for John baptized with water, but before many days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit."

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the ends of the earth."

They also said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in just the same way as you have watched him go into heaven."

'And in the last days it shall be, God says, that I will pour out 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;

even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they shall prophesy.

And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke.

The sun will be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord shall come.

And it shall be that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.'

For David says concerning him, 'I saw the Lord always before me; for he is at my right hand, so that I will not be shaken.

Therefore my heart was glad and my tongue rejoiced; moreover my flesh also will live in hope,

because you will not abandon my soul to hades, nor let your Holy One see decay.

You have made known to me the ways of life; you will make me full of gladness with your presence.'

And Peter said to them, "Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

For the promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off, for all whom the Lord our God will call to himself."

Moses said, 'The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brethren; you shall listen to everything he tells you.

And it shall be that every soul that does not listen to that prophet will be destroyed from among the people.'

Then Peter said to her, "How is it that you have agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out."

So in the present case I tell you, keep away from these men and let them alone, for if this plan or action is of men, it will fail;

but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them; or else you may even be found fighting against God."

But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word."

for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place, and will change the customs which Moses handed down to us."

and said to him, 'Leave your country and your relatives, and go into the land that I will show you.'

'But I will judge the nation which they serve,' said God, 'and after that they will come out and worship me in this place.'

I have certainly seen the oppression of my people in Egypt and have heard their groaning, and I have come down to rescue them. Come now, and I will send you to Egypt.'

This is the Moses who said to the Israelites, 'God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brethren.'

saying to Aaron, 'Make for us gods who will go before us; as for this Moses who led us out from the land of Egyptwe do not know what has happened to him.'

You took up the tent of Moloch, and the star of the god Rephan, the figures which you made to worship. And I will remove you beyond Babylon.'

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

but get up and enter the city, and it will be told you what you must do."

for I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name."

And when I looked into it I saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds of the air.

he will declare to you a message by which you will be saved, you and all your household.'

And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, 'John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.'

and said, "You who are full of all deceit and fraud, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not stop making crooked the straight ways of the Lord?

Now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind and unable to see the sun for a time." And immediately a mist and a darkness fell upon him, and he went about seeking someone to lead him by the hand.

And after he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king; concerning whom he testified and said, 'I have found in David the son of Jesse a man after my heart, who will do all my will.'

As for the fact that he raised him from the dead, no more to return to decay, he spoke in this way: 'I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David.'

Therefore he also says in another Psalm, 'You will not let your Holy One see decay.'

'Behold, you scoffers, and wonder, and perish; for I am going to do a deed in your days, a deed you will never believe, if someone declares it to you.'"

'After this I will return, and I will rebuild the tabernacle of David, which has fallen; I will rebuild its ruins, and I will restore it,

We have therefore sent Judas and Silas, who themselves will tell you the same things by word of mouth.

that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols and from blood and from things strangled and from fornication. If you keep yourselves free from these, you will do well. Farewell."

They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household."

because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed, and of this he has given proof to all men by raising him from the dead."

But when they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook out his garments and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles."

for I am with you, and no man will attack you to harm you, for I have many people in this city."

but on taking leave of them he said, "I will return to you if God wills," and he set sail from Ephesus.

Not only is there danger that this trade of ours fall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis be regarded as worthless and that she whom all of Asia and the world worship will even be dethroned from her magnificence."

And now, behold, bound in the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there,

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

I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock;

and from among your own selves will arise men speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.

And coming to us, he took Paul's belt and bound his own feet and hands, and said, "This is what the Holy Spirit says, 'In this way the Jews at Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.'"

And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased and said, "The will of the Lord be done."

What then is to be done? They will certainly hear that you have come.

take these men and purify yourself along with them and pay their expenses, so that they may shave their heads. Thus all will know that there is nothing in what they have been told about you, but that you yourself live in observance of the law.

And I said, 'What shall I do, Lord?' And the Lord said to me, 'Get up and go on into Damascus, and there you will be told of all that has been appointed for you to do.'

Then he said, 'The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will and to see the Righteous One and to hear words from his mouth.

For you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and heard.

and saw him saying to me, 'Make haste, and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.'

And he said to me, 'Go; for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.'"

he said, "I will hear you when your accusers arrive also." And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's Praetorium.

By examining him yourself you will be able to learn the truth about all these charges of which we accuse him."

having a hope in God, which these men cherish themselves, that there will certainly be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.

But Felix, having a more exact knowledge about the Way, put them off, saying, "When Lysias the commander comes down, I will decide your case."

But as he was discussing righteousness, self-control and the judgment to come, Felix became frightened and said, "Go away for the present, and when I find time I will summon you."

But get up and stand on your feet; for this purpose I have appeared to you, to appoint you a minister and a witness to the things which you have seen of me, and also to the things in which I will appear to you;

and said to them, "Men, I perceive that the voyage will be with injury and great loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives."

Yet now I urge you to keep up your courage; for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.

So keep up your courage, men, for I have faith in God that it will happen exactly as I have been told.

Therefore I urge you to take some food; it will give you strength, since not a hair is to perish from the head of any of you."

saying, 'Go to this people and say, "you will be ever hearing, but will never understand; and you will be ever seeing, but will never perceive.

Therefore let it be known to you that this salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen."