And, being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which said He, "Ye heard from Me;

They, therefore, having come together, were asking Him, saying, "Lord, dost Thou at this time restore the Kingdom to Israel?"

He said to them, "It is not yours to know times or seasons, which the Father placed in His own authority;

And, as they were gazing intently into the heaven, while He was ascending, behold, also two men stood by them in white apparel,

"Brethren, it was necessary that the Scripture should be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spake beforehand, through the mouth of David, concerning Judas, who became guide to those who arrested Jesus;

This man, therefore, acquired a field with the reward of unrighteousness; and, falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out;

and it became known to all those dwelling at Jerusalem; so that place was called, in their own language, Akeldama, that is, 'Field of blood.'

For it has been written in a book of Psalms, 'Let his habitation become desolate, and let no one dwell in it.' And, 'His charge, let another take.'

"It is needful, therefore, that one of these men??ho accompanied us all the time that the Lord went in and out among us,

and suddenly there came out of Heaven a sound, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.

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

And they were all amazed, and perplexed, saying one to another, "What does this mean?"

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

'And it shall be 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 shall dream dreams;

yea, and on My servants and on My handmaidens in those days will I pour out of My Spirit, and they shall prophesy.

And it shall be, that every one who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.'

Whom God raised up, having loosed the pangs of death; because it was not possible that He should be held by it.

"Brethren! It is permitted to speak to you freely concerning the patriarch David, that he both died, and was buried; and his tomb is among us till this day;

being, therefore, a prophet, and knowing that with an oath God swore to him, that out of the fruit of his loins One should sit on his throne;

he, foreseeing it, spake concerning the resurrection of Christ, that neither was He left behind unto Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption.

Being, therefore, exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He was pouring forth this which ye both see and hear.

For David did not ascend into Heaven; but he himself says, 'The Lord said to my Lord, sit at My right hand,

And, hearing this, they were pricked in the heart, and said to Peter, and the rest of the apostles, "Brethren! what shall we do?"

And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread at their homes, were partaking of food in gladness and singleness of heart;

Now Peter and John were going up into the temple at the hour of prayer??he ninth hour.

And a certain man, lame from his mother's womb, was being carried along, whom they were wont to lay daily at the gate of the temple??hich was called "Beautiful"??o ask alms of those entering the temple;

But Peter said, "Silver and gold have I none; but what I have, this I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ, the Nazarene, walk."

and they were recognizing him, that this was he who was wont to sit for alms, at the Beautiful gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened to him.

And Peter, seeing it, spake to the people, "Men of Israel, why do ye wonder at this? Or why look ye so intently on us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made him to walk

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

but God thus fulfilled what He before announced through the mouth of all His prophets, that His Christ should suffer.

Repent ye, therefore, and turn, that your sins may be blotted out, that so there may come seasons of refreshing from the presence of the Lord;

And it shall be, that every soul that will not hearken to that Prophet, shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.'

And they laid hands on them, and put them in custody till the next day; for it was now evening.

And it came to pass, the next day, that their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem,

And, having set them in the midst, they were inquiring, "In what power or in what name, did ye do this?"

if we are this day examined in regard to a good deed done to an impotent man, by what means this person has been made whole;