You will receive power when the holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses at Jerusalem, throughout all Judaea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."

So they brought forward two men, Joseph called Bar-Sabbas (surnamed Justus) and Matthias;

No, this is what was predicted by the prophet Joel ??17 In the last days, saith God, then will I pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, your sons and daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall see visions, your old men shall dream dreams:

on my very slaves and slave-girls in those days will I pour out my Spirit, and they shall prophesy.

This Jesus God raised, as we can all bear witness.

But when Peter saw this, he said to the people, "Men of Israel, why are you surprised at this? Why do you stare at us, as if we had made him walk by any power or piety of ours?

and you killed the pioneer of Life. But God raised him from the dead, as we can bear witness.

the apostles gave their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus with great power, and great grace was upon them all.

To these facts we bear witness, with the holy Spirit which God has given to those who obey him."

Now Stephen, who was full of grace and power, performed great wonders and miracles among the people.

and all sorts and conditions of people attached themselves to him, declaring he was that Power of God which is known as 'the Great Power.'

saying, "Let me share this power too, so that anyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the holy Spirit."

Simon replied, "Beseech the Lord for me! Pray that nothing you have said may befall me!"

So the eunuch said to Philip, "Pray, who is the prophet speaking about? Is it himself or someone else?"

Next day they were still on the road and not far from the town, when Peter went up to the roof of the house about noon to pray.

you know how it spread over the whole of Judaea, starting from Galilee after the baptism preached by John ??38 how God consecrated Jesus of Nazaret with the holy Spirit and power, and how he went about doing good and curing all who were harassed by the devil; for God was with him.

They covered the whole island as far as Paphos, where they fell in with a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet called Bar-Jesus;

For about forty years he bore with them in the desert,

After deposing him, he raised up David to be their king, to whom he bore this testimony that 'In David, the son of Jessai, I have found a man after my own heart, who will obey all my will.'

Well now, why are you trying to impose a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we ourselves could bear?

Symeon has explained how it was God's original concern to secure a People from among the Gentiles to bear his Name.

Then the apostles and the presbyters, together with the whole church, decided to select some of their number and send them with Paul and Barnabas to Antioch. The men selected were Judas (called Bar-Sabbas) and Silas, prominent members of the brotherhood.

Now it happened as we went to the place of prayer that a slave-girl met us, possessed by a spirit of ventriloquism, and a source of great profit to her owners by her power of fortune-telling.

Then the brothers at once sent off Paul and Silas by night to Beroea. When they arrived there, they betook themselves to the Jewish synagogue,

But when the Jews of Thessalonica heard that Paul was proclaiming the word of God at Beroea as well, they came to create a disturbance and a riot among the crowds at Beroea too.

His company as far as Asia consisted of Sopater of Beroea (the son of Pyrrhus), Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius of Derbe, Timotheus, and Tychicus and Trophimus from Asia.

Paul said, "I am a Jew, a native of Tarsus in Cilicia, the citizen of a famous town. Pray let me speak to the people."

and it was in presenting these that I was found within the temple. I was ceremonially pure, I was not mixed up in any mob or riot; no, the trouble was caused by some Jews from Asia,

for you are well acquainted with all Jewish customs and questions. Pray listen to me then with patience.

that their eyes may be opened and that they may turn from darkness to light, from the power of Satan to God, to get remission of their sins and an inheritance among those who are consecrated by faith in me.'

Striking a reef, they drove the ship aground; the prow jammed fast, but the stern began to break up under the beating of the waves.