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until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen.
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After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God.
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For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”
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“Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.”
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Matthias Chosen to Replace Judas
Then the apostles returned to Jerusalem from the hill called the Mount of Olives, a Sabbath day’s walk from the city.
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In those days Peter stood up among the believers (a group numbering about a hundred and twenty)
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The Holy Spirit Comes at Pentecost
When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.
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They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.
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“‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.
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Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.
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The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.
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because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, you will not let your holy one see decay.
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“Fellow Israelites, I can tell you confidently that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is here to this day.
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Seeing what was to come, he spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah, that he was not abandoned to the realm of the dead, nor did his body see decay.
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Exalted to the right hand of God, he has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.
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Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day.
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Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts,
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Peter Heals a Lame Beggar
One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer—at three in the afternoon.
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Now a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those going into the temple courts.
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By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know was made strong. It is Jesus’ name and the faith that comes through him that has completely healed him, as you can all see.
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“Indeed, beginning with Samuel, all the prophets who have spoken have foretold these days.
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They seized Peter and John and, because it was evening, they put them in jail until the next day.
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The next day the rulers, the elders and the teachers of the law met in Jerusalem.
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But since they could see the man who had been healed standing there with them, there was nothing they could say.
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As for us, we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard.”
