They therefore having come together asked him, saying, Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom of Israel?

In the last days, says God, 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 upon my male servants and upon my female servants in those days will I pour out of my Spirit, and they shall prophesy.

And I will show prodigies in heaven above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and a cloud of smoke.

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

Thou hast made me know the ways of life, thou wilt fill me with joy with thy presence.

and every soul which will not hear that prophet shall be destroyed from the people.

And now I tell you, abstain from these men, and let them alone; because if this design, or this work, is from men, it will be destroyed;

but we will attend continually to prayer, and the ministry of the word.

for we have heard him say, that Jesus this Nazoraean will destroy this place and change the customs which Moses gave us.

and said to him, Go out from your country and your kindred, and come to a land which I will show you.

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

Will you kill me as you did the Egyptian, yesterday?

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

and take up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of the god Rephan, figures which you made to worship? I will even remove you beyond Babylon.

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

In his humiliation his judgment was taken away; and who will tell of his generation? for his life was taken from the earth.

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

Send therefore to Joppa and call Simon who is called Peter; he lodges at the house of Simon a tanner, by the sea, who when he has come will speak to you.

and looking into it attentively I perceived and saw the quadrupeds of the earth and wild beasts and reptiles and birds of heaven.

who will speak words to you by which you shall be saved and all your house.

said, O full of all deceit and all craft, son of a devil, enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

and removing him, he raised up for them David for a king, of whom also he said and testified, I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who will do all my will.

And that he raised him from the dead never more to return to destruction, he said thus; I will give you the sure promises of David.

Wherefore also in another place he says, Thou wilt not suffer thy holy one to see destruction.

For David, having in his generation served the will of God, fell asleep, and was gathered to his fathers and saw destruction;

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

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

that you should abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and blood, and things strangled, and fornication, from which if you keep yourselves you will do well. Farewell.

But when they heard of a resurrection of the dead, some scoffed; but others said, We will hear you again of this.

But when they disputed and blasphemed, shaking his garments he said to them, Your blood be upon your heads; I, pure, from this time will go to the gentiles.

but if it is a question of doctrine, and of names, and of your law, look to it yourselves; for I will not be a judge of these things.

but taking leave of them and saying, I will return to you again, if God will, he sailed from, Ephesus,

For I know that after my departure grievous wolves will come among you, not sparing the flock,

and of yourselves men will arise speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.

and coming to us, and taking Paul's girdle, and binding his hands and feet, he said, These things, says the Holy Spirit; Thus will the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owns this girdle, and deliver him into the hands of the gentiles.

And he not being persuaded, we were silent, saying, The will of the Lord be done.

What then is [to be done]? They will hear everywhere that you have come.

take them and be purified with them, and pay their expenses, that they may shave their heads, and all will know that the information which they have of you is not correct, but that you walk also yourself keeping the law.

And he said, The God of our fathers chose you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and hear the voice of his mouth,

and saw him [Christ], saying to me, Hasten and depart immediately from Jerusalem, for they will not receive your testimony of me.

And he said to me, Go, for I will send you to nations far away.

I will hear you, he said, when your accusers have come; and he commanded him to be kept in the Praetorium of Herod.

from whom you will be able to learn by examination of all these things of which we accuse him.

having a hope in God which they also hold, that there will be a resurrection both of the righteous and wicked.

But Felix put them off, saying, Having learned more accurately of this way, when Lysias the chiliarch comes down I will decide concerning your matters,

And as he discoursed of righteousness, and temperance, and the judgment about to come, Felix being terrified answered, Go for the present; but when I have time I will call you.

But rise and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and witness both of what you have seen and [of visions ] in which I will appear to you,

saying to them, Men, I see that the voyage will be with injury and much loss, not only of the cargo and ship, but also of our lives.

Wherefore, men, be of good courage; for I believe God, that it will be as he has told me;

Be it known to you, therefore, that the salvation of God is sent to the gentiles, and they will hear it.