crucify, whom God did raise out of the dead, in him hath this one stood by before you whole.

4:11`This is the stone that was set at nought by you -- the builders, that became head of a corner;

4:12and there is not salvation in any other, for there is no other name under the heaven that hath been given among men, in which it behoveth us to be saved.'

4:13And beholding the openness of Peter and John, and having perceived that they are men unlettered and plebeian, they were wondering -- they were taking knowledge also of them that with Jesus they had been --

4:14and seeing the man standing with them who hath been healed, they had nothing to say against it,

4:15and having commanded them to go away out of the sanhedrim, they took counsel with one another,

4:16saying, `What shall we do to these men? because that, indeed, a notable sign hath been done through them, to all those dwelling in Jerusalem is manifest, and we are not able to deny it;

4:17but that it may spread no further toward the people, let us strictly threaten them no more to speak in this name to any man.'

4:18And having called them, they charged them not to speak at all, nor to teach, in the name of Jesus,

4:19and Peter and John answering unto them said, `Whether it is righteous before God to hearken to you rather than to God, judge ye;

4:20for we cannot but speak what we did see and hear.'

4:21And they having further threatened them, let them go, finding nothing how they may punish them, because of the people, because all were glorifying God for that which hath been done,

4:22for above forty years of age was the man upon whom had been done this sign of the healing.

4:23And being let go, they went unto their own friends, and declared whatever the chief priests and the elders said unto them,

4:24and they having heard, with one accord did lift up the voice unto God, and said, `Lord, thou art God, who didst make the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all that are in them,

4:25who, through the mouth of David thy servant, did say, Why did nations rage, and peoples meditate vain things?

4:26the kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against His Christ;

4:27for gathered together of a truth against Thy holy child Jesus, whom Thou didst anoint, were both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with nations and peoples of Israel,

4:28to do whatever Thy hand and Thy counsel did determine before to come to pass.

4:29`And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings, and grant to Thy servants with all freedom to speak Thy word,

4:30in the stretching forth of Thy hand, for healing, and signs, and wonders, to come to pass through the name of Thy holy child Jesus.'

4:31And they having prayed, the place was shaken in which they were gathered together, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and were speaking the word of God with freedom,

4:32and of the multitude of those who did believe the heart and the soul was one, and not one was saying that anything of the things he had was his own, but all things were to them in common.

4:33And with great power were the apostles giving the testimony to the rising again of the Lord Jesus, great grace also was on them all,

4:34for there was not any one among them who did lack, for as many as were possessors of fields, or houses, selling them, were bringing the prices of the thing sold,

4:35and were laying them at the feet of the apostles, and distribution was being made to each according as any one had need.

4:36And Joses, who was surnamed by the apostles Barnabas -- which is, having been interpreted, Son of Comfort -- a Levite, of Cyprus by birth,

4:37a field being his, having sold it, brought the money and laid it at the feet of the apostles.

5:1And a certain man, Ananias by name, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,

5:2and did keep back of the price -- his wife also knowing -- and having brought a certain part, at the feet of the apostles he laid it.

5:3And Peter said, `Ananias, wherefore did the Adversary fill thy heart, for thee to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back of the price of the place?

5:4while it remained, did it not remain thine? and having been sold, in thy authority was it not? why is it that thou didst put in thy heart this thing? thou didst not lie to men, but to God;'

5:5and Ananias hearing these words, having fallen down, did expire, and great fear came upon all who heard these things,

5:6and having risen, the younger men wound him up, and having carried forth, they buried him.

5:7And it came to pass, about three hours after, that his wife, not knowing what hath happened, came in,

5:8and Peter answered her, `Tell me if for so much ye sold the place;' and she said, `Yes, for so much.'

5:9And Peter said unto her, `How was it agreed by you, to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? lo, the feet of those who did bury thy husband are at the door, and they shall carry thee forth;'

5:10and she fell down presently at his feet, and expired, and the young men having come in, found her dead, and having carried forth, they buried her by her husband;

5:11and great fear came upon all the assembly, and upon all who heard these things.

5:12And through the hands of the apostles came many signs and wonders among the people, and they were with one accord all in the porch of Solomon;

5:13and of the rest no one was daring to join himself to them, but the people were magnifying them,

5:14(and the more were believers added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women,)

5:15so as into the broad places to bring forth the ailing, and to lay them upon couches and mats, that at the coming of Peter, even his shadow might overshadow some one of them;

5:16and there were coming together also the people of the cities round about to Jerusalem, bearing ailing persons, and those harassed by unclean spirits -- who were all healed.

5:17And having risen, the chief priest, and all those with him -- being the sect of the Sadducees -- were filled with zeal,

5:18and laid their hands upon the apostles, and did put them in a public prison;

5:19and a messenger of the Lord through the night opened the doors of the prison, having also brought them forth, he said,

5:20`Go on, and standing, speak in the temple to the people all the sayings of this life;'

5:21and having heard, they did enter at the dawn into the temple, and were teaching. And the chief priest having come, and those with him, they called together the sanhedrim and all the senate of the sons of Israel, and they sent to the prison to have them brought,

5:22and the officers having come, did not find them in the prison, and having turned back, they told,

5:23saying -- `The prison indeed we found shut in all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors, and having opened -- within we found no one.'

5:24And as the priest, and the magistrate of the temple, and the chief priests, heard these words, they were doubting concerning them to what this would come;

5:25and coming near, a certain one told them, saying -- `Lo, the men whom ye did put in the prison are in the temple standing and teaching the people;'

5:26then the magistrate having gone away with officers, brought them without violence, for they were fearing the people, lest they should be stoned;

5:27and having brought them, they set them in the sanhedrim, and the chief priest questioned them,

5:28saying, `Did not we strictly command you not to teach in this name? and lo, ye have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and ye intend to bring upon us the blood of this man.'

5:29And Peter and the apostles answering, said, `To obey God it behoveth, rather than men;

5:30and the God of our fathers did raise up Jesus, whom ye slew, having hanged upon a tree;

5:31this one God, a Prince and a Saviour, hath exalted with His right hand, to give reformation to Israel, and forgiveness of sins;

5:32and we are His witnesses of these sayings, and the Holy Spirit also, whom God gave to those obeying him.'

5:33And they having heard, were cut to the heart, and were taking counsel to slay them,

5:34but a certain one, having risen up in the sanhedrim -- a Pharisee, by name Gamaliel, a teacher of law honoured by all the people -- commanded to put the apostles forth a little,

5:35and said unto them, `Men, Israelites, take heed to yourselves about these men, what ye are about to do,

5:36for before these days rose up Theudas, saying, that himself was some one, to whom a number of men did join themselves, as it were four hundred, who was slain, and all, as many as were obeying him, were scattered, and came to nought.

5:37`After this one rose up, Judas the Galilean, in the days of the enrollment, and drew away much people after him, and that one perished, and all, as many as were obeying him, were scattered;

5:38and now I say to you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone, because if this counsel or this work may be of men, it will be overthrown,

5:39and if it be of God, ye are not able to overthrow it, lest perhaps also ye be found fighting against God.'

5:40And to him they agreed, and having called near the apostles, having beaten them, they commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go;

5:41they, indeed, then, departed from the presence of the sanhedrim, rejoicing that for his name they were counted worthy to suffer dishonour,

5:42every day also in the temple, and in every house, they were not ceasing teaching and proclaiming good news -- Jesus the Christ.