there came suddenly from the sky a sound like the onrush of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

"Men of Israel, listen to these words. Jesus the Nazarene, a man accredited to you by God, through mighty works and wonders and signs which God did by him among you, as you yourselves know;

Since he is by the mighty hand of God exalted, and has received from his Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured forth this which you now see and hear.

In consequence people would even bring out their sick into the streets, and place them upon beds and pallets as Peter was passing, that at least his shadow might fall upon some of them.

"So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in his words and works.

Who came down and prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit,

As Paul and Barnabas left the synagogue, the people earnestly begged that these words might be repeated to them on the following Sabbath.

"so that they might seek God, if perhaps they might feel after him and find him, though he is not far from every on of us;

Now a certain Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, a learned man and mighty in the Scriptures, came to Ephesus.

"Long or short," answered Paul, "my prayer to God is that not only you but all who are my hearers this day might become such as I am, save for these chains."

And Agrippa said to Festus, "If he had not appealed to Caesar, he might have been set free."