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The former treatise have I made ,
O Theophilus ,
of all that Jesus began both to do and teach ,
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Until the day in which he was taken up ,
after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen :
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To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs ,
being seen of them forty days ,
and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God :
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And ,
being assembled together with them ,
commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem ,
but wait for the promise of the Father ,
which ,
saith he ,
ye have heard of me .
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For John truly baptized with water ;
but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence .
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When they therefore were come together ,
they asked of him ,
saying ,
Lord ,
wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel ?
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And he said unto them ,
It is not for you to know the times or the seasons ,
which the Father hath put in his own power .
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But ye shall receive power ,
after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you :
and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem ,
and in all Judaea ,
and in Samaria ,
and unto the uttermost part of the earth .
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And when he had spoken these things ,
while they beheld ,
he was taken up ;
and a cloud received him out of their sight .
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And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up ,
behold ,
two men stood by them in white apparel ;
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Which also said ,
Ye men of Galilee ,
why stand ye gazing up into heaven ?
this same Jesus ,
which is taken up from you into heaven ,
shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven .
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Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet ,
which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day '
s journey .
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And when they were come in ,
they went up into an upper room ,
where abode both Peter ,
and James ,
and John ,
and Andrew ,
Philip ,
and Thomas ,
Bartholomew ,
and Matthew ,
James the son of Alphaeus ,
and Simon Zelotes ,
and Judas the brother of James .
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These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication ,
with the women ,
and Mary the mother of Jesus ,
and with his brethren .
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And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples ,
and said , (
the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty ,)
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Men and brethren ,
this scripture must needs have been fulfilled ,
which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas ,
which was guide to them that took Jesus .
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For he was numbered with us ,
and had obtained part of this ministry .
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Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity ;
and falling headlong ,
he burst asunder in the midst ,
and all his bowels gushed out .
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And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem ;
insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue ,
Aceldama ,
that is to say ,
The field of blood .
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For it is written in the book of Psalms ,
Let his habitation be desolate ,
and let no man dwell therein :
and his bishoprick let another take .
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Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us ,
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Beginning from the baptism of John ,
unto that same day that he was taken up from us ,
must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection .
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And they appointed two ,
Joseph called Barsabas ,
who was surnamed Justus ,
and Matthias .
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And they prayed ,
and said ,
Thou ,
Lord ,
which knowest the hearts of all men ,
shew whether of these two thou hast chosen ,
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That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship ,
from which Judas by transgression fell ,
that he might go to his own place .
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And they gave forth their lots ;
and the lot fell upon Matthias ;
and he was numbered with the eleven apostles .
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And when the day of Pentecost was fully come ,
they were all with one accord in one place .
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And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind ,
and it filled all the house where they were sitting .
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And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire ,
and it sat upon each of them .
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And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost ,
and began to speak with other tongues ,
as the Spirit gave them utterance .
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And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews ,
devout men ,
out of every nation under heaven .
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Now when this was noised abroad ,
the multitude came together ,
and were confounded ,
because that every man heard them speak in his own language .
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And they were all amazed and marvelled ,
saying one to another ,
Behold ,
are not all these which speak Galilaeans ?
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And how hear we every man in our own tongue ,
wherein we were born ?
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Parthians ,
and Medes ,
and Elamites ,
and the dwellers in Mesopotamia ,
and in Judaea ,
and Cappadocia ,
in Pontus ,
and Asia ,
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Phrygia ,
and Pamphylia ,
in Egypt ,
and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene ,
and strangers of Rome ,
Jews and proselytes ,
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Cretes and Arabians ,
we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God .
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And they were all amazed ,
and were in doubt ,
saying one to another ,
What meaneth this ?
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Others mocking said ,
These men are full of new wine .
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But Peter ,
standing up with the eleven ,
lifted up his voice ,
and said unto them ,
Ye men of Judaea ,
and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem ,
be this known unto you ,
and hearken to my words :
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For these are not drunken ,
as ye suppose ,
seeing it is but the third hour of the day .
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But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel ;
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And it shall come to pass in the last days ,
saith God ,
I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh :
and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy ,
and your young men shall see visions ,
and your old men shall dream dreams :
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And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit ;
and they shall prophesy :
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And I will shew wonders in heaven above ,
and signs in the earth beneath ;
blood ,
and fire ,
and vapour of smoke :
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The sun shall be turned into darkness ,
and the moon into blood ,
before that great and notable day of the Lord come :
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And it shall come to pass ,
that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved .
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Ye men of Israel ,
hear these words ;
Jesus of Nazareth ,
a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs ,
which God did by him in the midst of you ,
as ye yourselves also know :
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Him ,
being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God ,
ye have taken ,
and by wicked hands have crucified and slain :
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Whom God hath raised up ,
having loosed the pains of death :
because it was not possible that he should be holden of it .
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For David speaketh concerning him ,
I foresaw the Lord always before my face ,
for he is on my right hand ,
that I should not be moved :
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Therefore did my heart rejoice ,
and my tongue was glad ;
moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope :
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Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell ,
neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption .
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Thou hast made known to me the ways of life ;
thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance .
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Men and brethren ,
let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David ,
that he is both dead and buried ,
and his sepulchre is with us unto this day .
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Therefore being a prophet ,
and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him ,
that of the fruit of his loins ,
according to the flesh ,
he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne ;
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He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ ,
that his soul was not left in hell ,
neither his flesh did see corruption .
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This Jesus hath God raised up ,
whereof we all are witnesses .
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Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted ,
and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost ,
he hath shed forth this ,
which ye now see and hear .
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For David is not ascended into the heavens :
but he saith himself ,
The LORD said unto my Lord ,
Sit thou on my right hand ,
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Until I make thy foes thy footstool .
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Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly ,
that God hath made that same Jesus ,
whom ye have crucified ,
both Lord and Christ .
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Now when they heard this ,
they were pricked in their heart ,
and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles ,
Men and brethren ,
what shall we do ?
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Then Peter said unto them ,
Repent ,
and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins ,
and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost .
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For the promise is unto you ,
and to your children ,
and to all that are afar off ,
even as many as the Lord our God shall call .
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And with many other words did he testify and exhort ,
saying ,
Save yourselves from this untoward generation .
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Then they that gladly received his word were baptized :
and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls .
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And they continued stedfastly in the apostles '
doctrine and fellowship ,
and in breaking of bread ,
and in prayers .
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And fear came upon every soul :
and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles .
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And all that believed were together ,
and had all things common ;
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And sold their possessions and goods ,
and parted them to all men ,
as every man had need .
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And they ,
continuing daily with one accord in the temple ,
and breaking bread from house to house ,
did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart ,
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Praising God ,
and having favour with all the people .
And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved .
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Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer ,
being the ninth hour .
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And a certain man lame from his mother '
s womb was carried ,
whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful ,
to ask alms of them that entered into the temple ;
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Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms .
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And Peter ,
fastening his eyes upon him with John ,
said ,
Look on us .
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And he gave heed unto them ,
expecting to receive something of them .
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Then Peter said ,
Silver and gold have I none ;
but such as I have give I thee :
In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk .
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And he took him by the right hand ,
and lifted him up :
and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength .
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And he leaping up stood ,
and walked ,
and entered with them into the temple ,
walking ,
and leaping ,
and praising God .
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And all the people saw him walking and praising God :
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And they knew that 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 .
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And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John ,
all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon '
s ,
greatly wondering .
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And when Peter saw it ,
he answered unto the people ,
Ye men of Israel ,
why marvel ye at this ?
or why look ye so earnestly on us ,
as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk ?
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The God of Abraham ,
and of Isaac ,
and of Jacob ,
the God of our fathers ,
hath glorified his Son Jesus ;
whom ye delivered up ,
and denied him in the presence of Pilate ,
when he was determined to let him go .
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But ye denied the Holy One and the Just ,
and desired a murderer to be granted unto you ;
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And killed the Prince of life ,
whom God hath raised from the dead ;
whereof we are witnesses .
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And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong ,
whom ye see and know :
yea ,
the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all .
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And now ,
brethren ,
I wot that through ignorance ye did it ,
as did also your rulers .
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But those things ,
which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets ,
that Christ should suffer ,
he hath so fulfilled .
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Repent ye therefore ,
and be converted ,
that your sins may be blotted out ,
when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord ;
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And he shall send Jesus Christ ,
which before was preached unto you :
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Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things ,
which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began .
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For Moses truly said unto the fathers ,
A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren ,
like unto me ;
him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you .
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And it shall come to pass ,
that every soul ,
which will not hear that prophet ,
shall be destroyed from among the people .
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Yea ,
and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after ,
as many as have spoken ,
have likewise foretold of these days .
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Ye are the children of the prophets ,
and of the covenant which God made with our fathers ,
saying unto Abraham ,
And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed .
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Unto you first God ,
having raised up his Son Jesus ,
sent him to bless you ,
in turning away every one of you from his iniquities .
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And as they spake unto the people ,
the priests ,
and the captain of the temple ,
and the Sadducees ,
came upon them ,
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