And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, said he, you have heard of me.

Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured forth this, which you now see and hear.

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

But when the time of the promise drew near, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

Of this man's descendants has God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Savior, Jesus:

And we declare unto you glad tidings, how the promise which was made unto the fathers,

But do not yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, who have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from you.

And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:

Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.