Acts 1

Jesus taken up into heaven 1 In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach 2 until the day he was taken…

Acts 2

The Holy Spirit comes at Pentecost 1 When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent…

Acts 3

Peter heals a lame beggar 1 One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer – at three in the afternoon. 2 Now…

Acts 4

Peter and John before the Sanhedrin 1 The priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to Peter and John while they were speaking to…

Acts 5

Ananias and Sapphira 1 Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property. 2 With his wife’s full knowledge he kept back part…

Acts 6

The choosing of the seven 1 In those days when the number of disciples was increasing, the Hellenistic Jewsamong them complained against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being…

Acts 7

Stephen’s speech to the Sanhedrin 1 Then the high priest asked Stephen, ‘Are these charges true?’ 2 To this he replied: ‘Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of…

Acts 8

1 And Saul approved of their killing him. The church persecuted and scattered On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the…

Acts 9

Saul’s conversion 1 Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples. He went to the high priest 2 and asked him for letters to the synagogues…

Acts 10

Cornelius calls for Peter 1 At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was known as the Italian Regiment. 2 He and all his family were…