I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.

Jesus answered him, "If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.

Nevertheless I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away. For if I do not go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.

But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth; for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak; and he will tell you things to come.

When a woman is in labor she has sorrow, because her hour has come; but as soon as she gives birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a child has been born into the world.

for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.

I came from the Father and have come into the world; again, I am leaving the world and going to the Father."

Now we are sure that you know all things, and have no need for anyone to question you. By this we believe that you came from God."

Indeed the hour is coming, yes, has now come, when you will be scattered, each to his own, and will leave me alone. And yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me.

When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said: "Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son also may glorify you,

For I have given them the words which you have given me, and they have received them and know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me.

So Judas, having received a detachment of soldiers and some officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.

Then Jesus, knowing all that was to come upon him, went forward and said to them, "Whom do you seek?"

Jesus answered him, "I have spoken openly to the world. I always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where all the Jews come together, and I have said nothing in secret.

Pilate said to him, "You are a king then?" Jesus answered, "You say what I ama king. For this I was born, and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears my voice."

They came up to him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" and struck him with their hands.

So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, "Behold the man!"

Then the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who had been crucified with him.

But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs.

But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.

After this Josnt of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly, for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took away his body.

And Nicodemus, who had at first come to Jesus by night, also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds.

So she ran, and came to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him."

Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb; and he saw the linen cloths lying there,

On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you."

Now Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came.

Eight days later, his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. The doors were shut, but Jesus came and stood among them, and said, "Peace be with you!"

But the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish, for they were not far from land, but about a hundred yards off.

When they had come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, with fish lying on it, and bread.

Jesus said to them, "Come and have breakfast." Now none of the disciples dared ask him, "Who are you?" They knew it was the Lord.

Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and did the same with the fish.

Jesus said to him, "If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow me."

Then the saying spread among the brethren that this disciple would not die. Yet Jesus did not say to him that he would not die, but, "If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you?"

So when they had come together, they asked him, "Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?"

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the ends of the earth."

They also said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in just the same way as you have watched him go into heaven."

When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place.

And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.

And at this sound the crowd came together, and they were bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in his own language.

The sun will be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord shall come.

Repent therefore, and turn again, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

And likewise, all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and those who came afterwards, also announced these days.

And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,

But many of those who heard the message believed; and the number of the men came to about five thousand.

When Ananias heard these words, he fell down and died. And great fear came upon all who heard of it.

After an interval of about three hours his wife came in, not knowing what had happened.

Immediately she fell down at his feet and died. When the young men came in they found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.

And great fear came upon the whole church, and upon all who heard of these things.

so that they even carried out the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and pallets, so that as Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on some of them.

And when they heard this, they entered into the temple about daybreak and began to teach. Now when the high priest and his associates came, they called the Council together, even all the Senate of the sons of Israel, and sent orders to the prison house for them to be brought.

But when the officers came, they did not find them in the prison, and they returned and reported back,

Now when the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard these words, they were much perplexed about them, wondering what would come of this.

And someone came and told them, "Look! The men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people."

For some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and a group of about four hundred men joined him. But he was killed, and all who followed him were dispersed and came to nothing.

They stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes, and they came on him and seized him, and brought him before the council.

'But I will judge the nation which they serve,' said God, 'and after that they will come out and worship me in this place.'

Now there came a famine throughout all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, and our fathers could find no food.

"When he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the sons of Israel.

When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight; and as he approached to look more closely, there came the voice of the Lord:

I have certainly seen the oppression of my people in Egypt and have heard their groaning, and I have come down to rescue them. Come now, and I will send you to Egypt.'

For unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice, came out of many who were possessed; and many who were paralyzed and lame were healed.

who came down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit.

And Simon answered, "Pray for me to the Lord, so that nothing of what you have said may come upon me."

So he got up and went. And there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure; and he had come to Jerusalem to worship,

And he said, "How can I, unless someone guides me?" And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

And as they went along the road they came to some water; and the eunuch said, "Look, here is water! What prevents me from being baptized?"

And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away; and the eunuch saw him no more, but went on his way rejoicing.

But Philip found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through he kept preaching the gospel to all the towns until he came to Caesarea.

and in a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come in and lay his hands on him so that he might regain his sight."

All those who heard him were amazed, and said, "Is this not he who made havoc in Jerusalem of those who called on this name, and who had come here for the purpose of bringing them bound before the chief priests?"

When he came to Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples; but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.

Now as Peter went through all those regions, he came down also to the saints who lived at Lydda.

Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, having heard that Peter was there, sent two men to him, imploring him, "Please come to us without delay."

About the ninth hour of the day he clearly saw in a vision an angel of God who had just come in and said to him, "Cornelius!"

A voice came to him, "Get up, Peter. Kill and eat!"

And the voice came to him again a second time, "What God has cleansed, you must not call common."

Peter went down to the men and said, "Behold, I am the one you are looking for; what is the reason you have come?"

They said, "Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous and God-fearing man, who is well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house, and to hear what you have to say."

So when I was sent for, I came without raising any objection. I ask then why you sent for me."

So I sent for you immediately, and you have been kind enough to come. Now therefore we are all here present in the sight of God, to hear all that you have been commanded by the Lord."

All the circumcised believers who came with Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles.

"I was in the city of Joppa praying; and in a trance I saw a vision, something descending like a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came down to me.

But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who came to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks also, preaching the Lord Jesus.

Now at this time some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.

When they had passed the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened for them by itself, and they went out and passed on through one street; and immediately the angel left him.

When Peter came to himself, he said, "Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting."

And when he knocked at the door of the gate, a servant-girl named Rhoda came to answer.

Now when day came, there was no small disturbance among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter.

Now he was angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; and they came to him in a body, and having persuaded Blastus, the king's chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their country depended on the king's country for food.

When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they came upon a certain magician, a Jewish false prophet, named Bar-Jesus,

Now Paul and his companions put out to sea from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia; but John left them and returned to Jerusalem.

But they passed on from Perga and came to Pisidian Antioch. And on the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down.

and for many days he appeared to those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses to the people.

Therefore take care, so that what is said in the prophets may not come upon you:

And when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the Lycaonian language, "The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!"

But Jews came there from Antioch and Iconium; and having won over the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.

They passed through Pisidia, and came into Pamphylia.

But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brethren, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved."

When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all that God had done with them.