At once is the emphatic position in the Greek sentence.

In the presence of God may be rendered as “where God is” or “and God is with us.”

The term ordered suggests “instructed you to say to us” or “has arranged for you to say to us.”

In the second sentence of this verse anything is in the Greek literally “everything.”

Quoted with permission from Newman, Barclay M. and Nida, Eugene A. A Handbook on The Acts of the Apostles. (UBS Handbook Series). New York: UBS, 1972. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .