Then it pleased the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas, namely, Judas who was also named Barsabas, and Silas, leading men among the brethren.

And the word was good in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of all his servants.

A soft answer turns away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger.

A man has joy by the answer of his mouth, and a word in due season, how good it is!

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

As a ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover to an attentive ear.

Therefore, brethren, seek out from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this need;

And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and signs among the people.

And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke.

Then the high priest said, Tell us whether you hold thus to these things?

and said to him, Get out of your country and from your relatives, and come to a land that I will show you.

And God gave him no inheritance in it, not even enough to set his foot on. But even when Abraham had no child, He promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him.

And the nation to whom they will be in bondage I will judge, said God, and after that they shall come out and serve Me in this place.

And the patriarchs, becoming envious, sold Joseph into Egypt. But God was with him

Now a famine and great distress came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers found no food.

And the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph's kindred became known to Pharaoh.

So Jacob went down into Egypt; and he died, he and our fathers.

But when the time of the promise drew near which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt

This man dealt craftily with our people, and oppressed our forefathers, making them cast out their babies, so that they might not live.

But when he was set out, Pharaoh's daughter took him away and brought him up as her own son.

Now when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to look after his brethren, the children of Israel.

For he supposed that his brethren would have understood that God would deliver them by his hand, but they did not understand.

But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?

Then, at this saying, Moses fled and became an alien in the land of Midian, where he had two sons.

When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight; and as he drew near to observe, the voice of the Lord came to him,

Then the Lord said to him, Loosen the sandals from your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.

This Moses whom they rejected, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge? is the one God sent to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the Angel who appeared to him in the bush.

This is that Moses who said to the children of Israel, The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. Him you shall hear.

whom our fathers did not desire to obey, but thrust him away. And in their hearts they turned back to Egypt,

And they made a calf in those days, led a sacrifice up to the idol, and made merry in the works of their own hands.

You also took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, images which you made to do homage; and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.

which our fathers, having received it in turn, also brought with Joshua into the land possessed by the Gentiles, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers until the days of David,

But Solomon built Him a house.

Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What house will you build for Me? says the Lord, or what is the place of My rest?

You stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always oppose the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you.

of whom you now have become the betrayers and murderers.

But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into Heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God,

Then they cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and ran at him with one accord;

And they stoned Stephen as he was invoking and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

Now Saul was consenting to his death. At that time a great persecution arose against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.

And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.

For he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a great many people were added to the Lord.

But by the Spirit of Jehovah I am full of power and justice and might, to declare to Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.

Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria and preached Christ to them.

For unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice, came out of many who were possessed; and many who were paralyzed and lame were healed.

But there was a certain man called Simon, who previously used sorcery in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, claiming that he was someone great,

And they heeded him because he had amazed them with his sorceries for a long time.

Then Simon himself also believed; and when he was immersed he continued with Philip, and was amazed, seeing the works of power and signs which were done.

Now an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, Arise and go toward the south along the road which goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza. This is desert.

was returning. And sitting in his chariot, he was reading Isaiah the prophet.

So Philip ran to him, and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, Do you understand what you are reading?

The place in the Scripture which he read was this: He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and as a lamb before its shearer is silent, so He opened not His mouth.

So the eunuch answered Philip and said, I ask you, of whom does the prophet say this, of himself or of some other man?

Now as they went down the road, they came upon some water. And the eunuch said, See, here is water. What prevents me from being immersed?

So he commanded the chariot to stand still. And both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and he immersed him.

But Philip was found at Azotus. And passing through, he preached in all the cities till he came to Caesarea.

On the next day we who were Paul's companions departed and came to Caesarea, and entered the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him.

But this you have, that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

Thus you also have those who hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate.

Now in the church that was at Antioch there were certain prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.