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"For it is written in the book of Psalms, ‘Let his residence become deserted, and let there be no one to live in it,' and, ‘Let another person take his position.'

beginning from the baptism of John until the day on which he was taken up from us—one of these men must become a witness of his resurrection together with us."

to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to depart to his own place."

And when this sound occurred, the crowd gathered and was in confusion, because each one was hearing them speaking in his own language.

But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and declared to them, "Judean men, and all those who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and pay attention to my words!

"Men and brothers, it is possible to speak with confidence to you about the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us until this day.

Therefore, because he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one of his descendants on his throne,

by having foreseen this, he spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that neither was he abandoned in Hades nor did his flesh experience decay.

So those who accepted his message were baptized, and on that day about three thousand souls were added.

So he fixed his attention on them, expecting to receive something from them.

And taking hold of him by the right hand, he raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong.

The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you handed over and denied in the presence of Pilate, after he had decided to release him.

And on the basis of faith in his name, his name has made this man strong, whom you see and know, and the faith that is through him has given him this perfect health in the presence of you all.

But the things which God foretold through the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ would suffer, he has fulfilled in this way.

whom heaven must receive until the times of the restoration of all things, about which God spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from earliest times.

God, after he had raised up his servant, sent him to you first, to bless you by turning each of you back from your wickedness!"

The kings of the earth stood opposed, and the rulers assembled together at the same place, against the Lord and against his Christ.'

Now the group of those who believed were one heart and soul, and no one said anything of what belonged to him was his own, but all things were theirs in common.

Now a certain man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property,

and he kept back for himself some of the proceeds, and his wife was aware of it. And he brought a certain part and placed it at the feet of the apostles.