But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

And it will be in the last days, says God,
that I will pour out My Spirit on all humanity;
then your sons and your daughters will prophesy,
your young men will see visions,
and your old men will dream dreams.

I will even pour out My Spirit
on My male and female slaves in those days,
and they will prophesy.

When Peter saw this, he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this? Or why do you stare at us, as though we had made him walk by our own power or godliness?

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

And the apostles were giving testimony with great power to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was on all of them.

Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people.

They all paid attention to him, from the least of them to the greatest, and they said, “This man is called the Great Power of God!”

saying, “Give me this power too, so that anyone I lay hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.”

Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that the intent of your heart may be forgiven you.

“Please pray to the Lord for me,” Simon replied, “so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”

The next day, as they were traveling and nearing the city, Peter went up to pray on the housetop about noon.

how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how He went about doing good and healing all who were under the tyranny of the Devil, because God was with Him.

When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they came across a sorcerer, a Jewish false prophet named Bar-Jesus.

Now then, why are you testing God by putting a yoke on the disciples’ necks that neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear?

As soon as it was night, the brothers sent Paul and Silas off to Berea. On arrival, they went into the synagogue of the Jews.

But when the Jews from Thessalonica found out that God’s message had been proclaimed by Paul at Berea, they came there too, agitating and disturbing the crowds.

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

When our days there were over, we left to continue our journey, while all of them, with their wives and children, escorted us out of the city. After kneeling down on the beach to pray,

to open their eyes so they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that by faith in Me they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified.’