Peter and John are imprisoned. Anno DOMINI 33. Or, ruler, Luke 22. 4. ch. 5.24. a Matt. 22. 23. Acts 23. 8. Luke 3.2. John 11. 49& 18. 13. Aza THE ACTS. The church prayeth to Ga them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves, CHAP. IV. 1 The rulers of the Jews offended with Peter's sermon, 4 (though th usands of the people were converted that heard the word,) imprison him and John. 5 After, upon examination Peter boldly avouching the lame man to be healed by the name of Jesus, and that by the same Jesus only we must be eternally saved, 13 they command him and John to preach no more in that name, add ing also threatening, 23 whereupon the church fleeth to prayer. 31 And God, by moving the place where they were assembled, testified that he heard their prayer: confirming the church with the gift of the Holy Ghost, and with mutual love and charity. AND as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the || captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, 2 Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead. 3 And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide. 4 Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand. 7 And when they had set them in the M24 midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this? 21. 23. ch. 7. 27. 8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel, 9 If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole; 16 Saying, 'What shall we do to these 1 men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is manifest to ja all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it. 17 But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name. 18 "And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus. 21 So when they had further threat- J ened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, 'because of the people: for all men glo- & Lina rified God for 'that which was done. ch. 5. £ 22 For the man was above forty years a old, on whom this miracle of healing was shewed. 25 ¶ And being let go, they went to tas their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them. 24 And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, "thou art God, ag which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is: 15 25 Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen it rage, and the people imagine vain things? 26 The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ. 27 For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were Jaba gathered together, $318 28 For to do whatsoever thy hand and ch thy counsel determined before to be done. 29 And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that r with all boldness they may speak thy word, 30 By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child se Jesus. . 316 31 ¶ And when they had prayed, the f place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake,asa the word of God with boldness. 32 And the multitude of them that Pe believed were of one heart and of one Fra soul: *neither said any of them that ought . b to A RE 35 And laid them down at the aposgch. 2.45. & tles' feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need. 36 And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) à Levite, and of the country of Cyprus, rver. 34, 35. ch. 5. 1, 2. a ch.4. 37. b Numb. 30. 2. Deut. 23. 37 Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet. CHAP. V. I After that Ananias and Sapphira his wife for their hypocrisy at Peter's rebuke had fallen down dead, 12 and that the rest of the apostles had wrought many miracles, 14 to the increase of the faith: 17 the apostles are again imprisoned, 19 but delivered by an angel bidding them to preach openly to all: 21 when, after their teaching accordingly in the temple, 29 and before the council, 33 they are in danger to be killed, through the advice of Gamaliel, a great counseller among the Jews, they be kept alive, 40 and are but beaten: for which they glorify God, and cease no day from preaching. BUT UT a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a pos session, 3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath 21. Eccles. 5. Satan filled thine heart || to lie to the Luke 22.3. Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the Or, to de- price of the land? 4. ceive, ver. 9. 4 Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God. 5 And Ananias hearing these words a ver. 10, 11. d fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things. e John 19. 40. ver. 3. latt. 4.7. 6 And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, and buried him. 7 And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in. 8 And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much. 9 Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together 'to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband 11 h g ver. 5. 2. 43. & 19. And great fear came upon all the hver. 5. ch. church, and upon as many as heard these 17. things. 12 ¶ And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch. 13 And 1of the rest durst no man join himself to them: "but the people magnified them. 14 And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.) ich. 2. 43. & Rom. 15. 12. Hebr. 2. 14.3. & 19. 19. 2 Cor. 12. 4 k ch. 3. 11. & 4.32. & 12. 42 & I John 9. 22. 19.38. m ch. 2. 47 & 4. 1. 1 Or, in every street. n Matt. 9. 21. & 14.36. 15 Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, "that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might ch. 19. 12. overshadow some of them. 16 There came also a multitude out of o Mark 16. the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were th vexed with unclean spirits: and they 14.12. were healed every one. 17 ¶ Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with || indignation, ch. 4. 1, 2, ¡Or, envy. Luke 21. 18 And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison. 19 But the angel of the Lord by night ch.12.7.& opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said, t 16. 26. s John 6. 68. & 17.3. cb. 4. 5, 6. 20 Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life. 21 And when they heard that, they 1 John 5.11. entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought. 22 But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned, and told, 23 Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within. Gamaliel's advice to the council. Anno DOMINI. 33. x Matt. 21. 26. y ch. 4. 18. z ch. 2. 23, 36. & 3. 15. & 7.52. a Matt. 23. 35. & 27. 25. THE ACTS. 27 And when they had brought them, 28 Saying, 'Did not we straitly com- 29 ¶ Then Peter and the other aposbch. 4. 19. tles answered and said, "We ought to obey God rather than men. e ch. 3. 13, 15. & 22. 14. 30 The God of our fathers raised up ch. 10.39. Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on & 13. 29. Gal. 3. 13. 1 Pet. 2. 24. ech. 2.33,36. Phil. 2.9. Hebr. 2. 10. & 12. 2. a tree. d 31 Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be 'a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and f ch. 3. 15. forgiveness of sins. g Matt. 1. 21. b Luke 24. 13.38. 47. ch. 3. 26. Ephes. 1.7. Col. 1. 14. i John 1526, 27. k ch. 2. 4. & 10.44. 1 ch. 2. 37. & 7.54. In ch. 22. 3. The Third called Anno Domini. 32 And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him. 33 When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them. m 34 Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named " Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space; 35 And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these men. 36 For before these days rose up Theuthe Account das, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as || obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to nought. 37 After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and all, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed. 38 And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: "for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: 39 But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even p ch. 7.51. Pto fight against God. 10 And they were not able to resist the Lake wisdom and the spirit by which he spake. See and 11 Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses,and against Ġod. *** 12 And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council, 13 And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law: 14 For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall 'destroy this place, and shall change the customs 10v, rits. which Moses delivered us. 15 And all that sat in the council, a ch. 22. 1. & Gen. 12. 1. ⚫ Gen. 11. 31. & 12.4,5 CHAP. VII. 1 Stephen, permitted to answer to the accusa- ordained according to the heavenly pattern, they stone him to death, who commendeth them. THEN 2 And he said, "Men, brethren, and And said unto him, "Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee. 4 Then came he out of the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell. 5 And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: d Gen. 12.7. d yet he promised that he would give it to 153, 18.& him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child. & 13.15& 17.8.& 26.3. e Gen. 15. 13, 16. Anno 33. to the accusation of blasphemy. 16. 27. Gen. 46, 27. Deut. 10, 22. 15 "So Jacob went down into Egypt, Gen. 46.5. "and died, he, and our fathers, w Gen. 49. 6. 16 And were carried over into Sy- 33 Exod. 18 Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph. 13. ver. 6. 8,9. Ps. 106. 24, 25 19 The same dealt subtilly with our b 22. 20 In which time Moses was born, e Exod. 2. 2. and "was || exceeding fair, and nourished d Hebr. 11. up in his father's house three months: 23. Or, fair to • Exod. 2. 21 And when he was cast out, Pha- God. 22 And Moses was learned in all the 19. 23 And when he was full forty years Exod. 3. old, it came into his heart to visit his ", 12. brethren the children of Israel. 24 And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian: 6 And God spake on this wise, "That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into Exod. 12. bondage, and entreat them evil 'four hun-hand would deliver them: but they un 25 For he supposed his brethren would Or, Now. have understood how that God by his 29 Then fled Moses at this saying, k Exod. 2. and was a stranger in the land of Madian, 20. & 18.3,4where he begat two sons. 30 'And when forty years were expired, 1 Exod. 3. 2. there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush. 31 When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the Lord came unto him, m 32. Hebr. 11. 32 Saying, "I am the God of thy fa- m Matt. 22. thers, the God of Abraham, and the God i of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold. 3 K 3 33 "Then said the Lord to him, Put | off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place Exod. 3. 5. where thou standest is holy ground. Josh. 5- 15. • Exod. 3. 7. p Exod. 14. 19. Numb. 20. 16. q Exod. 12. 41. & 33. 1. 54 I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt. 35 This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush. 36 He brought them out, after that Exod.7.& he had 'shewed wonders and signs in the 8.9&10 land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years. & 11. & 14 Ps. 105. 27. Exod. 14. 21, 27, 28, 29. 1, 35 Exod. 16. Deut, 18. 15,18. ch. 3. 22. 37 This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, "A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; Or, as my him shall ye hear. self. x Matt. 17. 5. y Exod. 19. 3, 17. 38 This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and z Isai. 63. 9. with our fathers: who received the lively boracles to give unto us: Gal. 3. 19. Hebr. 2. 2. a Exod. 21. 1. Dent. 5. 27, 31. & 33 a 39 To whom our fathers would not 4 John obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt, 17. b Rom. 3. 2. c Exod. 32. 1. d Deut. 9. 16. Ps. 106. 19. e Ps. 81. 12. Ezek. 20. 25, 40 Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. 41 And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands. 42 Then God turned, and gave them 37. Rom. 1. up to worship 'the host of heaven; as it The is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness? 55 But he, 'being full of the Holy s Ghost, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, 56 And said, Behold, I see the hea- 1. 1. vens opened, and the Son of man stand-st 1 ing on the right hand of God. 57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord, 58 And cast him out of the city," and bite stoned him: and the witnesses laid down 4. . their clothes at a young man's feet, whose t name was Saul. 59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. 60 And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, "Lord, lay not this sin ass to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep. 1 CHAP. VIII. By occasion of the persecution in Jerusalem, the church being planted in Samaria, 5 by Philip the deacon, who preached, did miracles, and baptized many, among the rest Simon the sorcerer, a great seducer of the people 14 Peter and John come to confirm and enlarge the church: where, by prayer and imposition of hands giving the Holy Ghost, 18 when Simon would have bought the like power of them, 20 Peter sharply reproving his hypocrisy, and covetousness, and exhorting him to repentance, together with John preaching the word of the Lord, return to Jerusalem. 26 But the ange sendeth Philip to teach, and baptize the Ethiopian eunuch. AND Saul was consenting unto his AB death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were 11. 9 all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. 2 And devout men carried Stephen to |