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Will I pour forth of my Spirit; and they shall

prophesy.

And I will shew wonders in the heaven above,

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And signs on the earth beneath;

Blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke :
The sun shall be turned into darkness,
And the moon into blood,

Before the day of the Lord come,

That great and notable day:

And it shall be, that whosoever shall call on the 21
name of the Lord shall be saved.

Ye men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, 22
a man approved of God unto you by 1mighty works
and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the
midst of you, even as ye yourselves know; him, being 23
delivered up by the determinate counsel and fore-
knowledge of God, ye by the hand of lawless men did
crucify and slay: whom God raised up, having loosed 24
the pangs of death: because it was not possible that
he should be holden of it. For David saith concerning 25
him,

I beheld the Lord always before my face;
For he is on my right hand, that I should not be
moved:

Therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue 26

rejoiced;

Moreover my flesh also shall

dwell in hope:

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Holy One to see

Because thou wilt not leave my soul in Hades,
Neither wilt thou give thy

corruption.

Thou madest known unto me the ways of 28

life;

Thou shalt make me full of gladness with thy

countenance.

Brethren, I may say unto you freely of the patri- 29
arch David, that he both died and was buried, and
his tomb is with us unto this day. Being therefore 30
a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an
oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins 5 he would set
one upon his throne; he foreseeing this spake of the 31
resurrection of the Christ, that neither was he left in

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32 Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. This Jesus 33 did God raise up, whereof we all are witnesses. Being 1 Or, of therefore 2 by the right hand of God exalted, and having wo, at. received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost,

he hath poured forth this, which ye see and hear. 34 For David ascended not into the heavens: but he saith himself,

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The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my
right hand,

Till I make thine enemies the footstool of thy
feet.

whom.

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36 Let all the house of Israel therefore know assuredly, Or, every that God hath made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom ye crucified.

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Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and the rest of the 38 apostles, Brethren, what shall we do? And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy 39 Ghost. For to you is the promise, and to your chil

dren, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the 40 Lord our God shall call unto him. And with many

received.

other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying, 41 Save yourselves from this crooked generation. They then that received his word were baptized: and there 4 Or, having were added unto them in that day about three thousand 42 souls. And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread and 5 Or, in the prayers.

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fellowship.

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And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders 44 and signs were done by the apostles." And all that & Or, believed were together, and had all things common; through. 45 and they sold their possessions and goods, and ancient parted them to all, according as any man had need. authorities 46 And day by day, continuing stedfastly with one accord salem; and in the temple, and breaking bread at home, they did take their food with gladness and singleness of heart, all. 47 praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to them day by day those that Gr. were being saved.

great fear was upon

together.

Now Peter and John were going up into the temple 3 at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour. And a 2 certain man that was lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the door of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple; who seeing Peter and 3 John about to go into the temple, asked to receive an alms. And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him, with 4 John, said, Look on us. And he gave heed unto them, 5 expecting to receive something from them. But Peter 6 said, Silver and gold have I none; but what I have, that give I thee. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk. And he took him by the right hand, 7 and raised him up: and immediately his feet and his ankle-bones received strength. And leaping up, he 8 stood, and began to walk; and he entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God. And all the people saw him walking and 9 praising God and they took knowledge of him, that 10 it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him. And as he held Peter and John, all the people ran 11 together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering. And when Peter saw 12 it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why 2 Or, thing. marvel ye at this man? or why fasten ye your eyes on us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made him to walk? The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, 13 and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his 3 Or, Child: 3 Servant Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied ver. 26; iv. before the face of Pilate, when he had determined to 27, 30. See release him. But ye denied the Holy and Righteous 14 18; Is. xlii. One, and asked for a murderer to be granted unto you, 1; lii. 13; and killed the Prince of life; whom God raised from 15 4 Or, Author. the dead; 5 whereof we are witnesses. And by faith 16 in his name hath his name made this man strong, Or, on the whom ye behold and know: yea, the faith which is ground of. through him hath given him this perfect soundness in

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and so in

Matt. xii.

lii. 11.

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the presence of you all. And now, brethren, I wot 17 that in ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers.

raised up

18 But the things which God foreshewed by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer, he 19 thus fulfilled. Repent ye therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that so there may come seasons of refreshing from the presence of the 20 Lord; and that he may send the Christ who hath been 21 appointed for you, even Jesus: whom the heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, whereof God spake by the mouth of his holy prophets 22 which have been since the world began. Moses indeed said, A prophet shall the Lord God raise up unto you from among your brethren, like unto me; to him1Or, as he shall ye hearken in all things whatsoever he shall speak me. 23 unto you. And it shall be, that every soul, which shall not hearken to that prophet, shall be utterly de24 stroyed from among the people. Yea and all the prophets from Samuel and them that followed after, as many as have spoken, they also told of these days. 25 Ye are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying unto Abra- 2 Gr. coveham, And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth 26 be blessed. Unto you first God, having raised up his Servant, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities.

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And as they spake unto the people, the priests and Some the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came authorities read the 2 upon them, being sore troubled because they taught chief the people, and proclaimed in Jesus the resurrection priests. 3 from the dead. And they laid hands on them, and put them in ward unto the morrow: for it was now even4 tide. But many of them that heard the word believed; and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.

5 And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jeru6 salem; and Annas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as 7 were of the kindred of the high priest. And when

they had set them in the midst, they inquired, By what power, or in what name, have ye done this? 8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto

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3 Or, this

name.

them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders, if we this 9 day are examined concerning a good deed done to an impotent man, 1by what means this man is made whole; be it known unto you all, and to all the people 10 of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even in him doth this man stand here before you whole. He is the stone which was set at nought of 11 you the builders, which was made the head of the corner. And in none other is there salvation: for 12 neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, wherein we must be saved.

Now when they beheld the boldness of Peter and 13 John, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. And 14 seeing the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it. But when they had 15 commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves, saying, What shall we do 16 Gr. sign. to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been wrought through them, is manifest to all that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it. But that 17 it spread no further among the people, let us threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name. And they called them, and charged them not 18 to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus. But 19 Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you rather than unto God, judge ye: for we cannot but 20 speak the things which we saw and heard. And 21 they, when they had further threatened them, let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people; for all men glorified God for that which was done. For the man was more than 22 forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was wrought.

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And being let go, they came to their own company, 23 and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said unto them. And they, when they heard it, 24 lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said,

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