and, being assembled with them, commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to await the promise of the Father, which said he ye have heard of me.

They therefore, being come together, asked him saying, Lord, is it at this time that thou restorest the kingdom to Israel?

And he said to them, It is not yours to know times or seasons, which the Father has placed in his own authority;

And having said these things he was taken up, they beholding him, and a cloud received him out of their sight.

And as they were gazing into heaven, as he was going, behold, also two men stood by them in white clothing,

Brethren, it was necessary that the scripture should have been fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before, by the mouth of David, concerning Judas, who became guide to those who took Jesus;

(This man then indeed got a field with the reward of iniquity, and, having fallen down headlong, burst in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.

And it was known to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that that field was called in their own dialect Aceldama; that is, field of blood.)

For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his homestead become desolate, and let there be no dweller in it; and, Let another take his overseership.

It is necessary therefore, that of the men who have assembled with us all the time in which the Lord Jesus came in and went out among us,

And there came suddenly a sound out of heaven as of a violent impetuous blowing, and filled all the house where they were sitting.

And there appeared to them parted tongues, as of fire, and it sat upon each one of them.

Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, pious men, from every nation of those under heaven.

And they were all amazed and in perplexity, saying one to another, What would this mean?

for these are not full of wine, as ye suppose, for it is the third hour of the day;

And it shall be in the last days, saith God, that 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 elders shall dream with dreams;

yea, even upon my bondmen and upon my bondwomen in those days will I pour out of my Spirit, and they shall prophesy.

And it shall be that whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Whom God has raised up, having loosed the pains of death, inasmuch as it was not possible that he should be held by its power;

for David says as to him, I foresaw the Lord continually before me, because he is at my right hand that I may not be moved.

Brethren, let it be allowed to speak with freedom to you concerning the patriarch David, that he has both died and been buried, and his monument is amongst us unto this day.

he, seeing it before, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that neither has he been left in hades nor his flesh seen corruption.

Having therefore been exalted by the right hand of God, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this which ye behold and hear.

For David has not ascended into the heavens, but he says himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit at my right hand

And having heard it they were pricked in heart, and said to Peter and the other apostles, What shall we do, brethren?

And Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, which is the ninth hour;

and a certain man who was lame from his mother's womb was being carried, whom they placed every day at the gate of the temple called Beautiful, to ask alms of those who were going into the temple;

But Peter said, Silver and gold I have not; but what I have, this give I to thee: In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazaraean rise up and walk.

and they recognised him, that it was he who sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

And Peter, seeing it, answered the people, Men of Israel, why are ye astonished at this? or why do ye gaze on us as if we had by our own power or piety made him to walk?

And now, brethren, I know that ye did it in ignorance, as also your rulers;

but God has thus fulfilled what he had announced beforehand by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer.

Repent therefore and be converted, for the blotting out of your sins, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

Moses indeed said, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up to you out of your brethren like me: him shall ye hear in everything whatsoever he shall say to you.

And it shall be that whatsoever soul shall not hear that prophet shall be destroyed from among the people.

and they laid hands on them, and put them in ward till the morrow; for it was already evening.

And it came to pass on the morrow that their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together at Jerusalem,

and having placed them in the midst they inquired, In what power or in what name have ye done this?