And while staying with them, he commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised, "Which," he said, "you heard of from me;

So when they had come together, they asked him, "Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?"

He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has fixed by his own authority.

And after he had said this, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.

And as they were gazing intently into the sky while he was going, behold, two men in white clothing stood beside them.

(Now this man bought a field with the reward of his wickedness; and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle and all his intestines gushed out.

And it became known to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the field was called in their language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)

For it is written in the book of Psalms, 'Let his homestead be made desolate, and let there be no one to dwell in it'; and, 'let another man take his office.'

Therefore it is necessary that of the men who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.

And at this sound the crowd came together, and they were bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in his own language.

And how is it that we hear them, each of us in his own native language?

And they were all amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, "What does this mean?"

For these men are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day;

but this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

'And in the last days it shall be, God says, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams;

even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they shall prophesy.

And it shall be that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.'

But God raised him up, having loosed the agony of death, because it was impossible for him to be held in its power.

For David says concerning him, 'I saw the Lord always before me; for he is at my right hand, so that I will not be shaken.

Being therefore exalted at 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 heaven, but he says himself: 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand,

Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brethren, what shall we do?"

And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they ate together with glad and sincere hearts,

Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.

And a man lame from birth was being carried, whom they set down every day at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful to beg alms of those who entered the temple.

And Peter, along with John, directed his gaze at him, and said, "Look at us."

But Peter said, "I do not have silver and gold, but I give you what I have; in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk."

and they recognized him as the one who used to sit at the Beautiful Gate of the temple to beg alms, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

And when Peter saw this he addressed the people, "Men of Israel, why do you wonder at this, or why do you stare at us, as if by our own power or piety we had made him walk?

But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ would suffer, he thus fulfilled.

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

And it shall be that every soul that does not listen to that prophet will be destroyed from among the people.'

And they seized them and put them in jail until the next day, for it was already evening.

And when they had set them in the midst, they began to inquire, "By what power or by what name did you do this?"