Therefore, when they came together, they asked him, saying: Lord, wilt thou at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?

And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, that I will pour out of my Spirit on 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 also on my servants and on my handmaids, I will pour out of my Spirit in those days, and they shall prophesy.

And I will show wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath, blood and fire and columns of smoke.

because thou wilt not leave my soul in hades, nor suffer thy Holy One to see corruption.

Thou didst make known to me the ways of life; thou wilt make me full of joy with thy countenance.

And it shall come to pass, that every soul that will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.

And now I say to you, keep away from these men, and let them alone; for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to an end;

but we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word.

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

and said to him: Get out from your land, and from your kindred, and come into a land that I will show you.

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

I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and I have come down to deliver them; and now come, and I will send you into Egypt.

This is that Moses, who said to the sons of Israel, A prophet like me will the Lord your God raise up for you from among your brethren; him shall you hear.

Yes, you took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your God Remphan, images which you made to worship; and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.

Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What house will -you build me? says the Lord; or what is the place of my rest?

For I will show him what great things he must suffer for my name.

In this were all kinds of four-footed beasts of the earth, and wild beasts and creeping things and birds of the air.

Send, therefore, to Joppa, and call for Simon, who is surnamed Peter: he lodges in the house of Simon a tanner, by the sea; who, when he comes, will speak to you.

When I had looked attentively into it, I observed and saw four-footed beasts of the earth, and wild beasts and creeping things and birds of the air.

he will tell you words by which you and all your house shall be saved.

said: full of all deceit and all wickedness, child of the devil, enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king; to whom he gave this testimony: I have found David the son of Jesse a man after my own heart, who will do all my will.

But that he raised him from the dead, no more to return to corruption, he has spoken thus: I will give you the sure mercies of David.

For which reason he says also in another Psalm: Thou wilt not suffer thy Holy One to see corruption.

Behold, you despisers, and wonder, and perish. For I work a work in your days, a work which you will not believe, though one fully declare it to you.

After this I will return, and build again the tabernacle of David which has fallen down; and I will build again its ruins, and I will set it up;

We have sent, therefore, Judas and Silas, who will tell you the same things in word.

That you abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what is strangled, and from lewdness; from which if you keep yourselves carefully, you will do well. Farewell.

because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world, in righteousness, by the man whom he has chosen, giving to all assurance of this, by having raised him from the dead.

And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; others said: We will hear you again concerning this matter.

But when they set themselves in opposition, and reviled, he shook his clothing, and said to them: Your blood be upon your own head; I am clean. Henceforth I will go to the Gentiles.

but if it is a question about a word, and names, and your law, see to it yourselves: for I will not be a judge of these tilings.

but took leave of them, saying: I must, by all means, keep this coming feast in Jerusalem: but I will return to you, if God be willing. And he sailed from Ephesus,

Now there is danger, not only that this our calling will come into disgrace, but that the temple of the great goddess Diana will be despised, and that the majesty of her whom all Asia and the world worships, will be destroyed.

And now, behold, I know that you all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, will see my face no more.

For I know this, that, after my departure, rapacious wolves will enter in among you, who will not spare the flock;

and men will arise from among yourselves, speaking perverse things, that they may draw off disciples after them.

and he came to us, and taking Paul's girdle, he bound his own hands and feet, and said: Thus says the Holy Spirit; the Jews that are in Jerusalem will so bind the man to whom this girdle belongs; and they will deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.

And as he would not be persuaded, we kept silence, and said: The will of the Lord be done.

What, then, is to be done? A. multitude must certainly come together; for they will hear that you have come.

Take them, and join with them in their vow of abstinence, and pay their expenses, in order that they may shave their heads; and all will know that the things which they have heard reported of you are nothing; but that you yourself also walk orderly, and keep the law.

as the chief priest and the whole body of elders will testify for me. From them I also received letters to the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring those, also, who were there, bound to Jerusalem, that they might be punished.

And he said, The God of our fathers has chosen you, that you should know his will, and see the Just One, and hear the voice of his mouth;

and saw him saying to me, Make haste, and depart quickly from Jerusalem, for they will not receive your testimony concerning me.

And he said to me, Depart, for I will send you far off to the Gentiles.

Then Paul said to him: God will smite you, you whitened wall! for do you sit to judge me according to the law, and yet violate the law by commanding me to be smitten?

And they went to the chief priests and elders, and said: We have surely bound ourselves under a curse, that we will taste nothing till we have killed Paul.

Do not, however, be persuaded by them; for more than forty men of them are lying in wait for him; and they have bound themselves under a curse, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him. And now they are ready, waiting for a promise from you.

And when he had read the letter, he inquired to what province he belonged. And learning that he was from Cilicia, he said: I will hear you when your accusers also have come. And he ordered him to be kept under guard in Herod's palace.

having hope in God, which they themselves also admit, that I there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and of the unjust.

But Felix, having a more accurate knowledge of this way, put them off, and said: When Lysias the officer comes down, I will inquire fully into your matters.

And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and the judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered: For the present withdraw; when I have a convenient season, I will call for you.

But arise, and stand upon your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a witness of the things which you have seen, and of those in which I will appear to you,

saying: Men, I perceive that this voyage will be with damage and much loss, not only to the cargo and the ship, but also to our lives.

Wherefore, I exhort you to take food; for this will pro mote your safety. For not a hair shall fall from the head of any of you.

saying: Go to this people and say, You shall surely hear, but you will not understand; and you shall surely see, but you will not perceive.

Therefore, be it known to you, that the salvation of God is sent to the Gentiles, and they will hear.