for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

When they arrived, they went to the room upstairs where they were staying:

Peter, John,
James, Andrew,
Philip, Thomas,
Bartholomew, Matthew,
James the son of Alphaeus,
Simon the Zealot,
and Judas the son of James.

beginning from the baptism of John until the day He was taken up from us—from among these, it is necessary that one become a witness with us of His resurrection.”

Now Peter and John were going up together to the temple complex at the hour of prayer at three in the afternoon.

When he saw Peter and John about to enter the temple complex, he asked for help.

Peter, along with John, looked at him intently and said, “Look at us.”

While he was holding on to Peter and John, all the people, greatly amazed, ran toward them in what is called Solomon’s Colonnade.

with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John and Alexander, and all the members of the high-priestly family.

After they had Peter and John stand before them, they asked the question: “By what power or in what name have you done this?”

When they observed the boldness of Peter and John and realized that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were amazed and recognized that they had been with Jesus.

But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it’s right in the sight of God for us to listen to you rather than to God, you decide;

None of the rest dared to join them, but the people praised them highly.

When the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had welcomed God’s message, they sent Peter and John to them.

Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

The Spirit told Philip, “Go and join that chariot.”

You know the events that took place throughout Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John preached:

Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how He said, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’

and he killed James, John’s brother, with the sword.

When he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John Mark, where many had assembled and were praying.

After they had completed their relief mission, Barnabas and Saul returned to Jerusalem, taking along John who is called Mark.

Arriving in Salamis, they proclaimed God’s message in the Jewish synagogues. They also had John as their assistant.

Paul and his companions set sail from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia. John, however, left them and went back to Jerusalem.

Before He came to public attention, John had previously proclaimed a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

Then as John was completing his life’s work, he said, ‘Who do you think I am? I am not the One. But look! Someone is coming after me, and I am not worthy to untie the sandals on His feet.’

Barnabas wanted to take along John Mark.

This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught the things about Jesus accurately, although he knew only John’s baptism.

“Then what baptism were you baptized with?” he asked them.

“With John’s baptism,” they replied.

Paul said, “John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people that they should believe in the One who would come after him, that is, in Jesus.”