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 upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest parts of the earth."

and said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand here looking up into the sky? This same Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven will come back in the same way you saw him go into heaven."

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

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

And I will perform wonders in the sky above and miraculous signs on the earth below, blood and fire and clouds of smoke.

The sun will be changed to darkness and the moon to blood before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.

And then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.'

For David says about him, 'I saw the Lord always in front of me, for he is at my right hand so that I will not be shaken.

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

because you will not leave my soul in Hades, nor permit your Holy One to experience decay.

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

Peter said to them, "Repent, and each one of you be baptized 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 away, as many as the Lord our God will call to himself."

praising God and having the good will of all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number every day those who were being saved.

Moses said, 'The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must obey him in everything he tells you.

Every person who does not obey that prophet will be destroyed and thus removed from the people.'

You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors, saying to Abraham, 'And in your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.'

Peter then told her, "Why have you 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 this case I say to you, stay away from these men and leave them alone, because if this plan or this undertaking originates with people, it will come to nothing,

but if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them, or you may even be found fighting against God." He convinced them,

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

For we have heard him saying that Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us."

and said to him, 'Go out from your country and from your relatives, and come to the land I will show you.'

But God spoke as follows: 'Your descendants will be foreigners in a foreign country, whose citizens will enslave them and mistreat them for four hundred years.

But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves,' said God, 'and after these things they will come out of there and worship me in this place.'

I have certainly seen the suffering of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their groaning, and I have come down to rescue them. 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.'

saying to Aaron, 'Make us gods who will go in front of us, for this Moses, who led us out of the land of Egypt -- we do not know what has happened to him!'

But you took along the tabernacle of Moloch and the star of the god Rephan, the images you made to worship, but I will deport you beyond Babylon.'

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

But stand up and enter the city and you will be told what you must do."

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

In it were all kinds of four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth and wild birds.

As I stared I looked into it and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, reptiles, and wild birds.

who will speak a message to you by which you and your entire household will be saved.'

And I remembered the word of the Lord, as he used to say, 'John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.'

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

Now look, the hand of the Lord is against you, and you will be blind, unable to see the sun for a time!" Immediately mistiness and darkness came over him, and he went around seeking people to lead him by the hand.

After removing him, God raised up David their king. He testified about him: 'I have found David the son of Jesse to be a man after my heart, who will accomplish everything I want him to do.'

But regarding the fact that he has raised Jesus from the dead, never again to be in a state of decay, God has spoken in this way: 'I will give you the holy and trustworthy promises made to David.'

Therefore he also says in another psalm, 'You will not permit your Holy One to experience decay.'

After this I will return, and I will rebuild the fallen tent of David; I will rebuild its ruins and restore it,

Therefore we are sending Judas and Silas who will tell you these things themselves in person.

that you abstain from meat that has been sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what has been strangled and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from doing these things, you will do well. Farewell.

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

Now when they heard about the resurrection from the dead, some began to scoff, but others said, "We will hear you again about this."

When they opposed him and reviled him, he protested by shaking out his clothes and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am guiltless! From now on I will go to the Gentiles!"

because I am with you, and no one will assault you to harm you, because I have many people in this city."

but since it concerns points of disagreement about words and names and your own law, settle it yourselves. I will not be a judge of these things!"

but said farewell to them and added, "I will come back to you again if God wills." Then he set sail from Ephesus,

There is danger not only that this business of ours will come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be regarded as nothing, and she whom all the province of Asia and the world worship will suffer the loss of her greatness."

But if you want anything in addition, it will have to be settled in a legal assembly.

And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem without knowing what will happen to me there,

"And now I know that none of you among whom I went around proclaiming the kingdom will see me again.

I know that after I am gone fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.

Even from among your own group men will arise, teaching perversions of the truth to draw the disciples away after them.

He came to us, took Paul's belt, tied his own hands and feet with it, and said, "The Holy Spirit says this: 'This is the way the Jews in Jerusalem will tie up the man whose belt this is, and will hand him over to the Gentiles.'"

Because he could not be persuaded, we said no more except, "The Lord's will be done."

What then should we do? They will no doubt hear that you have come.

take them and purify yourself along with them and pay their expenses, so that they may have their heads shaved. Then everyone will know there is nothing in what they have been told about you, but that you yourself live in conformity with the law.

So I asked, 'What should I do, Lord?' The Lord said to me, 'Get up and go to Damascus; there you will be told about everything that you have been designated to do.'

Then he said, 'The God of our ancestors has already chosen you to know his will, to see the Righteous One, and to hear a command from his mouth,

because you will be his witness to all people of what you have seen and heard.

and saw the Lord saying to 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 when your accusers arrive too." Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard in Herod's palace.

When you examine him yourself, you will be able to learn from him about all these things we are accusing him of doing."

Then Felix, who understood the facts concerning the Way more accurately, adjourned their hearing, saying, "When Lysias the commanding officer comes down, I will decide your case."

While Paul was discussing righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became frightened and said, "Go away for now, and when I have an opportunity, I will send for you."

Then, after conferring with his council, Festus replied, "You have appealed to Caesar; to Caesar you will go!"

Agrippa said to Festus, "I would also like to hear the man myself." "Tomorrow," he replied, "you will hear him."

But get up and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this reason, to designate you in advance as a servant and witness to the things you have seen and to the things in which I will appear to you.

I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you

And now I advise you to keep up your courage, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only the ship will be lost.

Therefore keep up your courage, men, for I have faith in God that it will be just as I have been told.

Therefore I urge you to take some food, for this is important for your survival. For not one of you will lose a hair from his head."

when he said, 'Go to this people and say, "You will keep on hearing, but will never understand, and you will keep on looking, but will never perceive.

"Therefore be advised that this salvation from God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen!"