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;

Being therefore come together they asked Him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?

And He said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or seasons, which the Father hath reserved in his own power.

And having said these things, as they were looking upon Him, He was lifted up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.

And while they were looking stedfastly toward heaven, as He went up, behold two men in white stood by them;

and said, Men and brethren, it was necessary that this scripture should be fulfilled, which the holy Ghost spake by the mouth of David, concerning Judas, who was guide to them that apprehended Jesus:

(Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling down on his face, burst asunder in the middle, and all his bowels gushed out:

(and it was known to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the field is called in their own dialect, Aceldama, that is, the field of blood:)

for it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let none dwell in it; and again, Let another take his office.)

Wherefore it is necessary that one of these men, who have been conversant with us all the time that the Lord Jesus came in and out among us,

And they gave out their lots, and the lot fell upon Matthias, and he was numbered with the apostles.

And suddenly there was a sound from heaven as of a strong rushing wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

And there appeared unto them divided tongues, as it were of fire, and it sat upon each of them:

Now there were at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven.

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

But Peter standing up with the eleven, raised his voice and said unto them, Ye men of Judea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and listen to my words:

for these men are not drunk, as ye suppose; for it is but the third hour of the day.

"And it shall come to pass 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 old men shall dream dreams:

yea and on my servants and on my handmaids, in those days, I will pour out of my Spirit, and they also shall prophesy.

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

For David saith concerning Him, "I set the Lord always before me, for He is at my right hand, that I should not be moved: therefore my heart rejoiced, and my tongue was glad;

Sit thou at my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool."

Now when they heard this, they were pricked to the heart, and said unto Peter, and to the rest of the apostles, Brethren, what shall we do?

Now Peter and John were going up to the temple together at the hour of prayer, which is the ninth hour.

And a certain man who had been lame from his birth was carried along; whom they laid every day at the gate of the temple, which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of those that were going into the temple:

But Peter, and John, looking earnestly at him said, Look on us.

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

and knew that it was he who sat to ask for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with astonishment and extasy at what had befallen him.

And Peter seeing this said to the people, Men of Israel, why marvel ye at this, or why look ye so earnestly on us, as if by our own power or piety we had made this man able to walk?

And now, brethren, I know that ye did it through ignorance, as did also your rulers:

Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out: that seasons of refreshing may come upon you from the presence of the Lord;

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

And on the morrow their rulers, and elders, and scribes were gathered together at Jerusalem:

And when they had set them in the midst, they asked them, By what power, or in what name have ye done this?