And calling them together, he commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of my Father, which, said he, you have heard from me;

Therefore, having been exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from his Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this, which you now see and hear.

For the promise is to you, and your children, and to all that are afar off, as many as the Lord our God shall call.

And as the time of the promise which God had made with an oath to Abraham drew near, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,

From the posterity of this man, God, according to his promise, raised up for Israel a Savior, Jesus;

And we preach to you good news concerning the promise made to our fathers,

Do not, however, be persuaded by them; for more than forty men of them are lying in wait for him; and they have bound themselves under a curse, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him. And now they are ready, waiting for a promise from you.

And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers;

to which promise our twelve tribes, zealously serving night and day, hope to come: on account of which hope, King Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews.