And meeting them together He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, said He, ye have heard from me;

Therefore being exalted by the right hand of God, and having received of the Father the promise of the holy Spirit, He hath poured forth this gift, which ye now see and hear.

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

But as the time of the promise drew near, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt.

Of this man's seed, according to the promise, hath God raised up to Israel Jesus the Saviour:

that the promise made unto the fathers God hath fulfilled unto us their children, having raised up Jesus again: as it is also written in the second psalm, "Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee."

And now I stand arraigned for the hope of the promise which was made by God to our fathers:

to which promise our twelve tribes, worshipping continually night and day, hope to attain: concerning which hope, O king Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews.