-
On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about.
-
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
-
They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them.
-
“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.”
-
Therefore it is necessary to choose one of the men who have been with us the whole time the Lord Jesus was living among us,
-
So they nominated two men: Joseph called Barsabbas (also known as Justus) and Matthias.
-
The Holy Spirit Comes at Pentecost
When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.
-
Parthians, Medes and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,
-
Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, “What does this mean?”
-
Peter Addresses the Crowd
Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: “Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say.
-
“‘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.
-
Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.
-
This man was handed over to you by God’s deliberate plan and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men, put him to death by nailing him to the cross.
-
David said about him: “‘I saw the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
-
because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, you will not let your holy one see decay.
-
You have made known to me the paths of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence.’
-
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.
-
“Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Messiah.”
-
Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day.
-
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,
-
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.
-
But this is how God fulfilled what he had foretold through all the prophets, saying that his Messiah would suffer.
-
Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord,
-
and that he may send the Messiah, who has been appointed for you—even Jesus.
-
Heaven must receive him until the time comes for God to restore everything, as he promised long ago through his holy prophets.
