"You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you. I have appointed you to go and produce fruit that will last, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will give it to you.

Remember what I told you: "A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.

They will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me.

"When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father the Spirit of Truth, who comes from the Father he will testify on my behalf.

You will testify also, because you have been with me from the beginning.

You'll be thrown out of the synagogues. Yes, a time is coming when the one who kills you will think he's serving God.

However, I'm telling you the truth. It's for your advantage that I'm going away, because if I don't go away, the Helper won't come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.

When he comes, he will convict the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment

of righteousness, because I'm going to the Father and you will no longer see me;

Yet when the Spirit of Truth comes, he'll guide you into all truth. He won't speak on his own accord, but he'll speak whatever he hears and will declare to you the things that are to come.

He will glorify me, because he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

All that the Father has is mine. That is why I said, "He will take what is mine and declare it to you.'

In a little while you will no longer see me, then in a little while you will see me again."

At this point, some of his disciples asked each other, "What does he mean by telling us, "In a little while you will no longer see me, then in a little while you will see me again,' and, "because I am going to the Father'?"

Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him a question, so he asked them, "Are you discussing among yourselves what I meant when I said, "In a little while you will no longer see me, then in a little while you will see me again'?

Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, you'll cry and mourn, but the world will rejoice. You'll be deeply distressed, but your pain will turn into joy.

Now you are having pain. But I'll see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.

On that day, you won't ask me for anything. Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, whatever you ask the Father for in my name, he will give it to you.

So far you haven't asked for anything in my name. Keep asking and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete."

"I have said these things to you in figurative language. The time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

At that time, you will make your requests in my name, so that I will have no need to ask the Father on your behalf,

Listen, the time is coming, indeed it has already come, when you will be scattered, each of you to his own home, and you will leave me all by myself. Yet I'm not alone, because the Father is with me.

I ask not only on behalf of these men, but also on behalf of those who will believe in me through their message,

I made your name known to them, and will continue to make it known, so that the love you have for me may be in them and I myself may be in them."

because these things happened so that the Scripture might be fulfilled: "None of his bones will be broken."

In addition, another passage of Scripture says, "They will look on the one whom they pierced."

Jesus asked her, "Dear lady, why are you crying? Who are you looking for?" Thinking he was the gardener, she told him, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will take him away."

Jesus told him, "Feed my sheep. "Truly, I tell you emphatically, when you were young, you would fasten your belt and go wherever you liked. But when you get old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will fasten your belt and take you where you don't want to go."

Jesus told him, "If it's my will for him to remain until I come back, how does that concern you? You must keep following me!"

So the rumor spread among the brothers that this disciple wasn't going to die. Yet Jesus didn't say to Peter that he wasn't going to die, but, "If it's my will for him to remain until I come back, how does that concern you?"

because John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit a few days from now."

Now those who had gathered together began to ask Jesus, "Lord, is this the time when you will restore the kingdom to Israel?"

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

"In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on everyone. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams.

In those days I will even pour out my Spirit on my slaves, men and women alike, and they will prophesy.

I will display wonders in the sky above and signs on the earth below: blood, fire, and clouds of smoke.

The sun will become dark, and the moon turn to blood, before the coming of the great and glorious Day of the Lord.

Then whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.'

For you will not abandon my soul to Hades or allow your Holy One to experience decay.

You have made the ways of life known to me, and you will fill me with gladness in your presence.'

Peter answered them, "Every one of you must repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus the Messiah for the forgiveness of your sins. Then you will receive the Holy Spirit as a gift.

They were praising God and enjoying the good will of all the people. Every day the Lord was adding to their number those who were being saved.

"The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to everything he tells you. Any person who will not listen to that prophet will be utterly destroyed from among the people.'

You are the descendants of the prophets and the heirs of the covenant that God made with your ancestors when he told Abraham, "Through your descendant all the families of the earth will be blessed.'

to carry out everything that your hand and will had predetermined to take place.

"How could you have agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord?" Peter asked her. "Listen! The feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and these men will carry you outside as well."

"I'm telling you to keep away from these men for now. Leave them alone, because if this plan or movement is of human origin, it will fail.

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

"But I will punish the nation they serve,' said God, "and afterwards they will leave and worship me in this place.'

It was this Moses who told the Israelis, "God will raise up a prophet for you from among your own brothers, just as he did me.'

They told Aaron, "Make gods for us who will lead us. This Moses who led us out of the land of Egypt we don't know what happened to him!'

You even took along the tent of Moloch, the star of your god Rephan, and the images you made in order to worship them. So I will take you into exile as far as Babylon.'

and said, "Give me this power too, so that when I lay my hands on someone, he will receive the Holy Spirit."

Simon answered, "Both of you pray to the Lord for me that none of the things you have said will happen to me."

The voice said, "I'm Jesus, whom you are persecuting. Now get up, go into the city, and you will be told what you are to do."

When I examined it closely, I saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, reptiles, and birds of the air.

He will discuss with you how you and your entire household will be saved.'

Then I remembered what the Lord had said: "John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.'

and said, "You're full of every form of deception and trickery, you son of the Devil, you enemy of all that is right! You'll never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord, will you?

Then God removed Saul and made David their king, about whom he testified, "I have found that David, the son of Jesse, is a man after my own heart, who will carry out all my wishes.'

In another Psalm he says, "You will not let your Holy One experience decay.'

""After this, I will come back and set up David's fallen tent again. I will restore its ruined places and set it up again

to keep away from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from anything strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you avoid these things, you will do well. Goodbye."

They answered, "Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you and your family will be saved."

When they heard about a resurrection of the dead, some began joking about it, while others said, "We will hear you again about this."

But when they began to oppose him and insult him, he shook out his clothes in protest and told them, "Your blood be 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 or harm you, because I have many people in this city."

But since it is a question about words, names, and your own Law, you will have to take care of that yourselves. I refuse to be a judge in these matters."

As he told them goodbye, he said, "I will come back to you again if it is God's will." Then he set sail from Ephesus.

There is a danger not only that our business will lose its reputation but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be brought into disrepute and that she will be robbed of her majesty that brought all Asia and the world to worship her."

And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am on my way to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there,

"Now I know that none of you among whom I traveled preaching about the kingdom will ever see my face again.

I know that when I'm gone, savage wolves will come among you and not spare the flock.

Indeed, some of your own men will arise and distort the truth in order to lure the disciples into following them.

He came to us, took Paul's belt, and tied his own feet and hands with it. Then he said, "The Holy Spirit says, "This is how the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem will tie up the man who owns this belt. Then they will hand him over to the gentiles.'"

When he could not be persuaded otherwise, we remained silent except to say, "May the Lord's will be done."

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

Take these men, go through the purification ceremony with them, and pay their expenses to shave their heads. Then everyone will know that there is nothing in what they have been told about you, but that you are carefully observing and keeping the Law.

"The Lord told me, "Get up and go into Damascus, and there you will be told everything you are destined to do.' Since I could not see because of the brightness of the light, the men who were with me took me by the hand and led me into Damascus.

"Then he said, "The God of our ancestors has chosen you to know his will, to see the Righteous One, and to hear his own voice,

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

At this Paul told him, "God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! How can you sit there and judge me according to the Law, and yet in violation of the Law order me to be struck?"

When Paul saw that some of them were Sadducees and others were Pharisees, he shouted in the Council, "Brothers, I'm a Pharisee and a descendant of Pharisees. I'm on trial concerning the hope that the dead will be resurrected."

he said, "I will hear your case when your accusers arrive." Then he ordered Paul to be kept in custody in Herod's palace.

By examining him for yourself, you will be able to find out from him everything of which we accuse him."

As Paul talked about righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became afraid and said, "For the present you may go. When I get a chance, I will send for you again."

Festus talked it over with the council and then answered, "To the emperor you have appealed; to the emperor you will go!"

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

I have nothing reliable to write our Sovereign about him, so I have brought him to all of you, and especially to you, King Agrippa, so that I will have something to write after he is cross-examined.

You will help them understand and turn them from darkness to light and from Satan's control to God, so that their sins will be forgiven and they will receive a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'

"Men, I see that during this voyage there will be hardship and a heavy loss not only of the cargo and ship, but also of our lives."

But now I urge you to have courage, because there will be no loss of life among you, but only loss of the ship.

So take courage, men, because I trust God that it will turn out just as he told me.

However, we will have to run aground on some island."

So I urge you to eat something, for it will help you survive, since none of you will lose so much as a hair from his head."

He said, "Go to this people and say, "You will listen and listen but never understand, and you will look and look but never see!

You must understand that this message about God's salvation has been sent to the gentiles, and they will listen."

in my prayers at all times, asking that somehow by God's will I may at last succeed in coming to you.

For in the gospel God's righteousness is being revealed from faith to faith, as it is written, "The righteous will live by faith."

So when you, a mere man, pass judgment on those who practice these things and then do them yourself, do you think you will escape God's judgment?