Acts 1-3 (Darby Translation)

Acts 1

 ¹I composed the first discourse, O Theophilus, concerning all things which Jesus began both to do and to teach,

 ²until that day in which, having by the Holy Spirit charged the apostles whom he had chosen, he was taken up;

 ³to whom also he presented himself living, after he had suffered, with many proofs; being seen by them during forty days, and speaking of the things which concern the kingdom of God;

 ⁴and, being assembled with [them], commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to await the promise of the Father, which [said he] ye have heard of me.

 ⁵For John indeed baptised with water, but *ye* shall be baptised with the Holy Spirit after now not many days.

 ⁶They therefore, being come together, asked him saying, Lord, is it at this time that thou restorest the kingdom to Israel?

 ⁷And he said to them, It is not yours to know times or seasons, which the Father has placed in his own authority;

 ⁸but ye will receive power, the Holy Spirit having come upon you, and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.

 ⁹And having said these things he was taken up, they beholding [him], and a cloud received him out of their sight.

 ¹⁰And as they were gazing into heaven, as he was going, behold, also two men stood by them in white clothing,

 ¹¹who also said, Men of Galilee, why do ye stand looking into heaven? This Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven, shall thus come in the manner in which ye have beheld him going into heaven.

 ¹²Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called [the mount] of Olives, which is near Jerusalem, a sabbath-day's journey off.

 ¹³And when they were come into [the city], they went up to the upper chamber, where were staying both Peter, and John, and James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James [son] of Alphaeus, and Simon the zealot, and Jude [the brother] of James.

 ¹⁴These gave themselves all with one accord to continual prayer, with [several] women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

 ¹⁵And in those days Peter, standing up in the midst of the brethren, said, (the crowd of names [who were] together [was] about a hundred and twenty,)

 ¹⁶Brethren, it was necessary that the scripture should have been fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before, by the mouth of David, concerning Judas, who became guide to those who took Jesus;

 ¹⁷for he was numbered amongst us, and had received a part in this service.

 ¹⁸(This [man] then indeed got a field with [the] reward of iniquity, and, having fallen down headlong, burst in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.

 ¹⁹And it was known to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that that field was called in their own dialect Aceldama; that is, field of blood.)

 ²⁰For it is written in [the] book of Psalms, Let his homestead become desolate, and let there be no dweller in it; and, Let another take his overseership.

 ²¹It is necessary therefore, that of the men who have assembled with us all [the] time in which the Lord Jesus came in and went out among us,

 ²²beginning from the baptism of John until the day in which he was taken up from us, one of these should be a witness with us of his resurrection.

 ²³And they appointed two, Joseph, who was called Barsabas, who had been surnamed Justus, and Matthias.

 ²⁴And they prayed, and said, Thou Lord, knower of the hearts of all, shew which one of these two thou hast chosen,

 ²⁵to receive the lot of this service and apostleship, from which Judas transgressing fell to go to his own place.

 ²⁶And they gave lots on them, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

Acts 2

 ¹And when the day of Pentecost was now accomplishing, they were all together in one place.

 ²And there came suddenly a sound out of heaven as of a violent impetuous blowing, and filled all the house where they were sitting.

 ³And there appeared to them parted tongues, as of fire, and it sat upon each one of them.

 ⁴And they were all filled with [the] Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit gave to them to speak forth.

 ⁵Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, pious men, from every nation of those under heaven.

 ⁶But the rumour of this having spread, the multitude came together and were confounded, because each one heard them speaking in his own dialect.

 ⁷And all were amazed and wondered, saying, Behold, are not all these who are speaking Galilaeans?

 ⁸and how do *we* hear [them] each in our own dialect in which we have been born,

 ⁹Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and those who inhabit Mesopotamia, and Judaea, and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,

 ¹⁰both Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt, and the parts of Libya which adjoin Cyrene, and the Romans sojourning [here], both Jews and proselytes,

 ¹¹Cretans and Arabians, we hear them speaking in our own tongues the great things of God?

 ¹²And they were all amazed and in perplexity, saying one to another, What would this mean?

 ¹³But others mocking said, They are full of new wine.

 ¹⁴But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice and spoke forth to them, Men of Judaea, and all ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give heed to my words:

 ¹⁵for these are not full of wine, as *ye* suppose, for it is the third hour of the day;

 ¹⁶but this is that which was spoken through the prophet Joel,

 ¹⁷And it shall be in the last days, saith God, [that] 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 elders shall dream with dreams;

 ¹⁸yea, even upon my bondmen and upon my bondwomen in those days will I pour out of my Spirit, and they shall prophesy.

 ¹⁹And I will give wonders in the heaven above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:

 ²⁰the sun shall be changed to darkness and the moon to blood, before the great and gloriously appearing day of [the] Lord come.

 ²¹And it shall be that whosoever shall call upon the name of [the] Lord shall be saved.

 ²²Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus the Nazaraean, a man borne witness to by God to you by works of power and wonders and signs, which God wrought by him in your midst, as yourselves know

 ²³-- him, given up by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye, by [the] hand of lawless [men], have crucified and slain.

 ²⁴Whom God has raised up, having loosed the pains of death, inasmuch as it was not possible that he should be held by its power;

 ²⁵for David says as to him, I foresaw the Lord continually before me, because he is at my right hand that I may not be moved.

 ²⁶Therefore has my heart rejoiced and my tongue exulted; yea more, my flesh also shall dwell in hope,

 ²⁷for thou wilt not leave my soul in hades, nor wilt thou give thy gracious one to see corruption.

 ²⁸Thou hast made known to me [the] paths of life, thou wilt fill me with joy with thy countenance.

 ²⁹Brethren, let it be allowed to speak with freedom to you concerning the patriarch David, that he has both died and been buried, and his monument is amongst us unto this day.

 ³⁰Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn to him with an oath, of the fruit of his loins to set upon his throne;

 ³¹he, seeing [it] before, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that neither has he been left in hades nor his flesh seen corruption.

 ³²This Jesus has God raised up, whereof all *we* are witnesses.

 ³³Having therefore been exalted by the right hand of God, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this which *ye* behold and hear.

 ³⁴For David has not ascended into the heavens, but he says himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit at my right hand

 ³⁵until I have put thine enemies [to be] the footstool of thy feet.

 ³⁶Let the whole house of Israel therefore know assuredly that God has made him, this Jesus whom *ye* have crucified, both Lord and Christ.

 ³⁷And having heard [it] they were pricked in heart, and said to Peter and the other apostles, What shall we do, brethren?

 ³⁸And Peter said to them, Repent, and be baptised, each one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, for remission of sins, and ye will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

 ³⁹For to you is the promise and to your children, and to all who [are] afar off, as many as [the] Lord our God may call.

 ⁴⁰And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, Be saved from this perverse generation.

 ⁴¹Those then who had accepted his word were baptised; and there were added in that day about three thousand souls.

 ⁴²And they persevered in the teaching and fellowship of the apostles, in breaking of bread and prayers.

 ⁴³And fear was upon every soul, and many wonders and signs took place through the apostles' means.

 ⁴⁴And all that believed were together, and had all things common,

 ⁴⁵and sold their possessions and substance, and distributed them to all, according as any one might have need.

 ⁴⁶And every day, being constantly in the temple with one accord, and breaking bread in [the] house, they received their food with gladness and simplicity of heart,

 ⁴⁷praising God, and having favour with all the people; and the Lord added [to the assembly] daily those that were to be saved.

Acts 3

 ¹And Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, [which is] the ninth [hour];

 ²and a certain man who was lame from his mother's womb was being carried, whom they placed every day at the gate of the temple called Beautiful, to ask alms of those who were going into the temple;

 ³who, seeing Peter and John about to enter into the temple, asked to receive alms.

 ⁴And Peter, looking stedfastly upon him with John, said, Look on us.

 ⁵And he gave heed to them, expecting to receive something from them.

 ⁶But Peter said, Silver and gold I have not; but what I have, this give I to thee: In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazaraean rise up and walk.

 ⁷And having taken hold of him [by] the right hand he raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones were made strong.

 ⁸And leaping up he stood and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.

 ⁹And all the people saw him walking and praising God;

 ¹⁰and they recognised him, that it was *he* who sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

 ¹¹And as he held Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the portico which is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.

 ¹²And Peter, seeing it, answered the people, Men of Israel, why are ye astonished at this? or why do ye gaze on us as if we had by our own power or piety made him to walk?

 ¹³The God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus, whom *ye* delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when *he* had judged that he should be let go.

 ¹⁴But *ye* denied the holy and righteous one, and asked that a man [that was] a murderer should be granted to you;

 ¹⁵but the originator of life ye slew, whom God raised from among [the] dead, whereof *we* are witnesses.

 ¹⁶And, by faith in his name, his name has made this [man] strong whom ye behold and know; and the faith which is by him has given him this complete soundness in the presence of you all.

 ¹⁷And now, brethren, I know that ye did it in ignorance, as also your rulers;

 ¹⁸but God has thus fulfilled what he had announced beforehand by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer.

 ¹⁹Repent therefore and be converted, for the blotting out of your sins, so that times of refreshing may come from [the] presence of the Lord,

 ²⁰and he may send Jesus Christ, who was foreordained for you,

 ²¹whom heaven indeed must receive till [the] times of [the] restoring of all things, of which God has spoken by the mouth of his holy prophets since time began.

 ²²Moses indeed said, A prophet shall [the] Lord your God raise up to you out of your brethren like me: him shall ye hear in everything whatsoever he shall say to you.

 ²³And it shall be that whatsoever soul shall not hear that prophet shall be destroyed from among the people.

 ²⁴And indeed all the prophets from Samuel and those in succession after [him], as many as have spoken, have announced also these days.

 ²⁵*Ye* are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God appointed to our fathers, saying to Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

 ²⁶To you first God, having raised up his servant, has sent him, blessing you in turning each one [of you] from your wickedness.