but you will be given power when the holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be witnesses for me in Jerusalem and all over Judea and Samaria and to the very ends of the earth."

" 'It will come about in the last days, God says, That I will pour out my Spirit upon all mankind; Your sons and daughters will become prophets, Your young men will have visions, And your old men will have dreams.

Even on my slaves, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, And they will become prophets.

When Peter saw this, he said to the people. "Men of Israel, why are you so surprised at this? Why do you stare so at us, as though it were some power or some piety of ours that had made him able to walk?

It is by his power and through faith in him that this man whom you see and recognize has been made strong again, and it is faith inspired by him that has given him the perfect health you all see.

They had the apostles brought before them and demanded of them, "By what power or authority have men like you done this?"

you and the people of Israel must all know that it is through the power of Jesus Christ of Nazareth whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that he stands here before you well.

And now, Lord, take note of their threats, and give your slaves the power to utter your message fearlessly,

when you stretch out your hand to heal, and signs and wonders are done by the power of your holy servant Jesus."

The apostles gave their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus with great power, and God's favor rested richly upon them.

So they went out from before the council, glad that they had been thought worthy to bear disgrace for the sake of Jesus,

Everyone there, high and low, made much of him, and said, "He must be what is known as the Great Power of God!"

saying, "Give me also this power to communicate the holy Spirit to anyone I place my hands upon."

So repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord, to see if you may not be forgiven for thinking of such a thing.

Simon answered, "You must pray to the Lord for me, that none of the things you have said may happen to me!"

The next day, while they were still on their way, and were just getting near the town, Peter went up on the housetop about noon to pray.

about Jesus of Nazareth, and how God endowed him with the power of the holy Spirit, and he went about doing good and curing all who were in the power of the devil, because God was with him.

He also directed us to announce to the people and bear solemn testimony that he is the one whom God has appointed to be the judge of the living and the dead.

It is of him that all the prophets bear witness that everyone that believes in him will have his sins forgiven in his name."

Then Peter came to himself, and he said, "Now I am certain that the Lord sent his angel and rescued me from the power of Herod and all that the Jewish people were expecting."

At Iconium in the same way, they went to the Jewish synagogue and spoke with such power that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed.

They spent some time there, speaking fearlessly and relying upon the Lord, who bore witness to his gracious message by letting signs and wonders be done by them.

Then why do you now try to test God, by putting on the necks of these disciples a yoke that neither our forefathers nor we have been able to bear?

Symeon has told how God first showed an interest in taking from among the heathen a people to bear his name.

The brothers sent Paul and Silas away immediately, in the course of the following night, to Berea. On arriving there they went to the Jewish synagogue.

But when the Jews at Thessalonica found out that God's message had been delivered at Berea by Paul, they came there too, to excite and stir up the populace.

So the Lord's message went on growing wonderfully in influence and power.

He was accompanied by Sopater of Berea, the son of Pyrrhus, Aristarchus and Secundus, from Thessalonica, Gaius of Derbe, Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus, from Asia.

as the high priest and the whole council will bear me witness. In fact, they gave me letters to the brothers in Damascus and I went there to bind those who were there and bring them back to Jerusalem to be punished.