And having assembled them together, he commanded them, not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard from me.

Being therefore exalted by the right-hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, 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, whomsoever the Lord our God shall call.

And when the time of the promise which God had sworn to Abraham drew near, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt, Till another king arose, who had not known Joseph.

Of this man's seed hath God, according to his promise, raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus;

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

But do not yield to them; for there are more than forty of them lie in wait, who have bound themselves with a curse, neither to eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, expecting a promise from thee.

And now I stand in judgment, for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers: