" for John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the holy ghost, not many days hence."

but ye shall receive the influence of the holy spirit, which will descend upon you: and ye shall be witnesses for me, in Jerusalem, in all Judea, and in Samaria, and to the remotest part of the earth.

"ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up to heaven? this same Jesus who is taken up from you into heaven, shall descend in the same manner as ye have seen him ascend thither."

"it shall come to pass in the last days (saith God) I will pour out of my spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men dream dreams:

and on my servants, and on my handmaidens I will pour out of my spirit in those days, and they shall prophesy:

the sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and illustrious day of the Lord shall come.

and then whoever shall call on the name of the Lord, shall be saved."

therefore did my heart rejoice, my tongue was glad: and my body shall rest in hope.

Now when they heard this, their hearts were struck with remorse, and they said to Peter, and to the rest of the apostles, men and brethren, what shall we do?

Peter replied, repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the holy spirit.

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.

repent therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshment shall come from the presence of the Lord, who shall send Jesus Christ,

for Moses said to the fathers, "a prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you, of your brethren, like unto me; observe whatever he shall say to you.

and whoever he be that will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people."

ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, when he said to Abraham, "all the families of the earth shall be blessed in your posterity."

saying, what shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is manifest to all that dwell in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.

by displaying thine hand in miraculous cures, and prodigies, which by the name of thy holy child Jesus shall be done.

then Peter said to her, how comes it that you have conspir'd together, to tempt the spirit of the Lord? see there at the door the men that are come from burying thy husband, and they shall carry thee out likewise.

whilst we shall continue our applications to prayer, and to preaching.

for we have heard him say, that Jesus the Nazarene shall destroy this place, and change the customs which Moses delivered us.

and said to him, quit your country, and your kindred, to go to the land which I shall shew thee.

and the nation to whom they shall be in bondage, will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place."

this is that Moses who said to the children of Israel, "a prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear."

in his humiliation he was judged, he was taken off: and who shall describe the men of his time? for the land has taken away his life."

but rise, and go into the city, and you shall be told what you must do.

he is the person to whom all the prophets give this attestation, that all who believe in him, shall receive remission of sins, by his authority.

then I remember'd that expression of the Lord, "John baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized with the holy spirit."

"consider you despisers, be surpriz'd and turn pale, for I shall perform a work in your days, which you will not believe, whoever shall declare it unto you."

but Paul and Barnabas told them boldly, you indeed were the first, to whom the word of God was to be preach'd: but since you reject it, and judge your own selves unworthy of eternal life, be assur'd, we shall make the same offer to the Gentiles:

believe, said they, on the Lord Jesus, and you shall be saved, you, and your family.

but as they oppos'd him with invectives, he shook his garment, and said, "you your selves be answerable for your own destruction, I am clear: and for the future I shall address my self to the Gentiles."

(since I am with thee, and no man shall lift up his hand so as to hurt thee:) for my people in this city are numerous."

when taking Paul's girdle, he bound his own feet and hands, and said, "thus saith the holy spirit, so shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man, that owns this girdle, and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles."

if you will move it then to the tribune in the name of the Sanhedrim, to send him here to-morrow, under colour of examining his affair with more solemnity, we shall take care to dispatch him, and make a short end of his journey."

The governour having read the letter, ask'd Paul of what province he was, and being inform'd he was of Cilicia, you shall be heard,

Then Felix adjourn'd them, saying, I shall inform myself more particularly of this sect, and when general Lysias comes, I will give you a full hearing.

upon this, Festus having deliberated with his council, answer'd, "since you have appeal'd to Cesar, to Cesar you shall go."

thereupon Agrippa told Festus, he himself should be glad to hear the man. to-morrow, said Festus, you shall hear him.

but rise upright upon thy feet: for I have appear'd to thee in order to establish you my minister in testifying both what you have seen, and what I shall hereafter show to you,

but Agrippa reply'd to Paul, you almost persuade me I shall be a christian!

take courage then, my friends, for I have this confidence in God, that what has been told me, shall be effected,

therefore, pray, take something to recruit your strength: and be assur'd every one of you shall be preserv'd."

"go to this people and say, hearing you shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive.