While He was together with them, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for the Father’s promise. “This,” He said, “is what you heard from Me;

For the promise is for you and for your children, and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call.”

“As the time was drawing near to fulfill the promise that God had made to Abraham, the people flourished and multiplied in Egypt

“From this man’s descendants, according to the promise, God brought the Savior, Jesus, to Israel.

And we ourselves proclaim to you the good news of the promise that was made to our ancestors.

And now I stand on trial for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,

the promise our 12 tribes hope to attain as they earnestly serve Him night and day. King Agrippa, I am being accused by the Jews because of this hope.