To these he also showed himself alive after he suffered, by many proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days, and speaking about God's Kingdom.

For John indeed baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days from now."

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth."

While they were looking steadfastly into the sky as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white clothing,

"Brothers, it was necessary that this Scripture should be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who was guide to those who took Jesus.

For it is written in the scroll of Psalms, 'Let his habitation be made desolate. Let no one dwell therein;' and, 'Let another take his office.'

But Peter, standing up with the Eleven, lifted up his voice, and spoke out to them, "You men of Judea, and all you who dwell at Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to my words.

'It will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will dream dreams.

The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.

It will be, that whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.'

"Men of Israel, hear these words. Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved by God to you by mighty works and wonders and signs which God did by him in the midst of you, even as you yourselves know,

him, being delivered up by the determined counsel and foreknowledge of God, by the hand of lawless men, crucified and killed;

whom God raised up, having freed him from the pains of death, because it was not possible that he should be held by it.

For David says concerning him, 'I saw the Lord always before my face, For he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved.

Being therefore exalted by the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this, which you see and hear.

For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he says himself, 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit by my right hand,

Peter said to them, "Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Day by day, continuing steadfastly with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread at home, they took their food with gladness and singleness of heart,

praising God, and having favor with all the people. The Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.

He took him by the right hand, and raised him up. Immediately his feet and his ankle bones received strength.

When Peter saw it, he responded to the people, "You men of Israel, why do you marvel at this man? Why do you fasten your eyes on us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made him walk?

But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a man who was a murderer to be granted to you,

By faith in his name, his name has made this man strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith which is through him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.

But the things which God announced by the mouth of all his prophets, that the Messiah should suffer, he thus fulfilled.

"Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord,

whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God spoke long ago by the mouth of his holy prophets.

It will be, that every soul that will not listen to that prophet will be utterly destroyed from among the people.'

You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, 'In your seed will all the families of the earth be blessed.'

But many of those who heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.

When they had stood them in the middle of them, they inquired, "By what power, or in what name, have you done this?"

if we are examined today concerning a good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man has been healed,

be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, in him does this man stand here before you whole.

He is 'the stone which was regarded as worthless by you, the builders, which has become the head of the corner.'

And there is salvation in none other, for there is no other name under heaven, that is given among men by which we must be saved."

saying, "What shall we do to these men? Because indeed a notable miracle has been done through them, as can be plainly seen by all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.

who by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of your servant, David, said, 'Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing?

while you stretch out your hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of your holy Servant Jesus."

Joseph, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas (which is translated, Son of Encouragement), a Levite, a man of Cyprus by race,

She fell down immediately at his feet, and died. The young men came in and found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her by her husband.

By the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were done among the people. They were all with one accord in Solomon's porch.

They even carried out the sick into the streets, and put them on cots and mats, so that as Peter came by at the least his shadow would fall on some of them.

Crowds also came together from the cities around Jerusalem, bringing sick people, and those who were tormented by unclean spirits: and they were all healed.

But an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors by night, and brought them out, and said,

God exalted him with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.

But one stood up in the council, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the Law, honored by all the people, and commanded to put the men out for a little while.

He said to them, "You men of Israel, be careful concerning these men, what you are about to do.

For before these days Todah rose up, making himself out 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 dispersed, and came to nothing.

Now I tell you, withdraw from these men, and leave them alone. For if this counsel or this work is of man, it will be overthrown.

But if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them, and you would be found even to be fighting against God."

They weren't able to withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke.

God spoke in this way: that his seed would live as foreigners in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.

'I will judge the nation to which they will be in bondage,' said God, 'and after that will they come out, and serve me in this place.'

He supposed that his brothers understood that God, by his hand, was giving them deliverance; but they did not understand.

"The day following, he appeared to them as they fought, and urged them to be at peace again, saying, 'Sirs, you are brothers. Why do you wrong one another?'

"This Moses, whom they refused, saying, 'Who made you a ruler and a judge?'?God has sent him as both a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

to whom our fathers would not be obedient, but rejected him, and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,

You received the Law as it was ordained by angels, and did not keep it."

The crowds listened with one accord to the things that were spoken by Philip, when they heard and saw the signs which he did.

But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who used to practice sorcery in the city, and amazed the people of Samaria, making himself out to be some great one,

Repent therefore of this, your wickedness, and ask the Lord if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.

But rise up, and enter into the city, and you will be told what you must do."

Saul arose from the ground, and when his eyes were opened, he saw no one. They led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.

Ananias departed, and entered into the house. Laying his hands on him, he said, "Brother Saul, the Lord, who appeared to you on the road by which you came, has sent me, that you may receive your sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit."

but his disciples took him by night, and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket.

Peter got up and went with them. When he had come, they brought him into the upper chamber. All the widows stood by him weeping, and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them.

Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment,

He lodges with one Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the seaside."

He saw heaven opened and a certain container descending to him, like a great sheet let down by four corners on the earth,

Now while Peter was very perplexed in himself what the vision which he had seen might mean, behold, the men who were sent by Cornelius, having made inquiry for Simon's house, stood before the gate,

They said, "Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous man and one who fears God, and well spoken of by all the Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to invite you to his house, and to listen to what you say."

Send therefore to Joppa, and summon Simon, who is surnamed Peter. He lodges in the house of Simon, a tanner, by the seaside.'

Therefore I sent to you at once, and it was good of you to come. Now therefore we are all here present in the sight of God to hear all things that have been commanded you by the Lord."

The word which he sent to the sons of Israel, proclaiming good news of peace by Jesus Christ?he is Lord of all?

even Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

God raised him up the third day, and gave him to be revealed,

not to all the people, but to witnesses who were chosen before by God, to us, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.

He commanded us to proclaim to the people and to testify that this is he who is appointed by God as the Judge of the living and the dead.

"Can any man forbid the water, that these who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we should not be baptized?"

He commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay some days.

"I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision: a certain container descending, like it was a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners. It came as far as me.

who will speak to you words by which you will be saved, you and all your house.'

I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, 'John indeed baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit.'

They therefore who were scattered abroad by the oppression that arose about Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except to Jews only.

One of them named Agabus stood up, and indicated by the Spirit that there should be a great famine all over the world, which also happened in the days of Claudius.

which they also did, sending it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

Peter therefore was kept in the prison, but constant prayer was made by the church to God for him.

And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side, and woke him up, saying, "Stand up quickly." His chains fell off from his hands.

And he went out and followed him. He did not know that what was being done by the angel was real, but thought he saw a vision.

When they were past the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which opened to them by itself. They went out, and went down one street, and immediately the angel departed from him.

But he, beckoning to them with his hand to be silent, declared to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. He said, "Tell these things to James, and to the brothers." Then he departed, and went to another place.

When Herod had sought for him, and did not find him, he examined the guards, and commanded that they should be put to death. He went down from Judea to Caesarea, and stayed there.

Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and died.

So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia. From there they sailed to Cyprus.

But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn aside the proconsul from the faith.

Now, behold, the hand of the Lord is on you, and you will be blind, unable to see the sun for a time." Immediately a mist and darkness fell on him. He went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand.

When he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, to whom he also testified, 'I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who will do all my will.'

For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they did not know him, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.

and he was seen for many days by those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses to the people.

Be it known to you therefore, brothers, that through this man is proclaimed to you remission of sins,

and by him everyone who believes is justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the Law of Moses.