for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

They said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up into heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come in the same way that you have seen Him going into heaven.”

And it will be in the last days, says God,
that I will pour out My Spirit on all humanity;
then your sons and your daughters will prophesy,
your young men will see visions,
and your old men will dream dreams.

I will even pour out My Spirit
on My male and female slaves in those days,
and they will prophesy.

I will display wonders in the heaven above
and signs on the earth below:
blood and fire and a cloud of smoke.

The sun will be turned to darkness
and the moon to blood
before the great and remarkable Day of the Lord comes.

Then everyone who calls
on the name of the Lord will be saved.

For David says of Him:

I saw the Lord ever before me;
because He is at my right hand,
I will not be shaken.

Therefore my heart was glad,
and my tongue rejoiced.
Moreover, my flesh will rest in hope,

because You will not leave me in Hades
or allow Your Holy One to see decay.

You have revealed the paths of life to me;
You will fill me with gladness
in Your presence.

“Repent,” Peter said to them, “and be baptized, each 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 for your children, and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call.”

Moses said:

The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to Him in everything He will say to you.

And everyone who will not listen to that Prophet will be completely cut off from the people.

You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors, saying to Abraham, And all the families of the earth will be blessed through your offspring.

Then Peter said to her, “Why did you agree 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!”

And now, I tell you, stay away from these men and leave them alone. For if this plan or this work is of men, it will be overthrown;

but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them. You may even be found fighting against God.” So they were persuaded by him.

But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the preaching ministry.”

For we heard him say that Jesus, this Nazarene, will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.”

and said to him:

Get out of your country
and away from your relatives,
and come to the land
that I will show you.

I will judge the nation
that they will serve as slaves, God said.
After this, they will come out
and worship Me in this place.

I have observed the oppression of My people in Egypt; I have heard their groaning and have come down to rescue them. And now, come, 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 among your brothers.

They told Aaron:

Make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we don’t know what’s happened to him.

No, you took up the tent of Moloch
and the star of your god Rephan,
the images that you made to worship.
So I will deport you beyond Babylon!

Heaven is My throne,
and earth My footstool.
What sort of house will you build for Me?
says the Lord,
or what is My resting place?

In His humiliation justice was denied Him.
Who will describe His generation?
For His life is taken from the earth.

“But get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”

I will show him how much he must suffer for My name!”

All the prophets testify about Him that through His name everyone who believes in Him will receive forgiveness of sins.”

When I looked closely and considered it, I saw the four-footed animals of the earth, the wild beasts, the reptiles, and the birds of the sky.

He will speak a message to you that you and all your household will be saved by.’

Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how He said, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’

Now, look! The Lord’s hand is against you. You are going to be blind, and will not see the sun for a time.” Suddenly a mist and darkness fell on him, and he went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand.

After removing him, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man loyal to Me, who will carry out all My will.’

Since He raised Him from the dead, never to return to decay, He has spoken in this way, I will grant you the faithful covenant blessings made to David.

Therefore He also says in another passage, You will not allow Your Holy One to see decay.

Look, you scoffers,
marvel and vanish away,
because I am doing a work in your days,
a work that you will never believe,
even if someone were to explain it to you.”

After these things I will return
and rebuild David’s fallen tent.
I will rebuild its ruins
and set it up again,

Therefore we have sent Judas and Silas, who will personally report the same things by word of mouth.

that you abstain from food offered to idols, from blood, from eating anything that has been strangled, and from sexual immorality. You will do well if you keep yourselves from these things.

Farewell.

So they said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household.”

When they heard about resurrection of the dead, some began to ridicule him. But others said, “We’d like to hear from you again about this.”

But when they resisted and blasphemed, he shook his robe and told them, “Your blood is on your own heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”

For I am with you, and no one will lay a hand on you to hurt you, because I have many people in this city.”

“And now I am on my way to Jerusalem, bound in my spirit, not knowing what I will encounter there,

“And now I know that none of you will ever see my face again—everyone I went about preaching the kingdom to.

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

And men will rise up from your own number with deviant doctrines to lure the disciples into following them.

He came to us, took Paul’s belt, tied his own feet and hands, and said, “This is what the Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews in Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him into Gentile hands.’”

Since he would not be persuaded, we stopped talking and simply said, “The Lord’s will be done!”

So what is to be done? They will certainly hear that you’ve come.

Take these men, purify yourself along with them, and pay for them to get their heads shaved. Then everyone will know that what they were told about you amounts to nothing, but that you yourself are also careful about observing the law.

“Then I said, ‘What should I do, Lord?’

“And the Lord told me, ‘Get up and go into Damascus, and there you will be told about everything that is assigned for you to do.’

Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will, to see the Righteous One, and to hear the sound of His voice.

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

and saw Him telling me, ‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about Me!’

“Then He said to me, ‘Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”

he said, “I will give you a hearing whenever your accusers get here too.” And he ordered that he be kept under guard in Herod’s palace.

However, so that I will not burden you any further, I beg you in your graciousness to give us a brief hearing.

commanding his accusers to come to you.] By examining him yourself you will be able to discern all these things we are accusing him of.”

Since Felix was accurately informed about the Way, he adjourned the hearing, saying, “When Lysias the commander comes down, I will decide your case.”

After Festus conferred with his council, he replied, “You have appealed to Caesar; to Caesar you will go!”

Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I would like to hear the man myself.”

“Tomorrow you will hear him,” he replied.

But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you as a servant and a witness of what you have seen and of what I will reveal to you.

I will rescue you from the people and from the Gentiles. I now send you to them

Now I urge you to take courage, because there will be no loss of any of your lives, but only of the ship.

Therefore, take courage, men, because I believe God that it will be just the way it was told to me.

Therefore I urge you to take some food. For this has to do with your survival, since none of you will lose a hair from your head.”

when He said,

Go to these people and say:
You will listen and listen,
yet never understand;
and you will look and look,
yet never perceive.

Therefore, let it be known to you that this saving work of God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen!”