and gathered them together, and commanded them, that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but to "Wait for the promise of the father, whereof ye have heard of me.

When they were come together, they asked of him, saying, "Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?"

And he said unto them, "It is not for you to know the times, or the seasons which the father hath put in his own power:

And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up: and a cloud received him up out of their sight.

And while they looked steadfastly up to heaven, as he went; behold, two men stood by them in white apparel,

And the same hath now possessed a plot of ground with the reward of iniquity. And when he was hanged, burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.

And it is known unto all the inhabiters of Jerusalem. Insomuch that that field is called in their mother tongue, Akeldama, that is to say the blood field.

It is written in the book of psalms, 'His habitation be void, and no man be dwelling therein,' and, 'His bishoprick let another take.'

Wherefore of these men which have companied with us - all the time that the Lord Jesus went out and in among us,

beginning at the baptism of John unto that same day that he was taken up from us - must one be ordained to bear witness with us of his resurrection."

And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as it had been the coming of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they sat.

And there appeared unto them cloven tongues, like as they had been fire, and it sat upon each of them:

And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, which were of all nations under heaven.

They were all amazed, and wondered: saying one to another, "What meaneth this?"

These are not drunken, as ye suppose - For it is yet but the third hour of the day -

'It shall be in the last days, saith God, of my spirit I will pour out 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.

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

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

and loosed the sorrows of death, because it was impossible that he should be holden of it.

When they heard this, they were pricked in their hearts, and said unto Peter, and unto the other apostles, "Ye men and brethren, what shall we do?"

And they continued daily with one accord in the temple, and brake bread in every house, and did eat their meat together with gladness and singleness of heart, praising God,

Peter and John went up together into the temple at the ninth hour of prayer:

And there was a certain man halt from his mother's womb, whom they brought and laid at the gate of the temple called Beautiful, to ask his alms of them that entered into the temple.

And they knew him, that it was he which sat and begged at the Beautiful gate of the temple. And they wondered, and were sore astonished at that which had happened unto him.

When Peter saw that, he answered unto the people, "Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? Or why look ye so steadfastly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man go?

And now, brethren, I know well that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your heads.

But those things which God before had showed by the mouth of all his prophets, how that Christ should suffer, he hath thus wise fulfilled it.

that is, to wit, Jesus Christ: which must receive heaven until the time that all things which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began, be restored again.

taking it grievously that they taught the people and preached in Jesus the resurrection from death.

And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold until the next day. For it was now eventide.

And it chanced on the morrow that their rulers, and elders, and scribes:

as Annas the chief priest, and Caiaphas, and John and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest: were gathered together at Jerusalem,

and set the other before them, and asked, "By what power, or in what name, have ye done this, sirs?"

if we this day are examined of the good deed done to the sick man by what means he is made whole: