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

Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.

For the promise is to 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 nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

Of this man's offspring hath God, according to his promise, raised up to Israel a Savior, Jesus:

And we declare to you the glad tidings, that the promise which was made to the fathers,

But do not thou yield to them: for there are of them who lie in wait for him 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 they are ready, looking for a promise from thee.

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, assiduously serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews.