While he was with them, he declared, "Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait there for what my Father promised, which you heard about from me.

As they were still staring into the sky while he was going, suddenly two men in white clothing stood near them

(Now this man Judas acquired a field with the reward of his unjust deed, and falling headfirst he burst open in the middle and all his intestines gushed out.

"For it is written in the book of Psalms, 'Let his house become deserted, and let there be no one to live in it,' and 'Let another take his position of responsibility.'

And tongues spreading out like a fire appeared to them and came to rest on each one of them.

And how is it that each one of us hears them in our own native language?

All were astounded and greatly confused, saying to one another, "What does this mean?"

But others jeered at the speakers, saying, "They are drunk on new wine!"

But Peter stood up with the eleven, raised his voice, and addressed them: "You men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, know this and listen carefully to what I say.

In spite of what you think, these men are not drunk, for it is only nine o'clock in the morning.

But this is what was spoken about through the prophet Joel:

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.

this man, who was handed over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you executed by nailing him to a cross at the hands of Gentiles.

But God raised him up, having released him from the pains of death, because it was not possible for him to be held in its power.

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.

This Jesus God raised up, and we are all witnesses of it.

So then, exalted to the right hand of God, and having received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he has poured out what you both see and hear.

For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says, 'The Lord said to my lord, "Sit at my right hand

Now when they heard this, they were acutely distressed and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "What should we do, brothers?"

Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time for prayer, at three o'clock in the afternoon.

And a man lame from birth was being carried up, who was placed at the temple gate called "the Beautiful Gate" every day so he could beg for money from those going into the temple courts.

Peter looked directly at him (as did John) and said, "Look at us!"

But Peter said, "I have no silver or gold, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, stand up and walk!"

Then Peter took hold of him by the right hand and raised him up, and at once the man's feet and ankles were made strong.

and they recognized him as the man who used to sit and ask for donations at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with astonishment and amazement at what had happened to him.

When Peter saw this, he declared to the people, "Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this? Why do you stare at us as if we had made this man walk by our own power or piety?

Therefore repent and turn back so that your sins may be wiped out,

So they seized them and put them in jail until the next day (for it was already evening).

After making Peter and John stand in their midst, they began to inquire, "By what power or by what name did you do this?"

if we are being examined today for a good deed done to a sick man -- by what means this man was healed --