Acts
New Testament · 28 chapters · 1004 verses
Every chapter of Acts is given below in the English Majority Text Version (EMTV) — 1004 verses in 28 chapters — each with the Byzantine Majority Text in parallel and the translator's notes to the printed edition.
1 Church Father comments on Acts in this edition: Saint John Chrysostom. Their commentary appears on the chapter it explains.
Chapters
Chapter by Chapter
- Acts 1 The former account I made concerning all things, O Theophilus, which Jesus began both to do and teach,
- Acts 2 And when the day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
- Acts 3 Now Peter and John were going up together to the temple at the hour of prayer, which was the ninth hour.
- Acts 4 Now while they were speaking to the people, the priests, the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees came upon them,
- Acts 5 But a certain man named Ananias, together with Sapphira his wife, sold a piece of property.
- Acts 6 Now in those days, as the disciples were increasing in number, there arose a complaint from the Greek speaking Jews against the Aramaic speaking…
- Acts 7 Then the high priest said, “Are these things so?”
- Acts 8 Now Saul was agreeing with them in his murder. And in that day there arose a great persecution against the church which was in Jerusalem; and they…
- Acts 9 Then Saul, still breathing murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest
- Acts 10 Now there was a certain man in Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment,
- Acts 11 Now the apostles and the brothers who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.
- Acts 12 Now at that time Herod the king put forth his hands to harm some from the church.
- Acts 13 Now there were some in the church being in Antioch who were prophets and teachers: both Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene,…
- Acts 14 And it came to pass in Iconium that they went in together into the synagogue of the Jews, and they spoke in a way so that a great multitude, both of…
- Acts 15 And certain men coming down from Judea were teaching the brothers, “If you are not circumcised in the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”
- Acts 16 Now he arrived at Derbe and Lystra. And behold, a certain disciple was there named Timothy, the son of a certain Jewish woman who believed, but his…
- Acts 17 Now traveling through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.
- Acts 18 Now after these things, having departed from Athens, Paul came to Corinth.
- Acts 19 And it came about, while Apollos was in Corinth, that Paul, having gone through the interior regions, came to Ephesus. And finding some disciples
- Acts 20 Now after the disturbance had ceased, Paul, summoning the disciples and greeting them, went away to go to Macedonia.
- Acts 21 Now when it came to pass that we had put to sea, having withdrawn from them, running a straight course we came to Cos, and on the next day to Rhodes,…
- Acts 22 “Men, brothers and fathers, hear my defense to you now.”
- Acts 23 Then Paul, looking intently at the council, said, “Men, brothers, I have lived with all good conscience toward God until this day.”
- Acts 24 Now after five days Ananias the high priest came down with the elders and a certain attorney named Tertullus, who made known to the governor the…
- Acts 25 Now when Festus had set foot in the province, after three days he went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.
- Acts 26 Then Agrippa said to Paul, “It is permitted for you to speak for yourself.” So Paul, having extended his hand, spoke in his own defense:
- Acts 27 Now when it was decided that we should sail away to Italy, they handed over both Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the…
- Acts 28 And when they were rescued, then they learned that the island was called Malta.